Activist says NYC is demolishing Chinese museum devastated by fire
After it was devastated by a fire in January, a local activist says he is afraid New York City will demolish the Museum of Chinese in America.
Misguided coronavirus fears hitting Asian American businesses
In Arizona, a burgeoning Asian American community fields xenophobic calls about a planned night market featuring Asian street foods. In New York, a dim sum restaurant owner worries he won't make rent. In the San Francisco Bay Area, a local Asian American-owned restaurant chain is mulling temporarily shuttering one of its properties because of the downturn in trade.
NYC Lunar New Year parade showcases support for China, Wuhan
Signs of support for the Chinese city at the center of a global virus outbreak marked floats at the Lunar New Year parade in Manhattan's Chinatown on Sunday as brightly colored puppets made their way through the streets in front of crowds of onlookers.
Chinatown prepares to celebrate Lunar New Year, despite coronavirus concerns
As coronavirus concerns mount across the globe, businesses in New York City’s Chinatown neighborhood are feeling the pain, as both locals and tourists avoid the area.
Conservators work on items damaged in Chinatown museum fire
A volunteer team of conservators is working to salvage some of the 85,000 artifacts feared lost in a fire in the heart of Manhattan's Chinatown.
Coronavirus fear affecting Chinatown businesses
The fear of the novel coronavirus appears to have affected business in Chinatown.
NYPD: Driver strikes, kills 90-year-old man in Manhattan
A 90-year-old man is dead after being struck by a car in Chinatown on Saturday afternoon.
Cleanup begins after 5-alarm fire rips through historic building in Chinatown
On the eve of the Chinese Lunar New Year, a historic building in Chinatown that Mayor De Blasio called “a pillar to the Chinatown community” was ripped apart by a 5-alarm fire. Now, city officials are saying the organizations that called the building their home will once again have space there after it is rebuilt and restored.
Fire rages in building in heart of Manhattan's Chinatown
One man has been seriously injured and eight firefighters have suffered non-life threatening injuries.
FDNY on the scene of 3-alarm fire in Chinatown
The FDNY is battling a 3-alarm fire located at 70 Mulberry Street in Chinatown.
Judge tosses Paul Manafort's fraud case
A judge has thrown out Paul Manafort’s New York mortgage fraud case on double jeopardy grounds.
Thanksgiving robbers hold 11 at gunpoint inside Chinatown bodega
Police are searching for three suspects who robbed a Chinatown bodega on Thanksgiving Day, stealing a undetermined amount of cash and jewelry.
Trial for Epstein jail guards set for April 2020
A judge has set an April trial date for two jail guards accused of failing to make required checks on Jeffrey Epstein the day he died.
Jeffrey Epstein's autopsy more consistent with homicidal strangulation than suicide, Dr. Michael Baden reveals
Baden, who was hired by Epstein's brother and observed the autopsy, told Fox News its findings are more consistent with homicidal strangulation than suicidal hanging.
Man pleads not guilty in deaths of 4 sleeping on NYC streets
A homeless man charged in the beating deaths of four men as they slept on the New York City streets may pursue a mental health-related defense, his lawyer told a judge Monday at his arraignment.
Homeless, not faceless: After killings, a community mourns
They were figures in Chinatown's street scene: the homeless octogenarian whom residents respectfully greeted as "uncle." The itinerant preacher and blogger who tapped out posts on his laptop in a park. And the man who had a home and family on Staten Island but liked to spend time with friends in Chinatown.
Cuba Gooding Jr. pleads not guilty to sex misconduct claims
Cuba Gooding Jr. has pleaded not guilty to an indictment alleging two instances of sexual misconduct. Gooding appeared Tuesday before a judge in New York City and was released on his own recognizance.
More sexual misconduct accusations against Cuba Gooding Jr.
A pattern of sexual misconduct in Manhattan bars and restaurants, that’s what Page Six reports three more women are accusing Cuba Gooding Jr. of bringing the actor’s total number of alleged victims to five.
3 more women accuse Cuba Gooding Jr. of sexual misconduct
The three additional women are reportedly working with law enforcement. They’re accusing the actor of incidents from 2008, 13, and 15. There are no charges related to them for now.
Cuba Gooding Jr. faces new, undisclosed indictment
Jury selection was delayed in his sexual assault case.