Studio Museum in Harlem reopening after more than 7 years
Studio Museum in Harlem is reopening after more than 7 years, welcoming visitors back at low-cost. Since 1968, the museum has featured the work of artists of African descent.
NYC senior skips meals to pay her husband’s nursing home
HARLEM, Manhattan (PIX11) — We are boots on the ground in the ongoing affordability crisis. From struggling families to the plight of seniors on fixed incomes and rising healthcare expenses. One senior tells us she was actually skipping meals in order to continue making payments to her husband’s nursing home.
75-foot-tall Rockefeller Center Christmas tree on its way to NYC; Lights will be added...
The 75-year-old, 75-foot-tall Norway spruce tree from East Greenbush is a donation from the Russ family.
As Mamdani looks to build free child care, UPK offers lessons on speed vs....
Sign up for Chalkbeat New York’s free daily newsletter to get essential news about NYC’s public schools delivered to your inbox. As Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani figures out how to deliver on his promise of universal child care, his administration is grappling with what lessons to draw from the expansion of universal...
Got holiday travel plans? Don’t eat at this airport
Most airports aren’t necessarily revered for their dining options, especially when it comes to quality and taste. However, one takes the stale cake for serving abysmally poor food. Newark Liberty International Airport in Newark, New Jersey, is officially the most disappointing airport for good eats, says a recent...
Jersey City’s toxic secret: the land that became Liberty State Park
Morris Pesin’s Eight-Minute Canoe Trip That Created Liberty State Park. In 1957, Morris Pesin spent three hours just to reach the Statue of Liberty with his family, though it stood less than 2,000 feet from Jersey City. Fed up, he made an eight-minute canoe trip to Lady Liberty the...
New Jersey’s Rudest Town Might Surprise You
New Jersey has a reputation for being rude, and now experts point to one Garden State town as one of the rudest in America.
NJ residents charged with supporting ISIS and plotting attacks
NEW JERSEY (PIX11) — The US Justice Department says it’s intercepted a terror ring inspired by ISIS and plotting attacks in New Jersey. Officials allege it was being run by former student athletes in Montclair. Two suspects appeared before a judge tonight after one was arrested trying to leave the country. In the...
Teen tourist allegedly vandalized art and tore tapestries at The Met Museum
In a bizarre incident at one of New York City’s most famous cultural institutions, a teenager is facing charges for allegedly vandalizing centuries-old works of art and tearing tapestries while being arrested. Police said 19-year-old Joshua Vaurin, who was staying at a Times Square hotel, hurled water at a...
Man beaten and stabbed at Lower East Side park, 2 sought
The NYPD released photos of two men wanted in a stabbing that occurred at a Lower East Side park Monday night.
