In a surprise to the developer, the Court of Appeals said it would hear a challenge to the use of eminent domain on the project’s behalf.

N.Y.U. hosted the first-ever National High School Musical Theater Awards, in which the best actor and best actress winners receive $100,000 scholarships to Tisch.

The officers were rushing to help a colleague when their car collided with a Cadillac and struck pedestrians on a sidewalk, the police and witnesses said.

After four decades in control of the New York State Senate, Republicans have found themselves facing an uphill battle.

Under the Bloomberg administration, annual school spending has risen to $22 billion. But critics say the Education Department needs to be more accountable.

By almost all accounts, Rev. Dr. Brad R. Braxton’s decision to give up the pulpit reflected a crisis of identity in Protestant liberalism in the United States.

The rain on Tuesday left the city close to setting a record for the month. Seattle, meanwhile, has had a sunny spell.

Shlomo Dahan’s friends remember him as a skilled plumber, a dedicated scholar of the Torah, a humble man whose bearish frame belied his quiet demeanor — but most of all as someone who rushed to help anyone in need.

The vote put the City Council in conflict with Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg, who has the power to designate the days off yet said he was resolutely opposed to the idea.

Thousands of Michael Jackson fans gathered at Harlem’s Apollo Theater Tuesday for a public tribute to the pop star.