Yes, the thing that you promised you'd do weeks ago right after you cleaned that area behind the toilet and started going to yoga every week is DUE TODAY. But for most people doing their taxes means hitting "send" shortly before midnight instead of waiting in line at the post office. more ›

[UPDATE BELOW] The tolerance shown by the NYPD last week towards the group of Occupy Wall Street protesters sleeping across the street from the NYSE evaporated this morning, as police cleared the sidewalk on Broad Street. According to the Times' Colin Moynihan, the order to vacate was given at 6 a.m., and for the next few hours police corralled the 100 or so protesters up the street so the sidewalk could be power washed. Four were arrested in the process, and one protester was punched in the face by an officer after he swung a bag at an NYPD camera documenting the action. more ›

Don't say illegal immigrants never did anything for you. According to an estimate from the Institute for Taxation and Economic Policy, households headed by "unauthorized immigrants" paid $662.4 million in taxes to New York state in 2010. Nationally, they paid about $11.2 billion in state and local taxes. It's probably because they're such hard workers. more ›

Several restaurants in Manhattan are cashing in on the Tax Day blues by offering alcohol-related specials to help diners forget about where all their hard-earned money is going. Both Boqueria Soho (171 Spring Street) and Boqueria Flatiron (53 West 19th Street) are offering a free special-edition cocktail to customers who ask for it tonight. Called the 1040EZ, it's made with tequila, lime juice and blood orange, and arrives free with the check if diners mention this offer. Meanwhile, all BLT locations will be offering half-price drinks all. night. long. That includes cocktails, beer, wines by the glass and bottles of wine! Participating locations are BLT Steak, BLT Prime, BLT Fish, BLT Burger, BLT Bar & Grill, and Go Burger. (Details on locations here.) more ›

As part of a nationwide protest today, resentful taxpayers will gather in Bryant Park (corner of 42nd Street and 6th Avenue) at 12:30 p.m. to call attention to corporations who get sweetheart tax breaks from the government. Organized in part by Move On, the demonstration—not to be confused with the conservative "tea party" rallies—will demand that "big bank tax dodgers" like Bank of America, Citigroup, and Goldman Sachs "pay their fair share of taxes. At the end of the event, local residents will deliver Bank of America with a tax bill." These are trying times for Bank of America, which has also had to spend money to fend off a 1,784 billion, trillion dollar lawsuit. more ›

Since yesterday was tax deadline day, the Tea Party broke out the china for demonstrations across the country. Lou Dobbs dropped by the rally near the James A. Farley Post Office in midtown and told the crowd, "You are scaring the hell out of them. You, my friends, are dangerous - and I love that about you." And a Russian immigrant who is involved with the cause told the Post, "I don't like big government, I don't like intrusive government. I actually had to fight it in Russia." more ›

Hey, late tax filers, the James A. Farley Main Post Office (Eighth Avenue between 31 and 33 Streets) is open until midnight tonight. The USPS also tells us, "For additional convenience mobile postal retail units will also be parked in front of the Post Office on Eighth Avenue with postal employees selling stamps and accepting mail. Many New York City Post Offices throughout the five boroughs are regularly open until 7:00 p.m. or 8:00 p.m. on weeknights like April 15. Consumers can call toll free 1-800-ASK-USPS (1-800-275-8777) or go on-line to usps.com for the business hours and Post Office locations closest to their ZIP Code." And more tips for last minute tax filers after the jump: more ›

If it's April 14, it means people are scrambling to get their taxes mailed in time for tomorrow's deadline. A tipster tells us he went to a post office (Ansonia Station, at Columbus and 68th in Manhattan) at 7:50 a.m., 10 minutes before opening: "The facility was open, but the postal worker windows weren't opened, so we could line up. I ended up being ninth in line (two postal workers were available). By the time I left, there were 50 people in line for three postal workers." Here's the USPS's branch locator—the Farley post office on 8th Avenue, between 31st and 33rd Streets across from Penn Station, is open 24 hours. more ›

April 15 is finally here and if you haven't filed your tax returns (or for an extension), you better hustle. The James Farley Post Office at 421 Eighth Avenue and 31st Street, just west of Madison Square Garden, is where the procrastinators tend to congregate, because it is the city's only 24-hour postal facility. more ›