Turkey’s experiment as a secular, westernized state represents not only an anomaly, but the prototype of secular modernization in the Middle East. Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, founder the Turkish Republic in 1923, embarked on a series

Sen. Pedro Espada’s housekeeper, who works at the senator’s Westchester home, was detained Tuesday night and interviewed about the senator’s residency by Bronx District Attorney Robert Johnson, according to Espada Chief of Staff Andrew Yong.

A major rally at City Hall to stop the layoffs of more than 2,600 school employees, including school aides, family counselors and substance abuse prevention and intervention specialists. The proposed layoffs will have a disastrous

Queens Borough President Helen Marshall, Councilman Eric Gioia (D-Queens) and District Council 1707 AFSCME celebrated the saving of seven Queens day care centers from budget cuts today, preventing harmful cuts to early childhood education and