Following a rigorous 10-month selection process involving 25 proposals from 24 states, the Federal Aviation Administration has chosen six unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) research and test site operators across the country.

In selecting the six test site operators, the FAA considered geography, climate, location of ground infrastructure, research needs, airspace use, safety, aviation experience and risk. In totality, these six test applications achieve cross-country geographic and climatic diversity and help the FAA meet its UAS research needs.

NY Governor Andrew M. Cuomo is considering closing some state highway on Thursday afternoon before a major blizzard hits the region during the evening commute, causing whiteout conditions and a deep freeze.

By tomorrow, several weather systems are expected to converge toward the Mid-Atlantic resulting in large amounts of snowfall.

Let the image of Mayor 108 fade, so the one of NYC's new Mayor 109 may finally begin to shine.

52 year old NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio was formally sworn in shortly after midnight during a ceremony in front of his family’s Brooklyn home.

Later today, Mayor Bill de Blasio was sworn in by former President Bill Clinton. They used a bible once owned by President Franklin Delano Roosevelt.

Bill de Blasio is the first Democrat to be sworn in as Mayor of NYC in twenty years and his administration will surely be closely scrutinized.

When will US see the end of government by the wealthy? Will the controlling class of the rich, which has been gaining power for several years ever change course?

Over time, many political thinkers like Winston Churchill, Alexis de Tocqueville, Juan Donoso Cortés, Noam Chomsky and some others have loudly condemned plutocrats for ignoring their social responsibilities, by using power to serve their own purposes, ignore poverty and nurturing class conflict, corrupting societies with greed.

For the new year 2014, City Island Images wishes to pay tribute to journalists and newspaper delivery persons. Working long hours, they write, report, or deliver the first draft of history aka the morning paper.

These public servants profile people in trouble, building on fire, and many other irregularities. They have a history of saving lives, protecting property and avoiding mayhem throughout the years.

There will be No Parking in the following areas from Tuesday, December 31st at 12:01 a.m. until 1:00 a.m. on Wednesday, January 1st:
All cross-town streets from 33rd to 59th Street between 6th and 8th Avenue;
West side of 5th Avenue, from 37th to 52nd Streets;
West side of 6th Avenue, from 34th to 59th Streets;
East side of 6th Avenue, from 37th to 52nd Streets;
East side of 8th Avenue from 34th to 57th Streets;
48th Street between 5th and Ninth Avenues;
43rd Street between 5th and 8th Avenue;
42nd Street between 5th and 9th Avenue;
37th Street between 5th and 8th Avenue;