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Teens charged in drag racing death

Two New York City teenagers accused of drag racing have been charged in the death of a 12-year-old boy who was injured whe...

Search is on for subway pervert thief

Cops are hunting for a sicko thief who masturbated in front of a woman and stole another straphanger's cell phone during separate subway rides last mo...

Senate committee report slams agency for buying worn-out ferry

All in all, it was a ferry stupid idea. In a scathing report listing a litany of incompetence and "flawed" judgment, a Senate committee accused the ag...

Workers say Mama Mexico wages unfair

Workers for Mama Mexico restaurant owner Juan Rojas Campos claim the former dishwasher has forgotten he used to be one of them - and is cheating them ...

Wernick: Secondary documents can help cause

When an individual applies for asylum, his spouse and unmarried children younger than 21 at the time the USCIS receives that application qualify as th...

Mayor Bloomberg, other pols have many pet projects

For many candidates in the 2009 brawl for City Hall, running for office isn't their only pet project. Mayor Bloomberg has two yellow labs, Bonnie and ...

Mayor Bloomberg onboard with Segway drivers, but police are not

Self-described Segway "outlaw" Jonathan Gleich is delighted Mayor Bloomberg favors letting the geeky-looking contraptions ride on city streets....

Brooklyn pols skip party pick, line up for Liu as City Controller

The four candidates running for City Controller are all battling each other, but an endorsement Monday shows one candidate is also fighting the ghost ...

Midair crash shows city needs private insurance, Melinda Katz says

The deadly midair collision over the Hudson that claimed nine lives shows the city needs private insurance for its own air fleet, City Councilwoman Me...

No. 1 subway line still plagued by delays

Subway disruptions on the No. 1 line are expected to go on for days after a partial ceiling collapse inside an upper Manhattan station....

Cop's fast work finding 500G violin is sweet music to ears of virtuoso

AN NYPD detective and the magic of GPS reunited an absent-minded violinist with the $500,000 instrument he left in the back of a cab on Monday....

DOT to monitor plazas

Months after turning large swaths of midtown into pedestrian plazas, the city is ready to monitor the impact on traffic, safety and business....

Criminal charges soon for Brooklyn's Bernie Madoff

The man some call Brooklyn's Bernie Madoff is expected to be arrested soon on charges of defrauding hundreds of working-class clients in a $40 million...

Stimulus bucks to boost city housing

With shovels in hand, the city is in the process of converting $60 million in federal stimulus dollars into 739 new affordable homes in Harlem and Eas...

Staten Island team reaches Little League World Series

The pint-sized South Shore All-Stars rolled into the Little League World Series on Monday night, blanking Somerset Hills, N.J., 4-0. When the Little L...

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