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The organizers behind a planned Islamic community center and mosque near ground zero are opening a temporary space at the site.  

Dominique Strauss-Kahn, the former head of the International Monetary Fund, said his sexual encounter with a New York hotel housekeeper "did not involve violence, constraint or aggression" but still was a "moral failing" on his part.

World leaders are descending on New York City this week for the U.N. General Assembly, the yearly gathering takes place on the east side of Manhattan at the United Nations.

As of 3 a.m. Sunday, it costs drivers more to cross bridges and tunnels owned by the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey.

The AAA motorists' group is asking the U.S. Department of Transportation to block this weekend's toll increase on bridges and tunnels owned by the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey.

New Jersey Transit board members gave the agency high marks for its performance during Tropical Storm Irene and subsequent flooding from the storm.

Several relatives of the victims of the September 11 attacks went to court Wednesday to get access to a New York City-maintained list of next of kin for all those killed in the attacks.

Prosecutors say FBI surveillance tapes played U.S. District Court in Trenton, N.J., this week showed the former deputy mayor of Newark directed city contracts in exchange for kickbacks and political donations.

Democrats have held on to six seats in the New York State Assembly after winning special elections for slots vacated by Democratic incumbents.

With about two-thirds of the vote, incumbent Queens City Councilman Ruben Wills won the primary race against former Councilman Allan Jennings and two other contenders.

New York City can stop paying rent for more than 16,000 families that were previously homeless, a judge ruled Tuesday.

Republicans have scored an upset victory in a New York City House race that became a referendum on President Barack Obama's economic policies.

The frosty relationship between the owner of the Central Park Boathouse Restaurant and a labor union seems to be thawing, more than a month after dozens of workers began striking.

Mayor Michael Bloomberg said Tuesday that the city's top cop is looking into an incident involving two NYPD officers dancing provocatively with women at the West Indian Day Parade last week.

Mayor Michael Bloomberg and other mayors in support of gun control are speaking out against a bill that would allow licensed gun owners to carry concealed firearms across state lines.

One of the NYPD officers acquitted of rape charges after helping a drunken woman into her East Village apartment will not face charges of heroin-possession after prosecutors dropped charges Monday.

After renovations shuttered subway stops in Flatbush and Midwood, Brooklyn, for two years, the  Avenue H and Avneue M stops along the B and Q lines are finally set to re-open on Monday.

The New York-based McGraw-Hill Companies announced Monday it will split up into two public companies, with one focused on education and the other centered on markets, featuring the Standard & Poor's unit, by the end of the year.

New Yorkers overwhelmingly approve of Mayor Michael Bloomberg's decision to order the evacuation of low-lying areas in preparation for Hurricane Irene, according to a new poll

Fighter jets scrambled to shadow two commercial flights on the 10th anniversary of the September 11 attacks Sunday after passengers aroused the suspicions of the crews for spending too long in the bathroom.