In this economy, wouldn't it be nice to have a few extra dollars fall into your wallet?  New Yorkers can find out if they are owed some of the state's $9.9 billion in unclaimed funds at events across the state in July.

The stress of catching up on school work and having to ask for permission to miss classes for holidays is a routine Muslim students in New York City often face.

The New York Health Department says it has identified 11 cases of measles in Brooklyn over the past two months, and is urging doctors to be vigilant and promptly report suspected cases to the agency.

Step right up and watch as humans face off against elephants in a rare cross-species eating contest at Brooklyn's Coney Island!

For the first time, the Little People of America's Convention will be held in New York City.

New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg says his administration is looking at the concept of forcing employers to provide paid sick days.

The recession may have dimmed Fourth of July fireworks in many cities, but New York is expanding the nation's biggest display from a new vantage point -- the Hudson River.

"In this contest it's wiener takes all," New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg said at the official weigh-in for the annual Nathan's Famous Fourth of July International Hot Dog Eating contest.

A Brooklyn bar is offering a happy hour that's seven hours long.

New York City is proposing an alternative cleanup plan that could prevent the Gowanus Canal in Brooklyn from being designated a federal Superfund site.

The owners of two Brooklyn supermarkets have agreed to pay $1.1 million to settle charges that they failed to pay a proper wage to workers who bagged groceries.

New York City police are expanding a program where officers work with juvenile offenders to make sure they don't get into more serious trouble.

The owners of a New York City day care center have been charged with marijuana possession after police shot and wounded a suspected robber inside the Brooklyn center.

A three-week dispute over control of New York's Senate is getting more frantic behind the scenes, leading to a change in negotiators for the Democratic conference and new efforts to split the Republican-dominated coalition.

Police shot and wounded an armed man during a brazen robbery attempt at a day care center that functioned as a drug haven, with a trove of marijuana and more than $100,000 in cash in its basement, authorities said Saturday.

 New York City bus and subway fares increased Sunday.

An armed suspect was shot at and wounded by police as they apprehended him at a day care center in East Flatbush.

A federal judge has blocked New York City's latest attempt to force taxicab owners to buy fuel-efficient hybrids. Judge Paul Crotty ruled Monday that new rules meant to encourage cab owners to only buy the hybrids were pre-empted by federal laws.

Government agencies are set to approve new deals for a $4 billion plan for a Brooklyn basketball arena and thousands of apartments.

A new poll shows the power struggle that has paralyzed New York's Senate for the past two weeks has hurt the senior house in the view of New Yorkers, who at a record level now see the state headed in the wrong direction.

Gov. David Paterson says he will make sure state senators vote on a same-sex marriage bill before they break for the summer.

The case of a man accused of posing as his dead mother to collect her Social Security is one of dozens cracked by a new investigative team. The mortgage and real estate fraud unit has opened more than 80 cases since March.

Three people were shot early Monday morning in the Canarsie section of Brooklyn. One of the victims, a 23-year-old pregnant woman, was shot in the stomach, police said. There was no immediate word on the condition of the baby.

Gunfire that struck a police van has wounded a suspect being transported through Brooklyn. Police say the van drove through a shoot-out on Atlantic Avenue near Saratoga Avenue early Sunday morning.

Gov. David Paterson on Sunday ordered New York's Senate into special session beginning Tuesday in a bid to end a partisan power struggle that has paralyzed the chamber for two weeks. He said he will compel senators to stay in Albany indefinitely until they act.

Firefighters are on the scene of a building that collapsed in Brooklyn. The building is on Myrtle Avenue in the Fort Greene section. Keep it locked to 1010 WINS and 1010wins.com for more details as they become available.

State legislative leaders are reviewing Gov. David Paterson's secret plan to bail out New York City's mass transit system, which could include a revised payroll tax to reimburse school districts for their cost.

Photographs of the dismantlement of the Astroland amusment park on Brooklyn's Coney Island.