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Riders of the number 7 train apparently have the cleanest ride on the subway system. So says the annual "shmutz" report from the advocacy group the Straphangers' Campaign. In today's survey from late last year, 57 percent of all cars were marked as clean, up from 50 ...

At the MTA headquarters dozens of people have signed up to speak for or against the new deal for the Atlantic Yards development in Brooklyn. There are so many spectators that the MTA has opened an overflow room with a closed circuit television. The board is expected to sell a ...

Give bees a chance -- so says a group of renegade beekeepers. They want the city to legalize beekeeping instead of fining people up to $2000 for tending a hive. Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer declared his support for beekeeping, calling it a step toward a greener city. ...

After the Stonewall riots, gay rights activists got louder, stronger, more organized. Some groups, like the Gay Liberation Front, took on a broad political platform, joining forces with movements for civil rights and women's rights. Other groups, like the Radicalesbians, had a more focused agenda.

The New York ...

Emily Reese, 27, is from a small town in New Mexico. She is an out lesbian currently living in New York City. Here she reflects on growing up gay in New Mexico, where it wasn't okay to be out, even decades after Stonewall.

"As a kid, I wasn't really aware ...

Celebrating the Music of Gay and Lesbian Composers

Sunday June 28, 2009 marks the 40th anniversary of the Stonewall Riots around Greenwich Village's Stonewall Inn, the night that galvanized the Gay Rights Movement. To mark the occasion, Evening Music celebrates the significant contributions by gay and lesbian composers to ...

The legendary broadcaster, Ed McMahon died early this morning in Los Angeles. He was 86. McMahon was Johnny Carson's sidekick for 30 years, famous for his roller coaster line, "Heeeeeeere's Johnny."

But McMahon wanted to be remembered for something more. Here's what he told the Associated Press in 1998:

A four-story residential and commercial building collapsed on Sunday leaving jagged pile of debris. Four people sustained minor injuries and six adjacent buildings had to be evacuated.

New York City Assistant Deputy fire chief, John Sudnic, says a call came in about bricks falling from a building around ...

by Lara Pellegrinelli

Photo by David Nager.

Penny Palfrey took first place among the female competitors at the Manhattan Island Marathon Swim on June 6, completing the 28.5 mile counterclockwise route around the island in just 7 hours ...

New Yorkers celebrate gay pride

Continental Airlines Flight 61 landed safely at Newark Airport this afternoon, after the plane's pilot died in flight. Two co-pilots landed the plane, which originated in Brussels. WNYC's Cindy Rodriguez reported from Newark Liberty Airport.

Most people ...

New York is a little bit greener today -- or at least more aware -- with the launch of the world's first real-time carbon counter. The almost 70-foot high billboard outside of Madison Square Garden shows the running total of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere.

The current number displayed on ...

Say hello to a greener Port Authority. The bus terminal near Times Square opened its first green market today, offering fresh produce and baked goods to the more than 200,000 daily commuters who pass through. Florida native Laura Zequeira was on her way to upstate New York when she picked ...

President Barack Obama unveiled a financial system overhaul Wednesday afternoon, including a new consumer protection agency, in what he described as a necessary effort to avert future economic crises.

Excerpts from Obama's address:

'Today, my ...

The city budget comes in early…the state’s at a standstill…in Washington, they’re bringing their blackberries to the beach… and Bob Hennelly does his pirate imitation. Andrea, Bob, and Brian chew it all over in this week’s “Digesting Politics.”

'Digesting ...

Bloomsday performers outside Davy Byrne\'s pub, Dublin, Bloomsday 2003.

The Leonard Lopate Show commemorates the 40th anniversary of Stonewall by talking about representations of LGBT life and politics on film, part of the Projections film series. In this segment, Leonard discusses "Parting Glances" (1986) with film critic Nathan Lee and professor of Cinema Studies at CUNY David Gerstner.

A judge is again delaying action on the state Senate's power struggle. State Supreme Court Justice Thomas McNamara ordered Democrats and Republicans to return to court at one o'clock this afternoon, after an hour-long meeting this morning fell apart.

Republican and Democratic senators so far have failed ...