Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano visits New York
New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg talks to reporters during a press conference held at to Grand Central Station on July 29, 2009 in New York City. Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano announced that the city will receive a grant to put more transit police in service which is part of a federal stimulus plan. (UPI Photo/Monika Graff)
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The chief executive at New York financial information firm Bloomberg called a privacy-impacting news-gathering technique used by reporters a mistake.
Officials in New York City said they will begin distributing the first of $1.77 billion in federal aid for Hurricane Sandy recovery in June.
Some 800,000 immigrants would get the right to vote under a New York bill that would make the city the largest to let non-citizens vote in local elections.
Jewish groups are criticizing conservative commentator Glenn Beck for likening New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg to a Nazi during a speech to the NRA.
U.S. Senate leaders say they worry New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg's Mayors Against Illegal Guns' efforts could cost Democrats control of the chamber.
Johns Hopkins officials in Baltimore announced Saturday they are working toward an ambitious goal of raising $4.5 billion for the university and health system.
Relatives of those killed in the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks say they are upset about plans to charge admission to the museum at Ground Zero in New York.
National Rifle Association members at the group's national convention in Houston are celebrating legislative victories and taking aim at gun control advocates.
A New York City school no longer serves chicken nuggets or mystery meat for lunch anymore; it has gone vegetarian for breakfast and lunch, officials say.
New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg said he's tapping into his vast fortune to provide a political counterweight to the National Rifle Association.
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