Gov. David A. Paterson called a woman who had been seeking a restraining order against David W. Johnson, right, a close adviser.
Court and police records portray a brutal encounter followed by an effort to make a potential political embarrassment go away. The episode, including contacts by the state police and the governor, has come under scrutiny.
A veteran officer has suffered from depression since fatally shooting the chimp who mauled a woman last year.
Appaloosa Management is challenging the company overseeing the complexes on behalf of lenders, saying the company’s actions could cost debt holders hundreds of millions of dollars.
Leading national advocates of gay marriage have formed a group to campaign against New York State senators who opposed same-sex marriage.
Officers Richard Kern, Alex Cruz and Andrew Morales face Internal Affairs and federal investigations into their treatment of Michael Mineo, as well as Mr. Mineo’s civil rights lawsuit.
Negotiations are at an impasse. The city plan includes fewer sick days, ties between teacher performance and pay, and a 2 percent annual raise.
A Bronx judge ruled that prosecutors had failed to prove that the owners knew that some tenants carved up their apartments with a maze of partitions.
A campaign has led to the firing for incompetence of only three of New York City’s 55,000 tenured teachers.
The Varick Detention Facility in Greenwich Village is supposed to relocate 300 detainees to New Jersey by Friday.
Marveling from the $28 cheap seats at the long devolution of a mighty sports franchise and archetypal New York City cultural entity into a bush-league joke.
The study showed that charter school students are allocated less city and state funds than their counterparts in traditional schools.
Two insurers agreed to pay a total of $102 million toward the $300 million cost of deconstructing the 41-story tower.
The orchid show opening this weekend at the New York Botanical Garden offers respite from the inclement weather ahead.
Every four years, clubs around the country draw hopefuls who dream of gold medals without needing a ripped body.
Civilian cases are superior to military commissions in delivering justice and extracting information.
This week, the news anchor, author and broadcast journalist Chuck Scarborough responds to readers’ questions.
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The annual charity campaign, which uses the publication of individual narratives to generate direct donations, attracted $6,280,242.
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