NY Schools Chancellor Joel Klein will resign after eight years working under Mayor Bloomberg as the head of schools. Mayor Bloomberg made the announcement during a press conference Tuesday at 3:30 p.m. Taking the reigns from Klein is Cathie Black, 66, chairman of Hearst Magazines. Black said she plans to build on Klein’s work, as [...]

WHITE PLAINS, NY — An ethics probe and calls to step down, as the domestic violence trial is set to begin, for White Plains Mayor Adam Bradley. This morning, before the trial began, Mayor Bradley’s attorney tried to convince the judge to hear testimony from marriage counselors. Apparently, the mayor’s estranged wife Fumiko Bradley told [...]

NEW HAVEN, CONNECTICUT (BNO NEWS) — Connecticut killer and rapist Steven Hayes was sentenced to death on Monday for his role in the brutal murder of a woman and her two daughters in Cheshire in 2007.

The verdict was reached before noon after the jury…

NEW JERSEY (Channel 6 News) – A newspaper report says New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie will again terminate the proposed multibillion dollar Hudson River rail tunnel project. The Star-Ledger of Newark, citing three officials close to the project, wrote Tuesday on its website that federal officials offered to improve financing terms but offered no new [...]

Due to a New Jersey Transit derailment in Penn Station, LIRR customers should anticipate up to 30 minute delays and train cancellations during the PM Rush. Please listen for track assignments at Penn and monitor www.mta.info/lirr for updates. Customers are advised to consider going to Atl. Terminal in Bklyn. via NYC Transit for LIRR service [...]

A “minor train derailment” at New York’s Penn Station has caused scattered delays for all trains traveling through the station. New Jersey transit is bearing the brunt, but delays have been seen on Amtrak’s Northeast Corridor, and LIRR’s express trains. NJ Transit says two cars jumped the tracks as a slow-moving train was departing Penn [...]

QUEENS (Channel 6 News) — Federal transportation officials are investigating what caused the landing gear on a New York-bound flight to malfunction, sending sparks flying as the plane careened down a runway with one of its wings dragging along the tarmac. Port Authority Spokesman Steve Coleman says no one was hurt Saturday evening when Delta [...]

New York, NY (Channel 6 News) — Conservative Party candidate Rick Lazio on Monday withdrew from the race for New York’s governor, a decision that helps the tea party candidate who beat Lazio in the Republican primary. In a recent interview Lazio told reporters that he wants to continue to influence the race and bring [...]

Newark, NJ (Channel 6 News) — The public school system in New Jersey’s largest city is poised to receive $100 million from the founder of Facebook. Democratic Newark Mayor Cory Booker, Republican Gov. Chris Christie and Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg are expected to announce the donation Friday on Oprah Winfrey’s Chicago-based syndicated television show. Several [...]