Steve Levy, a longtime Democrat, in Manhattan on Friday after announcing his candidacy for governor as a Republican.

The home in St. Albans, Queens, owned by Representative Gregory W. Meeks, left. He and his wife bought it for $830,000 from a developer who built it for them.

A woman sleeping on the street last Christmas Eve in Midtown.

The federal judge rejected a settlement between the city and workers at ground zero, saying the deal did not provide enough compensation to plaintiffs.

Thomas Hagan in an emergency room after shooting Malcolm X at the Audubon Ballroom in Manhattan on Feb. 21, 1965.

The delay in getting Marcelo Lucero to the hospital is playing a role in the defense of Jeffrey Conroy, who is accused of attacking Mr. Lucero.

The contest to fill the seat vacated by Simcha Felder is also a battle for bragging rights.

An appeals court affirmed a decision that the Federal Reserve Board must release reports identifying financial firms that received $1 trillion in emergency loans.

Under a proposal expected to be approved next week, the M train would take the place of the V line in Queens and Manhattan.

At the home in Queens he bought during the Depression, the city's oldest man looks back on a life spent making things with his hands.

Nora S. Anderson, a Surrogate’s Court judge, is accused of filing false campaign documents indicating that $250,000 in contributions came from her personal finances.

The action in Camden, N.J., involved 185 prosecutions and convictions.

Stuyvesant High School’s Asian population has soared to 70 percent, inspiring a volunteer interpreter program to help parents who don’t speak English.

A visit to Sunset Park later in the day will answer all questions about the neighborhood’s name.

David Mandelbaum, artistic director of New Yiddish Repertory Company, in Midtown.