New York
Latest Stories

12374085c301b510520f6a706700583e.jpg
FILE - In this Oct. 23, 2013, file photo, a horse-drawn carriage heads along a road in New York’s Central Park. Regulators are investigating allegations that one of New York’s embattled carriage horse drivers tried to evade industry regulations by disguising an aging horse with a mild breathing ailment as another horse half its age. New York Mayor Bill de Blasio has vowed to ban the carriages, calling them inhumane. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)

fb788f03a19fa910520f6a706700d18f.jpg
U.S. Rep. Michael Grimm leaves a news conference in a park next to federal court, Monday, April 28, 2014, in the Brooklyn borough of New York. The Staten Island Republican was arrested earlier in the day and pleaded not guilty to a 20-count federal indictment that includes charges of mail fraud, wire fraud and tax fraud. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)

45518149a1a3aa10520f6a706700cba0.jpg
** FILE ** U.S. Rep. Michael Grimm speaks at a news conference in a park next to federal court, Monday, April 28, 2014, in the Brooklyn borough of New York. The Staten Island Republican was arrested earlier in the day and pleaded not guilty to a 20-count federal indictment that includes charges of mail fraud, wire fraud and tax fraud. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)

f8764fd5a22eac10520f6a7067006f68.jpg
U.S. Rep. Michael Grimm, center, speaks to the media outside of federal court in New York, Monday, April 28, 2014. The Staten Island Republican was arrested earlier in the day and pleaded not guilty to a 20-count federal indictment that includes charges of mail fraud, wire fraud and tax fraud. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

784f3c8fc2fdb510520f6a70670023fa.jpg
In this April 10, 2014, photo, student teacher Franchesca Moreno, 21, reads to Andreanna Thomas, 6, right, and Alana Cawthon, upper left, at Bennett Park Montessori School in Buffalo, N.Y. Moreno is among the first future New York teachers required to pass a kind of "bar exam" to become professionally certified. (AP Photo)

1de127c6c246b210520f6a7067006a95.jpg
FILE - In this Tuesday Jan. 7, 2014 file photo Michelle Rodriguez, left, blows vapor from an electronic cigarette as Cara Delevingne watches during the second half of an NBA basketball game between the New York Knicks and the Detroit Pistons in New York. Under a New York City law taking effect Tuesday, April 29, 2014, vaporizing devices will be treated the same as a tobacco-based cigarette. The New York ban, along with similar measures in Chicago and Los Angeles and federal regulations proposed last week, are again igniting debate among public health officials, the e-cigarette industry and users lon the future of the popular devices. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II, File)

3f694d51c202b010520f6a706700e285.jpg
FILE - In this Feb. 20, 2014 photo, Talia Eisenberg, co-founder of the Henley Vaporium, uses her vaping device in New York. Under a New York City law taking effect Tuesday, April 29, 2014, vaporizing devices will be treated the same as a tobacco-based cigarette. The New York ban, along with similar measures in Chicago and Los Angeles and federal regulations proposed last week, are again igniting debate among public health officials, the e-cigarette industry and users lon the future of the popular devices. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II, File)