In an effort to tap the brainpower of its citizens, the city is rolling out an online submission form for New Yorkers to offer their suggestions on how NYC can save money. Currently, the website—which can be reached via NYC.gov or here—is only accepting suggestions, but Deputy Mayor of Operations Stephen Goldsmith says the city eventually aims to build a more vibrant website that's a "transparent marketplace" of ideas to make the city run more efficiently. more ›

The Health Department has released their annual report on baby names in New York City, and among newborn boys the name "Jayden" is (almost) number one with a bullet, ranking #2 overall and #1 among black and Hispanic babies. Jayden wasn't even in the top ten in 2006, and baby name expert Laura Wattenberg shares a theory with City Room about the his stunning rise in popularity: Two years ago, one Jayden James Federline entered the world stage, the offspring of recording artist Britney Spears. “Britney Spears seems to have shifted the standard spelling. That name used to be spelled every which way, but now the ‘y’ spelling has become dominant,” Wattenberg says. more ›