NEW YORK—Dozens of elementary, middle, and high school students lobbied City Council members Tuesday to support charging a fee for disposable bags.

NEW YORK—Thirteen years after the 9/11 attacks, threats to the U.S. are more complex and less centralized.

The Buffalo Zoo broke ground today on its new polar bear exhibit. The new exhibit, Arctic Edge, will house the zoo’s polar bear cubs Luna and Kali. In separate enclosures it will also house arctic wolf, bald eagle, and Canadian lynx.

The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released a report Tuesday that estimates increasing the minimum wage would lift 900,000 people out of poverty, but also leave hundreds of thousands with no job.

NYPD’s deputy commissioner for operations John Bilich has resigned, reports DNAinfo. Bilich headed the department responsible for the Computerized Statistics crime tracking program know as CompStat.

The owners and managers of affordable housing developer Applied Construction Inc., have paid nearly $500,000 to 16 underpaid workers announced New York State Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman, Tuesday Feb. 18. The company was building affordable housing in the Bronx.