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Dressed as a horse, Lisa Jablow, center, a member of NYCLASS which opposes use of carriage horses in New York City, joins other animal rights activists outside actor Liam Neeson's home on Saturday, April 19, 2014 to protest his stance on the continued use of carriage horses in Central Park and certain roads around the city.

The New York State Department of Health says nearly 35 percent of city students are obese or overweight, and this week's New Yorker of the Week wants to change that by bringing gardens and kitchens to schools.

Kim Barker and Max Potts, managing partners at Drakes, pictured with the deep fried Easter egg now on sale as part of their chocolate menu Picture Frank Dwyer SCOTTISH fish and chip shops may have created battered Mars bars - but now a York chippie has gone one better with a special seasonal treat: deep fried Easter eggs.

The men, who were in their twenties, are reported to have disappeared after the crash in Water Lane between Clifton Moor Gate and Burdyke Avenue at 7.15am.

Ashley Cook with the open manhole cover in Gale Lane in York that brought him off his bicycle when he collided with it.

COMPENSATION amounting to A 15,350 has been paid out by City of York Council after children were injured while in school.

Have you noticed the faux charity donation bins popping up on the North Crown Hts sidewalks on your walk to the subways? Well they are really for profit companies.

When I first moved from Brooklyn to north of Boston in 1971, I lived in the far north, near the New Hampshire line.

A New York City news organization has apologized after it canceled a church's advertising campaign promoting its Easter Sunday services - just three days before Good Friday.

Once synonymous with New York , family-run pizza shops are an endangered species these days as more and more owners are force to shutter their stores to make room for the city's ubiquitous dollar-a-slice chains.

The Daily News reports that NYCLASS founder Steve Nislick muttered a violent comment while speaking to a handler: "The founder of NYCLASS clearly has NO class.

Like any responsible New Yorker, I've entrusted a copy of my apartment keys to a close friend.

MOBILE, Alabama - Since they moved their belongings from New York City to Mobile in a U-Haul truck last July, Margo Alderton and Andre Lotz have been initiated into everything Mobile, from BayFest to Mardi Gras.

As New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio tries to ban horse-drawn carriages in the city, an animal advocacy group is pushing an alternative to the tourist attraction with "Horseless eCarriages."

CONTROVERSIAL plans to build more than 100 homes on fields at Strensall , near York, are to go to a public inquiry.

Mayor Bill de Blasio unveiled a sweeping report Thursday that examined New York City's recovery progress from Superstorm Sandy and promised to reform a much-maligned program that was supposed to rebuild wrecked homes.

Cheo Feliciano receives the 2008 Lifetime Achievement Award from The Latin Recording Academy presented at the Hobby Center for Performing Arts on Wednesday, Nov. 12, 2008, in Houston.

The world's leading sculpture park, with visitors from around the world is the unique attraction of Storm King Art Center .

Most New Yorkers know their city used to be called New Amsterdam and was once super seedy and brothel-filled, but did you know that once upon a time, hammy beasts roamed the city's streets, stoners had their own grassy jungles and dead bodies were frolicked upon by New Yorkers every day? Actually, that last one still happens... and you've probably ... (more)

Paterson served as a state senator, deputy New York City mayor and New York's first black secretary of state.