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Obama Revises Birth Control Mandate For Religious Employers

Amid an uproar from Catholics and heavy criticism from Cardinal-designate Timothy Dolan, President Obama today unveiled a revised policy that will not require religious employers provide birth control to their employees.

Updated 12:06 PM

Woman Charged In Harlem Baby's 1987 Kidnapping Pleads Guilty

Ann Pettway, the woman charged with kidnapping a newborn baby from Harlem Hospital back in 1987, pled guilty and was remanded Friday in Brooklyn federal court.

Updated 1:44 PM

MTA Worker Helps Scare Off Subway Rape Suspect

A Metropolitan Transportation Authority worker is being credited with scaring off a sexual assault suspect who is charged with attacking a woman in a Manhattan subway station earlier this week.

9:14 AM

Quinn Calls For Mandatory Kindergarten In State Of The City Speech

City Council Speaker Christine Quinn placed heavy emphasis on children in her State of the City address on Thursday by calling for mandatory kindergarten for all of the city's five-year-olds, but it also was an opportunity for the mayoral hopeful to try to win over the five boroughs' voters. | Watch the full speech.

Updated 02/09/2012 06:11 PM

Transport Workers Union Selects "Ugliest Subway Rat" Photo

A shot of a rodent in the Seventh Avenue station at 53rd street and Broadway has won the Transport Workers Union's "Ugliest Subway Rat" photo contest, and union officials say the contest has brought attention to subway infestation.

02/09/2012 06:50 PM

DOT Gives Green Light To Delancey Street Safety Plan

The city's Department of Transportation is moving forward with a street safety plan for busy intersections along Manhattan's Delancey Street, where just last month a 12-year-old girl was killed while crossing.

Updated 02/09/2012 01:45 PM

New York Grammy Nominees Celebrate Musical Feats

Whipple's World

The New York Chapter of the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences this week celebrated the Big Apple musicians who have been nominated for Grammys at the 54th Annual Awards ceremony with a party at Hudson Terrace on Manhattan's West Side.

NY1 Theater Review: "Merrily We Roll Along"

Theater Reviews

When the Stephen Sondheim-George Furth musical "Merrily We Roll Along" debuted on Broadway back in 1981 it ran for only 16 performances. Over the last three decades the show has re-appeared in various new incarnations and now another re-worked version is being presented as a concert staging courtesy of the New York City Center Encores series.