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Brooklyn, NY Focus This comes from one of my district leaders, Jo Anne Simon: Brooklyn Community Organizations and Elected Officials Announce Filing of a Lawsuit against the Empire State Development Corporation and Forest City Ratner Corporation ; Seeking to Reverse ESDC's Approval of Atlantic Yards' Modified General Project Plan... The suit ...

Thirty-five young children were safely evacuated from a burning school bus by workers at New York City's Verrazano-Narrows Bridge.

Service Smoked Fish Corp. of Brooklyn, NY, is recalling specific "Use-By" dates and lot codes of Brooklyn's BEST brand SMOKED NOVA SALMON because they have the potential to be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes, an organism which can cause serious and sometimes fatal infections in young children, frail or elderly people, and others with ...

Brooklyn prosecutors say the enterprise smuggled women from Mexico to New York, where they were sometimes violently coerced to perform sex acts.

Indie-rock producer Jacquire King had long been an admirer of Norah Jones' smoky, seductive voice, but the man behind acclaimed albums from Kings of Leon to Tom Waits never thought the two would ever inhabit the same musical orbit, let alone work together on a CD.

By TOM HAYS Updated: November 19, 2009, 3:56 PM / New York juries are often loath to impose the death penalty, even for terrorists.

Shaking as two relatives helped her onto a sofa, Rose Danielle Etienne, 26, sobbed Thursday afternoon as she spoke of a fire that had swept through her apartment in Brooklyn the day before, killing her longtime companion and their two young sons.

Looking for the perfect movie to take your parents and kids to after indulging in a bit of Thanksgiving turkey? Well, JT Petty's horror documentary S&MAN is probably not it, but if live in or around Brooklyn, NY and can tear yourself away from your filial obligations, you owe it to yourself to check out the film's screening on Sunday, November ...

ALBANY - The state Legislature agreed Tuesday on a bill that would toughen drunken driving laws in New York, making it a felony to drive while intoxicated with a child passenger.

Know any kids? The Brooklyn Museum is hosting its third annual Children's Book Fair this Saturday, with more than 30 Brooklyn authors and illustrators.

In a decade-long journey, the Tunisian went from drug pusher on the streets of Milan, to Islamic militant trained in Afghanistan to kill Americans, to potential key witness against Guantanamo Bay detainees.

Poor women seeking free cancer screenings are being turned away in some parts of New York state because this year's budget crunch has forced a $3.5 million cut to a program providing them.

An accident involving four cars and a small school bus in Brooklyn sent nine people to area hospitals for evaluation.

A firetruck racing to the scene of a blaze crashed into a car in the Manhattan section of Brooklyn Wednesday evening, PIX News has learned.

Wendy Ponte, Brooklyn Frugal Examiner, has tips for recycling. Recycling is the frugal thing to do.

Every so often someone tells us about an incredibly cool thing in some distant neighborhood, and when we weigh the benefits of seeing the cool thing against getting a good night's sleep or even going to work, the cool thing usually suffers.

November 17, 2009 11-17-2009 With a graphic set of pictures, the Brooklyn Daily Eagle of November 17, 1917 told the story of how a magnificent tree was saved: "The Magnificent old tree in these pictures is a delusion as a work of Nature.

Investigators in New York City raided circulation offices at some of the nation's largest newspapers Tuesday as part of a union corruption probe, a law enforcement official said.

A teenager named Bob was the leader of a rally held by the Brooklyn Republican Party to protest the healthcare reform bill passed in the House, denouncing it as "socialism" and calling upon the Senate to pass a measure more akin to GOP liking.

Kings County District Attorney Charles J. Hynes today announced the conviction of Luis Rodriguez, 28, for the 2007 armed robbery of a Red Hook bar.