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Gay couples who register as domestic partners will now be able to have full-fledged ceremonies at City Hall.

New York Senator Chuck Schumer has said Homeland Security money for mass transit will be slashed by $42 million, or 27 percent, while port security funds have been cut by $11.2 million, or 25 percent.

A federal judge has issued a temporary restraining order preventing New York Governor David Paterson from imposing furloughs on about 100,000 state workers.

A judge has declared a mistrial in the case of the second man charged with a hate crime in the death of Ecuadorean immigrant Jose Sucuzhanay. The jury was deadlocked in the case around 9 p.m. last night after one juror refused to continue deliberations.

Cory Booker has won a second term as mayor of Newark, handily defeating three challengers with 59 percent of the vote.

A Jasper Johns painting of the American flag in the collection of the late best-selling writer Michael Crichton sold for $28.6 million last night at a Christie's auction.

New York's Legislature has approved an emergency spending bill that includes one-day-a-week furloughs for 100,000 state workers.

Mayor Bloomberg says the city will need to cut nearly 11,000 jobs.

Below is a timeline of the events surrounding the failed bomb attempt in Times Square.

Terror suspect Faisal Shahzad has waived his right to a speedy court hearing to hear the charges against him.

New York City Mayor Mike Bloomberg is expected to give a budget update today. And officials say he's got some good news: the mayor won't have to cut the jobs of 892 police officers.

Hundreds of laid-off station agents expecting to turn in their uniforms are headed to work instead.

The bridge reopened for traffic around midnight after being closed for several hours.

Mayor Bloomberg and the NYPD's Ray Kelly say New York needs more anti-terror funding and tougher gun control laws.

Faisal Shahzad was charged yesterday with terrorism and attempting to use weapons of mass destruction.

Law enforcement officials are brushing aside criticism over the fact that Faisal Shahzad was apprehended on board a flight at John F. Kennedy International airport that was bound for Dubai.

New York’s highest court has granted same-sex parents more of the visitation and custody rights enjoyed by straight couples in the event of divorce or death.

New York Governor David Paterson is countering what he calls "harsh" federal immigration laws by creating a "pardon panel" that will review the cases of legal immigrants facing deportation for prior criminal convictions.

Two vendors alerted police Saturday of smoke coming from the back of a dark-colored Nissan Pathfinder.

Two former Brooklyn residents have been arrested for allegedly providing assistance to Al Qaeda. They made an initial court appearance in Virginia today and will be sent to New York for a detention hearing.