ALBANY — Gov. Cuomo made good Friday on an agreement restoring the state comptroller’s pre-audit powers over economic development projects tied to the state and New York City university systems — following corruption scandals that led to major convictions, including that of former top aide Joe Percoco. The agreement empowers Comptroller Tom DiNapoli’s office to oversee Read more about Cuomo gives SUNY audit power to comptroller in wake of ‘Buffalo Billion’ scandal[…]

The real estate market in New York has never been this tight. A Lower East Side condo owner turned his small apartment into a mini-village — by converting it into an illegal duplex with 11 sub-units that had ceilings as low as 4 ¹/₂ feet high, officials said Friday. The illegal micro apartments at 165 Read more about Condo owner busted for building ‘Being John Malkovich’-like 4th 1\/2 floor[…]

A child was found dead in a locked, hot car in a New Jersey commuter rail parking lot on Friday, police said. The kid, whose name and age were not released, was found lifeless by medics Friday afternoon in a Pennsylvania-New Jersey rapid transit system parking lot in Lindenwold, authorities said. Temperatures in the area Read more about Child found dead in hot car at New Jersey train station[…]

An Arizona family with albino twins relocated to a state thousands of miles away to better protect their sun-sensitive children from harmful UV rays. Ally and Ryan McNallen moved to Presque Isle, Maine with their twin 18-month-old sons — Aldridge and Argon — and their five other children in February. Their new home is located Read more about Arizona family with albino twins relocates to Maine to better protect toddlers from the sun[…]

In a news story about Israel’s decision to bar Reps. Rashida Tlaib and Ilhan Omar from entering the country, The New York Times’ Jerusalem-based correspondent, Isabel Kershner, echoed the opinion of many in the media and the Democratic Party when she wrote that President Trump’s pressuring of Israel’s Benjamin Netanyahu into blocking the congresswomen’s visit Read more about Sorry, but refusing entry to 2 congresswomen doesn\u2019t flout any norms[…]

A 17-year-old with a history of abdominal pain and a growing lump landed in a medical journal after doctors discovered that the mass was actually her malformed twin, marking what they believe is the first case of its kind to occur in a female her age. In a published BMJ Case Reports, the unidentified woman, Read more about Teen’s abdominal mass was malformed twin: case report[…]

One in four people would be willing to buy back their private information from the black market, according to new research. A study of 2,000 people explored the value placed on private information available online and keeping their passwords secure — and it found the number willing to buy back their information jumps to nearly Read more about More than 1 in 3 Americans have been hacked or had their identity stolen: survey[…]

Nostalgia has seldom been so well-appointed and lovingly executed as it is on “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel.” For Amazon’s hit series, no detail is too small to get right. And now, instead of merely watching the show to see the spot-on late-’50’s/early-’60s sets, fans can immerse themselves into a splendid, new exhibition at the Paley Read more about ‘Making Maisel Marvelous’ exhibit drops you in 1950s NYC[…]

It’s tradition for couples to freeze the top tier of their wedding cake and tuck into a slice on their one-year anniversary. David and Anne Cowburn have taken it a little further. On every anniversary for the past 49 years, the West Grove, Pa., couple has enjoyed a slice of their wedding cake — or Read more about This couple has been eating their wedding cake for nearly 50 years[…]

Six Philadelphia cops are lucky to be alive after getting into a gun battle with a drug suspect armed with an AK-47. No one, particularly law enforcement, should have to face a gunman armed with that kind of firepower. “Our officers need help . . . keeping weapons out of these people’s hands,” pleaded Philly’s mayor, Jim Read more about Philly\u2019s wild shootout is another plea for an assault-weapons ban[…]