The New York Patrolman's Benevolent Association and the Sergeant's Benevolent Association spoke out on Tuesday about "the vile and insulting pronouncements against police officers" in connection with the death of Eric Garner, calling for the attacks to stop.
New York Green Party candidates for governor and attorney general were on the steps of Tweed Courthouse on Monday and said the corruption at the heart of the Moreland Commission goes far beyond Watergate.
Several banks are in discussions how to buy Argentina's bonds held by U.S. investors following the country's default last week after the federal court ruling by Judge Griesa.
The Metropolitan Opera extended its lockout deadline, for a third time, to the end of the week while it continued contract negotiations with the American Guild of Musical Artists (AGMA) and Local 802 of the Associated Federation of Musicians.
At the School of Visual Arts in New York on Friday, the legendary graphic designer Milton Glaser, whose ubiquitous "I (heart) NY" can be found in all corners of the world, launched a new environmental campaign, "It's not warming, it's dying," to try and bring cohesion and urgency to the movement.
The House of Representatives passed a border appropriations bill on Friday and used it to overturn provisions in DACA and the Trafficking Victims Protection Act.
Met Opera management postponed its threatened lockout for 72 hours, settled with three unions, and largest union negotiating a new contract holds a rally with New York elected officials
The U.S. Department of Labor released its latest jobs report, which said businesses hired 209,000 people in July, marking six months with job hirings over 200,000. A total of 9.9 million people have been hired since February 2010.
Latin American leaders continue to take measures to protest Israel's offensive in Gaza, while U.N. agency leaders speak out against deepening humanitarian crisis in Gaza.
Immigration rights groups found that Immigration and Customs Enforcement regularly violated constitutional rights and post-conviction relief for immigrant New Yorkers.
Ceasefire announced in Gaza. UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and United States Secretary of State John Kerry announced, in a joint statement, Thursday that the United Nations Representative in Jerusalem, Special Coordinator, Robert Serry, has received assurances that all parties have agreed to an unconditional humanitarian cease-fire in Gaza.
Black and Latino law enforcement officers and former officers held a press conference outside the New York Police Department headquarters on Wednesday to give Police Commissioner and Mayor de Blasio a vote of no confidence over the handling of the death of Eric Garner, a 43-year-old Arican-American man who died after being placed in a chokehold by a New York City police officer.
Fallout continues over allegations of interference by the Cuomo administration into the work of the Moreland Commission on Public Corruption when it began investigations of people with close ties to the Governor.
Two groups have filed separate lawsuit against New York State over it's education law claiming teacher tenure laws means the students aren't receiving a sound basic education.
The Vera Institute wanted to know if prosecutorial decisions led to disparate outcomes for blacks, Latinos and Asians. They did a two year study with the New York District Attorney's Office and released their findings this month.
Met Opera workers are facing a lock out on Thursday if contract negotiations can't be settled. The Met's management want $30 million in cuts, workers argue management has run away cost with new productions.
Dominican-American poet and writer Julia Alvarez received a National Medal of Arts medal at the White House on Monday during the 2013 National Media of Arts and National Humanities Medal ceremony.
The Chairman of the House and Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee announced on Monday a compromise plan to fix the veterans' health program, authorizing $17 billion in emergency spending.
Enhanced data, a drop in costs and increased demand for electricity has provoked many countries to reconsider geothermal as an energy source. Large projects are planned for East Africa, Indonesia, with increasing interest being shown in Latin American countries like Argentina, Chile, Columbia, Ecuador, Honduras and Mexico.
A new report argues where indigenous people's rights are expanded they protect community forests and help mitigate the amount of carbon dioxide released which affects climate change.
After a week of negotiations, Israel rejected on Friday a Gaza cease-fire proposal presented by U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, according to Agence France-Press.
Met Opera has threatened to lock out workers on July 31 when 15 of 16 unions contracts expire. The Met wants salary freezes and contributions to health benefits; workers say they cannot afford wage cuts when they don't make big salaries.
Senior elected officials are want to close a loophole that developers have been exploited to create segregated housing while taking advantage of tax abatements.
