Manhattan Sunset

Provident New York Bancorp To Buy Gotham Bank

The Wall Street Journal reports that a lot more planned residential development is on the books in Brooklyn than in Manhattan. But what really strikes me is how small the total development pipeline is.

Stephen Daldry's post-9/11 drama is manipulative as all get-out, but he's saved from his worst instincts by newcomer Thomas Horn's great performance as a boy who loses his father in the attacks, then tries to keep memories of his dad alive by solving a mystery.

A suspicious passenger of the four-legged variety led to the evacuation of a New York City subway car.

NEW YORK -- A suspicious passenger of the four-legged variety led to the evacuation of a New York City subway car. Startled riders aboard a Manhattan-bound train spotted an opossum curled up underneath a seat near the train's heating duct around 4:30 a.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Several hundred protesters affiliated with the Occupy Wall Street movement converged on the West Lawn of the Capitol Tuesday to decry the influence of corporate money in politics and voice myriad other grievances. Organizers had touted the rally, known as Occupy Congress, as the largest national gathering of Occupy protesters to date and secured a permit that would have allowed ...

Building upwards seemed to be the most efficient way to jam more people in Manhattan for years. But now, even the sky seems to have reached its limit, and the only place left to build is Brooklyn.

Larry Neumeister and Tom Hays, Associated Press A hedge fund co-founder, four financial analysts and a Dell Inc. employee teamed up in a record-setting insider trading scheme on a single stock. Topics:  Financial In The Courts Electrical and Electronics

A hedge fund co-founder, a hedge fund portfolio manager, four financial analysts and a Dell Inc. employee teamed up in a record-setting insider trading scheme that netted more than $61.8 million in illegal profits based on trades of a single stock, authorities said Wednesday as they described a cozy network of friends in finance who made the most of their connections with corrupt employees of ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Bank of New York Mellon and the Justice Department have reached a partial settlement of charges that the bank defrauded customers by offering them unfavorable rates on currency transactions.