Annmarie Fertoli

The Manhattan District Attorney dropped charges Wednesday against Councilman Ydanis Rodriguez who was arrested during the clearing of Zuccotti Park last year.

New York lawmakers and environmental officials are calling for a more comprehensive evacuation plan at Indian Point Nuclear Power Plant, and they want that plan to be a condition for the plant’s relicensing.

Water rates could go up by 7 percent for about 836,000 customers in New York City beginning on July 1.

Metro-North plans to expand its so-called quiet car program to all peak trains on the Hudson, Harlem and New Haven Lines beginning next month.

Mayor Michael Bloomberg joined Governor Andrew Cuomo Friday when he signed a crucial piece of his legislative agenda into law, creating a new pension tier in New York state. Tier VI raises the retirement age to 63, and increases the contributions future workers must pay to their plans.

A federal judge in New York has ruled that the FDNY could owe up to $128 million in back-pay and compensation to black and Latino firefighters who took two entrance exams deemed discriminatory.

A federal judge in New York has ruled that the FDNY could owe up to $128 million dollars in back-pay and compensation to black and Latino firefighters who took two entrance exams de...

Lobbyists in New Jersey spent a record $73 million last year, according to a report by the state's Election Law Enforcement Commission released this week.

Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz, Jr. is defending online grocer Fresh Direct's plans to move to Mott Haven.

Nassau County's police union continues to oppose a precinct reorganization plan that would eliminate 100 desk jobs and reassign 48 officers to patrol and convert half the county's eight precincts into 24-hour Community Policing Centers.

Mild winter temperatures are putting a damper on the ski season.

A U.S. District Court ruled Thursday that churches can temporarily continue to meet for worship in the city's public schools.

New Jersey officials broke ground on a new, mixed-use development project known as Teachers Village on Thursday. The five block project to be constructed on Halsey Street will eventually include school buildings, a daycare center, retail space and housing for teachers.

Fresh Direct, the grocery delivery service based in Long Island City, Queens, announced plans Tuesday to open new headquarters in the Bronx within three years — despite attempts from New Jersey to woo the company to the Garden State.

The United States has closed its embassy in Damascus as violence intensifies in the Syria, now eleven months into a crackdown on political dissidents that began last March. All embassy staff, including U.S. Ambassador Robert Ford, have left the country.

Nassau County’s Police Benevolent Association is blasting the county executive’s plan to reorganize four of the county’s eight police precincts into Community Policing Centers.

Parks officials have launched a pilot program to rehabilitate part of a coastal habitat at Great Kills Park on Staten Island. The project involves clearing two acres of a peninsula i...

Monday marks the start of the Lunar New Year, and celebrations are kicking off in Chinatown this week to welcome the Year of the Dragon.

New York City Opera's orchestra has approved a three-year contract deal, days after announcing it had reached a tentative agreement with the company's management.

The travel group Frommer’s has made a list of the world’s ten worst airport terminals, and terminals at all three area airports operated by the Port Authority are on it.