Jay-Z sues investment firm over Manhattan hotel loan
The rapper, real name Shawn Carter, says that, when the value of the land he had bought fell, he tried to give it back to Highland to avoid repossession...
TheGrio's 100: Majora Carter, a green powerbroker
TheGrio's 100 - Majora Carter, 43, has been described as a green power broker and a visionary in environmentally sound urban renewal...
NY Gov. Paterson has mere $620G to battle $12 million-man Andrew Cuomo
"A governor with $600,000 on hand less than a year before the general election is a dead duck," said Democratic political consultant Hank Sheinkopf...
NFL player Eric Green accused of forcibly sodomized transgender New Yorker
A transgender New Yorker has filed a $10 million sex assault suit against an NFL player - and in a separate action is also suing the city, saying she was abused and humiliated by cops.
Andrew Cuomo courts black leaders in NY
Preparing to challenge New York's first black governor, Mr. Cuomo has been aggressively courting black civic leaders and clergy members...
Haitians and Hasidim find common cause
NEW YORK - The urgency of the moment looms larger than the cultural chasm that usually separates them...
Skunk population increasing in Bronx neighborhood
VIDEO - An unusual pest is making its presence known in a Bronx, New York neighborhood. Dozens of skunks have taken up residence at a local apartment complex...
Judge: Gun stays as evidence in Ja Rule's NYC case
NEW YORK (AP) -- Rapper Ja Rule has lost a bid to keep a loaded gun found in his luxury car from being used against him in a New York weapons-possession case...
Harold Ford trails Kirsten Gillibrand in NY Senate race 43 to 24 percent
The first poll since Harold Ford declared his interest in challenging New York Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand gives her a wide, but uncomfortable, lead...
Queens man joins Dominican relief effort in Haiti
From WNBC.com
Relief is slowly beginning to funnel into catastrophe-ridden Haiti, as residents continue to dig through the debris hoping to find any surv…
