10 Lost New York Neighborhoods That Disappeared From the Map
New York City has always reinvented itself, but some of that reinvention came at the cost of entire communities. Beneath Central Park, Lincoln Center, the World Trade Center, modern apartment complexes, and familiar street grids are traces of neighborhoods that once had their own homes, businesses, churches, schools, c
New Staten Island trash complex lets city make way for hundreds of new homes
The new Fresh Kills sanitation complex will help the city add new homes in Staten Island. The new Fresh Kills facility will allow the sanitation department to close another one. [ more › ]
Mamdani Opens $230M Fresh Kills Complex, Unlocking 232 Affordable Homes
A major Staten Island sanitation investment will modernize essential city services while freeing a North Shore site for affordable housing, a grocery store and new public space. NEW YORK CITY — Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani opened the $230 million Fresh Kills Sanitation Complex on Tuesday, August 18, a project that...
The British Attack Long Island
In the summer of 1776, America had declared its independence, but independence was far from secure. The British were determined to crush the rebellion, and they sent one of the largest military forces ever assembled in North America to New York. The British sent two brothers, General William Howe leading the Army and L
NYC family received suspicious text messages from aunt’s phone after she went missing in...
A family is fearing the worst after a woman from the Upper East Side disappeared while on a trip to Las Vegas.
Brooklyn schools earn high marks in U.S. News rankings
Brooklyn Latin School ranked No. 1 in the state and No. 73 nationally after U.S. News reviewed more than 27,000 public high schools across the country.
Special Delivery: 30 Kilos of Cocaine Seized from UPS Packages in Brooklyn and Manhattan
Three alleged drug traffickers face charges in connection with using UPS package delivery services to smuggle large loads of cocaine into New York City. Two separate investigations resulted in the seizure of a combined total of 30 kilograms of cocaine (over 66 pounds) in Brooklyn and Manhattan as charged in an indictme
Without a deal by August 31, NewYork-Presbyterian goes out of network for most UnitedHealthcare...
An extension is not an agreement, and the difference is about to matter for a large number of Medicare Advantage members in New York. NewYork-Presbyterian and UnitedHealthcare bought themselves another month at the end of July while talks continued. That month expires at the end of August, and the hospital system has p
10 U.S. Cities With the Largest Immigrant Populations
New Census Bureau estimates show which U.S. cities have the biggest immigrant populations by share and size. Here is a city-by-city look at 10 major places where foreign-born residents make up a large part of local life.
‘Giant rats’ keep New York families out of their yards as county officials investigate
"We have to buy garbage pails all the time, because they eat through the garbage pails."
