MICHAEL BLOOMBERG

A major Staten Island brush fire was brought under control Tuesday, as firefighters contained the flames at the old Fresh Kills landfill. The fire broke out Monday around noon. Officials believe the fire was caused by a spontaneously compustible mulch pile, and was further aggravated by the 20 mph winds that fanned the flames. More than 200 firefighters were called to contain the five-alarm blaze, until it was finally put out at 4 a.m. Tuesday. Three firefighteres suffered from minor injuries.

The United States Census Bureau rejected New York City's challenge to the 2010 Census results on Sunday. The Bureau maintains that its numbers were accurate, totaling the city's population at 8.2 million. However, city officials argue that the number was actually closer to 8.4 million, according to NY1.

A woman’s group has mounted spirited opposition to a prospective nomination of former Secretary of the Treasury Lawrence Summers, 57, to be president of the World Bank.

Michael Bloomberg's charitable foundation will commit $220 million over the next four years to fight tobacco use globally, including for the funding of legal challenges against the industry.

President Barack Obama must nominate a new President of the World Bank soon, ahead of its June annual meeting in Washington. Two Third World candidates have been mentioned but another American is the likely winner.

Two days after New York police officers arrested dozens of protesters while breaking up an Occupy Wall Street rally, city council members joined Occupy members in Zuccotti Park to condemn the NYPD's heavy handed tactics.

Thousands of revellers, street artists and merrymakers took part in the annual St. Patrick's Day celebrations across the world on March.17, 2012.

St Patrick's Day has arrived and many green-clad New Yorkers have already flocked to bars to kick-start the Irish holiday, but the infamous NYC parade is yet to begin.

New York City will be paid more than $500 million by computer contractor SAIC in a fraud case related to the company's work for the city, officials said on Wednesday.

St Patrick's Day falls on a Saturday this year, which means the annual New York City parade will be bigger than ever.

One of the oldest neighborhoods in Manhattan may soon get closer to nature. SHoP Architects and mall operator Howard Hughes Corp. (NYSE:HHC) unveiled an emerald proposal for the Pier 17 mall on the South Street Seaport last Thursday that will ease the historic district into the present.

Wall Street companies hired an extra 4,900 workers from January 2011 to January 2012, the New York Department of Labor said on Thursday in revised data that countered expectations of job losses in the securities industry.

Mayor Bloomberg publicly supported John Liu at a Bronx event on Tuesday, saying As long as he's controller, we'll continue to work well with him, according to NY Daily News. Meanwhile the feds are continuing their investigation of the fund-raising scandal involving Liu's campaign treasurer, who was busted for funneling large, illegal donations from straw donors to Liu's campaign.

Wall Street's bonuses fell nearly 25 percent in 2011, a New York City fiscal watchdog estimated on Monday, a less severe drop than the industry had anticipated, though still likely to deal a blow to the economies of New York City and New York state.

Wall Street's bonuses fell nearly 25 percent in 2011, a New York City fiscal watchdog estimated on Monday, a less severe drop than the industry had anticipated, though still likely to deal a blow to the economies of New York City and New York state.

Wall Street's bonuses fell nearly 25 percent in 2011, a New York City fiscal watchdog estimated on Monday, a less severe drop than the industry has anticipated, though still likely to deliver a blow to the economies of New York City and New York state.

The third installment of the MiB film franchise opens in theaters May 25.

New York City released evaluations of some 18,000 public schools teachers to news organizations that had requested the information on Friday, overriding the strenuous objections of the teachers union.

New York City Police Department officers ventured out of their jurisdiction to monitor Muslims in Long Island and in Newark, New Jersey as part of a sweeping program to monitor and gather information on Muslims, the Associated Press reported.

Minimum wage bill sparks fear among business owners who will have to choose: customers or employees.

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