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Ed Koch, New York's feisty mayor, dies at 88
When Ed Koch was mayor, it seemed as if all of New York was being run by a deli counterman. Koch was funny, irritable, opinionated, often rude and ...
Constellation sinks as US sues to block beer deal
Shares of Constellation Brands sank Thursday after the U.S. Justice Department filed an antitrust lawsuit challenging Anheuser-Busch InBev's proposed ...
Operator, contractor cited in NYC crane collapse
A crane operator and a contractor didn't inspect equipment, failed to take proper precautions and ran the rig unsafely before it collapsed while ...
3 months after Sandy, victims waiting for relief
Devon Lawrence neatly stacked bricks on the gas burner of his kitchen stove and turned up the blue flame, creating a sort of radiator that warmed the ...
35,000 more NYC-area buildings in flood zones
Twice as many homes and businesses in and near the city would be in flood zones under new maps that may force more property-owners to buy flood ...
NYC firm hit hard on 9/11 gives $10M in Sandy aid
Dozens of New Yorkers from a neighborhood ravaged by Superstorm Sandy lined up in a school auditorium Thursday to receive $1,000 debit cards from a ...
NYC crane collapses at construction site; 7 hurt
With the popping of cables and the snapping of metal, a crane collapsed onto a building under construction near the East River waterfront Wednesday, ...
Q&A: With 4 nods, rapper Nas aims for Grammy gold
When a teenage Nas opted out of street hustling to chase his musical dream, those around him found it amusing. "When I chose to get in rap, my friends ...
NY homes for elderly under scrutiny after Sandy
A nursing home and an assisted living facility are under scrutiny by state officials and an advocacy group after The Associated Press disclosed that ...
Suspect in NYC subway death arrested before
The family of a woman accused of shoving a man to his death in front of a subway train called police several times in the past five years because she ...
Money from Sandy relief concert being put to work
Some of the biggest names in rock 'n' roll were on the bill for the nationally televised "12-12-12" concert benefiting victims of Superstorm Sandy, ...
Psychiatric test for suspect in NYC subway death
A woman accused of shoving a man to his death in front of a subway train because she believed he was Muslim laughed and smiled during a court hearing ...
Woman charged with murder in NY subway shove death
A woman who told police she shoved a man to his death off a subway platform into the path of a train because she has hated Muslims since Sept. 11 and ...
Mayor: Keep 2 NY subway push deaths in perspective
For New York City, it wasn't an unusual sight: a possibly mentally ill woman pacing and mumbling to herself on an elevated subway station platform.
Grim limbo for NYC's nursing home evacuees
Hundreds of elderly and disabled New Yorkers who were hurriedly evacuated from seaside nursing homes and assisted living residences after Superstorm ...
NY surfer who survived Sandy drowns in Puerto Rico
A lifeguard widely praised as a hero after Superstorm Sandy for rescuing neighbors endangered by rolling floodwaters and a fire that destroyed several ...
"Sandy Claus" delivers toys to storm-stricken kids
From his toy-cluttered Brooklyn apartment, the man in the red suit was making his list and checking it twice. But he made no distinction between ...
2 sought in killing of LA man near Central Park
Police on Thursday continued an aggressive manhunt for a gunman and a getaway driver who ambushed and killed a Los Angeles man in midtown Manhattan, ...
Police suspect LA man was lured into NYC ambush
Someone wanted Brandon Lincoln Woodard dead — bad enough to apparently lure him to a midtown Manhattan block for what looked like a professional hit.
NY mostly ignored reports warning of superstorm
More than three decades before Superstorm Sandy, a state law and a series of legislative reports began warning New York politicians to prepare for a ...
NY subway victim's daughter: 'What's done is done'
The daughter of a man pushed in front of a subway train and photographed a split-second before his death said Wednesday after a suspect was arrested ...
After Sandy, NYC pins housing hope on repairs
Facing Superstorm Sandy's daunting toll of wreckage and displacement in the nation's largest city, officials have put much of their hopes and hundreds ...
Sandy victims cheered by NYC's Thanksgiving parade
Victims of Superstorm Sandy in New York and elsewhere in the Northeast were comforted Thursday by kinder weather, free holiday meals and — for some ...
Review: Tony Bennett's meditations on show biz
"Life Is a Gift: The Zen of Bennett" (Harper Collins), by Tony Bennett When you've been as successful as Tony Bennett over 60 years in show business, ...
Rubble cleanup a massive task in NY, NJ
Just a few months ago, the parking lot at Jacob Riis Park on New York City's Rockaway seashore was filled with happy beachgoers. Now, it is home to ...