New York fire officials said Ladder 53 made the fewest runs in the city, one every two days on average, but cost just as much to operate as far busier companies.
Ladder 53 has a light workload compared with other New York City firehouses, but Bronx residents, who fear that it may close as a result of budget cuts, say it is vital to their community and should stay open.
Hillary Rodham Clinton has said she will step down as secretary of state next year, prompting speculation from residents in her Westchester neighborhood about where the Clintons will spend time in their next phase.
Dharun Ravi, who used a webcam to spy on his roommate’s intimate encounter with another man, said he had accepted responsibility for what he had done and is set to begin his jail term on Thursday.
After a man confessed that he dumped Etan Patz’s body in the trash 33 years ago, the police are exploring every possibility of uncovering physical evidence in the case.
Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg wants to rewrite a New York state law to give school officials the power to overrule an arbitrator on whether to fire or penalize teachers.
The 89-page complaint seeks class-action status and describes what it calls the unprovoked beatings of 11 plaintiffs by correction officers.
Squirreling away money inside the case of an old computer tower under his desk may not have been the smartest idea Max Becker ever had, but he wanted to make sure his twin sister did not get her hands on it.
At a Bronx political club, Representative Charles B. Rangel responded sharply to a question about his ethical conduct and acknowledged that he faces a significant challenge to his re-election.
William Robbins, who agreed to a 15-year sentence, had left the getaway car before it killed Sister Mary Celine Graham in 2010.
May 29, 2012
Dark clouds gathering over the Chrysler Building.
May 29, 2012
Here is the second set of answers from our guest expert to questions on roaches, mice, ants and other creepy crawlies.
May 29, 2012
Tropical Storm Irene swept across the region last August, but walk around New York City and look up at the windows and you'll spot plenty of evidence of storm preparations.
May 29, 2012
Hawk Cam 2012: A close-up of a juvenile hawk that took its first flight on Monday evening.
The crime that seemed to rule New York City a generation ago has largely disappeared, but mostly before stop-and-frisks began soaring.
The bankruptcy filing is the final chapter in a turbulent period for the law firm, which unraveled after disappointing profits and prodigious debt forced it to slash partners' salaries.
VHS tapes have long been declared dead. But in New York City’s immigrant communities, from South Asian to Senegalese, those chunky workhorses of the past still endure.
In New York, beekeepers are scurrying to keep pace as colonies go into reproductive overdrive and proliferate, spurred by the city’s flowering plants and trees.
Children 12 and under draw events in the news. The current assignment: Create a mascot for the cleanup of the Gowanus Canal.
Once, the pool was an alternative to dips in the city’s filthy waterways. Then, things fell apart and it closed. Now, it is on the verge of a gleaming, new, expensive beginning.
Much of the food-snob energy in New York will percolate this summer in street markets, festivals, food truck feedlots and underground events.
May 29, 2012
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