NEW YORK [AP] — A prefabricated 350-foot-long bridge that will replace a 109-year-old span across the Harlem River arrived Monday aboard two barges that were pushed and pulled by tugboats.

NEW YORK [AP] — Another wave of oppressive heat clamped down on a broad swath of Eastern states on Saturday, with temperatures in the high 90s and 100s and residents scrambling for shade or just staying indoors.

In an effort to cut wasteful in New York City government, the city may consider charging for residential trash pickup. Deputy Mayor Stephen Goldsmith, also known as Mike's “hatchet man” proposed the idea, saying “I can think of 1,000 innovations, but . . . I have not yet had an innovative idea in any meeting that was legal.”

The 311 call system, a non-emergency customer-service hotline for New York City's many departments was announced in January 2002. Since then, the hotline has been redefining the way the city runs. New Yorker have been calling for things like, landlord complaints and for losing property in a taxi.

NEW YORK [CBS] — The power problems that impacted thousands of ConEd customers in Brooklyn were finally over Sunday.

Late Friday night the utility reduced voltage by 8-percent in the central and southwest parts of the borough due to problems with some electrical cables.

NEW YORK [AP] — During a heat wave this past week that topped 100 degrees, city firefighters battled more fires than in any other week in the past 30 years, according to the Uniformed Firefighters Association of New York.

Get ready for the worst day of the heat wave.

After Monday's high of 99 degrees, temperatures are expected to hit triple digits Tuesday, putting people and power systems at risk.

BROOKLYN — A Brooklyn woman has filed a lawsuit against General Mills, accusing the food giant of making misleading health claims about the popular kid snack Fruit Roll-Ups.

In the class action filed Tuesday in Manhattan Federal Court, Payton McClure says the company lies when it says the rollups, along with Fruit by the Foot and Fruit Gushers, are naturally flavored, low fat, and “a good source of Vitamin C.”

Sen. Eric Adams is a mayoral candidate-in-waiting.

The Brooklyn Democrat acknowledged being poised to jump into the 2009 race - and the upcoming 2013 race - but instead deferred to clear a path for former city Controller William Thompson.

NEW YORK — Jihadists are waging a psychological war against Americans — planting suspicious, but harmless, bags in public places to create fear and tie up police and bomb squads, officials said.