Yasmeen Khan

The city held another job fair right before the Labor Day weekend at the Armory in Washington Heights to encourage principals to hire from among the nearly 2,000 city teachers who are...

Flood waters in New Jersey continue to create hardship for thousands of residents along the Passaic River and its tributaries in the aftermath of Tropical Storm Irene.

The Department of Education said it received definitive test results on unsafe levels of the toxic chemical trichloroethylene.

New Jersey agriculture officials have been battling an infestation by the Asian longhorned beetle since 2002.

A new wireless technology will allow a command center to monitor 2,000 mobile radiation detectors carried by officers around the city.

Though no riders became seriously ill, Westport authorities said they received numerous 911 calls on Friday from people who were on the New Haven line train without air conditioning.

Some community members have raised concerns about traffic, noise and the prospect of living near a major construction site.

Rokya Samake just graduated from Thurgood Marshall Academy in Harlem with four years of good grades behind her. 

Dave Nandkumar is graduating from Hillcrest High School in Queens, where he channeled that energy into his many interests. 

Drivers said they are concerned the livery cabs would be unfair competition that said they don't have the same costs that yellow cabs do.

A smoking ban in New York City parks, more than a dozen miles of beaches, boardwalks and pedestrian plazas, such as Times Square, goes into effect Monday. Do you agree with the new...

"It's like Christmas all over again!"

Brad Maione with the New York Department of Tax and Finance said for the first time this year New York taxpayers can only file for an extension online. 

Booker estimated the event could add $15 million to Newark's economy.

The transplant took place in 2009 but officials said they learned of it last year and are not identifying the hospital to protect patient privacy.

Lately, I’ve been nostalgic about department stores because of my own grandfather, Joseph Antaki, who worked for decades selling men’s clothing at Gimbels near Herald Square.

B. Altman, Abraham & Straus, Gimbels and Macy's. These are some of New York's first major department stores, and brands that evoke a certain sense of nostalgia -- of glamour, the goo...

When members of the military return from a war zone, they go from living on high alert to sedate civilian life. The New Jersey program Vet2Vet has been working to reach those service...