Back in Albany After U.S. Charges, State Senator Finds a Different World
By THOMAS KAPLAN
Four days after State Senator Carl Kruger surrendered to federal prosecutors on public corruption charges, his return to work brought stares and a gasp.
Lax Rules for Discount Buses Cited After I-95 Crash
By MICHAEL M. GRYNBAUM and PATRICK McGEEHAN
Richard Perry/The New York Times
Investigators are trying to determine whether the driver rested while his passengers gambled before the crash on Interstate 95.
The federal government has little control over who gets behind the wheel of discount tour buses.
Cry of ‘Gun!’ Is Claimed in Fatal Shooting of Fellow Officer
By MICHAEL WILSON
Someone was heard yelling “gun! gun!” or words to that effect just before Officer Geoffrey J. Breitkopf was shot by a Metropolitan Transportation Authority officer last week in Massapequa Park, according to a union official.
Man’s Arc of Domestic Abuse Led to Death of an Officer
By LIZ ROBBINS
George Villanueva, who had a long criminal history, has been charged with the first-degree murder of Officer Alain Schaberger.
Hoping Gowanus Canal Cleanup Turns Up Old Treasures
By MIREYA NAVARRO
The Environmental Protection Agency, undertaking a cleanup of the Gowanus Canal in Brooklyn, is known for unearthing harmful pollutants, but it also plays the role of preservationist.
Head of City’s Main Labor Federation Quits Amid Criticism
By STEVEN GREENHOUSE
Jack Ahern, who submitted his resignation as president of the New York City Central Labor Council, had been under fire for months.
City to Revise Treatment of Children in Foster Care
By MOSI SECRET
New York can no longer keep foster children in psychiatric hospitals after doctors have recommended their release, under terms of a new settlement agreement.
The Appraisal
Towers Built for the Poor Hear Call of the Condo
By CHRISTINE HAUGHNEY
The low-rise buildings in Cobble Hill once rented for $2 a week. So far, the insider price to buy has been about $460 a square foot.
Hiatus Is Set for Leader of Arts Club
By JAMES BARRON
The venerable National Arts Club said on Monday that its longtime president would take a vacation, a time-off that the club’s first vice president, who will serve as the acting president, called a leave of absence.
State Court Affirms Takeover of Nassau Finances
By DAVID M. HALBFINGER
The Long Island county, which had accused the state control board of overreaching, lost its lawsuit requesting an injunction to block fiscal oversight.
Suit Faults Test Preparation at Preschool
By JENNY ANDERSON
A mother in Manhattan is suing York Avenue Preschool, which she said failed to prepare her daughter, now 4, for a test required to enter a competitive private elementary.
No Supermax for Ex-Detainee in ’98 Attacks
By BENJAMIN WEISER
Ahmed Khalfan Ghailani, convicted in New York for his role in the 1998 bombings of two American embassies in East Africa, has been assigned t0 a high-security prison in Colorado.
March 14, 2011
The Tintinnabulation of the Acela
By MICHAEL M. GRYNBAUM
Off the Rails: It was supposed to be an ordinary train ride, but then, with apologies to Poe, came the clamor and the clangor of the bells.
March 14, 2011
Riverbank State Park, Harlem, 2 P.M.
By THE NEW YORK TIMES
N.Y. See: Could this be the last intact moundlet of snow in New York City?
March 14, 2011
New Elementary School Planned for Lower Manhattan
By FERNANDA SANTOS
A district with long waiting lists is set to get some relief from the Board of Education; its basement will be the school's home for three years.
March 14, 2011
Revealing the Soul of the MetroCard
By THE NEW YORK TIMES
Sloan Fine Art on the Lower East Side will feature an exhibition of MetroCards turned into works of art.
NYC
For Japanese, Learning to Receive
By CLYDE HABERMAN
If anything positive has come out of the catastrophe in Japan, it may be the country’s increased willingness to accept outside aid.
Multimedia
The Bridge, My Muse
By SARA BECK
Walking across the East River bridges, and coming home with the ingredients for a poem.
Representing District 28
Ruben W. Wills, New York’s newest City Council member, endured a bruising seven-person race last fall to win his first election.
A Prison Life Gets a Second Act
Robert Salzman, 51, has spent most of his life incarcerated, but a chance meeting with a film director last year has him concentrating on a new life as a film actor.
The Week in Pictures for March 11
Here is a slide show of photographs from the past week in New York City and the region.
What They Were Thinking
Burlesque Performer, New York City, 2010
“You never see anything until the very end when I drop the boa.”
‘Harlem: A Century in Images’
Selected photographs from this chronicle of Harlem as a crossroads of art, culture and politics.
Neighborhood Joint | Mendel Goldberg Fabrics
An East Village fabric shop opened in 1890 is now run by the grandson and great-granddaughter of its founder.
Streetscapes | East 72nd Street
Ralph Lauren’s new store at Madison Avenue and 72nd Street is in keeping with the area’s architectural heyday in the late 19th century.
LENS
The Realm of the Senses
A weekly photo series by Béatrice de Géa portraying New Yorkers who have been deprived of one sense or another.
Curtain Down, Heads Up: Advice on How to Fix 'Spider-Man'
March 13, 2011
How Would You Save ‘Spider-Man’?
March 10, 2011
Paris Opera Ballet Is Headed to New York
March 9, 2011
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