New York

Headlines, People, and other news from the State of New York

Is tornado intensity increasing? (Op-Ed)

Washington County closes book on 2012 budget with $1.1M surplus

Contracts a question as NYC mayor presents budget

82% of NYC voters say Big Apple is rotten

Revised audit still seeks $48 million from Erie County

Bloomberg announces legislation to ban display of cigarettes

Shenandoah County officials say tax increase needed

5 NYPD employees arrested in separate incidents

Judge halts city’s large sugary drink ban, Mayor vows appeal

NYC Budget Director Mark Page says federal cuts will hit city for $800 million, could create huge budget gap

Parking gives big revenue to NY towns

Upstate NY mayors sound fiscal alarm

Crackdown on vacant homes planned in Syracuse

NYC passes new protections for unemployed job seekers

Mayor Bloomberg and police commissioner Kelly announce hiring of 830 new police recruits

Hudson gets $415K Safe Routes to School grant

Life expectancy in NYC soars

NYC settles suit by abused foster kids for $9.7M

Drivers file lawsuit over NYC red-light cameras

Cuomo: Sandy cost NY, NYC $42B in damage and loss

Demand for 911 probe ‘Failure’ amid Sandy

OPINION: Councilman has a ‘fine’ idea for city merchants

NYC mayor announces new disaster-relief centers

Discipline varies in red-light violations in Rochester

NYC mayor mandates rationing of gas to ease shortage

Tampa Bay tourism industry pulls for post-Sandy recovery

Mayor Bloomberg announces more than $32 million raised by Mayor’s Fund for NYC hurricane restoration efforts

A flood of frustration doing a number on 911

City’s gas crisis leaves some pumps dry

20 cities make cut in NYC mayor’s $9M contest

OPINION: Holding back the surge

NYC grants approval to contracts for cleanup

In the end, NYC marathon didn’t feel right

Sandy may fuel warming debate

NY paper finds rampant ticket-fixing in Rochester

Under the Weather: New York City will pass this test, too

Mayor says NYC Marathon to go on in wake of Sandy

Businessmen offer help in bringing jobs to Amsterdam

Crippled NYC subways could hamper storm recovery

Sandy leaves death, damp and darkness in wake

Gloversville sues for control of loan fund

NYC offers storm challenges above ground and below

‘Love ‘em and Leave ‘em’ Initiative Saves City $650, 000 a Year

New Ogdensburg city manager settling in

Woodstock Council votes to raise city fines, fees

Ogdensburg curbs official vehicle usage

Bloomberg to spend big in next three weeks

Town of Tonawanda receives nearly $80K grant for water supply alternative study

Come at me, soda jerks. Unions sue to block Bloomy ban

City looking for new parking director