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Judge Injunction Suspends MTA Layoffs
Thursday, May 06, 2010
Hundreds of laid-off station agents expecting to turn in their uniforms are headed to work instead.
NYPD Says Truck on RFK Bridge Not a Threat
Thursday, May 06, 2010
The bridge reopened for traffic around midnight after being closed for several hours.
Bloomberg Asks Senators to Close 'Terror Gap'
Wednesday, May 05, 2010
Mayor Bloomberg and the NYPD's Ray Kelly say New York needs more anti-terror funding and tougher gun control laws.
Times Square Bomb Suspect Charged
Wednesday, May 05, 2010
Faisal Shahzad was charged yesterday with terrorism and attempting to use weapons of mass destruction.
NYPD Dismisses Criticism Over Shahzad Arrest
Wednesday, May 05, 2010
Law enforcement officials are brushing aside criticism over the fact that Faisal Shahzad was apprehended on board a flight at John F. Kennedy International airport that was bound for Dubai.
NY Court Grants Same-Sex Parents Rights
Wednesday, May 05, 2010
New York’s highest court has granted same-sex parents more of the visitation and custody rights enjoyed by straight couples in the event of divorce or death.
When News Breaks…Sunday, May 2 at WNYC
Tuesday, May 04, 2010
Brigid Bergin, Producer for Breaking News and Mornings
My phone rang 9:30 a.m. Sunday morning. It was John Keefe, WNYC’s Senior Executive for News, asking me to report for duty.
I was recently named WNYC’s Producer for Breaking News and Mornings, so my stake in this event was two-pronged: I ...
Paterson Wants Pardon Panel for Immigrants
Tuesday, May 04, 2010
New York Governor David Paterson is countering what he calls "harsh" federal immigration laws by creating a "pardon panel" that will review the cases of legal immigrants facing deportation for prior criminal convictions.
Times Square Reopens
Sunday, May 02, 2010
Despite the car bomb discovered in Times Square last night, and the resulting police presence and 10-hour closure of several major thoroughfares, by early this morning traffic had been restored and crowds were thronging the area.
Rita Kirkpatrick and her husband were in town from Massachusetts. They missed a play ...
NYPD Investigates Failed Times Square Car Bomb
Sunday, May 02, 2010
Two vendors alerted police Saturday of smoke coming from the back of a dark-colored Nissan Pathfinder.
Get Your Reels Ready -- Fishing Season Begins This Weekend
Friday, April 30, 2010
This weekend is one of the most popular in the New York fishing calendar, with the season opening for many varieties, including Walleye and Northern Pike.
Carl Anderson is a buyer at Urban ...
Two NY Men Charged with Aiding Al Qaeda
Friday, April 30, 2010
Two former Brooklyn residents have been arrested for allegedly providing assistance to Al Qaeda. They made an initial court appearance in Virginia today and will be sent to New York for a detention hearing.
Stephen Goldsmith Joins Bloomberg Team
Friday, April 30, 2010
The former Mayor of Indianapolis, Stephen Goldsmith, will join Mayor Michael Bloomberg's team as the next Deputy Mayor of Operations.
St. Vincent's Hospital Shuts its Doors
Friday, April 30, 2010
St. Vincent's Hospital is closing for good today after months of feuding and years of financial struggles. The 160-year-old Greenwich Village institution will stop accepting even emergency cases at 7 A.M. this morning.
Mayor Pulls Out a Poem From His Pocket
Thursday, April 29, 2010
It's the eighth annual "poem in your pocket day," the city's effort to encourage New Yorkers to write and share poems, especially in the schools. And to mark the occasion Mayor Michael Bloomberg, once again, read a bit of his own poetry today. Inspired by Obama perhaps...?
"Hope" ...
MTA To Lay Off 600 Transit Workers
Thursday, April 29, 2010
More than 600 transit workers have received notices that they will lose their jobs in June and July.
Espada Calls Cuomo's New Charges Baseless
Thursday, April 29, 2010
New York State Majority Leader Pedro Espada, Jr. has said New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo's second civil law suit targeting Espada, Jr.'s business dealings is nothing but political assassination by installments.
Cuomo Slaps Espada with Second Suit
Wednesday, April 28, 2010
Says Bronx State Senator ran fake jobs program and paid participants $1.70 per hour.
Motorman at Controls of G Train Dies of Heart Attack
Wednesday, April 28, 2010
A transit worker at the controls of a moving G train died this morning from an apparent heart attack. A spokesperson with New York City Transit says the train was pulling out of the Court Square station in Queens when the motorman collapsed. The train stopped immediately, because of what's ...