May 19, 2011
City Unemployment Rate Dips to 8.6%
By PATRICK MCGEEHAN
The unemployment rate continued to decrease in April, though that is partly attributed to a rise in the number of residents looking for work.
A judge granted Dominique Strauss-Kahn bail, allowing him to stay in a Manhattan apartment while his case is pending.
New York’s attorney general is responding to complaints from past students at the school who said they were misled into paying as much as $35,000 a course.
An unshakable and potent opponent, Michael R. Long uses his party’s ballot line to block legalization in New York.
To draw attention to the plight of immigrants, the conceptual artist Tania Bruguera is sharing a tiny Queens apartment with 11 other people and scraping by on the minimum wage.
Dominique Strauss-Kahn’s lawyers said he would be willing to wear an ankle bracelet and post $1 million bail in cash.
Real detectives, like the ones investigating the arrest of Dominique Strauss-Kahn on sexual assault charges, do not solve cases in the span of an hourlong television show.
Administrators facing sharp reductions in state education aid offered plans to cut staff and programs, tap into reserves and keep tax increases relatively low.
A jazz show that has been running for more than 40 years will soon be silenced.
Under pressure from the City Council, the Bloomberg administration reveals which fire companies are on the chopping block.
Nneka Onuorah, 23, started out dancing and became the music specials coordinator at BET. Now, she has dreams of being the C.E.O. of her own network.
Community Roots Charter School in Brooklyn has been seen as a success, but its plans to add sixth, seventh and eighth grades caused a stir.
The lawsuit, joined by the N.A.A.C.P., says the city hasn't fulfilled its obligations to help the schools it wants to shut down. It also accuses the city of favoring charter schools in allotting space.
Investigators will be assigned to monitor the city’s traffic courts to determine whether police officers are intentionally losing cases as favors to colleagues.
Archangel Antiques is filled with buttons, jewelry, vintage clothing and other collectibles, and is overseen by a colorful store manager.
A Serbian prince topped off his tuxedo with a San Francisco Giants cap on Friday night at the Prince’s Ball II at Cipriani on 42nd Street.
They call it the House of Collection, and it’s filled with stuff — some of it eccentric, much of it old and almost all of it scavenged.
Tania Bruguera, an artist, works to address issues facing illegal immigrants.
New York’s vibrant flea markets offers patrons a large volume of food, scavenger hunts and nostalgic items from the past.
Because new trains have more plastic, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority has suspended the “reefing” program after 10 years and 2,500 burials.
A rescue team has decided to leave Violet, the red-tailed hawk with the injured leg, on her nest above Washington Square Park.
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