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The city's Department of Education is cutting its school construction plans in half.

A tax increase that would save more than $750 million on Medicaid costs is one of dozens of proposals under consideration by state panel tasked with reducing New York's Medicaid costs.

Bahrain has taken its strongest action yet to clamp down on continuing protests in the country.

Mayor Michael Bloomberg has joined with leaders of the fashion industry to push for immigration reform, saying rules in place now are preventing many fashion models from strutting down runways in the U.S.

A sweeping drug bust in Queens Thursday morning resulted in 14 indictments and 48 arrests for charges of selling powder and crack cocaine, heroin, marijuana and other recreational drugs.

The panel that Governor Andrew Cuomo assigned to find nearly $3 billion in Medicaid savings is now considering dozens of proposals, including one that would raise the requirements needed for hospital admissions and another that would limit coverage of brand-name prescription drugs.

A fellow at New York University resigned after he posted offensive tweets about CBS chief foreign correspondent Lara Logan as news broke of her assault in Egypt.

The Taxi and Limousine Commission is hoping to get New Yorkers into the driver's seat when it comes to redesigning the city's cabs.

A Somali pirate who attacked the Maersk Alabama cargo ship off the coast of Africa in 2009 was sentenced to 33 years and nine months in prison in federal court in Manhattan on Wednesday.

Congressman Charles Rangel plans to run for re-election in 2012 despite his conviction on House ethics charges.

As protests continue to spread in the Middle East, new reports from Libya indicate the beginnings of an uprising in that country.

The state's chief justice wants to make sure homeowners facing foreclosure can get a lawyer, even if they can't afford one. Chief Justice Jonathan Lippman made his comments during his annual State of the Judiciary speech in Albany on Tuesday.

In a deal that will create the world's largest financial markets company, the parent company of the New York Stock Exchange said Tuesday it will be acquired by the operator of the Frankfurt stock exchange.

There's a wind advisory in effect for the New York City area starting at noon Monday until 6 a.m. Tuesday. The National Weather Service said wind gusts could get as high as 45 miles per hour.

The deadline for groups that want to grow and sell marijuana legally in New Jersey is Monday, but confusion over the rules may mean few applicants actually apply.

A 23-year-old Brooklyn man accused of going on a 28-hour stabbing spree that sparked a manhunt over the weekend was arraigned Sunday on second-degree murder charges for allegedly killing four people during the rampage.

New York Fashion Week, which kicked off Thursday, generates more than $400 million and draws roughly 230,000, including fashion elite, style mavens and A-list celebrities. But it also temporarily employees thousands -- and not all of them are models.

Mayor Michael Bloomberg apologized Thursday for making a crack about public drunkenness during an event hosted by an Irish-American organization this week.

A business consultant charged as part of the CityTime payroll scandal pleaded guilty to paying bribes in order to secure government contracts.

Regular class cutters will be waking up next week to the voices of former NBA superstar Magic Johson, Outkast's rapper Big Boi and performer Trey Songz. And when truants check their e-mail, they may also find messages reminding them to go to school.