Ruth Palapa and Josh Rotkin check on Nini, left, a second time in Manhattan. On their third visit, she went to the hospital.
On winter nights when the temperature plunges, the Department of Homeless Services declares a “Code Blue” and teams set out to check on the most vulnerable people.
No matter their economic circumstances, shoppers at a Target in Brooklyn were trying to delight their children and carve out some festivity in an otherwise bleak year.
Underneath the disbelief among residents, there was a current of stubborn knowledge that left people less than stunned that three men had been killed.
Federal prosecutors unsealed narcotics and terrorism charges Friday against three West Africans identified as associates of Al Qaeda and a related group.
Challenging a fellow Democrat, Senator Kirsten E. Gillibrand, is one possibility that William C. Thompson Jr. could pursue after exiting office as New York City’s comptroller.
After the conviction of former Senator Joseph L. Bruno, prosecutors are disclosing how hard it was to pull back the veil on a secretive Legislature.
Michael Cherkasky, the top state ethics regulator, criticized a plan backed by the Assembly to overhaul legislative ethics oversight because the Legislature would police itself.
Prosecutors say the government was justified in treating Ahmed Ghailani as an intelligence asset after his capture in a bid to obtain information about terror plots.
A Brooklyn man took over a shuttered city-owned parking lot in Lower Manhattan and charged drivers to leave their vehicles there on at least two days in September.
For the first time in anyone’s memory, Yale offered admission to quadruplets, but whether any one of the siblings winds up there remains an open question.
Steven Pappas was charged on Friday with third-degree burglary, a felony, and second-degree criminal impersonation, a misdemeanor.
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The city is expected to tap into just over $3.5 million in federal funding for a civil support team and renovation projects at Fort Hamilton.
The rule change is partly in response to the rising popularity of urban bee colonies and the efforts a group called Just Food.
Expectations that financial constraints would prompt more women to give up their babies were off base.
The resort’s obituary was written decades ago when the big hotels lost guests to cheap air travel. The economy declined, and it has stayed down.
There’s no need to spend money you don’t have. You can still enjoy a little luxury here, whether it’s serious window shopping or the truffle French fries.
For neighbors on 60th Road in Maspeth, Queens, decorating for Christmas is a coordinated labor of love.
What transit savings can be had immediately, and what needs to be done in the out years?
Portraits of people who share names with presidents. This week: Abraham Lincoln, 33, a D.J. in the Bronx from Ghana.
Since 1912, the fund has provided direct assistance to children, families and the elderly in New York.
Michael Johnson attaches a note about his felony conviction to every job application he sends out, and the reaction among prospective employers, even for menial jobs, varies.
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