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The New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA) will receive hundreds of millions of dollars to rehabilitate 20,139 units in 21 public housing developments.

The weekend's storm caused major beach erosion at Jones Beach and Robert Moses State Park on Long Island.

Regulators have closed another New York City commercial bank, the second this week.

The pay-outs go to workers claiming illness from Ground Zero dust.

The Paterson Administration has formally dropped support on the controversial deal to build a casino at the Aqueduct racetrack in Queens.

Recuses himself, citing possible conflicts of interest and need for transparency.

Both protesters and dignitaries make their voices heard at a ceremonial groundbreaking for the controversial Brooklyn development.

AG Andrew Cuomo says the former investment officer for NY's state pension fund admits to funnelling money in a "pay-to-play" scheme.

An effort to rein in Albany’s notorious overspending.

Federal prosecutors and state officials are investigating the bidding process.

Eight people with links to organized crime have been charged in a federal case involving bribery and extortion at the World Trade Center site.

A week after his boss left the New York State Police, the acting superintendent says he's retiring too.

New York's budget deficit has grown to 9 billion dollars. But Governor Paterson said yesterday that he was more concerned with the state's immediate cash crunch.

Two men charged for collapse of 200-foot crane that killed two workers in Manhattan in 2008

Gov. David Paterson says he plans to clear his name soon in two investigations threatening his administration.

A Queens imam has pleaded guilty to charges that he lied to FBI agents investigating a foiled suicide bomb plot against New York City.

The AP reports that Representative Levin will be the new chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee.

State environmental officials say New York's bald eagle population may be at its highest level since efforts to restore it began more than 30 years ago.

St. Vincent's Medical Center is getting another $6 million in emergency funding, giving a task force convened by Gov. David Paterson more time to develop a strategy for the hospital's future.

Former Tennessee Congressman Harold Ford Jr. says he won't challenge New York Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand for her Senate seat.