Kathleen Horan

The nearly 100-year-old Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Contest will hold its first-ever women-only contest as part of its infamous annual Fourth of July eat-off on Coney Island.

Labor contracts for thousands of New York City construction workers are set to expire at midnight Thursday — and talks about a new agreement for the two unions representing crane operators, excavators and operating engineers will likely go down to the wire.

When gay marriage becomes legal in New York next month, one city pastor is offering to perform LGBT weddings for free.

The Rent Guidelines board approved rent hikes during a raucous meeting at Cooper Union in Manhattan on Monday — a 3.75 percent increase for one-year leases and 7.25 percent for two-year leases.

The State legislature voted Friday to approve the sale of permits allowing a new class of livery vehicle to enter the street hail businesses, something that up until now has been widely practiced but officially off limits. Up to 30,000 permits will be available. The legislation passed the Senate by a vote of 40-21.

The city's so-called 5 Borough Taxi Plan that would legalize street hails throughout the city may have to undergo some serious re-working in order to pass the state Senate, according to Senator Martin Golden's chief of staff, Gerry Kassar.

In a stunning reversal, a group representing thousands of the city’s taxi drivers threw its support behind legislation that would allow livery cabs to pick up street hails despite its intention to attend a protest of the plan Monday.

Mayor Bloomberg is asking Albany to enact his plan to get more taxi coverage outside Manhattan. WNYC reporter Kathleen Horan explains the proposals and the complications.

Mayor Michael Bloomberg, former 'N Sync band member Lance Bass and other volunteers geared up to gather support for same-sex marriage at a phone bank near Times Square on Wednesday night as lawmakers in Albany considered a bill to make same-sex nuptials it legal in the state.

The high school senior who was shot and killed on Thursday on the Brighton Beach boardwalk is being remembered in her Harlem neighborhood. No arrests have been made in the Brooklyn shooting.

The Bloomberg administration is planning to cut more than half the funding to a program that provides forensic examinations to sexual assault victims by specially trained medical providers.

The life of songwriter, spoken word artist and the man many call the forefather of rap, Gil Scott Heron, was remembered at Riverside Church on Thursday during a memorial where Kanye West performed and Scott-Heron's daughter recited a poem. Scott-Heron, who died last Friday, was 62. 

Elaine's, the famed Upper East Side eatery that became a mainstay for literatti, celebrities and the city's movers and shakers for nearly 50 years, will close its doors Thursday night.

A class action lawsuit that calls for the future taxi fleet to be fully wheelchair accessible is moving forward after a judge Tuesday denied the city's request to have it dismissed.

It may be hard to score a ticket to top U.S. Open tennis matches this year, but it should be easier to catch a cab.

As the Bloomberg administration moves forward with its plan to expand taxi service outside Manhattan, there have been a number of closed-door meetings between industry stakeholders vying to get the best deal possible.

The city approved an increase in fines for cab drivers who break a wide range of rules — from being caught using a cell phone while driving to refusing to accept a credit card.

The city has extradited two former taxi drivers accused of intentionally overcharging passengers by illegally setting their meters to an out of town rate.