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NYC mayor gives Planned Parenthood $250K matching grant

New York (CNN) – The decision by the Susan G. Komen for the Cure Foundation not to renew funding for a number of Planned Parenthood projects stirred anger and explanation from both groups and their allies Thursday.

New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg …

Rep. Hinchey won’t seek reelection

By Daniel Strauss - The Hill

Rep. Maurice Hinchey (D-N.Y.) will not seek reelection this year, his office announced Wednesday.

The 10-term lawmaker plans to formally make the announcement on Thursday in Kingston, N.Y.

His decision follows his recent treatment for colon cancer. …

Cops arrest 68 as Occupy Wall Street protesters try to ‘retake’ Zuccotti Park

BY Barry Paddock & Helen Kennedy , NEW YORK DAILY NEWS

Video of a cop shoving actress Ellen Barkin was burning up the internet Sunday after she got caught up in the chaos surrounding a New Year’s police roundup of Occupy Wall Street …

More than 50 “Occupy” protesters arrested in New York

By Jonathan Allen

(Reuters) – More than 50 anti-Wall Street protesters were arrested on Saturday after they tried to climb over a chain-link fence around a church parking lot in a bid to establish a new encampment.

The demonstrators had used …

Tea Party Member Brings Gun to NYC Airport, Gets Arrested

 By RICHARD ESPOSITO, ABC News

Mark Meckler, co-founder of the Tea Party Patriots, was arrested at the Delta Airlines ticket counter at LaGuardia airport this morning when he presented the ticket agent with a locked box containing a handgun …

Terror suspect followed bomb-making recipe from Al Qaeda online publication

BY Alison Gendar, Bill Hutchinson & Rocco Parascandola, NEW YORK DAILY NEWS

A lone wolf with an anti-American grudge was charged Sunday with plotting to kill cops and soldiers with …

Authorities foil NY protest bid to shut Wall Street

By Chris Francescani and Aman Ali

(Reuters) – New York police prevented protesters from shutting down Wall Street on Thursday, arresting more than 200 people in repeated clashes with an unexpectedly small but spirited Occupy Wall Street rally.

Protesters took to …

Police Clear Zuccotti Park of Protesters

By COREY KILGANNON and COLIN MOYNIHAN, The New York Times

Hundreds of New York City police officers cleared Zuccotti Park of the Occupy …

NYC protesters march to support Oakland brethren

(CBS/AP)

NEW YORK – Several hundred Occupy Wall Street protesters marched past New York’s City Hall in a show of solidarity with fellow protesters in Oakland, Calif., who have been clashing with police.

 

While numerous police officers stood watch, the protesters marched …

Wall St. Protesters Urge Supporters To ‘Defend The Occupation’ After Distribution Of New Regulations

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) – It could be the beginning of the end of the “Occupy Wall Street” demonstration.

On Thursday, Brookfield Office Management employees were passing out notices to protesters, who have been camped out for 26 days, saying that tarps, sleeping bags …

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