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All 62 of New York's state senators met together for the first time in three weeks, because a judge had ordered them to do so. But the feuding Democrats and Republicans failed to act on any of the key measures ...

(Jocelyn Aponte)

Famed fashion designer Isaac Mizrahi spoke with one of our producers about what the 40th anniversary of the Stonewall riots means to him. Mizrahi also offers his thoughts on ...

Forty years ago this weekend, America mourned the death of Judy Garland. Among the saddened were denizens of a West Village gay bar, the Stonewall Inn. On June 28 of that year, New York City police raided the bar, ...

Long before the cataclysmic effect of the Stonewall riots 40 years ago ...

Senators hold dueling factions on Senate floor on Tuesday, June 23.

Riders of the number 7 train apparently have the cleanest ride on the subway system. So says the annual "shmutz" report from the advocacy group the Straphangers' Campaign. In today's survey from late last year, 57 percent of all cars were marked as clean, up from 50 ...

At the MTA headquarters dozens of people have signed up to speak for or against the new deal for the Atlantic Yards development in Brooklyn. There are so many spectators that the MTA has opened an overflow room with a closed circuit television. The board is expected to sell a ...

Give bees a chance -- so says a group of renegade beekeepers. They want the city to legalize beekeeping instead of fining people up to $2000 for tending a hive. Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer declared his support for beekeeping, calling it a step toward a greener city. ...

After the Stonewall riots, gay rights activists got louder, stronger, more organized. Some groups, like the Gay Liberation Front, took on a broad political platform, joining forces with movements for civil rights and women's rights. Other groups, like the Radicalesbians, had a more focused agenda.

The New York ...

Emily Reese, 27, is from a small town in New Mexico. She is an out lesbian currently living in New York City. Here she reflects on growing up gay in New Mexico, where it wasn't okay to be out, even decades after Stonewall.

"As a kid, I wasn't really aware ...

Celebrating the Music of Gay and Lesbian Composers

Sunday June 28, 2009 marks the 40th anniversary of the Stonewall Riots around Greenwich Village's Stonewall Inn, the night that galvanized the Gay Rights Movement. To mark the occasion, Evening Music celebrates the significant contributions by gay and lesbian composers to ...

The legendary broadcaster, Ed McMahon died early this morning in Los Angeles. He was 86. McMahon was Johnny Carson's sidekick for 30 years, famous for his roller coaster line, "Heeeeeeere's Johnny."

But McMahon wanted to be remembered for something more. Here's what he told the Associated Press in 1998:

A four-story residential and commercial building collapsed on Sunday leaving jagged pile of debris. Four people sustained minor injuries and six adjacent buildings had to be evacuated.

New York City Assistant Deputy fire chief, John Sudnic, says a call came in about bricks falling from a building around ...

by Lara Pellegrinelli

Photo by David Nager.

Penny Palfrey took first place among the female competitors at the Manhattan Island Marathon Swim on June 6, completing the 28.5 mile counterclockwise route around the island in just 7 hours ...

New Yorkers celebrate gay pride

Continental Airlines Flight 61 landed safely at Newark Airport this afternoon, after the plane's pilot died in flight. Two co-pilots landed the plane, which originated in Brussels. WNYC's Cindy Rodriguez reported from Newark Liberty Airport.

Most people ...