As Verizon begins to roll out FiOS in its hometown, New York, the company argues that the service is proving to be more successful than it promised when it started the project.

The police were questioning a man on Monday evening in connection with 14 rapes in Queens, a law enforcement official said.

Lawrence P. Quinn, the father of City Council Speaker Christine C. Quinn, is by far New York City’s most visible political parent.

Tom Golisano, the Rochester, N.Y., billionaire and registered Republican, donated $1 million to the host committee of the Democratic Party’s convention in Denver.

The nation’s top foreign tourist magnet, New York is a city of surprises, but not always for reasons natives can see.

The Metropolitan Transportation Authority proposes to use cars with seats that can be flipped up and locked in place to make room for more riders.

The new schools — the largest number to open in the city in a single year — will bring the number of charter schools in the city to 78, serving 24,000 students.

A 90-year-old Staten Island man who was severely mauled by two pit bulls on July 1 died on Sunday night.

A security camera captured a man attacking an 85-year-old woman in the latest of at least 10 similar assaults in Brooklyn’s Flatbush, Crown Heights and Kensington neighborhoods.

As Verizon begins to roll out FiOS in its hometown, New York, the company argues that the service is proving to be more successful than it promised when it started the project.