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Gov. David Paterson vetoed the legislature's package of ethics reform, saying it "does not go far enough in addressing the corrosive effects of outside influence and internal decay," that he says plagues "Planet Albany".

Earlier in the day, the governor spoke of his concerns about the bills.

"I think we can do ...

A series of 111 recommendations has just landed on the desks of Mayor Michael Bloomberg and Council Speaker Christine Quinn. The report was submitted by the NYC Green Codes Task Force, a panel of 200 experts that was convened last year with the purpose of making the city's building code ...

The city's teachers union and the NAACP are suing to stop the city from closing 19 low-performing schools. They claim the city ignored state law by not allowing enough community input and by failing to conduct a thorough study listing how each closure would affect surrounding schools. Hazel Dukes, who ...

There have been more and more indications in recent days that the Obama administration is reconsidering its plan to try self-proclaimed 9/11 planner Khalid Sheikh Mohamed and four alleged co-conspirators in Lower Manhattan. WNYC’s Brian Zumhagen has been following this story.

Mayor Bloomberg will lay out priorities for his third term during the annual State of the City address today. WNYC's Bob Hennelly has this preview.

REPORTER: In today's speech Mayor Bloomberg will elaborate on his inaugural address commitment to work for comprehensive immigration reform. The mayor plans to mobilize a pro-immigrant ...

Governor Paterson unveils his new budget today as the conversation about ethics reform, education funding, and the fate of embattled state Senator Hiram Monserrate continues. NYS Senator Eric Schneiderman (D-Manhattan and Bronx) offers his take.

The new city council member for District 10, Ydanis Rodriguez, talks about representing Upper Manhattan.

Converts to Islam and other Muslims gathered in midtown this weekend for the first annual Winter Dowra.

REPORTER: The three-day immersion in Muslim theology and jurisprudence was aimed at those who may have been raised as Catholics or Hindus but who turned to Islam in recent years. One of the instructors, ...

Samuel Menashe of Greenwich Village writes poems. Really short poems.

The Signature Theater is getting a new home on 42nd Street, with the help of a $25 million contribution from the city. The Signature Center is expected to open in 2012 and it will house three theaters, rehearsal studios, a cafe and a bookstore.

Signature is known for devoting an entire ...

The NYPD found a large stash of heroin in an Upper West Side apartment where a gunman shot and killed three men yesterday before falling to his own death while trying to escape.

The victims were a father, his son-in-law, and grandson.

Authorities say a woman in the family came home to ...

The Manhattan District Attorney and the Justice Department have won a more-than-half-billion-dollar settlement from one of Switzerland's largest banks. WNYC's Kathleen Horan has more.

REPORTER: Credit Suisse has been under investigation for more than 2 years for doing business with countries subject to U.S. economic sanctions, like Iran and Libya.

The settlement ...

Seventeen families who lost relatives in the World Trade Center attacks are asking a federal appeals court to let them secure the remains of their family members from the Fresh Kills landfill. A lower court judge ruled they had no standing to sue the city. Attorney Norman Siegel disagrees. He ...

The owner's of Stuyvesant Town and Peter Cooper Village on Manhattan's East Side have agreed to lower rents on more than 4,000 apartments in January and February. And possibly longer if a representative for the owner's lender signs off on the agreement.

Last month the state's highest court ruled owner Tishman ...

A new law mandating bike access to office buildings goes into effect today, but there's a catch. WNYC's Andrea Bernstein reports.

REPORTER: The city's planning commission says biggest obstacle to increasing bike commuting is limited access to safe bike parking. The new law will begin to change that. Under the law, ...

With supplies high and demand low, officials are making the swine flu vaccine available to ALL New Yorkers. WNYC’s Fred Mogul has more.

REPORTER: Previously, the vaccine was only available for people in priority groups, such as pregnant women, caregivers of newborns and people with chronic health problems. The state Health ...

Next year, Manhattan's Chinatown will be represented in the City Council for the first time by a Chinese-American. City Councilwoman-Elect Margaret Chin(D-1), who will also represent SoHo, TriBeCa, and parts of the Lower East Side, talks about her recent election.

Albany may approve ethics reforms, now that former Senate Majority Leader Joseph Bruno has been convicted on federal corruption charges. Karen DeWitt reports from Albany.

REPORTER: Senator Dan Squadron, a Democrat who's sponsoring ethics reform legislation, says the conviction of the former senate leader for hiding tens of thousands of dollars ...

New York City students made no significant progress on their national math exams. But the Bloomberg Administration says that doesn't mean its reforms have stalled. WNYC's Beth Fertig has more.

REPORTER: Fourth grade scores were flat and eighth grade scores went up just slightly on the National Assessment of Educational Progress. ...

The redevelopment of the World Trade Center site has hit a major milestone with the groundbreaking for a new Fiterman Hall. It'll replace a 14 story building that was a key part of the campus of the Borough of Manhattan Community College, until it was badly damaged on September 11th.

City ...