16 people jumped to their deaths from the bridge in 2013 The George Washington Bridge, which spans from New York to New Jersey, is set to get a suicide-prevention fence that could cost up to $47 million, according to a report from CBS News.
New York City comptroller Scott Stringer told the New York State Public Service Commission (PSC) Monday that in order for a Comcast-Time Warner merger to go through, the state requires a promise of better Internet service.
On Monday, New York State Attorney General Eric Schneiderman announced a $2.2 million restitution fund for those who were scammed by TV and radio star and Spanish-language newspaper columnist Eduardo Juarez, who reportedly took money from thousands of undocumented immigrants under the lure of citizenship.
The Fire Department of New York's annual calendar will be a little different in 2015--besides featuring some of the city's finest hunks, it will also include a female firefighter for the first time ever.
If agreement isn't reached strike could begin Sunday The New York Metropolitan Transit Authority (MTA) asked Long Island Rail Road (LIRR) unions to resume talks Wednesday.
Almost 23 million New Yorkers affected in last eight years. Almost 23 million New Yorkers' private records have been exposed in data security breaches by more than 3,000 businesses, nonprofits and governments over the past eight years, the New York attorney general reported.
Multiple states in the Northeast were hit by powerful, fast-moving storms Tuesday night that killed at least five people and left almost 200,000 others without power.
New York City became the first jurisdiction in the United States to provide free legal counsel to detained undocumented immigrations facing deportation. New York City's Council passed the $4.9 billion program known as the New York Immigrant Family Unity Project (NYIFUP) after a "successful" yearlong trial.
He would have been the first Dominican-born member of the United States Congress, but for New York State Sen. Adriano Espaillat's Democratic primary election run for the 13th Congressional District, it was about policy, rather than being first in the history books.
A retired police sergeant from Long Island's Suffolk County in New York was charged with 20 new hate crimes Tuesday during his indictment, where he already faced charges for stealing from Latino drivers.
New York's first openly gay congressman, Sean Patrick Maloney, got married over the weekend, making him the second member in Congress to marry a same-sex partner.
After decades of fighting for justice, the five men wrongly convicted of brutally beating and raping a female jogger in Central Park in 1989 have agreed to settle their lawsuit against New York City for $40 million.
On Monday, New York state Senator Gustavo Rivera and supporters introduced the New York Is Home Act, a bill that would grant state citizenship to an estimated 2.7 million immigrants living in the state.
Legendary actress and Civil Rights activist Ruby Dee died on Wednesday, June 11, at the age of 91. Legendary actress and Civil Rights activist Ruby Dee died on Wednesday, June 11, at the age of 91.
