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After years of bitter contract talks that have ended in arbitration, the union representing 23,000 police officers and the city have reached a tentative deal, the first negotiated agreement in nearly....

The nation's fourth-biggest investment bank, Lehman Brothers will release its next quarterly report in the next few weeks. REPORTER: Lehman is rumored to be shopping around some of its assets in a b....

A well-loved Harlem bandshell is about to get a face lift. The stage in Marcus Garvey Park has been home to a number of popular music and dance performances since1970. Now, the family of the late Bro....

A string of attacks on senior citizens in Brooklyn has left many in the Flatbush and Crown Heights neighborhoods scared to leave home. City authorities are offering a $15,000 cash reward for informa....

Firefighters had a lot of trouble communicating by radio when they fought a fire last year at the former Deutsche Bank building at the World Trade Center site. Firefighters made more than 30 distres....

The U.S. Department of Justice is considering a new policy that would make it easier for local and state police to share intelligence on groups they suspect have links to terrorism. Civil liberties ....

Budget woes have caused the New York City Housing Authority to delay major renovation projects throughout the five boroughs. One of those projects was to replace the elevators at a Brooklyn housing d....

When the Democratic convention gets underway next week, there will be 289 delegates from New York. Some of them used to support Hillary Clinton and some supported Barack Obama all along. We're goin....

The New York state Democratic delegation - with 289 members - will be sending the second-largest number of delegates to the Democratic National Convention later this month. WNYC Elaine Rivera spent t....

Although the economy of the tri-state metropolitan area has remained relatively stable compared with other areas facing the economic downturn, some mental health professionals are reporting an increa....

Gov. David Paterson and state legislators reached an agreement today to cut state spending by about $1 billion over the next two years. City University, nursing homes and public hospitals are among ....

Could huge offshore wind farms really be the answer to meeting New York City’s growing demand for energy? Mayor Michael Bloomberg raised that possibility yesterday at a clean energy conference in L....

State Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver says the legislature and Gov. David Paterson have agreed on significant state budget cuts that were needed to deal with New York's rising deficit. SILVER: The o....

The Brooklyn District Attorney and the NYPD are hoping that a $15,000 reward and increased community awareness will help to apprehend a mugger who preys on senor citizens. Last week, elevator survei....

Large, strategically placed offshore wind farms could some day meet up to a third of the city's electricity needs. According to the city's economic development officials. REPORTER: The EDC just iss....

Residents of a Brooklyn building where a 5-year-old boy fell to his death yesterday, say they have complained for years about the building's faulty elevator. According to the City Housing Authority,....

A new report by the New Jersey State Police says the number of complaints lodged against its 3,000 member force is up from last year, as is the number of troopers it disciplined. In all, 91 troopers....

If Mayor Michael Bloomberg has his way, New York City could be home to some offshore wind farms. He invited proposals for new clean energy initiatives during a speech in Las Vegas last night. WNYC's....

The New York state Senate is back in session this morning to approve hundreds of millions of dollars in budget cuts agreed to by lawmakers and Gov. Paterson. The governor called legislators back to....