Americans marked the 12th anniversary of the September 11 attacks on Wednesday, highlighted by somber reading of names of the almost 3000 lives lost when two planes crashed into the World Trade Center in lower Manhattan in 2001.
The funeral of bride-to-be, Lindsey Stewart, who died in a New York boating accident last week is scheduled for Thursday in the church where she would have been married
An explosion caused a partial building collapse in Chinatown downtown Manhattan that sent eight people and four firefighters to the hospital on Thursday afternoon, CBS Local news reported. The incident took place at 17 Pike St. The neighborhood was blocked off for hours following what appeared to be a gas explosion.
Six New York politicians were arrested for their alleged role in a bribery scandal in which Democrat State Senator Malcolm Smith, paid top Republicans for permission to run on their ticket in the city's upcoming mayoral race, prosecutors said.
Police have arrested the gunman who killed one man and shot three other people in a Coney Island housing project on Friday, reported by New York Post. The cops took gunman Joseph Brown into custody at his friend's apartment at about 6 a.m. Saturday morning. His specific charges were pending, as of Saturday afternoon, according to the Associated Press.
New York City's Metropolitan Transit Authority (MTA) threw away upwards of $250,000 worth of new subway maps because they displayed outdated fare information, New York Post reported.
