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Esther Regelson lived two blocks south of the World Trade Center on September 11. She was there when the towers collapsed, spewing dust fill...

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio and former City Council Member Sal Albanese will face off in the second and final debate before next week'sDemocratic mayoral primary.

Charter school leaders ripped Mayor de Blasio on Wednesday for delaying co-location requests despite ample room in city buildings.

The two also fielded questions about whether the Christopher Columbus statue should remain in Columbus Circle.
The mayor announced a commission weeks ago....“I don’t think it makes sense for me to opine on issue by issue,” he said. “We are setting up an objective and smart process.” Albanese

Tropical Storm Irma strengthened to a Category 2 hurricane as it moved over the Atlantic Ocean Thursday and is expected to be “extremely dangerous” for the next several days, the National Hurricane Center said. With sustained winds already nea

NEW York could be hit by Hurricane Irma as Texas is still struggling to cope with the devastation left by Harvey.

When will the revision of history end? Akin to ISIS in the Middle East, a group of “juveniles” are suspected of beheading a statue of Christopher Columbus in Yonkers, New York. Vandals Damage Statue Of Christopher Columbus In NY https://t.co/

Wednesday at noon there will be a rally outside of City Hall. A City Councilman is leading the charge n saying that the statue should be left standing over Columbus Circle.

More than 700 people signed a change.org petition to remove the Christopher Columbus statue from, and change the name of, Columbus Park in the city of Buffalo.

Bill de Blasio, the New York mayor, has said he may order the removal of the city's landmark statue of Christopher Columbus amid national soul-searching over the removal of Confederate-era monuments.

Social justice warriors are never satisfied. If you give them an inch, theyll take a mile. After demanding that southern states take down statues of Confederate figures, the activist Left is now targeting an iconic American president featured on Mount Rushmore.

The former governor's son, Gov. Andrew Cuomo, on Thursday signed into law a bill naming the new Tappan Zee Bridge the Gov. Mario M. Cuomo Bridge.

There is controversy and pushback over Gov. Andrew Cuomo's sudden decision to try to rename the Tappan Zee Bridge for his dad.

New York has joined a growing number of states refusing to hand over voter data to the Trump administration. Trumps voter fraud commission sent requests to all 50 states on Wednesday requesting the names of registered voters, their addresses, dates of bir

The New York County District Attorney, Cy Vance, said that if Republicans pass national reciprocity for concealed carry permit holders, ... The post New York County DA Suggests Republican Efforts to Pass National Reciprocity for Concealed Permit Holders

Prosecutors: Suspect in Times Square crash claimed he wanted to kill them all and said police should have shot him.

A U.S. Navy veteran plowed his car into pedestrians in New York City's packed Times Square on Thursday, killing an 18-year-old woman and injuring 22 people.

If you really want to see how autonomous vehicles cope with traffic chaos, NYC is the place.

An 83-year-old man is in critical condition after a brute knocked him out cold during an unprovoked attack in the Bronx, police said. The elderly victim, identified by sources as Valentine Hernandez, was crossing the street near the corner of Fox St. and

As if the East River wasn’t toxic enough. A Con Edison substation spewed gallons of oil into the polluted waterway prompting a clean-up effort that delayed ferry commuters Tuesday, according to reports. The East River route will be subject to delay