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A Brooklyn judge has upheld the right of individual communities of Orthodox Jews to define what time they end Shabbos in a dispute over the serving of a summons to…
Democratic NJ State Senator Jim Whelan Dies at 68 TRENTON – Jim Whelan, a Democratic state senator and former mayor of Atlantic City, died Tuesday at the age of 68,…
Gov. Andrew Cuomo opened the 171st edition of the New York State Fair on Wednesday with the announcement that the state plans to build a new 133,000-square-foot exhibition building on…
The New York Police Department is searching for a man who pushed a woman onto subway tracks. The woman was attacked on an “F” train platform in the East Village…
State officials plan to make the commute easier for motorists who use two bridges spanning the Niagara River near Buffalo. Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo was on Grand Island on Tuesday…
An empty New Jersey Transit train derailed early Wednesday in Manhattan’s Penn Station, causing some delays at the beginning of the morning rush hour. An Amtrak crew was moving a…
A New York City court employee has been charged with stealing more than $163,000 worth of payments for fines and tickets. Carlos Sanchez was indicted Tuesday on charges including grand…
NY Students’ Math, English Scores Up Slightly in 2017 NEW YORK – Math and English scores for New York students who took standardized tests last spring inched up slightly, The…
The movement targeting symbols of the country’s history is reaching one of New York City’s most iconic monuments. Council Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito wants the city to review the placement of…
The question of whether Robert Menendez will remain one of the most powerful Democrats in the U.S. Senate or go to prison could turn on whether favors he did for…
New York Waterway says it will continue running the ferries between Hoboken and midtown Manhattan that it began during train schedule cutbacks this summer. The service began in July when…
Gov. Andrew Cuomo says he’ll nominate Matthew Driscoll to run the New York state Thruway Authority. The Democratic governor announced Tuesday that Driscoll, the current commissioner of the state Department…
A federal lawmaker from New Jersey says the state is getting a $55.4 million grant to help pay for cleanup work related to Superstorm Sandy. Rep. Frank Pallone says the…
Rescuers Form Human Chain to Save Struggling Swimmer CAPE MAY, N.J. – Firefighters and lifeguards formed a human chain Friday afternoon to rescue a swimmer struggling off the Jersey shore,…
City officials shifted the start time of a pre-dawn festival celebrating Caribbean culture and are taking other security precautions to stem violence ahead of the West Indian Day Parade this…
A family hike around a New York state gorge turned tragic when a mother and father fell off a 200-foot cliff and were killed, and their four-year-old son seriously hurt.…
New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie said Sunday he is no longer seeking a job at a New York sports talk radio station once he leaves office, disputing a newspaper report…
New Jersey Transit spent more than $1 million on a digital advertising campaign this summer to inform riders about changes caused by a two-month repair project at Penn Station. The…
Hunter Mountain in Catskills Celebrates 100 Years HUNTER, N.Y. – A celebration took place Saturday on top of Hunter Mountain in the Catskills to mark the 100th anniversary of its…
On a gray summer afternoon a double-decker ferry cruised around New York’s Rockaway Peninsula as rain drove down in sheets. Undaunted, the passengers, including 8-year-olds from Brooklyn celebrating a birthday,…
