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Some lower Manhattan residents are back home today, after officials roped off a 15-block zone yesterday due to falling construction debris.

A notable painting by Pablo Picasso will undergo repairs, after a visitor to the Metropolitan Museum of Art accidentally lost her balance and struck the Picasso work.

Sen. Charles Schumer says the federal government has agreed to give New York $18 million for a police department initiative aimed at stopping nuclear and radiological devices from entering the city.

Mayor Michael Bloomberg says his third term will focus on the "unfinished business" of economic recovery.

New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg delivers his ninth State of the City address today in Astoria, Queens.

The Garden State yesterday became the fourteenth state--and the first one in the region--to allow the use of medical marijuana.

Members of a New York City search-and-rescue team have saved two people trapped in a collapsed grocery store in Port-au-Prince, Haiti.

Gov. David Paterson and legislative leaders say they've agreed to expand the number of charter schools.

A long-awaited report by a special New York State Senate committee recommends expelling or censuring Queens Senator Hiram Monserrate for his misdemanor conviction for assaulting his girlfriend.

The chandeliers and Tiffany deigned stained glass from Tavern on the Green are up for sale today.

New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo wants the nation's eight largest banks to tell him how they structured what are expected to be near-record bonus payouts for 2009.

An appeals judge has ruled that the 85-year-old son of late philanthropist Brooke Astor can stay out of prison while he appeals his conviction on charges of looting his mother's nearly $200 million fortune.

Former Governor Eliot Spitzer is criticizing his successor's appointee to the U.S. Senate.

New York City health officials are working on reducing the salt that New Yorkers ingest.

The governor says his reforms are necessary to create jobs and bridge looming budget deficits.

Gay marriage advocates in New Jersey are preparing for a last-ditch attempt to pass a bill legalizing same-sex marriage.

The redevelopment of Domino Sugar's plant at 316 Kent Avenue in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, is beginning its board approval process.

He's the first new D.A. the borough has had in 35 years.

Mayor Michael Bloomberg is defending a Health Department pamphlet for heroin users that shows how to shoot up properly and avoid infection.

Manhattan District Attorney Robert Morgenthau has been cast in many roles throughout his career.