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The Taxi and Limousine Commission is hoping to get New Yorkers into the driver's seat when it comes to redesigning the city's cabs.

A Somali pirate who attacked the Maersk Alabama cargo ship off the coast of Africa in 2009 was sentenced to 33 years and nine months in prison in federal court in Manhattan on Wednesday.

Congressman Charles Rangel plans to run for re-election in 2012 despite his conviction on House ethics charges.

As protests continue to spread in the Middle East, new reports from Libya indicate the beginnings of an uprising in that country.

The state's chief justice wants to make sure homeowners facing foreclosure can get a lawyer, even if they can't afford one. Chief Justice Jonathan Lippman made his comments during his annual State of the Judiciary speech in Albany on Tuesday.

In a deal that will create the world's largest financial markets company, the parent company of the New York Stock Exchange said Tuesday it will be acquired by the operator of the Frankfurt stock exchange.

 

There's a wind advisory in effect for the New York City area starting at noon Monday until 6 a.m. Tuesday. The National Weather Service said wind gusts could get as high as 45 miles per hour.

The deadline for groups that want to grow and sell marijuana legally in New Jersey is Monday, but confusion over the rules may mean few applicants actually apply.

A 23-year-old Brooklyn man accused of going on a 28-hour stabbing spree that sparked a manhunt over the weekend was arraigned Sunday on second-degree murder charges for allegedly killing four people during the rampage.

New York Fashion Week, which kicked off Thursday, generates more than $400 million and draws roughly 230,000, including fashion elite, style mavens and A-list celebrities. But it also temporarily employees thousands -- and not all of them are models.

Mayor Michael Bloomberg apologized Thursday for making a crack about public drunkenness during an event hosted by an Irish-American organization this week.

A business consultant charged as part of the CityTime payroll scandal pleaded guilty to paying bribes in order to secure government contracts.

Regular class cutters will be waking up next week to the voices of former NBA superstar Magic Johson, Outkast's rapper Big Boi and performer Trey Songz. And when truants check their e-mail, they may also find messages reminding them to go to school. 

President Hosni Mubarak said he transferred some power to his vice president but refused to step down Thursday as tens of thousands of protesters calling for his resignation gathere...

Christopher Lee, a Republican congressman from suburban Buffalo, has resigned, after a shirtless photo of him appeared on Gawker. The gossip news site said that the Congressman, who ...

Thousands of protestors continued to crowd Cairo during the third week of protests in Egypt, refusing to cease their demonstrations until President Hosni Mubarak resigns. Thousands are also striking, ramping up their demonstrations against the government.

More than 1,500 geese were rounded up and killed in the city last year in the name of safer air travel, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

The city says it needs more money from Albany even though it's overlooking millions of dollars at home, according to an audit by the city's comptroller.

Alternate side of the street parking regulations took effect again Monday, for just the fifth time since December's blizzard.

Mayor Michael Bloomberg detailed a doomsday scenario for the city during a visit to Albany Monday in an attempt to get officials to restore funding that was slashed by Governor Andrew Cuomo when he unveiled his lean state budget last week.