The Bloomberg administration has an agreement with a group of developers that includes the owners of the Mets to clean up and develop a blighted neighborhood next to Citi Field.More >>
The Bloomberg administration has an agreement with a group of developers that includes the owners of the Mets to clean up and develop a blighted neighborhood next to Citi Field.More >>
The state is collecting public comment about a rule that could lead to disclosure of the identities of donors to a lobbying group behind an unprecedented $10 million TV ad campaign that's helped maintain Gov. Andrew...More >>
The state is collecting public comment about a rule that could lead to disclosure of the identities of donors to a lobbying group behind an unprecedented $10 million TV ad campaign that's helped maintain Gov. Andrew...More >>
New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman says checks totaling nearly $2 million are in the mail to 2,700 New York customers of Columbia Utilities LLC and Columbia Utilities Power LLC.More >>
New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman says checks totaling nearly $2 million are in the mail to 2,700 New York customers of Columbia Utilities LLC and Columbia Utilities Power LLC.More >>
Evidence gathered by federal investigators indicates the driver involved in a deadly New York bus crash last year may not have had the sleep he claimed in the days prior to the accident.More >>
Evidence gathered by federal investigators indicates the driver involved in a deadly New York bus crash last year may not have had the sleep he claimed in the days prior to the accident.More >>
A court has ordered producers of Broadway's "Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark" to turn over any relevant information to a stuntman who claims he suffered a concussion, whiplash and two holes in his knees while performing as...More >>
A court has ordered producers of Broadway's "Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark" to turn over any relevant information to a stuntman who claims he suffered a concussion, whiplash and two holes in his knees while performing as...More >>
A 27-year-old man paralyzed from the chest down during last summer's All Good Music Festival is suing organizers and a security company he blames for his injuries.More >>
A 27-year-old man paralyzed from the chest down during last summer's All Good Music Festival is suing organizers and a security company he blames for his injuries.More >>
FBI Special Agent Harold Haberfeld's (ha-BUHR'-fehldz) ill-fated mission to North Africa during World War II was so secret that even now, after 69 years, his home bureau in Buffalo isn't entirely sure what it was.More >>
FBI Special Agent Harold Haberfeld's (ha-BUHR'-fehldz) ill-fated mission to North Africa during World War II was so secret that even now, after 69 years, his home bureau in Buffalo isn't entirely sure what it was.More >>
Facebook's initial public offering could be one of the largest in history if its stock prices at the high end of its expected range on Thursday.More >>
Facebook's initial public offering could be one of the largest in history if its stock prices at the high end of its expected range on Thursday.More >>
The New York Senate has approved legislation proposed by Gov. Andrew Cuomo that would create a new state agency to better protect about a million New Yorkers with disabilities under state-funded care.More >>
Brian McNamee, the chief prosecution witness in the Roger Clemens perjury trial, conceded he initially lied about his involvement with steroids.More >>
Brian McNamee, the chief prosecution witness in the Roger Clemens perjury trial, conceded he initially lied about his involvement with steroids.More >>
New York regulators say premiums for so-called "force-placed" insurance have more than tripled since 2004, producing enormous profits for insurers and the banks that take out policies when a homeowner fails to maintain...More >>
New York regulators say premiums for so-called "force-placed" insurance have more than tripled since 2004, producing enormous profits for insurers and the banks that take out policies when a homeowner fails to maintain...More >>
Workers replacing utility lines on one of the University at Buffalo's campuses have uncovered the remains of about 100 more people who were buried more than a century ago in a cemetery for the poor.More >>
Workers replacing utility lines on one of the University at Buffalo's campuses have uncovered the remains of about 100 more people who were buried more than a century ago in a cemetery for the poor.More >>
Police say an upstate New York man has been charged with kidnapping his girlfriend and driving her and his two young sons around in a stolen truck.More >>
Police say an upstate New York man has been charged with kidnapping his girlfriend and driving her and his two young sons around in a stolen truck.More >>
Authorities say they've seized about seven ounces of cocaine, a pound of marijuana and $30,000 cash in a drug bust in the Hudson Valley. State police say investigators raided three homes yesterday in Greene County. Two...More >>
Authorities say they're trying to identify the person who died when their car burst into flames after colliding with a mail delivery truck on a Hudson Valley road.More >>
Authorities say they're trying to identify the person who died when their car burst into flames after colliding with a mail delivery truck on a Hudson Valley road.More >>
A state agency responsible for developing Buffalo's waterfront could get a step closer to taking over a large section of Lake Erie property from another public agency.More >>
A state agency responsible for developing Buffalo's waterfront could get a step closer to taking over a large section of Lake Erie property from another public agency.More >>
New York State Police are holding their annual memorial and awards ceremony, with the agency's top award for bravery going to a trooper who shot and wounded an armed man during a confrontation on an upstate road.More >>
New York State Police are holding their annual memorial and awards ceremony, with the agency's top award for bravery going to a trooper who shot and wounded an armed man during a confrontation on an upstate road.More >>
The New York Senate has approved legislation proposed by Gov. Andrew Cuomo to create a new state agency meant to better protect about a million New Yorkers with disabilities under state-funded care.More >>
The New York Senate has approved legislation proposed by Gov. Andrew Cuomo to create a new state agency meant to better protect about a million New Yorkers with disabilities under state-funded care.More >>
A 53-year-old Rochester man who admitted buying online and then re-selling about 7,000 fake Viagra and Cialis pills from China has been sentenced to three years on probation.More >>
A 53-year-old Rochester man who admitted buying online and then re-selling about 7,000 fake Viagra and Cialis pills from China has been sentenced to three years on probation.More >>
A New York judge has struck down as unconstitutional a portion of a law giving the government wide powers to regulate the detention, interrogation and prosecution of suspected terrorists.More >>
A New York judge has struck down as unconstitutional a portion of a law giving the government wide powers to regulate the detention, interrogation and prosecution of suspected terrorists.More >>
Army leaders say a combat brigade will be assigned to the Pentagon's Africa Command next year in a pilot program that will send small teams of soldiers to countries around the continent to do training and participate in...More >>
Army leaders say a combat brigade will be assigned to the Pentagon's Africa Command next year in a pilot program that will send small teams of soldiers to countries around the continent to do training and participate in...More >>
The wife of a fired Syracuse University assistant basketball coach says ESPN trampled her reputation and destroyed her life by broadcasting stories about her and about accusations that her husband molested children. Laurie...More >>
FBI Director Robert Mueller said Wednesday the bureau has launched a preliminary investigation of JPMorgan Chase & Co. following a $2 billion trading loss at the bank.More >>
FBI Director Robert Mueller said Wednesday the bureau has launched a preliminary investigation of JPMorgan Chase & Co. following a $2 billion trading loss at the bank.More >>
The Cuomo administration has proposed regulations to limit spending by state contractors, including a $199,000 executive salary cap that can only be exceeded using money not from the state.More >>
The Cuomo administration has proposed regulations to limit spending by state contractors, including a $199,000 executive salary cap that can only be exceeded using money not from the state.More >>
New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg may have been at odds recently with City Council Speaker Christine Quinn, but he says his opinion of her hasn't changed.More >>
New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg may have been at odds recently with City Council Speaker Christine Quinn, but he says his opinion of her hasn't changed.More >>
A judge says he expects to let prosecutors use a recording of a phone call between a former Goldman Sachs board member accused of insider trading and a hedge fund founder at his Manhattan trial.More >>
A judge says he expects to let prosecutors use a recording of a phone call between a former Goldman Sachs board member accused of insider trading and a hedge fund founder at his Manhattan trial.More >>
A suburban New York mother will spend 60 days in jail after admitting she threatened a Little League official and his family because her boy didn't make a summer baseball travel team.More >>
A suburban New York mother will spend 60 days in jail after admitting she threatened a Little League official and his family because her boy didn't make a summer baseball travel team.More >>
The wife of a fired Syracuse University assistant basketball coach claims ESPN trampled her reputation by broadcasting salacious and false stories about molestation claims against her husband.More >>
The wife of a fired Syracuse University assistant basketball coach claims ESPN trampled her reputation by broadcasting salacious and false stories about molestation claims against her husband.More >>
A New York judge has granted class action status to a 2008 lawsuit accusing the New York Police Department of discriminating against blacks and Hispanics with its stop-and-frisk policies aimed at reducing crime.More >>
A New York judge has granted class action status to a 2008 lawsuit accusing the New York Police Department of discriminating against blacks and Hispanics with its stop-and-frisk policies aimed at reducing crime.More >>
Voters in New York state appear to have approved virtually every school budget put before them that didn't raise taxes beyond new limits set by the state.More >>
Voters in New York state appear to have approved virtually every school budget put before them that didn't raise taxes beyond new limits set by the state.More >>
John Lennon's killer has been transferred to another maximum-security state prison in western New York after spending more than 30 years in Attica Correctional Facility.More >>
John Lennon's killer has been transferred to another maximum-security state prison in western New York after spending more than 30 years in Attica Correctional Facility.More >>
State troopers responding to a report of a break-in at an upstate New York home say they arrived on the scene just in time to watch the suspect tumble off the roof.More >>
State troopers responding to a report of a break-in at an upstate New York home say they arrived on the scene just in time to watch the suspect tumble off the roof.More >>
A construction executive has pleaded not guilty to charges that he systematically inflated the cost of work during a project for a major hedge fund.More >>
A construction executive has pleaded not guilty to charges that he systematically inflated the cost of work during a project for a major hedge fund.More >>
Authorities have released the name of the rifle-wielding man who was fatally shot by a state trooper responding to a robbery report at a Hudson Valley home.More >>
Authorities have released the name of the rifle-wielding man who was fatally shot by a state trooper responding to a robbery report at a Hudson Valley home.More >>
Brian McNamee claims he went from reluctant turncoat to angry accuser against Roger Clemens. He testified Tuesday that happened when Clemens' lawyers allowed details of McNamee's oldest son's illness to be...More >>
Brian McNamee claims he went from reluctant turncoat to angry accuser against Roger Clemens. He testified Tuesday that happened when Clemens' lawyers allowed details of McNamee's oldest son's illness to be...More >>
The wife of a former Syracuse University assistant basketball coach accused of molesting ball boys may file a lawsuit in connection with the claims.More >>
The wife of a former Syracuse University assistant basketball coach accused of molesting ball boys may file a lawsuit in connection with the claims.More >>
A panel that advises the U.S. and Canadian governments about the Great Lakes will make Lake Erie's excessive phosphorus levels and algae blooms a priority for study over the next three years.More >>
A panel that advises the U.S. and Canadian governments about the Great Lakes will make Lake Erie's excessive phosphorus levels and algae blooms a priority for study over the next three years.More >>
New York state is threatening to replace the New York Racing Association, which has held the franchise to run thoroughbred racing in the state since 1955.More >>
New York state is threatening to replace the New York Racing Association, which has held the franchise to run thoroughbred racing in the state since 1955.More >>
Rescue and recovery workers who helped in the aftermath of Sept. 11 are planning to gather at the 9/11 memorial on May 30 to commemorate the 10-year anniversary of the official end of the cleanup at ground zero.More >>
Rescue and recovery workers who helped in the aftermath of Sept. 11 are planning to gather at the 9/11 memorial on May 30 to commemorate the 10-year anniversary of the official end of the cleanup at ground zero.More >>
A member of New York state's new ethics panel is calling for an investigation of the commission following a newspaper report claiming a state senator is being investigated.More >>
A member of New York state's new ethics panel is calling for an investigation of the commission following a newspaper report claiming a state senator is being investigated.More >>
New York's legislative leaders agree to move the Sept. 11 political primary to honor the memory of deaths and rescues in the 2001 terrorist attacks.More >>
New York's legislative leaders agree to move the Sept. 11 political primary to honor the memory of deaths and rescues in the 2001 terrorist attacks.More >>
A New York lawyer says the United States Bureau of Prisons is reconsidering its plan to send a Russian arms dealer to a high security prison in Colorado.More >>
A New York lawyer says the United States Bureau of Prisons is reconsidering its plan to send a Russian arms dealer to a high security prison in Colorado.More >>
A student photographer has been acquitted of disorderly conduct after one of the first trials stemming from an Occupy Wall Street demonstration in New York City.More >>
A student photographer has been acquitted of disorderly conduct after one of the first trials stemming from an Occupy Wall Street demonstration in New York City.More >>
Three former whistleblowers who worked in state-funded institutions caring for the disabled say Gov. Andrew Cuomo's legislative proposal to create a new oversight agency is unlikely to halt decades of abuses and...More >>
Three former whistleblowers who worked in state-funded institutions caring for the disabled say Gov. Andrew Cuomo's legislative proposal to create a new oversight agency is unlikely to halt decades of abuses and...More >>
A New York man convicted of raping a 10-year-old girl, and then fatally stabbing her father when he reported it to police, has been sentenced to 32 ½ years in state prison.More >>
A New York man convicted of raping a 10-year-old girl, and then fatally stabbing her father when he reported it to police, has been sentenced to 32 ½ years in state prison.More >>
The State Department says U.S. visas for Chinese dissident Chen Guangcheng (chehn gwahng-chung) and his family are ready for them to travel to America once Beijing gives the green light.More >>
The State Department says U.S. visas for Chinese dissident Chen Guangcheng (chehn gwahng-chung) and his family are ready for them to travel to America once Beijing gives the green light.More >>
A civil rights group says it has settled a lawsuit that had challenged the NYPD's practice of routinely halting livery cabs, questioning the passengers and occasionally frisking them for weapons.More >>
A civil rights group says it has settled a lawsuit that had challenged the NYPD's practice of routinely halting livery cabs, questioning the passengers and occasionally frisking them for weapons.More >>
Civil rights activists are planning a silent march to protest the New York City police department's policy of stopping hundreds of thousands of people in the street each year and frisking them for weapons.More >>
Civil rights activists are planning a silent march to protest the New York City police department's policy of stopping hundreds of thousands of people in the street each year and frisking them for weapons.More >>
A New York boy will have to wait a little longer to learn if he will be permitted to continue playing on the Southampton High girls' field hockey team.More >>
A New York boy will have to wait a little longer to learn if he will be permitted to continue playing on the Southampton High girls' field hockey team.More >>
ABC will introduce new shows about a fading country music star, a trapped submarine, alien neighbors and a creepy New York apartment building this fall.More >>
ABC will introduce new shows about a fading country music star, a trapped submarine, alien neighbors and a creepy New York apartment building this fall.More >>
A study by the University at Buffalo's new shale gas institute concludes that state oversight of gas drilling has been effective at reducing environmental problems.More >>
A study by the University at Buffalo's new shale gas institute concludes that state oversight of gas drilling has been effective at reducing environmental problems.More >>
Maryland Attorney General Doug Gansler says he is considering court action over menhaden if regulators don't cut the amount taken by a Virginia processor.More >>
Maryland Attorney General Doug Gansler says he is considering court action over menhaden if regulators don't cut the amount taken by a Virginia processor.More >>
Authorities say a 72-year-old man may have suffered a medical emergency that caused him to lose control of his car and drive across the front yard of a Syracuse home where he crashed into a woman unloading packages from her...More >>
Authorities say a 72-year-old man may have suffered a medical emergency that caused him to lose control of his car and drive across the front yard of a Syracuse home where he crashed into a woman unloading packages from her...More >>
An environmental crusader (http://nyti.ms/JWTPCD ) who once spent six months without electricity in a Manhattan apartment is running for Congress.More >>
An environmental crusader (http://nyti.ms/JWTPCD ) who once spent six months without electricity in a Manhattan apartment is running for Congress.More >>
A federal agency has approved a New York rail company's plan to resume freight traffic on a 30-mile stretch of unused tracks in the Adirondacks.More >>
A federal agency has approved a New York rail company's plan to resume freight traffic on a 30-mile stretch of unused tracks in the Adirondacks.More >>
Jury selection has begun in the murder trial of a 40-year-old man charged with killing a woman and burying her partially dismembered body in the backyard of a Hudson Valley home.More >>
Jury selection has begun in the murder trial of a 40-year-old man charged with killing a woman and burying her partially dismembered body in the backyard of a Hudson Valley home.More >>
Public displays telling the story of the old Lake Champlain Bridge have been installed at each end of the new span that connects New York and Vermont.More >>
Public displays telling the story of the old Lake Champlain Bridge have been installed at each end of the new span that connects New York and Vermont.More >>
Authorities say a northern New York man had his friend shoot him in the leg with a rifle because he wanted to know what it feels like to be shot.More >>
Authorities say a northern New York man had his friend shoot him in the leg with a rifle because he wanted to know what it feels like to be shot.More >>
A former friend and coach of pitcher Roger Clemens has described for jurors a relationship with Clemens that had the hallmarks of an illicit affair - except their secret was steroids.More >>
A former friend and coach of pitcher Roger Clemens has described for jurors a relationship with Clemens that had the hallmarks of an illicit affair - except their secret was steroids.More >>
The New York Racing Association's board of directors has named new top officers as the state investigates why $8.5 million in winnings wasn't paid to bettors.More >>
The New York Racing Association's board of directors has named new top officers as the state investigates why $8.5 million in winnings wasn't paid to bettors.More >>
A funeral service is scheduled in upstate New York for a U.S. Army nurse who collapsed and died in Afghanistan during a computer video chat with his wife.More >>
A funeral service is scheduled in upstate New York for a U.S. Army nurse who collapsed and died in Afghanistan during a computer video chat with his wife.More >>
Insurers doing business in New York are now required to regularly search a government list of recent deaths to identify policyholders, then find and pay beneficiaries even when no claims are made.More >>
Insurers doing business in New York are now required to regularly search a government list of recent deaths to identify policyholders, then find and pay beneficiaries even when no claims are made.More >>
A New York police officer has been convicted of assault for shooting her then-girlfriend during an argument. But the officer was acquitted of attempted murder in a shooting she called self-defense.More >>
A New York police officer has been convicted of assault for shooting her then-girlfriend during an argument. But the officer was acquitted of attempted murder in a shooting she called self-defense.More >>
A little-known piece of Kodak's history has emerged as the company struggles for survival: It used to operate a small nuclear research reactor at its Rochester, N.Y., home.More >>
A little-known piece of Kodak's history has emerged as the company struggles for survival: It used to operate a small nuclear research reactor at its Rochester, N.Y., home.More >>
Samples of a dozen foods that were served at a Buddhist monastery have been sent to a New York state lab in hopes of detecting what might have sickened 150 people.More >>
Samples of a dozen foods that were served at a Buddhist monastery have been sent to a New York state lab in hopes of detecting what might have sickened 150 people.More >>
Authorities say a longtime security supervisor at the Newark, N.J., airport has been arrested on a charge he was using the identity of a New York City man murdered 20 years ago.More >>
Authorities say a longtime security supervisor at the Newark, N.J., airport has been arrested on a charge he was using the identity of a New York City man murdered 20 years ago.More >>
A jury has convicted a Long Island gym owner of conspiracy to commit murder in the 2003 death of a man who threatened to reveal the gym owner's involvement in two 1994 killings.More >>
A jury has convicted a Long Island gym owner of conspiracy to commit murder in the 2003 death of a man who threatened to reveal the gym owner's involvement in two 1994 killings.More >>
A charity that takes care of more than 1,000 retired racehorses is urging dismissal of a lawsuit by New York's attorney general, arguing its herd is doing well and its finances are sound.More >>
A charity that takes care of more than 1,000 retired racehorses is urging dismissal of a lawsuit by New York's attorney general, arguing its herd is doing well and its finances are sound.More >>
A huge power transmission line for wind farms planned off the East Coast has cleared a regulatory hurdle, although construction is still years away.More >>
A huge power transmission line for wind farms planned off the East Coast has cleared a regulatory hurdle, although construction is still years away.More >>
Christie's New York City auction house will hold a sale of photo prints to benefit the children of a South African photojournalist who was killed covering the Libyan uprising last year.More >>
Christie's New York City auction house will hold a sale of photo prints to benefit the children of a South African photojournalist who was killed covering the Libyan uprising last year.More >>
A longtime Bronx tax preparer has been charged with 35 counts of fraud, grand larceny and money laundering, accused by state authorities of taking clients' money in Ponzi scheme that brought in more than $4.6 million.More >>
A longtime Bronx tax preparer has been charged with 35 counts of fraud, grand larceny and money laundering, accused by state authorities of taking clients' money in Ponzi scheme that brought in more than $4.6 million.More >>
A registered sex offender spotted on Facebook by a 12-year-old suburban Syracuse boy he'd beaten with a pool cue has been sentenced to 20 years in prison for the attack.More >>
A registered sex offender spotted on Facebook by a 12-year-old suburban Syracuse boy he'd beaten with a pool cue has been sentenced to 20 years in prison for the attack.More >>
The federal government's expansion of a program that requires local police to share fingerprints with immigration officials is drawing protests in New York.More >>
The federal government's expansion of a program that requires local police to share fingerprints with immigration officials is drawing protests in New York.More >>
A New York City congressman is speaking out against the Pentagon's plan to eliminate a National Guard team that is supposed to assist local authorities in the event of an attack using weapons of mass destruction.More >>
A New York City congressman is speaking out against the Pentagon's plan to eliminate a National Guard team that is supposed to assist local authorities in the event of an attack using weapons of mass destruction.More >>
A day after New York's highest court ruled that simply viewing child pornography online wasn't against state law, some shocked lawmakers acted within 24 hours to introduce a bill to address it.More >>
A day after New York's highest court ruled that simply viewing child pornography online wasn't against state law, some shocked lawmakers acted within 24 hours to introduce a bill to address it.More >>
A new poll shows most New York Republicans have yet to settle on a primary candidate to face Democratic Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand in the general election.More >>
A new poll shows most New York Republicans have yet to settle on a primary candidate to face Democratic Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand in the general election.More >>
The chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee is refusing to meet with a Colombian prostitute involved in the U.S. Secret Service scandal.More >>
The chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee is refusing to meet with a Colombian prostitute involved in the U.S. Secret Service scandal.More >>
A New York City man has spent more than $60,000 in lawyers' fees trying to win custody of his dog after his ex-girlfriend took the pooch to California.More >>
A New York City man has spent more than $60,000 in lawyers' fees trying to win custody of his dog after his ex-girlfriend took the pooch to California.More >>
Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand is making the rounds of upstate New York college campuses to promote legislation to help veterans get education and training needed for civilian jobs.More >>
Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand is making the rounds of upstate New York college campuses to promote legislation to help veterans get education and training needed for civilian jobs.More >>
Opponents of natural gas drilling using hydraulic fracturing are planning a big day of action in Albany, culminating with a star-studded concert at the Empire State Plaza.More >>
Opponents of natural gas drilling using hydraulic fracturing are planning a big day of action in Albany, culminating with a star-studded concert at the Empire State Plaza.More >>
Police say a woman was killed when another car pulled up alongside the vehicle she was riding in on a New York City parkway and someone shot her in the head.More >>
Police say a woman was killed when another car pulled up alongside the vehicle she was riding in on a New York City parkway and someone shot her in the head.More >>
New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg has told University of North Carolina graduates that last week's gay marriage vote shows there is still a lot of work to be done for civil rights in this country.More >>
New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg has told University of North Carolina graduates that last week's gay marriage vote shows there is still a lot of work to be done for civil rights in this country.More >>
Gov. Andrew Cuomo's tax cap is being put to the test as voters cast ballots on the first batch of school budgets drafted under the new taxing limits.More >>
Gov. Andrew Cuomo's tax cap is being put to the test as voters cast ballots on the first batch of school budgets drafted under the new taxing limits.More >>
New York City police officers linked up with a cruise ship that was already underway in the waters nears the Verrazano Bridge to get a 60-year-old man who needed medical attention.More >>
New York City police officers linked up with a cruise ship that was already underway in the waters nears the Verrazano Bridge to get a 60-year-old man who needed medical attention.More >>