Outside New York’s Winter Garden Theatre, where “Mamma Mia” is nearing the end of a 13-year Broadway run, unwitting tourists board a bus bearing the name of a company U.S. regulators tried to close two years ago. New York Party …
New York’s inspector general says poor supervision at the steam plant serving the state government complex in Albany led to misbehavior by workers that included watching “Dancing With the Stars” for two hours, being drunk on the job and leaving …
A 5-year-old boy has suffered injuries to his left leg and head after falling off a kiddie ride at an amusement park in Brooklyn, New York. Police say the boy is expected to survive and is in stable condition at …
A pedestrian bridge built over a central New York highway 12 years ago has never been used, but it still needs to be inspected and taxpayers will pick up the tab. The Ithaca Journal reports that Common Council members approved …
An internal investigation has found the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey paid millions of dollars in excessive insurance premiums for construction projects. Chief investigator Michael Nestor tells The Star-Ledger of Newark the agency is looking at it …
A new law requires public and private colleges in New York to give every student written information about fire safety in dorms and off-campus housing they operate. Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed the law last week, saying it goes beyond the …
The U.S. National Transportation Safety Board began a formal investigation into the Southwest Airlines Co. accident yesterday at New York’s LaGuardia airport that injured eight and disrupted traffic. The Boeing Co. 737-700’s nose gear failed as the plane touched down, …
The state will provide about $10 million to hundreds of flooding victims in the Mohawk Valley, Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced Tuesday in another promise to scrape together for aid what is a small slice of the state budget. Cuomo promised …
Federal workplace safety authorities say an upstate New York copper wire manufacturer has agreed to pay nearly $33,000 in fines after an explosion injured an employee. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration says Tecnofil Chenango SAC will also take additional …
A Brooklyn, N.Y., woman was convicted Friday for her role as the leader of a ring responsible for shipping dozens of stolen and carjacked vehicles worth more than $1 million from New Jersey to Africa. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s …