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NEW YORK, NY July 10, 2009 a 'Mayor Bloomberg has rescinded his hiring freeze, after Senators finally approved the city's request for a half percentage point sales tax increase.

NEW YORK, NY July 09, 2009 a 'Governor Paterson says he's appointed former M.T.A. Chairman Richard Ravitch as Lieutenant Governor.

NEW YORK, NY July 06, 2009 a 'Regional banks are mobilizing to oppose it a bill President Obama introduced that would create a new federal agency to oversee almost all consumer lending, as WNYC's Ilya Marritz reports.

NEW YORK, NY June 29, 2009 a 'Demonstrators opposed to mayoral control of city schools rallied in Harlem yesterday, just a few feet from supporters of the law.

NEW YORK, NY June 29, 2009 a 'The company responsible for the stalled $2 billion Xanadu project at the Meadowlands, is also central to the fate of Michael Jackson's Neverland Ranch.

Jul 1, 2009 8:05 am US/Eastern 1 of 1 People ride pedalos in Venice's Lido on May 9, 2009 before the start of the Giro d'Italia .This year's centenary Giro d'Italia takes the start with a time-trial in Venice and will end on May 31 in Rome.

NEW YORK - New York City police say three workers trying to clean a sewer got trapped down a manhole and died.

NEW YORK, NY June 26, 2009 a 'Thousands of the city's unionized construction workers have agreed to accept lower wages for the promise of more work.

NEW YORK, NY June 26, 2009 a 'The third time was not the charm for Governor Paterson in calling another special session of the state Senate.

NEW YORK, NY June 24, 2009 a 'The MTA board overwhelmingly approved a new deal for the Atlantic Yards development in Brooklyn by a 10 to 2 vote.

NEW YORK, NY June 22, 2009 a 'As the stalemate drags on in Albany a key change to the city tax code hangs in the balance.

NEW YORK - New York City prosecutors have accused a mother of performing a Voodoo ritual that seriously burned her six-year-old daughter.

NEW YORK, NY June 18, 2009 a 'Just hours before state lawmakers were set to approve next year's budget, New Jersey Governor Jon Corzine called a last minute press conference to say he had $400 million more to spend.

NEW YORK, NY June 16, 2009 a 'Mayor Bloomberg and the City Council have reached a budget deal, two weeks ahead of their June 30th deadline.

NEW YORK, NY June 16, 2009 a 'The Assembly's education committee has approved a bill to renew Mayor Bloomberg's control of city schools, but with minor changes.

NEW YORK: New York City police have arrested the operator of an in-home day care following the death of an 11-month-old boy who apparently fell into a mop bucket.

NEW YORK: New York City taxi driver Fabio Peralta has turned the backseat of his yellow cab into an art studio.

NEW YORK, NY June 15, 2009 a 'Shouting "We condemn coup d'etat" and other chants, more than a hundred protesters gathered at Dag Hammarskjold plaza to dispute the results of the Iranian election.

NEW YORK, NY June 11, 2009 a 'City officials defended their response to the recent H1N1 flu outbreak today in City Council hearings.

NEW YORK, NY June 12, 2009 a 'Newly released figures confirm that people are still visiting emergency rooms with complaints of flu-like illness.