New York City

New York City took legal action Thursday to stop the Trump Administration from withholding funding for cities that the Justice Department designated as “anarchist jurisdictions.” The designation, applied in late September to NYC, Portland and Seattle, imperils billions of dollars in federal funding for the cash-strapped city. “We’re bringing this action because they have taken concrete steps – they have…

New York City officials said they shut down an illegal party of more than 200 people who were violating pandemic restrictions at a catering hall.

Adele returns to “Saturday Night Live” this week as host, a first for the singer who has performed twice before as musical guest.

New York state and city wildlife officials say it’s too soon to know the local impact of exotic eels dumped into a Brooklyn lake last month

Police said a man started scaling the south side of the New York Times headquarters in midtown Thursday afternoon, though it was not immediately clear why he did so

Nearly a year after a falling piece of a building facade killed a New York City architect, her family is locked in a legal battle against the city. Loved ones claimed negligence led to Erica Tishman’s wrongful death, but the city argued the victim herself might have been at fault. Benedict Morelli, the attorney for Tishman’s widow, filed a...

The New York Philharmonic has found a way to play on even after its performance hall was shut because of the coronavirus

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo marked Columbus Day by unveiling a statue of the Italian-American saint known as Mother Cabrini in lower Manhattan. The dedication of the statue on Monday comes a year after Cuomo announced that the state would commission a monument to the Roman Catholic nun who was canonized in 1946. That decision came after a commission led…

Fines for violators of New York’s new restrictions on mass gatherings have amounted to at least $172,000 in three days, the city’s sheriff’s office said Monday — and that doesn’t include enforcement actions by other local agencies. The fines come amid a new COVID crackdown targeting clusters that have contributed to a doubling of hospitalizations statewide in just a...

Rick Moranis, star of “Honey, I Shrunk the Kids,” was attacked by an unknown assailant near New York City’s Central Park on Thursday, police said. The 67-year-old actor and comedian had just gotten back from a morning walk and was standing outside his Upper West Side building when the suspect, wthout saying a word, punched him in the head,...

The upcoming New Year’s Eve celebration in Times Square will be “a virtually enhanced celebration,” the event’s organizers announced Wednesday.

New York City is one of three places that “have permitted violence and destruction of property to persist and have refused to undertake reasonable measures to counteract criminal activities,” leading to its designation as an “anarchist jurisdiction,” the Justice Department said Monday. Rather than idle words, the designation has potential financial consequences. President Trump issued a memo earlier this month…

A visual artist updated the sign at New York City’s 50th Street station to read ‘Ruth St.’ in honor of late Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.

Bad Bunny surprised New Yorkers who caught the artist performing a livestreamed concert from a flatbed truck driving throughout New York City. The spectacle marked the return of the Uforia Music Series, which plans additional virtual performances once a month for the rest of the year. In special honor of Hispanic Heritage Month, the flatbed truck designed to look a…

Further adjusting to the realities of the coronavirus pandemic, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio announced Monday this year’s Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade, a traditional holiday season kickoff for more than 90 years, will march forward without crowds. “It will not be the same parade we’re used to,” de Blasio said. “[Macy’s is] reinventing the event for this moment...

Organizers say doing the annual event is more about economic survival this year than anything else, and new technology will help them reach potentially new audiences

Darrin Porcher, a retired NYPD lieutenant, was among the first responders in Lower Manhattan who rushed to the scene of the Sept. 11 attacks 19 years ago today. He talks about how our country came together after those attacks, as compared to today’s divided America.

A one-time Manhattan doctor has been indicted by a federal grand jury on allegations that he sexually abused dozens of female patients over a period of decades. Federal prosecutors say Robert Hadden, formerly affiliated with Columbia University, allegedly abused both minors and adults from the early 1990s through 2012. Among his victims, they say, was a young woman he delivered…

New York University is threatening disciplinary action to any students involved in a massive gathering Saturday night that amassed hundreds of young people in Washington Square Park. Already, NYU says more than 20 students have been suspended for failing to comply with coronavirus safety protocols. Washington Square Park was packed Saturday night with hundreds of young people gathered in large…

A couple was taken from a New York City ferry in handcuffs after refusing the captain’s order to wear masks