Corruption-tarred Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver (D-Lower East Side) will step aside from his top post by Monday and be replaced -- for now -- by Democratic Majority Leader Joseph Morelle of upstate Rochester. The development came after a 6-hour closed-door meeting of Democrats. Silver, who has served as the highest-ranking state assemblyman since 1994, was charged by the...

We may not be very good, but at least our balls are fully inflated. There is no denying that 2014 wasn't a very good year for sports in the tristate area. The Knicks are simply horrid and are borderline unwatchable. The Giants and Jets missed out on the playoffs again and there was no postseason baseball for the Yankees or the Mets. The Nets are a mess on and off the court and...

As is the way of things in NYC, Snowstorm Juno didn't go as expected. While Manhattan was largely spared, there was plenty of snow in the outer boroughs to complicate subway service, and that's meant trouble for some restaurants that would otherwise be putting the fat on your ribs to deal with a bit more winter yet. Here's what's open, what's not, and who's offering deals for...