The Bloomberg administration, which has said it wants to avert layoffs, has not disclosed the change to the public.
Slide show: Photographs from the past week in New York City and the region. Subjects include an annual gathering of Jewish emissaries, smoke-free apartments, and college classes for prison inmates.
Postal Service officials had announced that they were considering closing roughly 3,300 post office branches across the country. Now the number is 241.
Blogtalk: a dispute in TriBeCa over schools and housing; a rally against gun violence; and more links to local blogs.
Meeting community leaders, Mayor Bloomberg expressed alarm over a gang-related shooting that critically injured a 15-year-old bystander.
Testimony in the trial of the former Senate leader has exposed an unseemly way of doing business in Albany.
The former mayor had been viewed as a potentially strong challenger to Gov. David A. Paterson in 2010.
New York’s latest large-scale public art project is being exhibited in an unlikely space: the backs of millions of MetroCards.
The story of a deadly fire in Woodside, Queens, illustrates how dangerous, illegal apartments remain common.
“I’m all by myself,” said Rose Danielle Etienne, 26, who lost her companion and their two young sons.
Three City Council committees — Transportation, Women’s Issues and Public Safety — discussed ways to combat and prevent sexual harassment and assault.
Lynne F. Stewart, who helped an imprisoned client, Sheik Omar Abdel Rahman, communicate with followers, said, “I will return.”
After deficiencies were exposed last year, the agency is looking to private firms to run construction license exams.
In back-to-back speeches, New Jersey’s governor and the man who will succeed him both saw hard choices but offered contrasting tones.
It is a 20-room Greek Revival mansion, with Italian gardens, a music room and a wood-paneled library. But no one seems to want to live in Drumthwacket, the governor’s residence in Princeton Township, N.J.
Relatives and lawyers for the five young men say they are innocent in the gunfire that wounded a 19-year-old man and a 15-year-old girl.
A lingering cold has one positive side effect: having a reason to explore chicken soup in a variety of ethnic cuisines, and finding all of them delicious.
Since 1912, the fund has provided direct assistance to children, families and the elderly in New York.
Andrea Combs has persevered through learning disabilities and the death of her husband. The Brooklyn Bureau of Community Service assisted her in overcoming her latest obstacle, unemployment.
A series of portraits of those who share presidential names. This week, John Quincy Adams, 87, a preacher in Brooklyn.
A slide show of children’s artwork submitted by readers. Masterpieces made of paint, popsicle sticks, crayons and even food.
An attempt to open a joint account at a bank turns into a struggle with customer service representatives who push for separate his-and-her arrangements.
News, restaurant reviews and arts coverage from New Jersey, Connecticut, Westchester and Long Island.
Blogging from three communities in New Jersey and two in Brooklyn.
An inside look at stories affecting New Yorkers. Saturdays at 10 p.m. and Sundays at 10 a.m. on NY1 News. Guests this weekend include The Times's Gail Collins, Amanda Burden and Lidia Bastianich.
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