The NPR chief says she’s relieved that public media no longer has a ‘Sword of Damocles over our heads,’ in the form of Congressional Republicans.

Greenpoint grew from a grassy East River peninsula to a shipbuilding hub and now thrives as a diverse, vibrant community.

Taylor’s mother, Tamika Palmer, said she was disappointed that the new federal prosecutors assigned to the case were not pushing for a tougher sentence.

Greenpoint, once a shipbuilding and industrial hub, is now a vibrant mix of immigrant roots and hipster culture along the East River.

A beloved therapy bunny named Alex The Great, who provided snuggles and comfort from ballparks to NBA arenas, airports, farmers markets and even Easter egg hunts and NASCAR races, has died. He was 4.