MICHAEL BLOOMBERG

Students across universities are campaigning to get the embattled actor on campus at the 2012 commencement ceremonies.

An ambitious website is encouraging New Yorkers to transform the city's blighted buildings and vacant lots from eyesores into projects to improve their communities and promote the arts.

In response to the Bloomberg administration's invitation, Stanford University is considering a research and graduate teaching center, focused on applied science and technology, in New York.

New York City mayor Michael Rubens Bloomberg has joined forces with some of the biggest names in the fashion industry like Oscar de la Renta, Brooks Brothers, Malia Mills and Diane von Furstenberg to implement immigration reforms and promote easier visa procedure for international workers.

When a New Jersey family with an autistic child walks into the state office seeking help, Norlande Perpignan is often the first person they see. A clerk making $41,082 a year at the Division of Developmental Disabilities, Perpignan, 40, is also on the front lines of a national debate about public spending, taxes and a fiscal crisis facing local governments.

New York City will have to lay off more than 4,000 public school teachers even though its revenue has leaped about $2 billion since forecasts made last November, a mayoral aide said on Wednesday. New York City has around 75,000 teachers but the headcount must be reduced because Democratic Governor Andrew Cuomo wants to cut state aid by $2.1 billion, the aide said.

New York City's bank tax collections ran 48 percent above a year-ago, one of several taxes whose encouraging performance might give Mayor Michael Bloomberg some extra cash to spend in next year's budget.

The NYSE Euronext (NYSE: NYX) and Frankfurt’s Deutsche Boerse have entered into an agreement to merge in a $10-billion transaction that is expected to result in the world's biggest trading vehicle for stocks and derivatives.

More than 50,000 people were arrested last year in New York City for possessing small amounts of marijuana , according to the New York Division of Criminal Justice Services. Those 50,383 arrests represented 15 percent of all arrests by the New York Police Department (NYPD)

Merging the iconic New York Stock Exchange with Germany's Deutsche Boerse AG will force European companies to switch to using U.S. accounting rules which have superior disclosures, Mayor Michael Bloomberg said on Friday.

Deutsche Boerse AG's planned takeover of NYSE Euronext faces intense scrutiny from German regulators and European antitrust authorities, potentially imperiling the blockbuster exchange tie-up.

New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg said on Thursday he supports advanced talks that would place the iconic New York Stock Exchange into the hands of Germany's Deutsche Boerse AG.

The mayor of New York City, Michael Bloomberg, has offended some Irish-American leaders after making some comments referring to drunkenness among the Irish, a month ahead of St. Patrick’s Day.

New York commuters are set to bid goodbye to the iconic yellow cab, as the city plans to get it replaced by a smarter and trendier model for the 21 century.

New York City finally takes a snow day after residents woke up to a foot of snow.

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As the battle over pension reform in cash-starved cities and states intensified, the Mayor of New York City fired another salvo by threatening municipal unions with huge layoffs if they don’t cooperate with his sweeping proposals to overhaul the system.

Mayor Michael Bloomberg warned that if the city of New York does not start tackling its budget deficit problems now, they could haunt the city for decades.

The text of the 14-page complaint against the iPad hackers.

A New York City cigar smoker is being sued by his neighbors who claim that the odor and fumes of his stogies waft into their home and create an annoyance and a health hazard.

The New York imam whose proposed Muslim cultural center and mosque near Ground Zero has stirred opposition is embarking on a U.S. speaking tour where he intends to correct misperceptions about his aims.