Taxi drivers clad in yellow T-shirts rallied at City Hall on Monday to protest a proposal that would allow livery cabs to make street pickups in the outer boroughs and Upper Manhattan.

A smoking ban in New York City parks, more than a dozen miles of beaches, boardwalks and pedestrian plazas, such as Times Square, goes into effect Monday.

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Baked beans, bangers and fried eggs: They are just some of the elements of a traditional English breakfast. And that's exactly the kind of traditional fare many New Yorkers have been stocking up on for their royal wedding watch parties.

Procrastinators may be relishing that they got an extra weekend to file their taxes this year. Thanks to Emancipation Day, an obscure holiday observed Friday in Washington, D.C., the Internal Revenue Service pushed the tax deadline to Monday, April 18. And if three extra days was not enough extra time, Monday is the day to at least file for an extension. Taxpayers would then have until October 17 to file tax returns.

Newark Mayor Cory Booker said the more than 50,000 spectators expected in the city for the NCAA East Regional men's basketball tournament will be a boon to the Brick City's economy. 

An organ recipient at a New York City hospital contracted HIV from a live kidney donor, according to the New York State Department of Health.

Department stores have been the backdrop for a lot of my family stories, so I thought WNYC listeners might have ample material as well. That’s why I decided to start gathering people’s memories in one place on our Web site, and the anecdotes have been real gems. For that, I thank everyone who has shared a story.

B. Altman, Abraham & Straus, Gimbels and Macy's. These are some of New York's first major department stores, and brands that evoke a certain sense of nostalgia -- of glamour, the good life or a time when just browsing at a department store was a special outing.

When members of the military return from a war zone, they go from living on high alert to sedate civilian life. The New Jersey program Vet2Vet has been working to reach those service members through peer-to-peer counseling.