NEW YORK CITY

Hundreds of thousands residents in the outer boroughs of Bronx, Queens and Brooklyn were stuck in their homes for days because plows did not clear out snow from many secondary roads.

New York City residents who live in low-lying areas should voluntarily start moving out on Friday, before Hurricane Irene is expected to hit, Mayor Michael Bloomberg said on Thursday.

The top after-market NYSE Losers on Tuesday are: Inphi Corp, Ivanhoe Mines, La-Z-Boy, DSW, Cobalt International Energy, Red Hat, Oceaneering International, PVH, Westlake Chemical and FMC Technologies.

The top after-market NYSE gainers on Tuesday are: Dycom Industries, Accuride Corp, 3D Systems, Dollar General, MEMC Electronic Materials, Vonage Holdings, GMX Resources, Heckmann and Complete Production Services.

The top after-market NYSE Losers on Monday are: AutoNation, MVC Capital, Big Lots, Gap, LaSalle Hotel Properties, Western Refining, Robert Half International, Williams-Sonoma, Williams-Sonoma and Youku.com.

The top after-market NYSE gainers on Monday are: Helmerich & Payne, Camelot Information Systems, Penn Virginia, Astoria Financial, Monster Worldwide, Masco Corp, Western Digital and Elan Corp.

The top after-market NYSE gainers on Friday are: Frontline, Weatherford International, CBL & Associates Properties, iSoftStone Holdings and Strategic Hotels & Resorts. The top after-market NYSE losers are: Royal Bank Scotland Group, Accretive Health, Yanzhou Coal Mining Co, Clean Harbors and Liz Claiborne.

The top after-market NYSE gainers on Thursday are: MF Global Holdings, La-Z-Boy, Sanofi, Swift Transportation, Atlantic Power, MBIA, Salesforce.com, Barnes & Noble, Gap and Equity One.

It was a sweet court victory for New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg when a federal judge dismissed claims against his namesake company Bloomberg LP for discriminating against pregnant women and new mothers.

Stocks dropped sharply on Thursday as data fueled worries the economy was weakening and bank shares tumbled on fears the European financial crisis could spread havoc to other parts of the world.

The 33-year-old Brooklyn native was reportedly shot once before his body was burned by his assailants.

The top after-market NYSE gainers on Monday are: Ferro Corp, Calpine, Forest Laboratories, Saks and AOL Inc. The top after-market NYSE losers are: Exterran Holdings, Global Cash Access Holdings, Rowan Companies, Vulcan Materials and Tidewater Inc.

After one of the most volatile weeks in memory, U.S. stocks ended higher on Friday in a tentative sign that the worst of the selling may be over.

The same week he announces his plans to be mayor of Manhattan, he rids of his Manhattan digs. Politically ambitious Alec Baldwin has put his multi-million dollar New York City apartment on the market, according to Curbed.

A former Nasdaq OMX Group Inc executive was sentenced Friday to 3-1/2 years in prison after pleading guilty for making hundreds of thousands of dollars by trading on confidential information.

Stocks rose on Friday as mildly encouraging retail sales overshadowed weak consumer sentiment data, with lighter volume reflecting a drop in investor anxiety.

The companies whose shares are moving in pre-market trade on Friday are: Nordstrom, J.C. Penney, Prudential Financial, Raytheon, CSX, F5 Networks, Windstream, Carnival Corp, JDS Uniphase, Wynn Resorts and Host Hotels & Resorts.

New York City has filed a formal challenge to the 2010 census on Wednesday, alleging it may have overlooked "tens of thousands" of Queens and Brooklyn residents at the least.

New York City's Statue of Liberty will close for yearlong repairs beginning in October, however Liberty Island will remain open.

New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg administration has filed a formal challenge to the 2010 census on Wednesday, alleging it may have overlooked "tens of thousands" of Queens and Brooklyn residents at the least.

The companies whose shares are moving in pre-market trade on Thursday are: Freeport Mcmoran Copper, News Corp, Ford Motor, PPL Corp, Regions Financial, Sara Lee, NYSE Euronext, American International Group, Alpha Natural Resources, Lincoln National Corp and Citigroup.