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New Yorkers can skip the vision test when renewing a driver license at the the Department of Motor Vehicles starting Wednesday — and can instead, they can "self-certify" if they have at least 20/40 vision in both eyes.

Governor Andrew Cuomo said the second largest state worker's union should reconsider its decision to reject a contract with concessions aimed at avoiding layoffs.

Former President Bill Clinton told economic development leaders from across the state that New York can rise again and urged New York to keep looking to the future to create a better state.

The legal fallout from the Bernard Madoff ponzi scheme has reached the New York Mets. A judge is allowing a lawsuit to go forward, in limited form, against the owners of the Mets by the trustee recovering money for investors who lost money due to Madoff.

The defense team for political consultant John Haggerty, a former top aide to Mayor Michael Bloomberg, said Bloomberg did not try and hide the fact that he was financing a poll-monitoring operation during his 2009 re-election campaign.

A long-delayed project to bring cell phone service to New York City subway stations is becoming a reality as six stations are set to get cell phone service Tuesday.

Eight children taken from a Queens child welfare agency by their mother last week were found Monday in Pennsylvania, police said Tuesday.

The City Council will hold hearings Tuesday on the status of the emergency communications and 911 call systems in the city a decade after the September 11 attacks exposed serious flaws in the systems.

Metro-North Railroad said service along the length of the Port Jervis line of badly damaged by Tropical Storm Irene should be restored by the end of the year.

A political operative stole more than $1 million from Mayor Michael Bloomberg because he was desperate to control his father's house when he died, a prosecutor charged in opening arguments in the trial against the consultant on Monday.

Police Commissioner Ray Kelly said the city's police department could take down a plane if necessary.

About 80 people were arrested near Union Square on Saturday afternoon when demonstrators clashed with police during a protest led by the group Occupy Wall Street, police said. SEE P...

Former Olympic gold medalist Carl Lewis is giving up his legal fight to run for a seat in the New Jersey State Senate.

As the search continues for the eight children plucked from a Queens foster home by their biological mother this week, experts say it's common for parents to contemplate kidnapping.

The lights are staying on at the American Folk Art Museum.

The museum, which has been struggling financially, was saved by donations from its trustees and a major gift from the Ford Foundation. The cash will allow the organization to keep operating at its Two Lincoln Square home and to keep its collection intact.

New York City Ballet had a sellout crowd at its fall season opener on Thursday thanks to the music of former Beatle Sir Paul McCartney and costumes created by his daughter, the superstar designer Stella McCartney.

After a brutal week on Wall Street, stocks closed on a quiet note. The market rose slightly after bouncing between gains and losses.

A 6-ton, bus-sized NASA climate satellite is expected to plummet back to Earth late Friday or early Saturday, but scientists are scrambling to pinpoint exactly where and when.

Israeli and Palestinians officials showed no sign of narrowing the gaps that have stalled negotiations between the two, setting the stage for showdown over Palestinian statehood at the United Nations today.

Hewlett-Packard named Meg Whitman, former eBay CEO and California candidate for governor, as its new CEO.