Brigid Bergin

Several hundred people passed through the Metropolitan Pavilion in Chelsea this weekend for what organizers were calling New York City’s first-ever modern divorce expo, “Start-Over Smart.”

The United States Census Bureau rejected New York City’s appeal of the bureau’s 2010 population count because the errors cited by the city did not meet the Bureau’s qualifications, according to a statement issued Sunday by the Department of City Planning. That means the Bureau’s tally of 8.175 million city residents will stand as the baseline for population estimates until the next Census in 2020.

A panel of six powerful women - led by Chelsea Clinton - spent the evening hashing out a different women’s issue: Why it’s so hard to get women off the sidelines and into the political race.

A New York City detective who was fired on Friday for his role in connection to the 2006 shooting death of an unarmed man as he left his bachelor party plans to pursue legal action, according to his lawyer Philip E. Karasyk. 

U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand on Sunday called for the Obama administration to accelerate the pace of troop withdrawal from Afghanistan. Policy analysts who study Afghanistan took i...

The conviction of Dharun Ravi in the Rutgers webcam spying trial last week raises difficult questions for universities when it comes to protecting students online and ensuring their policies keep up with the realities of campus life.

As spring break ends, students will return to Rutgers University on Sunday — two days after a verdict in the trial of Dharun Ravi, a former Rutgers student who was accused of spying on his gay roommate, Tyler Clementi's sexual encounter. Ravi was found guilty on all 15 criminal charges, including a conviction on hate crime charges. Clementi committed suicide in 2010, days after learning of the spying.

Sen. Krueger argues that this move by the Republican Majority is indicative of bigger problems. “If you can't even get a simple noncontroversial resolution through, how do imagine the...

Billboards targeting atheists in New York and New Jersey went up Wednesday with a simple message: “You know it’s a myth…you have a choice.” 

City Comptroller John Liu says he’s still “stunned” by the arrest of his campaign treasurer, Jia “Jenny” Hou. He said, “at this point there are probably few things that will stun me again.”

Today, WNYC producer and reporter Brigid Bergin is shifting gears to to look at the role of women in the 2012 election. Specifically, has the discussion of contraceptives by the GOP galvanized new energy on the left? Here's a range of analysis on the issue ending with some reflections from last night's GOP debate:

Baseball and Lent have about as much in common as cracker jacks and a communion wafer. But the head of New York’s Archdiocese used America’s pastime as a way to explain Lent – beyond giving something up for 40 days — to the congregation at St. Patrick's Cathedral on Ash Wednesday.

WNYC producer and reporter Brigid Bergin is covering Cardinal Timothy Dolan's Ash Wednesday mass today — his first since returning to New York City from his elevation ceremony in Rome last weekend. Here's what's on her morning reading list:

Pope Benedict the XVI elevated 22 men to the position of cardinal on Saturday, including Timothy M. Dolan, head of the New York Archdiocese.

He may not officially have the title yet, but that didn’t stop Sirius XM radio’s Catholic Channel from airing its first episode of A Conversation with Cardinal Dolan on Thursday. New York Archbishop Timothy M. Dolan will be elevated to the office of cardinal on Saturday in Rome.

Police Commissioner Ray Kelly scores high for job performance despite recent flare-ups in the press over surveillance efforts targeting Muslim communities and his role in a controversial anti-Muslim film, according to a poll of New York City voters.

The Susan G. Komen for the Cure announced on Friday that they have reversed their decision to pull funding from Planned Parenthood. 

Mayor Michael Bloomberg is making a donation of $250,000 to Planned Parenthood Federation of America in an effort to defray the loss of funds withdrawn by the Susan G. Komen for the Cure.

A coalition of community groups calling themselves the 99 percent campaign are asking Mayor Michael Bloomberg for a budget proposal that closes the city's projected $2 billion budget gap without harming services to poor and low income New Yorkers.

City Council members approved a bill Wednesday that requires banks to notify the Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD) within 15 days of the start of foreclosure proceedings. Banks who fail comply face a fine of up to $1,000 each week until they complete the notification process.