The New York City Water Board voted on Friday morning to approve a 14.5 percent increase for water and sewer rates, the largest increase since 1992.

Published by New York Times on May 17, 2008.

The accident occurred just before 7 p.m. as the vehicle, described as a white Chevrolet Astro, traveled south on Lexington Avenue near 125th Street.

Published by New York Times on May 17, 2008.

The van roared south on Lexington Avenue and crashed onto the sidewalk near the busy corner of East 125th Street, said witness Edward Jones. He saw the wreck as he helped a shopper from a nearby supermarket put her purchases into a taxi shortly before 7 p.m.

Published by CBS News (Channel 2) on May 17, 2008.

Ahmad had put his faith in a surveillance video from his shop, Munchie's, in Brownsville, that appeared to show him coming to the aid of a clerk who'd been attacked by several boys.

Published by New York Post on May 17, 2008.

During a six-month investigation, undercover officers made 150 purchases of crack, powder cocaine, heroin and marijuana at the Woodside Houses, the authorities said. The complex has 20 buildings with more than 3,400 residents.

Published by New York Times on May 17, 2008.

The store owner, Salah Ahmed, owner of Munchies Deli in Brownsville, hit the boy, Bunkless Bovian, 15, on April 13 after seeing a security monitor in the rear of the store showing the youth and two friends up front attacking an employee, according to Gary Conroy, one of Mr. Ahmed’s lawyers.

Published by New York Times on May 17, 2008.

Anyone who's ever been to an art museum and thought, "My kid could do that," will appreciate the new show at the Guggenheim Museum.

Published by New York Daily News on May 17, 2008.

The brainchild of some edgy East Village artiste?

Published by New York Daily News on May 17, 2008.

The creativity and intellectual thought displayed by the budding art-world stars even impressed Roland Augustine, who owns a gallery in Chelsea.

Published by New York Daily News on May 17, 2008.

Augustine, head of the Luhring Augustine Gallery and president of the Art Dealers Association of America, said he was impressed by the "celebratory" range of colors and media in the exhibit, which runs through June 13.

Published by New York Daily News on May 17, 2008.

"I'm like, 'Did you really just spit? You spit on a pregnant lady!' " the well-muscled Cochran told The Post as was recovering from a from a knife wound just inches from his heart at St. Vincent's Hospital.

Published by New York Post on May 17, 2008.

"Carter is the type of person that would walk the little old lady across the street," said his former Upper West Side neighbor Max St. James, 53.

Published by New York Post on May 17, 2008.

One elderly resident in Jamaica, Queens, said higher water bills, coming on top of higher electric rates, are going make her life even tougher fiscally.

Published by New York Post on May 17, 2008.

The stop was Fossella's second of the night, after he showed up at a Gracie Mansion dinner hosted by Mayor Bloomberg for the state's congressional delegation.

Published by New York Post on May 17, 2008.

At the Conservative Party fete at the Renaissance Banquet Hall in Grant City, Fossella's solo appearance caught the room by surprise, several attendees said.

Published by New York Post on May 17, 2008.

The project is scheduled to provide new windows, heating, ventilation and air conditioning, and exterior work to the Rockaway Park building that houses Beach Channel HS and Channel View School of Research, education officials said.

Published by New York Post on May 17, 2008.

Since 1983, the Federal Aviation Administration has shelled out $130 million and the Port Authority has put in $30 million toward insulating schools near JFK and La Guardia airports from airplane blare, authorities said.

Published by New York Post on May 17, 2008.

The project is scheduled to provide new windows, heating, ventilation and air conditioning, and exterior work to the Rockaway Park building that houses Beach Channel HS and Channel View School of Research, education officials said.

Published by New York Post on May 17, 2008.

The project is scheduled to provide new windows, heating, ventilation and air conditioning, and exterior work to the Rockaway Park building that houses Beach Channel HS and Channel View School of Research, education officials said.

Published by New York Post on May 17, 2008.

Since 1983, the Federal Aviation Administration has shelled out $130 million and the Port Authority has put in $30 million toward insulating schools near JFK and La Guardia airports from airplane blare, authorities said.

Published by New York Post on May 17, 2008.

Since 1983, the Federal Aviation Administration has shelled out $130 million and the Port Authority has put in $30 million toward insulating schools near JFK and La Guardia airports from airplane blare, authorities said.

Published by New York Post on May 17, 2008.

May 17, 2008 -- An eight-year-old boy was clinging to life last night after being severely burned while roasting S'mores with his friends at a Murray Hill building, officials said.

Published by New York Post on May 17, 2008.

"The jig is up, at least with this particular consultant," said E.J. McMahon of the Empire Center. "It shows that the unions literally write their own ticket here. It's been the case for quite some time."

Published by New York Post on May 17, 2008.

An out-of-control van careened into a crowd of people at a Harlem subway entrance yesterday, injuring seven people, including a young child, after the driver had a heart attack and died.

Published by New York Post on May 17, 2008.

The driver, Cesar Tabora, 58, was headed south on Lexington Avenue at East 125th Street when he suffered the heart attack at 7 p.m

Published by New York Post on May 17, 2008.

Police defended their wrangling of an Upper East Side raccoon, saying yesterday they did what had to be done when they shot the masked mammal after finding it up a tree.

Published by New York Post on May 17, 2008.

The animal was eventually euthanized by Animal Care and Control because the dart damage was irreparable.

Published by New York Post on May 17, 2008.

"NYU agreeing to preserve the existing theater within the new building is a giant victory," said Andrew Berman, executive director of the Greenwich Village Society for Historic Preservation.

Published by New York Post on May 17, 2008.

"It gives me great pleasure to announce that NYU has committed with my office to not only retain the historic use of Provincetown Playhouse, but also to address issues related to residential and other uses . . .

Published by New York Post on May 17, 2008.

Kyong-Sook Woo, who owned Eden Dry Cleaners in Windsor Terrace, was found dead by a store employee at 8:30 a.m. yesterday, police said.

Published by New York Post on May 17, 2008.

Crown Heights erupted in anger yesterday as nearly 300 people marched in protest after a 16-year-old Jewish teen was beaten and robbed in the early morning.

Published by New York Post on May 17, 2008.

During a six-month NYPD probe at the Woodside Houses in Woodside, undercover cops were able to buy heroin, cocaine and marijuana 150 separate times, police said.

Published by New York Post on May 17, 2008.

A Bronx jury awarded $3.8 million to Janie Utsey, 83, who suffered the injury five years ago as she stepped off a bus at Westchester and Morrison avenues in Soundview.

Published by New York Post on May 17, 2008.

The incident happened at East 125th Street and Lexington Avenue, at the entrance to the Nos. 4, 5 and 6 lines.

Published by ABC News (Channel 7) on May 17, 2008.

The van barrelled into a crowded subway station entrance at East 125th Street and Lexington Avenue in East Harlem just before 7 a.m. Saturday.

Published by CBS News (Channel 2) on May 17, 2008.

The Studio Museum in Harlem’s exhibit, Flow, is the first twenty-first century exhibition focusing on art by a new generation of international artists from Africa.

Published by UPTOWNflavor on May 17, 2008.

So, last year we found out that Harlem favorite, Amy Ruth’s, was going to be opening up another location in the old Gage & Tollner location on Fulton Mall.

Published by UPTOWNflavor on May 17, 2008.

So, last year we found out that Harlem favorite, Amy Ruth’s, was going to be opening up another location in the old Gage & Tollner location on Fulton Mall.

Published by UPTOWNflavor on May 17, 2008.

I happened to come across the following video of Tyra Banks interviewing a gay teen named Richard, who lives in the PJs in Spanish Harlem.

Published by UPTOWNflavor on May 17, 2008.

Janie Utsey was returning home after paying her cable bill in October 2002 when she fell into the crater at Westchester and Morrison Aves. in Bruckner. She sued the city over her injuries.

Published by New York Daily News on May 17, 2008.

Police Commissioner Ray Kellysaid the small drug crews, which respected each others' turf within the Woodside Houses, sold more than $250,000 a year of cocaine, crack and marijuana.

Published by New York Daily News on May 17, 2008.

Brooklyn Dry Cleaner Is Found Dead in Her Windsor Terrace Store

Published by New York Times on May 17, 2008.

A New York police sergeant assigned to the Police Academy has been charged with sexually abusing a boy over a period of five years.

Published by New York Times on May 17, 2008.

The move is a bold one, given that the fiercely competitive toy market has previously plunged F. A. O. Schwarz into bankruptcy and forced Macy’s to largely stop carrying toys.

Published by New York Times on May 17, 2008.

NYC Transit officials said cops waited an hour after the crime before asking for the trains to be stopped around the Bleecker St. station of the No. 6 line, so there seemed little reason to strand more than 24,000 passengers during the morning rush hour.

Published by New York Daily News on May 17, 2008.

Salah Ahmed walked into Brooklyn Criminal Court Friday expecting to be exonerated for hammering a teen in the head during a melee in his East New York bodega.

Published by New York Daily News on May 17, 2008.

Salah Ahmed walked into Brooklyn Criminal Court Friday expecting to be exonerated for hammering a teen in the head during a melee in his East New York bodega.

Published by New York Daily News on May 17, 2008.

Kyong-Sook Woo was nearing retirement after a dozen years of 12-hour days at the family business before she was killed in a rear bathroom of the Windsor Terrace store.

Published by New York Daily News on May 17, 2008.

Her son Kenneth - concerned when he couldn't reach her by phone - rushed to Eden Dry Cleaners only to be greeted with word of his mother's slaying.

Published by New York Daily News on May 17, 2008.

Participants must check-in no later than 12:30 p.m. on 28th St. between Broadway and Sixth Ave. Saturday, 1-8 p.m.; Free admission. 28th St. and Broadway to Tompkins Square Park. For more information, go to http://danceparade.org/EE .

Published by New York Daily News on May 17, 2008.

Friedlander, who is a regular on NBC's 30 Rock with Tina Fey and has appeared as the "hug guy" in the Dave Matthews Band music video "Everyday," will open for Shawn, the star of Hot 97's "Miss Jones in the Morning." Saturday and Sunday, 8 p.m.; $26.75. 1626 Broadway (212) 757-4100.

Published by New York Daily News on May 17, 2008.

The always optimistic music of Black Kids invades the Bowery Ballroom Sunday, alongside the bands Boy Crisis and Chairlift. As the newest addition to Columbia Records label, Black Kids, have been selling out shows everywhere they go, so make sure to buy tickets ahead of time. Sunday, 7:30 p.m.; $13. 6 Delancy St. at Bowery (212) 533-2111.

Published by New York Daily News on May 17, 2008.

The performance is for all ages, but 3-13 year-olds might enjoy it best. Sunday, 1:00 p.m.-2:30 p.m.; $9 advance or $12 at the door. 154 Ludlow Street, between Stanton and Rivington (212) 533-7235. http://flavorpill.com/newyork/events/2008/5/17/dance-parade-2008

Published by New York Daily News on May 17, 2008.

In creating the exhibit, Sussman traveled to over 20 countries and every continent. Saturday and Sunday, 11 a.m.- 6 p.m.; Free admission. 526 W. 26th St., Suite 215 (212) 924-5770.

Published by New York Daily News on May 17, 2008.

The Empire State Building shines blue and white in honor of the Mets and Yankees "Subway Series." Dusk to midnight. 34th St. and Fifth Ave.

Published by New York Daily News on May 17, 2008.

A new city charter school is recruiting middle-class kids in Park Slope for its first class.

Published by New York Daily News on May 17, 2008.

Rubenstein hopes to base the school in Gowanus to attract students from across the school district, which stretches from Sunset Park to Cobble Hill.

Published by New York Daily News on May 17, 2008.

Rubenstein hopes to base the school in Gowanus to attract students from across the school district, which stretches from Sunset Park to Cobble Hill.

Published by New York Daily News on May 17, 2008.

Rubenstein hopes to base the school in Gowanus to attract students from across the school district, which stretches from Sunset Park to Cobble Hill.

Published by New York Daily News on May 17, 2008.

"It's critical to get people that have the most options, but we're not trying to play favorites," said founder Daniel Kikuji Rubenstein, who lives in Park Slope and is scheduled to talk to parents at Public School 107 on Eighth Ave. next month.

Published by New York Daily News on May 17, 2008.

The teenager left his house in Crown Heights around 12:10 a.m. on Friday and was attacked and robbed a short while later.

Published by New York Times on May 17, 2008.

Revised Plan by N.Y.U. Would Preserve Walls of Provincetown Playhouse

Published by New York Times on May 17, 2008.

A 2-year-old boy was pinned under the van, the Fire Department said. A 7-year-old girl and five female adults were hurt, but their lives did not appear to be in danger, the Fire Department said. Fifty-eight-year-old Cesar Tabora was pronounced dead at the scene. The van roared south on Lexington Avenue and crashed onto the sidewalk near the busy corner of East 125th Street, said witness Edward Jones. He saw the wreck as he helped a shopper from a nearby supermarket put her purchases into a taxi shortly before 7 p.m.

Published by New York Daily News on May 17, 2008.

A Good Samaritan became the victim of a fight he tried to break up Friday on a Manhattan subway platform, cops said. The 54-year-old man was stabbed in the stomach with a steak knife while intervening in an argument between a man and a woman at about 1 p.m. on the northbound N platform at 23rd St., cops said.

Published by New York Daily News on May 17, 2008.

The Feds are investigating allegations of mistreatment and abuse of patients at the notorious psychiatric ward at Kings County Hospital, the Daily News has learned.

Published by New York Daily News on May 17, 2008.

An out-of-control van jumped a curb and barreled into bystanders near the entrance to a crowded subway station Friday, killing the driver and hurting seven people, authorities said.A 3-year-old was pinned under the van and suffered life-threatening injuries, the Fire Department said. One other child and five adults were seriously hurt, but their lives did not appear to be in danger, the Fire Department said.The van roared south on Lexington Avenue and crashed onto the sidewalk near the busy corner of East 125th Street, said witness Edward Jones.

Published by WNBC on May 17, 2008.

Hundreds of Hasidic Jews marched in a Brooklyn neighborhood Friday to protest the assault and robbery of a Jewish teenager. The group marched in the Crown Heights section of Brooklyn, briefly blocking traffic on Eastern Parkway.

Published by WNBC on May 17, 2008.

Service on the Long Island Rail Road's Port Washington line will be suspended between Shea Stadium and Penn station for part of this weekend, officials said.

Published by WNBC on May 17, 2008.

Service on the Long Island Rail Road's Port Washington line will be suspended between Shea Stadium and Penn station for part of this weekend, officials said.

Published by WNBC on May 17, 2008.

Hundreds of Hasidic Jews marched in a Brooklyn neighborhood and blocked traffic to protest the assault and robbery of a Jewish teenager. The group marched in the Crown Heights section of Brooklyn, briefly blocking traffic on Eastern Parkway.

Published by CBS News (Channel 2) on May 17, 2008.

The restaurant is decorated so that it feels like you're in the Carribbean, Cuba to be exact. It's a place most of us have never been, so this is like the next best thing. It is located at 2018 Third Avenue.

Published by ABC News (Channel 7) on May 17, 2008.

And if the 125th Street rezoning, a luxury boutique hotel chain, and Columbia’s expansion were not enough to seal upper Manhattan’s fate, brokers have coined a pretentiously trendy name to attract young people to the nabe: “SoCo.”

Published by UPTOWNflavor on May 17, 2008.

Bensonhurst new schools still not filled

Published by New York Daily News on May 17, 2008.

Tomorrow marks the 16th year of Bayfest, Sheepshead Bay's annual waterfront street fair organized by the Bay Improvement Group (BIG). The event takes place on Emmons Ave and kicks off at noon.

Published by Sheepshead Bites on May 17, 2008.

Dr. Rhonda Kavee, a pediatric and adolescent dentist, was hosting a birthday party for her 8-year-old son David at her Murray Hill office on Friday evening, police said.

Published by New York Daily News on May 17, 2008.

Kavee, who is affiliated with The New York Eye and Ear Infirmary, was not at her East Side home Saturday. Her husband declined comment.

Published by New York Daily News on May 17, 2008.

Loyal customers of Woodhaven Lanes in Glendale, Queens, are dreading the loss of their bowling alley.

Published by New York Times on May 17, 2008.

EAST HARLEM Many have sought to revive La Marqueta; all have failed. But some optimists persist, striving to lure back the Latino throngs.

Published by New York Times on May 17, 2008.

UPPER WEST SIDE For generations, the structures along West End Avenue have barely changed. That may be changing as more development is planned.

Published by New York Times on May 17, 2008.

A plan to move the main intake center for homeless men citywide from Manhattan to Crown Heights, Brooklyn, has raised objections on both sides of the East River.

Published by New York Times on May 17, 2008.

Early spring produce is starting to appear in the city’s Greenmarkets and on the menus of these restaurants near Union Square.

Published by New York Times on May 17, 2008.

For more than a year, the state’s main economic development agency, the Empire State Development Corporation, has been in disarray, plagued by turf battles, poor management and the political collapse of Gov. Eliot Spitzer, business leaders and state officials say.

Published by New York Times on May 17, 2008.

And the agency was blamed for the collapse of two of the largest projects in the city: the expansion of the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center and the renovation of the Pennsylvania Station area.

Published by New York Times on May 17, 2008.

Moreover, the governor has sent conflicting messages about his priorities, preaching fiscal austerity while suggesting that the state can move forward on a host of costly projects, including the Second Avenue subway, the extension of the No. 7 line, the $14 billion redevelopment of the West Side railyards, the $14 billion Penn Station project and the $4 billion Atlantic Yards basketball arena and residential complex in Brooklyn.

Published by New York Times on May 17, 2008.

Moreover, the governor has sent conflicting messages about his priorities, preaching fiscal austerity while suggesting that the state can move forward on a host of costly projects, including the Second Avenue subway, the extension of the No. 7 line, the $14 billion redevelopment of the West Side railyards, the $14 billion Penn Station project and the $4 billion Atlantic Yards basketball arena and residential complex in Brooklyn.

Published by New York Times on May 17, 2008.

Moreover, the governor has sent conflicting messages about his priorities, preaching fiscal austerity while suggesting that the state can move forward on a host of costly projects, including the Second Avenue subway, the extension of the No. 7 line, the $14 billion redevelopment of the West Side railyards, the $14 billion Penn Station project and the $4 billion Atlantic Yards basketball arena and residential complex in Brooklyn.

Published by New York Times on May 17, 2008.

This gloomy picture is a far cry from the days when Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg and Gov. George E. Pataki were issuing seemingly daily news releases concerning the rebuilding of Lower Manhattan, developing the city’s newest business district on the West Side

Published by New York Times on May 17, 2008.

In February, Governor Spitzer abandoned the long-awaited $1.8 billion expansion of the Javits Center. Plans to demolish Madison Square Garden and build a half-dozen skyscrapers around a new Penn Station collapsed a month later.

Published by New York Times on May 17, 2008.

African-American and Hispanic women over 50 who are H.I.V. positive find support in a Iris House, an AIDS service center in Harlem.

Published by New York Times on May 17, 2008.

The Hobo Film Festival presents films documenting the experience of riding the rails. Rcent screenings included one in a Bedford-Stuyvesant storefront.

Published by New York Times on May 17, 2008.

The Provincetown Playhouse -- considered the birthplace of off-Broadway and alternative theater -- presented Eugene O'Neill's first plays.

Published by WNBC on May 17, 2008.

New York University had planned to build a new theater at the site it owns on Macdougal Street. But preservationists persuaded NYU officials to restore the building instead.

Published by WNBC on May 17, 2008.

Staten Island congerssman Vito Fossella was glad handing constituents Saturday at the Great Kills Memorial Day parade - just weeks after admitting he fathered a love child.

Published by New York Daily News on May 17, 2008.

Queens school building located on the flight path to John F. Kennedy International Airport.

Published by WNBC on May 17, 2008.

The Pentagon closed the Brooklyn Navy Yard in 1966, an obsolete facility awash in history but torpedoed by time.

Published by WNBC on May 17, 2008.

They found space at the Navy yard after rising rents forced a move from the nearby Williamsburg neighborhood. "The Navy yard is a great resource for networking with other businesses," Kahn said. "I feel like we're in a community here.

Published by WNBC on May 17, 2008.

The NYPD "Viper" unit, which was monitoring the remote-controlled cameras installed in the Carey Gardens Houses, spotted suspicious activity in the Coney Island building about 2 a.m., police said.

Published by New York Daily News on May 17, 2008.

Monserrate came close to beating Sabini in 2006, and as the district that includes Jackson Heights, Corona and East Elmhurst becomes more Latino, the Hispanic councilman has a solid shot at winning this time around.

Published by New York Daily News on May 17, 2008.

Monserrate came close to beating Sabini in 2006, and as the district that includes Jackson Heights, Corona and East Elmhurst becomes more Latino, the Hispanic councilman has a solid shot at winning this time around.

Published by New York Daily News on May 17, 2008.

Monserrate came close to beating Sabini in 2006, and as the district that includes Jackson Heights, Corona and East Elmhurst becomes more Latino, the Hispanic councilman has a solid shot at winning this time around.

Published by New York Daily News on May 17, 2008.