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The mayor has focused on expanding opportunities for students outside of the regular class day and school year, but now, he says, he needs parents to sign up.

The city will pay $2.25 million to the family of an unarmed Brooklyn man killed by an undercover narcotics detective five years ago.

Tensions rose outside City Hall Monday as two groups with opposing views on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict both held rallies.

Chef Daniel Boulud has been honored by the French government, he and his restaurants have received four James Beard Foundation awards, the Oscars of the food industry, and his culinary journey has taken him from France to New York and beyond.

Talks involving the Long Island Rail Road labor dispute broke down Monday and it now appears employees could be striking as soon as this weekend. | Watch the latest update from MTA officials

The Department of Health has been looking into whether laying down bike lanes in neighborhoods in Central Brooklyn that have some of the highest rates of obesity and diabetes in the city will help change the social norms.

For the first time, Mayor Bill de Blasio is talking about the nine-day vacation to Italy he'll embark on this week with his wife and two children and three City Hall aides, and the prospect of a Long Island Rail Road strike does not seem to be slowing down his plans.

Today's recipe uses Swiss chard, eggs, onion and Gruyere cheese to make a breakfast style meal that's perfect any time of the day.

The sweet sounds of summer and symphonies had Central Park's Great Lawn packed as the New York Philharmonic continued its tradition of free outdoor concerts.

Mayor Bill de Blasio attended a meeting to the get the city ready for future storms like Hurricane Sandy.

An 18-year-old woman was shot and killed in Brooklyn Monday.

Mayor Bill de Blasio and Fire Commissioner Daniel Nigro swore in a new class of probationary firefighters Monday.

The New York Philharmonic says the Central Park concert dedicated to the memory of conductor Lorin Maazel has been canceled due to the weather, and the Philharmonic will instead dedicate Tuesday's free concert in Van Cortlandt Park to Maazel.

Police are investigating after a young man was found shot to death behind a Manhattan public housing complex Monday morning.

As Brooklyn Week continues, we take a look at the Gowanus neighborhood, and the developing pressures around a contaminated canal.

People come to the Canadian town of Moncton from all over by car, on motorcycle, and even RV's to experience a natural phenomenon that was discovered a hundred years ago.

The neighbor of a proposed waste transfer station on the Upper East Side has big plans to make it aesthetically pleasing.

A sidewalk cafe crawl on Lenox Avenue this week is putting a spotlight on some of the best the neighborhood has to offer.

A Manhattan judge on Monday refused to drop charges against a man prosecutors say was driving a stolen truck when he slammed into a city bus back in February, killing the driver.

Police say a tour bus struck two women visiting from Spain Monday morning on the west side of Manhattan, injuring one of them critically.