Tom Dworetzky

Police raiding a five-story apartment building in the Bronx Tuesday found it had been turned into an elaborate marijuana farm.

The state Senate passed the DNA Databank Expansion Bill Tuesday, a bill that would significantly increase the state's DNA database system.

A plainclothes police officer, who was who shot in the head Tuesday night while pursuing a man in the Bushwick housing project, is expected to make a full recovery.

With Carmelo Anthony back on the court, the Knicks win, playing maybe their most complete game of the year. Rangers lose on a bad bounce, says head coach John Tortorella. The Nets have a good chance against the Pistons.

Liturgy is the sexless hive-geek counterpart to Lana Del Rey, 2011's most polarizing and polarized artist. Her just-dropped album Born to Die, has landed number 1, despite global critical condemnation. The Brooklyn black metallers (Liturgy) generated what seemed a comparable amount of criticism to the manufactured pseudo-pop darling (Del Rey) in 2011. Liturgy sold far fewer albums, proving that artistic merit and integrity do not always win out.

The newly proposed lines for the New York State's political districts came under fire Monday, as Democrats threaten to file a lawsuit that would ask a judge to intervene.

Despite unwavering support from the mayor, Police Commissioner Ray Kelly and NYPD spokesman Paul Browne still remain in hot waters after recent controversies.

Two men were hospitalized Monday after someone launched a shopping cart off the third story of a parking garage near a Home Depot in the Bronx.

The state Senate Education Committee recently approved an amendment to education laws that would allow churches to use school buildings for religious meetings outside regular school hours.

Anita Collins, a former clerk for the Archdiocese of New York was arrested yesterday on charges of embezzling more than $1 million from the church's education fund.

There are a lot of unknowns heading into tonight's Knicks' game. Both Carmelo Anthony and Baron Davis are question marks, though it's doubtful either will play. It's also unknown which Knick team will show up. The Devils biggest problem this year has been scoring goals. The Rangers are second in the NHL in goals allowed.

I have a healthy respect for the institution of government, and sometimes even feel sorry for politicians who have thankless jobs (President Barack Obama springs to mind), but I find the whole process that Americans go through to elect our leaders cringeworthy.

I have a healthy respect for the institution of government, and sometimes even feel sorry for politicians who have thankless jobs (President Barack Obama springs to mind), but I find the whole process that Americans go through to elect our leaders cringeworthy.

Private-school tuition was always pricey in New York. Now, though, it is set to top the $40,000 level.

New York State Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver has proposed raising the minimum wage to $8.50 an hour, and tying it to inflation.

SoHo Originals are protesting a planned Business Improvement District (BID) because, well, they don't want to improve business.

Meltzer left $1 million to his driver and $500,000 to his doorman out of his reportedly $10 million estate. Music industry types remember him fondly as a holdout against the majors--he got offered tens of millions over the years for his label, Wind-Up Records, but he liked the caché of owning it.

At Last, Etta James' signature piece, was sung to perfection by Christina Aguilera at the funeral of the legendary rhythm-and-blues singer on Saturday. Stars came out to pay tribute to James. Not only Aguilera but also Stevie Wonder, who performed three songs, including Shelter in the Rain.

Mitt Romney's most recent attack ad slams New Gingrich were it hurts a history professor most--right in his history. It's titled simply History Lesson, and features a long, single clip of famed NBC Anchor Tom Brokaw, as he reported on the then-speaker's ethics violations in 1997. The clips served up a straight news report in which Brokaw says, Newt Gingrich--who came to power, after all, preaching a higher standard in American politics, a man who brought down another speaker...

Now, on top of your unfortunate health issue over the last few days, this latest PR bombs goes off...Way back when you were 19, and just plain Demi Moore, who needed two names, here you are going blue at an innocent birthday party for a young costar back in your General Hospital days.

If you weren't fortunate enough to snag the $332/month four-bedroom apartment in the Village, maybe you should consider songwriter Denise Rich's condo, which was recently put on the market for $65 million.

Double Happiness, a bus company that runs services from cities along the East Coast to New York City, has caused anything but happiness for federal agencies.

The case of the one-year-old boy who died in the care of his mother's boyfriend has been ruled a homicide by the New York City medical examiner.

Though Police Commissioner Ray Kelly remains in hot water after news broke that the police department had been showing an anti-Muslim film to hundreds of officers, critics' calls for him to resign probably won't be fulfilled.

As details continue to emerge in the Greg Kelly case, investigators are beginning to doubt allegations made by the woman who claims that Kelly raped her.

All eyes will be on the Knicks tonight as they play the Heat in a nationally televised game. Duke vs. St John's is a grudge rematch after last year's Duke loss. And Wagner tops Sacred Heart.

A guest checked in and abruptly checked out of the Ritz-Carlton New York after finding a bedbug in her room.

Eric T. Schneiderman, the so-called Sheriff of Wall Street as New York state's attorney general, is heading a new, consolidated effort to find the criminality that led to the housing crisis.

Students do better in smaller schools because they don't get lost in the system.