MICHAEL BLOOMBERG

Sylvia Woods, founder of Harlem's famous soul food restaurant, Sylvia's had died at the age of 86, according to a statement issued by her family.The Legendary restaurateur was best known internationally as the Queen of Soul Food, with her New York restaurant located at 126th St. and Lenox Ave., near the Apollo Theater.

More than a year after he resigned in disgrace from Congress, scandal-scarred Anthony Weiner is still having difficulty finding a job, spurring him to consider running for mayor of New York City - an office in which he enjoyed frontrunner status before he tweeted photos of his underwear-clad penis to a college student and lied about it.

As expected, the New York City Council voted Thursday evening to override Mayor Michael Bloomberg's veto of a measure that would raise the minimum wage of employees of some companies that receive public subsidies to $11.50 an hour, or $10 an hour with benefits.

The New York City Council is scheduled to vote Thursday to override Mayor Michael Bloomberg's veto of a bill to require some city employers to pay their workers at least $11.50 an hour, or $10 hourly with benefits. And it's likely to happen.

New York City residents added 10 years to their life expectancy between 1987 and 2009, according to a new report.

Drawing inspiration from New York City's Michael Bloomberg, the mayor of Cambridge, Massachusetts, is also considering banning large soda and sweetened beverages in city restaurants.

Some members of the New York City Board of Health are considering limiting the size of movie theater popcorn and milk beverages to help curb obesity.

It's not saying 'no' to people. It's saying, 'Are you sure? Do you really want that?' Thomas Farley, New York City's health commissioner, said. It's sending people a message while giving people the freedom to drink as much as they want.

It could take days before California counts all the votes in a controversial proposal that would add a steep tax to cigarettes, but an unofficial count currently shows it defeated by a narrow margin.

A group of New Jersey Muslims is suing the New York Police Department over a wide-ranging Muslim surveillance initiative first diclosed by the Associated Press earlier this year.

When California voters head to the polls for their primary on Tuesday, they will also find a proposal to raise taxes on cigarettes -- in a state that's already among the most anti-smoking. But the money the tax might raise won't fix California's troubled finances.

Carbonated and cola drinks were most strongly linked to a risk for hypertension, but fruit sugar, or fructose, in drinks did not stand out as a driving factor, according to a new study in the Journal of General Internal Medicine.

Supersizing your soda or any other sugary beverage at some of your favorite places in NYC may be a thing of the past if Mayor Bloomberg's soda ban is approved.

Hewlett-Packard Co. (NYSE: HPQ), the biggest computer company, may have overbilled New York City by as much as $50 million to upgrade the 911 system, Comptroller John Liu charged.

Pedro Hernandez, the former SoHo bodega stock boy who confessed to the murder of 6-year-old Etan Patz 33 years after the boy disappeared, was taken to Bellevue Hospital and placed on suicide watch. Authorities promptly put him the hospital after he told police he no longer takes his psychiatric medication.

Pedro Hernandez, the man in custody in connection with the1979 Etan Patz disappearance case, confessed to the boy's killing. However, law enforcement sources are telling the media they remain skeptical of the claim because some things don't add up with known facts.

Police have arrested a man identified as Pedro Hernandez in connection with the 1979 disappearance and murder of Etan Patz..

A scathing new report details the way the United States is failing to attract and retain the immigrant workers -- skilled and unskilled -- who are crucial to thriving in a global economy.

Graduation speeches don't always have to be a bore. Here are seven graduation addresses delivered to the Class of 2012 that imparted nuggets of wisdom. Others just plain made us laugh and some mixed both sound advice with comedic moments.

New York Police Commissioner Ray Kelly made some changes to the controversial stop-and-frisk policy that disproportionally affects young black and Latino men.

As the city invests in tech, Councilwoman Leticia James wishes that Mayor Bloomberg would to more to make sure Brooklyn doesn't get left out