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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 ...
NYC's landmark Grand Central Terminal turns 100
Grand Central station, once in danger of being demolished, is celebrating its 100th birthday with speeches, a brass band and a rollback to 1913 prices ...
Billionaire (not that one) announces NYC mayor bid
From one billionaire mayor of New York City to another? Businessman John Catsimatidis is hoping so. Catsimatidis, whose business interests include ...
NYC mayor tops $1B in gifts to Johns Hopkins Univ.
New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg has pledged $350 million to Johns Hopkins University, mainly to expand its interdisciplinary research on an ...
Beverage industry, NYC lawyers duel over drinks
The city defended its groundbreaking size limit on sugary drinks Wednesday as an imperfect but meaningful rein on obesity, while critics said it would ...
Experts back NYC's link of gun laws, lower crime
In his nationwide effort for tighter gun control, Mayor Michael Bloomberg attributes historic crime lows in New York to strict gun laws that are ...
NC woman sues NYPD over Empire State shooting
A North Carolina college student hit by police gunfire during a shooting outside the Empire State Building argued in a lawsuit Tuesday that the police ...
New York City extols virtues of tiny apartments
Sam Neuman jokes that he doesn't casually throw off his coat when he gets home at night — it would take up half his apartment. Such is life in his ...
Flu season fuels debate over paid sick time laws
Sniffling, groggy and afraid she had caught the flu, Diana Zavala dragged herself in to work anyway for a day she felt she couldn't afford to miss.
Obama backers aim to outflank NRA on gun control
Supporters of President Barack Obama's gun-control proposals are planning a methodical, state-by-state campaign to try to persuade key lawmakers that ...
Bloomberg urges mayors to press Congress on guns
New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg wants the nation's mayors to pressure members of Congress to support President Barack Obama's gun violence proposals ...
NYC, union trade harsh words over plan impasse
The city and its teachers' union can't agree on how to evaluate the educators, an impasse that has put the nation's largest school district at risk ...
NYC, union miss deadline for teacher eval plan
New York City and a union representing the city's 75,000 teachers missed a deadline Thursday for a teacher evaluation plan, putting the city at risk ...
Will Obama's order lead to surge in gun research?
Nearly as many Americans die from guns as from car crashes each year. We know plenty about the second problem and far less about the first. A scarcity ...
School bus strike in New York City enters 2nd day
New York City's first school bus strike in 34 years entered its second day Thursday with no resolution in sight and tens of thousands of parents ...
School bus drivers go on strike in New York City
Tens of thousands of New York City children who usually ride school buses took subways, taxis and private cars to school Wednesday as more than 8,000 ...
Conn. group starts anti-violence effort
Parents of children slain in the Connecticut school massacre called for a national dialogue to help prevent similar tragedies as New York moved to ...
Conn. group launches anti-violence initiative
Parents of children slain in the Connecticut school massacre held photos of their sons and daughters, cried, hugged and spoke in quavering voices as ...
Column: Familiar debate revived in obesity crisis
Americans have always been conflicted on what role government should have in their private lives. The scale tilts wildly depending on the issue and ...
Google to offer public Wi-Fi in NYC neighborhood
Google said Tuesday it is teaming up with a New York City neighborhood business group to provide the company's first urban Wi-Fi network. The network ...
Giffords interview to air on shooting anniversary
A TV interview with former Arizona Rep. Gabrielle Giffords and her husband will air on the second anniversary of the Tucson shooting rampage that ...
After NYC subway deaths, barriers get new eye
Every day, throngs of riders stand on the edge of danger in the nation's busiest subway system, waiting on platforms with nothing between them and the ...
Wounded ex-Rep. Giffords meets with Conn. families
Just days before the second anniversary of a mass shooting that critically injured Gabrielle Giffords, the former congresswoman was in Newtown meeting ...
Dem Leader Pelosi to appear on '30 Rock' finale
House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi will appear on the series finale of NBC's "30 Rock." Pelosi's office confirmed Friday the California ...
Knicks end Spurs' 7-game winning streak in romp
Sometime between Stephen Jackson's sideline stumble and J.R. Smith's soaring slam, the San Antonio Spurs realized this wasn't their night. Too much ...