Metro North Alert system informs visitors to its website that presently the service is restored, but customers should expect some delays.

For the first time this year, more people will live in cities than anywhere else on the planet. Speaking to a gathering of urban planners at the World Bank in Washington, New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg urged policy makers and the public to confront the challenges of urban life with a new vision.

The Big Apple, a densely populated metropolis of more than 8.2 million people in the 332 square miles of blocks, boroughs and buildings, could have been named metaphorically by outsiders as a fertile land of opportunity.

In his State of The State speech New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg said the administration will continue tax relief with a $400 property tax rebate to all homeowners. The media is reporting that the President Bush is also favoring Tax Rebate as a way to give the U.S. Economy the much needed stimulus.

NYC DEPARTMENT OF SMALL BUSINESS SERVICES ANNOUNCES AWARDING OF NEARLY $1 MILLION IN NYC BUSINESS SOLUTIONS TRAINING FUNDS TO HELP EMPLOYERS TRAIN A RECORD 877 NEW YORKERS AND CREATE 135 JOBS, AND AVAILABILITY OF UP TO $1 MILLION TO HELP OTHER NEW YORK CITY EMPLOYERS TRAIN THEIR WORKFORCE

The death rate in New York City reached an all-time low in 2006, the Health Department reported today, as the number of deaths fell to 55,391 -- down from 57,068 in 2005 and 60,218 in 2001. Mortality declined in eight leading categories, including diabetes, HIV, chronic lung disease and kidney failure.

MTA New York City Transit's Paratransit providers were able to accept reservations for approximately 75% of the trips requested on a normal Wednesday. While a normal Wednesday sees in excess of 19,000 trips, today Access-A-Ride booked 14,461 trips.

Skybus Airlines to bring its outrageously low fares (Tickets on sale now morning; 10 seats for $10* on every flight) to New York are with non-stop flights from Columbus and Greensboro to Stewart International.

With 43 million visitors last year, New York City is a destination that needs no promotion. But the city of over-achievers is not satisfied with the status quo. It wants to attract 50 million tourists by the year 2015, and with them, their tourist dollars.

AT&T (NYSE:T) has announced a planned investment of more than $50 million in the upstate New York wireless network in 2007.

The New York State Department of Health today announced the City of Albany the winner of the 2007 New York State Water Taste Test.

An innovative, reliable and competitive alternative to cable TV is coming to more New York consumers as Verizon expands its industry-leading FiOS TV service, which is provided on the nation's most advanced fiber-optic network straight to customers' homes.