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The 47-year-old rapper born in Brooklyn, who fans knew as MCA, died on Friday after a battle with cancer. Watch vintage Beasties' music videos here.

The New Jersey State Supreme Court ruled that it is legal for the state to cap payouts for unused sick time for top school administrators.

The Knicks’ Jeremy Lin may not be speaking at the graduation of Stuyvesant High School’s Class of 2012, but he still had some words of wisdom to share with the students.

The NYPD police officer who was stabbed in the temple with a switch blade in East Harlem was released from the hospital on Wednesday — facing a long road to recovery but saying he was "just happy to be alive."

Test-prep company The Princeton Review was caught cheating as it tried to win tens of millions of dollars in federal funding, the government claims in a suit filed Tuesday.

As Occupy Wall Street activists take to the street this week, shareholders of some of the nation’s biggest companies are pushing back against generous executive pay packages or voting against board members.

A 28-year-old Bosnian-born U.S. citizen has been convicted for his role in a plot to bomb the city's subway system and faces life in prison.

Governor Chris Christie said he was not involved in the decision to transfer 10 New Jersey state police commanders as the investigation into high-speed escorts of luxury sports cars continues.
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City Council Speaker Christine Quinn stormed off stage at a rally in support of the living wage bill outside City Hall Monday after she was interrupted by a supporter who referred t...

Four lawmakers sued the city Monday over its handling of the Occupy Wall Street protests, saying police conduct is so problematic that the force needs an outside monitor.

The city council is expected to pass a living wage bill Monday. The measure would require some developers doing city-subsidized projects, to pay their workers at least $10 an hour, pl...

Money was a big theme in this week’s political landscape. Federal prosecutors charged one of the city’s leading contractors in a multi-million dollar fraud case. In Albany, campaign finance reform legislation ― one of the governor’s big promises ― was introduced, while Mayor Michael Bloomberg vetoed a bill that would increase the prevailing wage in the city.

The NY Rangers eliminated the Ottawa Senators from the playoffs with a 2-1 victory in Game 7 on Thursday night at Madison Square Garden. The NJ Devils also advanced after beating the Florida Panthers in Game 7, 3-2, in double overtime play.

New York City Public Advocate Bill de Blasio claimed the systematic "overzealous” enforcement of what he calls "trivial" violations by city regulators is hurting small businesses.

A glowing video about Newark Mayor Cory Booker that aired on Ellen DeGeneres’ daytime talk show Tuesday made some dubious claims about his tenure – including a claim that crime has dropped “almost 50 percent” under his leadership.

Rodney King weighed in on the shooting death of an unarmed Florida teen whose death at the hands of a neighborhood watch volunteer earlier this year sparked national debate on race.

For 110 years, Cooper Union has offered free education to all its students. That is going to change for the incoming class of graduate students next year when they will be charged tuition for the first time.

One World Trade Center could be the tallest building in Manhattan as early as Monday, according to a Port Authority executive.

The Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum may have cleared part of its deck in anticipation of the arrival of the space shuttle, but it will have to wait a bit longer. NASA's planned flight of the Enterprise, piggy-backed atop of a 747, has been pushed back due to "an unfavorable weather forecast."

An application that seeks to streamline the process of accessing and utilizing New York City's Open Data Portal is the winner of this year's third annual BigApps 3.0 competition.