A prominent New Jersey Democrat who had served simultaneously as the mayor of Orange and a state assemblyman pleaded guilty to one count of attempted extortion.

Eight people were shot late Monday night along a stretch of Lenox Avenue north of 125th Street in Harlem, the police said.

Four men were killed and a fifth was wounded in separate shootings in the Bronx over the long, warm holiday weekend, the police said.

Despite their differences, a father-son tandem is now linked in a way few others are.

Tishman Speyer Properties has accused hundreds of rent-stabilized tenants in Stuyvesant Town and Peter Cooper Village in Manhattan of living elsewhere.

Finding a candidate to replace Representative Vito J. Fossella, who will step down at the end of the year, is proving much harder than Republican Party leaders imagined.

If you do not know who is running in the Republican primary to choose a candidate for the United States Senate in New Jersey, count yourself among a majority of voters.

Tishman Speyer Properties has accused hundreds of rent-stabilized tenants in Stuyvesant Town and Peter Cooper Village in Manhattan of living elsewhere.

Despite their differences, a father-son tandem is now linked in a way few others are.

Things could get more real than usual for “The Real World” in Downtown Brooklyn, where residents were surprised that the show might land in their neighborhood.