Bacteria Grows in Hospitals 1 Jul 2013 | 09:08 pm

New York’s most vulnerable patients are at a growing risk to contract a potentially fatal gut infection called Clostridium Difficile, according to state statistics. The most recent data published by ...

FBI Foiled and Followed Author 21 Jun 2013 | 10:31 pm

Mexican writer Carlos Fuentes’ Marxist leanings and criticism of the Vietnam War led the U.S. State Department and the Federal Bureau of Investigation to purposefully delay — and deny — the author’s v...

A Coney Island Star is Reborn 7 Jun 2013 | 10:24 pm

Seven months after Hurricane Sandy, the Lola Star Boutique in Coney Island is back in business, to the relief of owner Lola Star, and the delight of customers who helped rebuild the shop. READ MORE ...

Vendors Call Bus Plan a Sell Out 6 Jun 2013 | 09:23 pm

The MTA is promising improved bus service along 125th St., but vendors who eke out a living along Harlem’s main drag say the benefits are going to come at their expense. “I’m not sure where I’m going...

Sense in the City 4 Jun 2013 | 11:56 pm

Girl’s ‘Silver Lining’ to Storm 31 May 2013 | 01:58 am

When Ariel Creamer, 14, gets home from school, her mother sets a timer for 30 minutes. This is Ariel’s time to go on Facebook before she starts her homework. But she’s doing a lot more than posting pa...

Post-Sandy Pipeline Concerns 30 May 2013 | 08:41 pm

The company seeking to run a gas pipeline under Floyd Bennett Field and build a meter and regulating station in a historic airplane hangar there commissioned a report that found a .2 percent chance th...

Still Raven Over Poe Park 30 May 2013 | 02:48 am

Gazing out of floor-to-ceiling glass windows onto Poe Park, Isabel Colon said she couldn’t imagine her week without her Thursday morning fitness class at the park’s new visitor center. “My body needs...

The Bloomberg Legacy 24 May 2013 | 11:03 pm

Hate Killing Spurs Protest, Fear 23 May 2013 | 03:06 am

Days after a gay man was killed on a West Village corner, shaken local residents questioned the safety of their streets. Known as a bastion of acceptance and a symbol of the gay rights movement, the ...