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If the physical ramifications of smoking aren't enough to deter customers from lighting up, maybe a clearer picture of the financial ramifications will.

If you're in New York City this summer, cross the bridge over to Brooklyn and check out the borough's jam-packed summer 2011 schedule of events that are sure to keep you entertained.

Which is more secure: Google's Wallet or the one in your pocket?

Beginning from May 25, Fleet Week in Manhattan, New York has attracted New Yorkers and tourists, and will continue through Memorial Day weekend until June 1.

You’ve had a long hard winter and a very confused spring. It’s finally starting to look like summer so be sure to stop by the beach this Monday for your Memorial Day celebration. The weather will top 90°F (32.2°C), possibly with a thunderstorm early afternoon. But don’t let that rain on your beach parade.

Smoking in New York City's public places is no longer legal as the law that prohibits smoking in New York City's 1,700 parks, beaches and pedestrian plazas comes into effect Monday.

In an effort to reach a new audience, The New York Times will create content for a new television series on NYC life, one of the city’s NYC Media television stations. NYC life can be viewed on channel 25 in New York City. The half-hour show, dubbed NYTV, will air Monday nights at 8:30 p.m. with the first show scheduled for May 23. The network also plans on making the series available online at nyc.gov/vod.

New York City avoided the major cuts in the counter-terrorism grants, while 32 cities are eliminated.

The United Federation of Teachers, NAACP, and advocates sued the New York City Department of Education Wednesday. The lawsuit is against the city's plans to close 22 schools, and against charter schools from using those building spaces.

'Friends' star Jennifer Aniston may soon be heading to New York as the actress is about to close a deal on her new abode - a $5.9 million penthouse in the West Village.

The restaurant reservation platform OpenTable Inc. announced the list of top hottest restaurants in New York, which are among the 50 winners of OpenTable's Diners' Choice Awards for the Top Hot Spot Restaurants in the United States.

Martin Luther King III has entered a local fight for living wages at certain New York City businesses on the anniversary of his father's death, in a push which proponents say can gain steam in other cities across the country.

The restaurant reservation platform OpenTable Inc. announced the list of top 10 hottest new restaurants, which are among the 50 winners of OpenTable's Diners' Choice Awards for the Top Hot Spot Restaurants in the United States.

Apple has a legitimate hit on its hands with the iPad 2 as the device sells out in the early going.

The ancient Roman city of Pompeii that got buried under volcanic ash from Mount Vesuvius, which erupted about 2,000 years ago, is now on display in the form of an exhibit at Discovery Times Square museum in New York City.

New York City's bank tax collections ran 48 percent above a year-ago, one of several taxes whose encouraging performance might give Mayor Michael Bloomberg some extra cash to spend in next year's budget.

The New York City Health Department has launched an iPhone and Android application - NYC Condom Finder - to help users find free condoms.

New York City finally takes a snow day after residents woke up to a foot of snow.

While it’s true that New York City’s unemployment rate declined to its lowest level in more than a year-and-a-half, it’s primarily due to the troubling reality that increasing numbers of people in Gotham have simply given up looking for work.

As the battle over pension reform in cash-starved cities and states intensified, the Mayor of New York City fired another salvo by threatening municipal unions with huge layoffs if they don’t cooperate with his sweeping proposals to overhaul the system.

New York City's unemployment rate fell two-tenths of a percentage point to 8.9 percent in December from November, but the tourism-related sector hired fewer workers than expected, labor experts said on Thursday.