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Recently released e-mails show that Mayor Michael Bloomberg and his team are bringing out the big sticks in search of stadium perks at the city's two new ballparks.

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A man known as "Long Island's Favorite Magician" has been arrested for the second time in five months on charges he secretly videotaped undressed people and transmitted a sexually explicit image over the...

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Despite being 9,000 miles away, a soldier was able to talk his wife through the labor and delivery at Greenwich Hospital.

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Six men were arrested during a DEA raid that also led to the discovery of drugs and cash in New Jersey Thursday.

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It's time, said Richard Ravitch, to end the cyclical “political circus.”

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A new state audit shows more than $10 million a year intended for drug and alcohol prevention and education programs instead funded petting zoos, community fairs and one agency's rent.

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Drivers would pay to cross the East River and New York City-area companies would be taxed on their payrolls under a new plan to staunch financial bleeding at the Metropolitan Transportation Authority.

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While a top lawyer by day, tabloids have seized on the apparent role-play and fetish scene he and his girlfriend took part in.

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Antonio Pierce broke his silence today and it doesn't sound like the Giants will have to find out what life is like without their middle linebacker.

Dec 4, 2008 | 1 comment

Financial advice from former Governor Eliot Spitzer? First rule: Don't pay for prostitutes with wire transfers. The feds always follow the money...

Dec 4, 2008

A New Yorker who already has spent nearly half his life in prison will spend the remainder of his days behind bars.

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Call it the Diamond Jim Brady restaurant feast, because discount Winter Restaurant Week it's not.Zagat Thursday announced the launch of the Vintage Dinner Series, a movable feast at 16 restaurants starting...

Dec 4, 2008

Published reports say a top aide to Gov. David Paterson is leaving state government after he was accused of intimidation by a member of the state Liquor Authority.

Dec 4, 2008

Drug enforcement officials say they have busted up a violent drug distribution network and arrested six reputed gang members.

Dec 4, 2008

A German financial institution that was bailed out by its government earlier this year has signed a lease to move its New York headquarters to the rebuilt 7 World Trade Center.

Dec 4, 2008

Robert Walsh testified at his federal lawsuit trial that the firehouse attack, on New Year's Eve 2003, was the culmination of nearly two years of anti-gay slurs.

Dec 4, 2008 | 13 comments

The tawdry details of the S&M lifestyle enjoyed by a star attorney at a Manhattan law firm were exposed after he was shot dead by a rival in Philadelphia...

Dec 4, 2008

A high school freshman has been killed by a school bus in Queens, authorities said.

Dec 4, 2008

The family of a girl left paralyzed after a car accident caused by a drunken driver leaving a New York Giants game will receive a $26 million settlement.

Dec 4, 2008

Pitchfork and The Fader, two top music & culture publications, are joining forces to fend off the tough economic climate.

Dec 4, 2008 | 1 comment

Next time you think about taking that leap of faith off the Empire State Building, remember the case of Jeb Corliss, who was convicted yesterday of reckless endangerment for his failed attempt at jumping...

Dec 4, 2008

Luxury boxes at the new Yankees and Mets ballparks are such prime real estate that everyone wants a piece of the action, especially Mayor Michael Bloomberg.

Dec 4, 2008

Straphangers cursed and drivers flew into road rage when told Wednesday night of a plan to raise subway fares and put tolls on the free East River bridges.

Dec 4, 2008 | 1 comment

Incredibly, the Knicks are rated the No. 1 franchise in the NBA. No, the rating wasn't based on dysfunction, bad drafts and the ugliness of the team owner's goatee...