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Richard French took to the air for the first time to address Verizon's decision to end its contract with Rye Brook's RNN and close down Fios1 News.

Cable giant's NY-area subscribers will still get hyper-local news, but it won't be from Rye Brook's RNN, and it won't be called Fios1, spokesman says.

Verizon plans to shut down its local television news channel, FiOS1 News, a company official said Monday. "Later this year, Verizon will no longer be offering FiOS1 News," said spokesman Tony McNary.

A judge in Delaware ruled Thursday that a lawsuit brought by the Dolan family against Altice USA over layoffs at News 12 Networks can proceed to trial in September. In a 31-page decision, Delaware Cha

New York's governor signed a bill Monday that softens penalties for possessing small amounts of marijuana and allows for the expungement of some past convictions.

Jon Stewart made himself part of the political "B.S." when he attacked two Republican lawmakers over their delay of the 9/11 victims compensation reauthorization bill, according to Sen. Rand Paul.

NEW YORK - Several hundred people took to the streets of New York on Wednesday to protest a decision by the U.S.

Scherie Murray, a New York businesswoman who immigrated from Jamaica as a child and is active in state Republican politics, is launching a campaign Wednesday for the congressional seat held by Democratic Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Fox News has learned

Promoters want to hold a 65,000-person concert in mid-August.

ALBANY, N.Y. — New York is the latest state to raise its smoking age from 18 to 21 in an effort to discourage teens from getting hooked.The change was signed into law Tuesday by Gov. Andrew Cuomo and will take effect in 120 days. It applies to tradi

What it was exactly will have to be determined by engineers who have already begun investigating the substation’s failure, said Tim Cawley, president of the Con Edison subsidiary that runs the city’s electricity grid.

Con Ed and city officials are trying to figure out how this happened and how to prevent a night like this from happening again.

A massive power outage hit New York City's main island of Manhattan on Saturday afternoon, shutting down subways and causing chaos as traffic lights stopped working, according to a report by WABC TV News . Notably, the outage hit on the 42nd anniversa

A large power outage has turned parts of the Upper West Side and Midtown Manhattan dark Saturday evening. The Con Ed outage map shows over 38,000 customers out of service.

Cumulus Media has announced the sale of Conservative Talk 770 WABC New York to Red Apple Media for $12.5 million. Red Apple Media is a subsidiary of billionaire John Catsimatidis' Red Apple Group which includes holdings in real estate, oil refineries,

Smoke was seen billowing from the top of the 54-story building at 787 Seventh Avenue as police ordered the evacuation of several structures in the area early Monday afternoon.

Video shows helicopter flying erratically moments before crash. The pilot was reportedly only person on board and was killed.

Reports of a small helicopter crash in New York City.

A helicopter crashed on 7th avenue in New York on Monday afternoon, authorities confirmed.

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - Gov. Andrew Cuomo does not believe legislation legalizing recreational marijuana in New York will pass before lawmakers adjourn for the year this month, he said Monday. Cuomo, a Democrat, supports legalization but said he doesn't t