Play Streets Program returns to NYC for children, families
Mayor Bill de Blasio has announced that the city is opening new streets to become Open Play Streets to allow families and children a place to play.
NYC opening new streets for children, families
Mayor Bill de Blasio has announced that the city is opening new streets to become Open Play Streets to allow families and children a place to play.
Crackdown focuses on bars and restaurants in New York City, Long Island
Cuomo's newly-appointed task force has already conducted nearly 1,100 compliance checks and documented violations at 84 establishments over the past couple of days.
Deadly night in New York City as gun violence surge continues
A continued surge of violence left one person dead and many others injured across New York City at the start of the long holiday weekend.
Virus hits NYC hardest in a few working-class neighborhoods
The coronavirus pandemic has hit especially hard in a few poorer New York City neighborhoods where telecommuting isn’t an option for many workers and there are more likely to be many people living under one roof.
New York City's poorer neighborhoods hit hardest by coronavirus
As coronavirus cases in New York City topped 30,000, President Donald Trump said he would issue a travel advisory urging people in the region to avoid traveling out of the area for 14 days. Mayor Bill de Blasio said Sunday he worried the advisory would keep some families apart.
Coming to America – The Immigrant Experience: From Tibet to the U.S.
Tenzin Choden left Tibet in 2004 in the search for a better life, but he didn’t get on a plane, because leaving Tibet is not an option due to the political situation in the country after China invaded in 1950.
VIDEO: Two men seen subway surfing in Queens
Two men were seen riding the top of a 7 line subway train in Jackson Heights, Queens.
Pedestrian struck, killed by SUV in Queens
A 50-year-old Queens man is dead after being struck by a SUV white attempting to cross the street in Jackson Heights.
NY City Council to vote to close Rikers
The plan to close Rikers Island by 2026 and replace it with four smaller, borough-based jails in Brooklyn, the Bronx, Manhattan and Queens is now in the hands of the New York City Council.
New plans proposed to close down Rikers Island jail
The Independent Commission outlined its report to phase out the facility, but its recommendation to open several smaller jails across the five boroughs isn't sitting well with some local officials and many New Yorkers.