Archbishop Timothy M. Dolan was welcomed as the new leader of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York.
The New York Civil Liberties Union sued the city on behalf of a Queens man who was ejected from the old Yankee Stadium after trying to use the bathroom during the playing of "God Bless America."
At a two-hour Mass of Installation, Timothy M. Dolan became the 13th bishop (and ninth archbishop) of New York and the spiritual leader of its 2.5 million Roman Catholics.
City officials, including Mayor Bloomberg, argue that designating the Gowanus Canal in Brooklyn as a Superfund site may put planned development projects at risk.
Tenants advocates took their protests about the deteriorating quality of rental housing to the banks on Tuesday, saying they made bad loans.
New York City prosecutors brought few indictments as foreclosure swindles swept the city during the past decade.
Amid a recession and a financial industry restructuring that is emptying downtown offices, difficult negotiations emerge over how and when new office towers get built.
To attract prospective tenants to new or rehabbed buildings, landlords are tailoring their marketing efforts to today’s economic realities.
The plans represent the most public effort yet by the governor to position himself and New York at the crest of a broadening national movement.
Barrett Wissman is the first investment executive to be implicated in an investigation of corruption at the New York state pension fund.
The study finds that many New Jersey police officers are misusing a 2007 directive by questioning the immigration status of Latinos for no apparent reason or after minor infractions.
The deadline for bids to run the restaurant is May 18. The current operators, the LeRoy family, whose license is to expire Dec. 31, are bidding as well.
Among the 98 people named as possible witnesses in the trial of Anthony D. Marshall on charges of stealing from his mother were Kissingers, a de la Renta and a Rockefeller.
Cho-Sen, a Chinese restaurant in Forest Hills, Queens, is one of the few kosher establishments open throughout Passover.
The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey operates a cramped booth in the Lincoln Tunnel that has room for a single attendant, who sits and waits for accidents to happen.
A court has ruled on the case of a man who got into trouble trying to give 13 finches from Guyana a chance to star in New York.
A new documents-based feature on City Room looks at which government officials get City Hall parking permits, and why.
Michelle and James Nevius, the authors of “Inside the Apple: A Streetwise History of New York City,” will be answering questions.
Inside the Lincoln Tunnel, where a uniformed Port Authority attendant spends her days watching traffic.
Richard Perry, a photographer for The New York Times, visited a mannequin factory in Brooklyn. He is scouring the five boroughs for the Made in New York label.
Gaelic Park was where New York’s Irish went to make connections and mingle with friends from the old country. But the crowds are not what they used to be.
A look at high school seniors in the New York region and the hard college decisions they are making this month.
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