Jun 11 - By Associated Press
Students are using a new ring tone to receive messages in class, and many teachers can't even hear the ring.
Jun 10 - By Nahal Toosi, AP Writer
Four years after taking control of New York's struggling school system, Mayor Michael Bloomberg has earned praise from many education observers across the country. The mayor of Los Angeles is using New York as a model for his push to take over that city's school system. But in Bloomberg's own city, the reviews are far less flattering.
Jun 9 - By Associated Press
A bouncer was indicted Friday on murder, attempted murder and other charges stemming from a shooting spree outside a Manhattan lounge that left one person dead and three wounded.
May 27 - By Associated Press
A bouncer accused of killing a man and wounding three others outside a Manhattan lounge says he isn't the shooter, and that another gunman was in the crowd the night of the violence.
May 25 - By Samuel Maull, AP Writer
A bouncer accused of killing a man and wounding three others outside a lounge was arraigned on a murder charge Thursday, as police continued to investigate whether he was involved in other slayings.
May 24 - By David B. Caruso, AP Writer
A bouncer was arrested Thursday on charges he shot four people — killing one — in an angry frenzy outside a Manhattan nightspot.
May 24 - By Associated Press
Investigators on Wednesday questioned a bouncer from a Manhattan nightspot who was suspected in a shooting outside the lounge in which one man was killed and three people were wounded.
May 24 - By Associated Press
NEW YORK — Investigators searched Wednesday for a bouncer they suspect killed a 25-year-old man and injured three others in a late-night shooting outside a Manhattan nightclub.
May 23 - By David B. Caruso, AP Writer
Hundreds of buses will be outfitted with surveillance cameras as part of a security upgrade prompted by bombings on public transit systems in London and Madrid.
May 22 - By Associated Press
The city is ready to host another presidential convention in 2008, and wants to be picked so badly that it submitted bids to both major parties.
May 15 - By Associated Press
Commuters staring out subway car windows soon may have a lot more to look at than black tunnel walls.
Apr 28 - By Samuel Maull, AP Writer
The union president who was sent to jail for leading an illegal subway and bus strike that crippled the nation's largest mass transit system was released Friday after serving less than half his 10-day sentence.
Apr 24 - By Elizabeth LeSure, AP Writer
After a boisterous send-off complete with speeches, cheering crowds and a march across the Brooklyn Bridge, transit union boss Roger Toussaint began serving a 10-day jail sentence. Supporters started an overnight vigil in his honor.
Apr 24 - By Associated Press
The union chief whose illegal strike shut down the nation's largest mass-transit system for three days was headed to jail Monday to start a 10-day sentence.
Apr 24 - By Associated Press
A chanting crowd gave the city's transit union chief a supportive send-off Monday before he was to begin a 10-day jail sentence for leading a strike last year that shut down the city's subways and b
Apr 11 - By Associated Press
A proposal to build a $168 million water park that would bring wave pools and 80-foot water slides to New York City won final approval Tuesday.
Apr 10 - By Associated Press
The union president who called an illegal strike that halted New York City's subways and buses in December should be jailed for 10 days and fined $1,000 for criminal contempt, a judge ruled Monday.
Apr 3 - By Larry Neumeister, AP Writer
A judge on Monday approved a class-action settlement requiring the installation of hundreds of video cameras in jails and better training of guards, saying it shows the city wants to reduce the use of force against inmates.
Mar 23 - By Associated Press
The contract dispute involving New York City's subway and bus workers will go to binding arbitration, a state agency decided Thursday.
Mar 23 - By Samuel Maull, AP Writer
A state appeals court on Thursday ordered Gov. George Pataki and lawmakers to spend at least $4.7 billion more per year on New York City schools, saying current funding levels violated the state Constitution.
Mar 1 - By Larry Neumeister, AP Writer
The city will install hundreds of video cameras in jails and improve training and accountability of guards to better control the use of force against inmates under a settlement of a class-action lawsuit.
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