Long Island Rail Road commuters should make plans to work from home on Monday or hope to snag a seat on a shuttle bus, as leaders of the MTA and rail worker unions say negotiations are at a standstill ...

A coalition of environmentalists and community groups is asking a federal court to order stronger pollution standards for trash incinerators — which they say would be critical to protecting public ...

A festering puddle has become a fixture in a Brooklyn crosswalk. Neighbors say if highlights the need for more drainage infrastructure.

Councilmembers' proposals would provide dog waste bags, establish outreach campaigns and clamp down on dog owners who don't scoop the poop.

Five unions representing half the LIRR workforce walked away from the negotiating table on Friday without reaching a deal, setting the stage for the first strike on the railroad since 1994.

Two pedestrians died and several others are being treated for injuries after a man lost control of his car during an alleged drunk-driving incident on the Upper West Side Friday evening. Police said a ...

Hantaviruses remain on the minds of  New York-area residents after a deadly outbreak aboard a foreign cruise ship and a suspected new infection in the Finger Lakes region. A rare strain of hantavirus ...

Long Island Rail Road and NJ Transit service to Penn Station remained severely strained Friday morning due to an ongoing transit meltdown caused by an East River tunnel fire a day earlier, officials ...

The revised $124.5 billion spending plan includes a number of controversial measures to balance the city’s budget as required by law.

MTA officials spent months last year warning that an Amtrak construction plan would spark service meltdowns at Penn Station. That prediction proved true Thursday after a fire in an East River train ...

Six out of 10 New Yorkers are struggling to pay their bills and don’t have enough money to cover unexpected expenses or save for the future, according to a new report by the nonprofit Urban Institute.

More than half the callers to the city’s domestic violence hotline are single people, but few are getting shelter.