Situated in the middle of New York Harbor, just a half mile from lower Manhattan, Governors Island is about to undergo a massive makeover that would turn much of it into lush parkland.

Published by amNY.com on April 20, 2008.

MURRAY HILL A Guide Dog With Clout Calls It a Day

Published by New York Times on April 20, 2008.

In a shadowy corner beneath the Port Authority terminal, the last train left long ago.

Published by New York Times on April 20, 2008.

From an idle comment on the Brighton Beach Boardwalk, she discovered a secret family.

Published by New York Times on April 20, 2008.

Residents are wary of plans to build a seven-story luxury hotel and restaurant on a quiet corner in the far West Village.

Published by New York Times on April 20, 2008.

THE Hasidic enclave of South Williamsburg is a good place to be a shoe repairman.

Published by New York Times on April 20, 2008.

The phone rang loudly. The phone at Dovid’s Shoe Repair is rigged so that a call sets off a ringer attached to the wall.

Published by New York Times on April 20, 2008.

On Sunday, when Pope Benedict XVI visited ground zero to pray at the site of the demolished towers, he felt like he got it back.

Published by amNY.com on April 20, 2008.

On Saturday, two plainclothes New York officers stopped a black Toyota with two passengers at 169th Street and Foch Boulevard in Jamaica about 9:20 p.m. Routier, one of the passengers, jumped out of the car, which was a livery cab, and fled on foot, police said.

Published by amNY.com on April 20, 2008.

Ruger is a guide dog, and for the past nine years, he has guided Kevin Coughlin, a 46-year-old resident of Murray Hill, around the city.

Published by New York Times on April 20, 2008.

A major new donor to the New York Public Library may not get his name on all five spots requested.

Published by New York Times on April 20, 2008.

In a shadowy corner beneath the Port Authority terminal, the last train left long ago.

Published by New York Times on April 20, 2008.

From an idle comment on the Brighton Beach Boardwalk, she discovered a secret family.

Published by New York Times on April 20, 2008.

Residents are wary of plans to build a seven-story luxury hotel and restaurant on a quiet corner in the far West Village.

Published by New York Times on April 20, 2008.

HUNTS POINT. Growing Co-ops Where the Rubble Reigned

Published by New York Times on April 20, 2008.

The Hasidic enclave of South Williamsburg is a good place to be a shoe repairman.

Published by New York Times on April 20, 2008.

A flash-mob headphone rave took place Friday in Union Square, 04.18.08

Published by Village Voice on April 20, 2008.

A rare party for raw queers continues in Williamsburg, 03.29.08

Published by Village Voice on April 20, 2008.

Enter to win tickets to see Rahsaan Patterson at The Fillmore New York at Irving Plaza on Saturday, April 26th!

Published by Village Voice on April 20, 2008.

Pope Benedict XVI greeted throngs along Fifth Avenue from the Popemobile after celebrating Mass at St. Patrick’s Cathedral.

Published by New York Times on April 20, 2008.

Across 187th Street at the Mount Carmel religious bookstore, Antonetta I. Mancuso, a regular customer, had gotten coveted tickets to see the pope say Mass at Yankee Stadium on Sunday. But she, too, said she would be thinking of the prior pope.

Published by New York Times on April 20, 2008.

Yes, Benedict could fill Yankee Stadium several times over. His books and encyclicals are being snapped up at Catholic bookstores. But there are sales and ticket requests, and then there is passion. This time, no one is wearing a T-shirt, like the one seen in 2005 after John Paul’s death, declaring the pontiff the “People’s Pope” (though a beer stein emblazoned with Benedict’s likeness and the slogan “I love my German Shepherd” is available on a Web site, www.popebenedictxvifanclub.com).

Published by New York Times on April 20, 2008.

More than a thousand people, most of them young, gathered for a dance party in Union Square without audible music, known as a silent rave.

Published by New York Times on April 20, 2008.

Pope Benedict XVI knelt at Ground Zero this morning in silent prayer, surrounded by 24 people whose lives have been profoundly altered by the attack on the Twin Towers: survivors, relatives of victims, and rescue workers.

Published by amNY.com on April 20, 2008.

The man, 22, who was not immediately identified, was a passenger in a vehicle that was stopped at 169th Street and Foch Boulevard in Jamaica about 9:20 p.m., police said.

Published by amNY.com on April 20, 2008.

Before presiding at a Mass for thousands at Yankee Stadium, His Holiness will visit Ground Zero with an intimate group of only two dozen to light a candle in the hush and say a prayer for peace.

Published by New York Daily News on April 20, 2008.

Before presiding at a Mass for thousands at Yankee Stadium, His Holiness will visit Ground Zero with an intimate group of only two dozen to light a candle in the hush and say a prayer for peace.

Published by New York Daily News on April 20, 2008.

Pope Benedict walks down the ramp into the heart of the Ground Zero site.

Published by New York Daily News on April 20, 2008.

From there, Benedict returned to the Vatican's E. 72nd St. townhouse to prepare for his mass at Yankee Stadium, where a much bigger audience awaited him.

Published by New York Daily News on April 20, 2008.

Engine 275 was heading to a South Jamaica apartment fire, driving west on 111th Ave. at 9:45 a.m. when it crossed into the intersection of 155th St., FDNY officials said.

Published by New York Daily News on April 20, 2008.

Angela Johnson, who was studying for a business degree at the Plaza Business Institute in Jackson Heights, drove the Maxima into the path of the rig, according to witnesses who noted that the truck had its lights flashing and siren blaring.

Published by New York Daily News on April 20, 2008.

The corpse, of a man believed to be between 35 and 40 years old, was spotted by a Harbor Patrol unit near 155th Street and the Harlem River Drive shortly before noon, police said.

Published by New York Post on April 20, 2008.

Just days after a homeless man found sensitive blueprints of the planned Freedom Tower in a trash can, a much larger trove of confidential World Trade Center documents emerged yesterday - also found in the garbage, but this time right behind the Port Authority office where the rebuilding is being overseen.

Published by New York Post on April 20, 2008.

A pair of self-described "salvage experts" said they have twice found massive piles of sensitive blueprints, schematics and e-mails detailing several of the buildings at the site, the temporary PATH train station, and a proposed PA Police headquarters in a trash bin behind 115 Broadway.

Published by New York Post on April 20, 2008.

He also suffered two minor graze wounds, but managed to make it to the lobby of a nearby building, at 1432 Crotona Park East before being taken to St. Barnabas Hospital, where he was in stable condition.

Published by New York Post on April 20, 2008.

The truck from Engine 275 was headed to a small fire at a home on 109th Avenue in Jamaica at 9:45 a.m. when it collided with a black Nissan Maxima driven by Angela Nicole Johnson, of Howard Beach, at 111th Avenue and 155th Street, fire officials said.

Published by New York Post on April 20, 2008.

Cabrini Medical Center in Gramercy Park failed to make severance payments to ousted nurses and to pay health insurance for others before it closed in March.

Published by New York Post on April 20, 2008.

Police arrested Arlene Campbell, 26, who had been driving eastbound on Sterling Street when her car collided with Greaves' Buick at New York Avenue. She refused to take a Breathalyzer test.

Published by New York Post on April 20, 2008.

On the verge of its seventh gala debut this Wednesday with the premiere of "Baby Mama," the Tribeca Film Festival is no longer just an annual movie showcase. It's given birth to a party the whole city is invited to.

Published by New York Daily News on April 20, 2008.

The festival, which started in 2002 as a way to bring business and foot traffic to lower Manhattan post-9/11, fulfilled those early goals. It's added others, including a youth media gala on May 2 titled "Our City, My Story" and a mentoring program

Published by New York Daily News on April 20, 2008.

"If we had enough screens in Tribeca, we'd be more than happy to concentrate it all down there," she says. "But that's not the case, so we look to extend it, as we are this year at Union Square.

Published by New York Daily News on April 20, 2008.

NEW YORK -- Pope Benedict XVI will pray at the site of the World Trade Center towers destroyed by the 2001 terrorist attacks Sunday morning, before making his way to Yankee Stadium for a papal Mass attended by tens of thousands of people.

Published by WNBC on April 20, 2008.

The Vatican said the pope came outside from his residence on the Upper East Side on Friday night to greet a crowd of more than 500 people who had lined up for hours

Published by WNBC on April 20, 2008.

Police said a 44-year-old woman also suffered burns to her face and arm in the fire at 1053 Rogers Avenue. She is in stable condition at Kings County Hospital.

Published by WNBC on April 20, 2008.

Police said May Yancey was pulled from her third-floor Flatbush apartment about 5 a.m. She was pronounced dead at the scene.

Published by WNBC on April 20, 2008.

Situated in the middle of New York Harbor, just a half mile from lower Manhattan, Governors Island is about to undergo a massive makeover that would turn much of it into lush parkland.

Published by WNBC on April 20, 2008.

Pope Benedict XVI returned to the clergy sex abuse scandal as he preached Saturday in St. Patrick's cathedral, assuring priests and nuns that he was close to them as they battled the damage left by the scandal.

Published by ABC News (Channel 7) on April 20, 2008.

Governors Island is about to undergo a massive makeover that would turn much of it into lush parkland.

Published by CBS News (Channel 2) on April 20, 2008.

On the final day of his journey, he turns his focus to the people of New York, in a prayer service Sunday at the site of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks.

Published by ABC News (Channel 7) on April 20, 2008.

Later Sunday, the pope will celebrate Mass at Yankee Stadium, before returning to Rome.

Published by ABC News (Channel 7) on April 20, 2008.

Addressing the United Nations on Friday, Benedict warned diplomats that international cooperation needed to solve urgent problems is "in crisis" because decisions rest in the hands of a few powerful nations.

Published by ABC News (Channel 7) on April 20, 2008.

It happened on Foch Boulevard around 9:20 p.m. Sunday.

Published by ABC News (Channel 7) on April 20, 2008.

Situated in the middle of New York Harbor, just a half mile from lower Manhattan, Governors Island is about to undergo a massive makeover that would turn much of it into lush parkland.

Published by ABC News (Channel 7) on April 20, 2008.

In one of the largest landscaping overhauls in Manhattan’s history, 10,000 trees will be planted in the grounds of Stuyvesant Town and Peter Cooper Village.

Published by New York Times on April 20, 2008.

Court papers filed on Friday point to "mounting tax debt" and a "loss in sales" at the voluptuous 10,000-square-foot venue at 536 W. 28th St. "as a result of the actions by the New York State Liquor Authority proceeding against the [club] to revoke its liquor license."

Published by The New York Observer on April 20, 2008.

If any doubt remains that the Upper West Side is now a red-hot dining destination, Ed Brown's new spot puts it to rest. Eighty One is a full-blown hit of sophistication and accomplishment.

Published by Crain's New York Business on April 20, 2008.

Solidifying the area's dining reputation, Eighty One delights the palate and eye

Published by Crain's New York Business on April 20, 2008.

The city intends to certify the Willets Point and Hunters Point South plans into the land-use process on Monday, setting the stage for a seven-month battle as the projects are scrutinized by the communities, the City Planning Commission and the City Council.

Published by Crain's New York Business on April 20, 2008.

The city intends to certify the Willets Point and Hunters Point South plans into the land-use process on Monday, setting the stage for a seven-month battle as the projects are scrutinized by the communities, the City Planning Commission and the City Council.

Published by Crain's New York Business on April 20, 2008.

The Hunters Point project—which calls for 5,000 units of housing along the East River in Long Island City—has been less controversial, because it does not involve relocations. But since 60% of the residential units would be reserved for middle-income New Yorkers and the rest would be sold at market rates, the plan has drawn the ire of activists who say low-income Queens residents will be priced out.

Published by Crain's New York Business on April 20, 2008.

The Bloomberg administration has already won approval for 80 rezonings, and last week's win on a key vote concerning the Harlem project means that another authorization could soon be on the way. But the mayor, whose time in office is winding down, is far from finished with an ambitious development agenda that also includes Coney Island, Moynihan Station and a two-block stretch of East 125th Street.

Published by Crain's New York Business on April 20, 2008.

The Bloomberg administration has already won approval for 80 rezonings, and last week's win on a key vote concerning the Harlem project means that another authorization could soon be on the way. But the mayor, whose time in office is winding down, is far from finished with an ambitious development agenda that also includes Coney Island, Moynihan Station and a two-block stretch of East 125th Street.

Published by Crain's New York Business on April 20, 2008.

Only on the Upper East Side could five little numbers mean so much.

Published by Crain's New York Business on April 20, 2008.

Citing an increase in population and new addresses, the U.S. Postal Service last July fractured Manhattan's most famous ZIP code, 10021, into three parts, banishing denizens of the northern and southern sections into the new, no-name 10075 and 10065.

Published by Crain's New York Business on April 20, 2008.

According to an analysis for Crain's by research firm Claritas, 10021 still surpasses all other city ZIPs for sheer number of wealthy households. Data from early 2007, the latest available, show that 1,361 households there had more than $2 million in income-producing assets. Contenders on the Upper West Side—10023 and 10024—come close in concentration of wealth but haven't overtaken it.

Published by Crain's New York Business on April 20, 2008.

According to an analysis for Crain's by research firm Claritas, 10021 still surpasses all other city ZIPs for sheer number of wealthy households. Data from early 2007, the latest available, show that 1,361 households there had more than $2 million in income-producing assets. Contenders on the Upper West Side—10023 and 10024—come close in concentration of wealth but haven't overtaken it.

Published by Crain's New York Business on April 20, 2008.

“I spend most of my time on the Upper East Side,” says Devorah Rose, a cast member of The 10021, editor in chief of Social Life magazine—and midtown resident. “It's small and intimate, friends run into friends, and it's great to spend time there and go to lunch.”

Published by Crain's New York Business on April 20, 2008.