On Manhattan’s Lower East Side, rent increases of 40 percent are common as long leases end and buildings change ownership after years in the same family.

After New York’s plan collapsed, Los Angeles and Chicago have been chosen to receive a total of about $366 million from the government for projects to reduce traffic congestion.

A study claims that more blacks and Latinos in the city are being arrested for having a small amount of pot.

Opponents of a bill that would require certain chemical, biological and radiation detectors to be registered with the police called the measure unnecessary and intrusive.

The governor’s advisers were weighing a revised plan that relies on smaller increases to help pay for transportation costs.

The parents of the actress Uma Thurman explained the details of a nearly yearlong psychological nightmare that engulfed the Thurman family.

A Torah that survived the fetid barracks of Auschwitz will be rededicated at an interfaith ceremony on Wednesday.

The telecommunications company is one step closer to adding cable service, which could spur more competition and yield better service for local customers.

Several nonprofit organizations that received money from the City Council are being questioned by federal investigators.

The accident occurred during Construction Safety Week and the day after the ceremony at St. Patrick’s Cathedral honoring those killed in construction accidents this year.