Attorney General Richard Blumenthal at a forum last week in Trumbull, Conn. He said he would raise his game in the campaign.
After going years without a political test, Attorney General Richard Blumenthal is showing some rust.
Archbishop Timothy M. Dolan has earned praise for setting a friendly tone, but he has less palatable duties ahead of him.
A business that is synonymous with summer in New York City has established a foothold 7,000 miles away, in China.
Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. said that Khalid Sheikh Mohammad and his accused Sept. 11 co-conspirators may yet face trial in a federal court in New York.
The Federal Reserve Bank of New York reported that with the exception of jobs in the securities industry, most measures of the regional economy suggest the recession has run its course.
The mixed assessments of four alternate jurors illustrated the difficulties in proving that Jeffrey Conroy was guilty of second-degree murder as a hate crime.
The victim made a recording of Isaac R. Baichu demanding sex in exchange for a green card. He is to be sentenced in July.
The petition showed liabilities of more than $1 billion, significantly higher than the $700 million previously reported.
Lawyers defending the city from suits filed by people who worked on rescue and cleanup challenged a judge’s authority to block the settlement.
The public advocate, Bill de Blasio, said New York City should track former foster children once they left the welfare system.
The increases by the transportation agency were put into effect to deal with a $300 million budget gap.
The rabbi of Central Synagogue hopes a new Torah will prove less problematic than one received in 2008, which is a source of doubt.
A $16 increase in the base cost of a carriage ride, and five weeks each year in greener pastures for the horses.
Samples of the meat brought into New York City contained viruses linked to H.I.V.
The Mississippi teenager whose high school canceled its prom rather than let her attend with her girlfriend will be a grand marshal of New York's gay pride parade.
An unlicensed driver was charged with negligent homicide after he sped through a red light and fatally struck an 18-year-old bicyclist, the police say.
A spate of killings in New Haven highlights the divide between the world of endless possibility at the Ivy League university and the world of no possibility down the street.
The authorities say that a company claiming to prevent foreclosures was illegal in nearly every way.
A 172-acre blank canvas of city land has suddenly materialized just south of Manhattan. Go nuts.
Alison Lowenstein, the author of “City Kid New York: The Ultimate Guide for NYC Parents With Kids Ages 4-12,” responds to readers’ questions.
A series from The Times’s photographer Ozier Muhammad about those magical musical moments often heard from the most uncommon of places.
Dave Sanders, a photojournalist, has been documenting the growing enclave of immigrants from the war-torn Darfur region of the Sudan who now live in the Kensington neighborhood of Brooklyn.
Two new apps are trying to bring together those who are leaving a parking spot and those who are seeking one.
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