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The City Council extended existing smoking bans to include electronic cigarettes.
Both the Bushwick rezoning and the Greenpoint Landing plan came with unexpected affordable housing.
The rezoning plan was overwhelmingly approved Tuesday by the full City Council.
The controversial development at 77 Commercial St. was slated for a Thursday vote.
Sidewalks, parks and other outdoor spaces will be revamped as part of the project.
Mayor Bloomberg yanked the proposal after the City Council rejected it.
The longtime Upper West Sider won 78 percent of votes.
Queens Councilmen Leroy Comrie and James Gennaro are term-limited.
The measure also raises the age to purchase e-cigarettes.
The new space features a bridge suspended over the upper-level seats and new video screens.
The bill will increase Staten Island Ferry service to every half hour starting in 2015.
A bill to increase service to every half-hour was approved by the city's Transportation Committee.
The City Council is looking for a way to approve the New York Wheel without Empire Outlets.
If elected, Gale Brewer will make enabling "smart growth" the center of her work as borough president.
A group of members wants to shift some of the next City Council speaker's power back to the council.
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Mayor Bill de Blasio said terror suspect Sayfullo Saipov should be spared the death penalty.
The actress spotted the suspect outside her third-floor balcony, sources said.
A shortage of bilingual therapists has made the problem especially difficult in some districts.
The victim suffered a fractured skull base, multiple spinal fractures, bruised lungs and other injuries.
The break happened just after 4 a.m. on Pacific Street near Albany Avenue.
Officer Ryan Nash shot Sayfullo Saipov who killed eight people with a rented truck, officials said.
The new owners have no plans to change the properties, according to a realtor who brokered the deal.
The deadly attack left eight people dead and a dozen injured, officials said.
Five men from Argentina, a woman from Belgium, a West Village resident and a man from N.J. were killed.
The vote paves the way for developers to build a complex with retail space and 1,146 apartments.
The Queens County Bird Club is hoping to install two bird feeders in the park by the end of November.
Sayfullo Saipov was charged by federal prosecutors on Wednesday with aiding ISIS in a terror attack.
A new art gallery features the work of recovering addicts in East Harlem.
Catwalks, balconies, a secret staircase and elaborate ceiling panels were uncovered at the theater.
Preservation groups are writing letters — in crayon — to the library, which owns the home.