In his announcement that he is running for mayor, Anthony D. Weiner describes himself as a force to be reckoned with on three key issues. But while Mr. Weiner was known as a fighter, he was not so well known for making a difference. […]

When asked about Anthony D. Weiner's candidacy for mayor, some readers said the scandal that drove him from office two years ago would guide their vote and others said it was unimportant. […]

The Lubavitcher movement has released a video and held a forum with a theme overlapping a campaign of the Catholic Diocese of Brooklyn, which suggests Jesus was "the original hipster." […]

Mourners gathered at a church in Sleepy Hollow, N.Y., for the funeral of Andrea Rebello, who was accidentally shot by a police officer who also killed the man holding a gun to her head. […]

When a block on the Lower East Side was named 50 years ago to honor Samuel Dickstein, a former United States congressman, not even the F.B.I. suspected that Mr. Dickstein was a paid Soviet agent. […]

Building Blocks: A new exhibition, “Little Syria, N.Y.: An Immigrant Community’s Life and Legacy,” which runs through May 27, shows that Arab-Americans were once a vibrant presence downtown. […]

Does Anthony D. Weiner's Twitter scandal affect your opinion of him as a New York mayoral candidate? Give us your thoughts. […]

Metropolitan Diary: A woman recalled the sight of laundry hanging in many rows from clothesline towers in Brooklyn. […]

The Quinnipiac poll, released Wednesday morning, found that the prospect of a mayoral candidacy by Anthony D. Weiner was given a thumbs-down by 49 percent of voters, while 38 percent approved. […]

Developers have expressed interest in making condominiums out of the Bialystoker Center for Nursing and Rehabilitation, a nine-story Art Deco building on the Lower East Side. […]