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Michael Bloomberg has been named New York’s richest person again. Forbes’ 2026 richest-person-in-every-state list , published this week, puts the New York resident’s estimated fortune at $94.9 billion , with Bloomberg LP as the source of his wealth. The number is large, but the way he got there is the more interesting part. Bloomberg was fired from a Wall Street job at 39 and started over the next day with an idea most people expected to fail. Here’s the fascinating story behind the businessman

MANHATTAN, N.Y. (PIX11) — A 21-year-old woman was slashed inside a subway station in Manhattan on the evening of Sept. 11, according to the NYPD. The incident happened around 8 p.m. at the 145th Street subway station for the No. 2 train. Police say the slashing happened on the mezzanine level of the station. An […]

Starting Thursday, buses entering Midtown through the Lincoln Tunnel will be rerouted onto new temporary routes around West 39th Street and 10th Avenue while older ramps are removed.

The proposals, introduced by the city’s Commission on Government Efficiency, aim to cut red tape, speed up city services and make government more efficient.

Officials say that Christopher Ferguson pointed a gun at the officers.

The Upper West Side’s breakfast scene is about to get a little crispier. Edith’s Sandwich Counter is heading uptown with the bacon, egg and cheese that made its name in Brooklyn—complete with a potato latke tucked inside. The Jewish comfort food favorite has signed a lease at 186 Columbus Avenue, between West 68th and West 69th Streets, according to CBRE’s third-quarter Manhattan retail report, as detailed by West Side Rag. The address previously housed Francesco’s Pizza, which closed in July. A

A bride-to-be is searching for a new wedding venue after learning that New York City's iconic Plaza Hotel plans to temporarily close for a major restoration project.

Melissa Brooks, 37, of Brooklyn, was arrested and indicted on Wednesday for allegedly carrying out the smuggling scheme which prosecutors say began at around the time she started at MDC in July 2024 and continued through Dec. 2025.

An adult man with autism was found dead inside his Queens home Wednesday—and cops are investigating if his mother was involved after she jumped from the Van Wyck Expressway, law enforcement sources said. Bryan Wong, 25, was found unconscious – with multiple slash wounds to each wrist and the left side of his neck – around 8 a.m. inside the walk-up apartment building on 59th Street near Laurel Hill Boulevard in Woodside, cops and sources said. A general view shows an NYPD van in the Bronx borough

The Fifth Avenue hotel, which has stood for more than 119 years, will close for at least four years beginning next January while work gets underway.