At least 80 people were arrested Wednesday after pro-Palestinian protesters stormed Columbia University’s Butler Library, ...

Sixty-five percent of firefighters across the country are volunteers. In New York, it is closer to 90%. But in recent decades, their ranks have gotten dramatically smaller and older. New York Rep.

A federal judge has ordered the city to hand over the operations of its troubled jails on Rikers Island to an outside manager. In a decision Tuesday, U.S. District Judge Laura Taylor Swain wrote ...

A new Marist College poll shows Andrew Cuomo ahead of the rest of the field in the Democratic primary for mayor, both as respondents’ first choice and at the end of the ranked-choice voting process.

The number of green businesses has increased over the past decade as more companies aim to reduce their impact on the environment and focus on sustainability. A new stock exchange application was ...

Flight delays and cancellations persisted at Newark Liberty International Airport Monday, and the Federal Aviation Administration says some air traffic controllers were taking time off to destress ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — With all the pomp, drama and solemnity that the Catholic Church can muster, 133 cardinals began the centuries-old ritual to elect a successor to Pope Francis, celebrating a ...

The NYPD made five arrests in last week's assault on two police officers in Times Square — allegedly at the hands of a migrant youth gang, called Los Diablos 42. The NYPD commissioner said U.S ...

Mayor Eric Adams Tuesday joined a chorus of New York officials calling on Amtrak to abandon its plans to close the East River tunnels for repairs. The years-long project would repair two of the ...

A rainy Met Gala on Monday included a Rihanna pregnancy announcement, a tuxedoed choir and a trend true to the menswear theme: Emma Chamberlain, Zendaya, Teyana Taylor and many other women in ...

New York City will open seven new public schools across four boroughs in September, Mayor Eric Adams and Schools Chancellor Melissa Aviles-Ramos announced Monday. By this fall, a total of 28 new ...