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A second construction company supervisor was acquitted of manslaughter and other charges in a fire that killed two firefighters at a condemned tower near Ground Zero.

The City Council voted to pass the $66 billion budget on Wednesday — a plan that avoids 4,000 teacher layoffs and the closure of 20 fire companies but will hit both education and social services.

Two civil rights groups in New Jersey are trying to keep the momentum going, following the legalization of same-sex marriage in New York last week.

A supervisor of a construction company has been acquitted of manslaughter and all other charges in a fire that killed two firefighters at a condemned tower near Ground Zero.

Two former NYPD cops acquitted of rape charges want their misconduct convictions thrown out in the trial of a woman who accused them of raping her as they helped her into her East Village apartment.

Same-sex marriage became legal in New York on Friday, when the New York State Senate passed same-sex marriage legislation and Governor Andrew Cuomo signed it into law. But supporters shouldn't expect New Jersey to follow suit. That was Governor Chris Christie's message during an appearance on NBC's "Meet the Press" on Sunday.

The Gowanus Canal, one of New York City's most fetid waterways, celebrated its 100th anniversary this week and was feted with a flushing ritual and small parade of residents.

Comic book artist Gene Colan, who chronicled the adventures of heroes like Daredevil, Batman and Howard the Duck, has died. He was 84.

A top Senate Republican said legislators don't want to let a possible vote on same-sex marriage drag into the weekend following days of marathon sessions in Albany.

Mayor Michael Bloomberg said most of the $600 million in cost increases for the automated payroll project CityTime were legitimate — but acknowledged there was "an unconscionable amount of fraud."

A coalition of labor unions says Mayor Michael Bloomberg has rejected its offer to help avert the layoff of 4,000 teachers and the closure of 20 fire companies.

A bill requiring New Jersey public workers to pay more for pension and health benefits passed the New Jersey Assembly on Thursday evening.

Rail service has been restored along the Northeast Corridor, yet heavy delays persist after Amtrak and New Jersey Transit service was temporarily suspended at the start of rush hour Thursday.

Republican Senate majority leader Dean Skelos said a package of legislation that includes statewide property tax cap and city rent control legislation remains on track.

President Barack Obama told soldiers in upstate New York on Thursday that the U.S. has turned a corner in Afghanistan, a day after announcing plans to speed the withdrawal of troops out of the country. 

Senate Republicans ended another marathon session late Thursday without taking up the issue of same-sex marriage, which has been languishing in legislative overtime in Albany for days.

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Republican Senators who are central to whether same-sex marriage will become legal in New York met privately Wednesday. The measure — which appears to be one vote away from passage i...

The state Assembly voted 110-28 on Tuesday to allow livery drivers to pick up passengers who hail them in the outerboroughs and Upper Manhattan despite protests from yellow cab drivers who protested the legislation in Albany.

Senate leader Dean Skelos said a "framework" for an agreement on rent control and a statewide property tax cap was reached Tuesday but that gay marriage was not discussed during the...