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Eight correction officers and a captain stood by for seven minutes and 51 seconds as Nicholas Feliciano tried to hang himself in a jail cell in 2019.

A magnitude-4.8 earthquake rumbled through the northeastern United States at 10:23 a.m. on Friday, according to the United States Geological Survey, sending tremors from Philadelphia to Boston and jolting buildings in Manhattan and throughout the five boroughs.The U.S.G.S. reported that the earthquake’s epicenter wa...

An interracial soirée that included intellectual and artistic luminaries set in motion one of the most influential cultural movements of the 20th century.

Activists like Brendan Fay have campaigned for decades to make St. Patrick’s Day festivities open to L.G.B.T.Q. groups. A new parade in Staten Island on Sunday is their final achievement.

Gov. Kathy Hochul, amid a series of violent crimes on the subway, said she would deploy 1,000 members of the State Police and National Guard to the transit system.

Buildings are a huge danger for birds. They also face other risks, including poisoning that can cloud their brains.

Why are 18 shows opening in March and April, and which one is for you? Our theater reporter has answers.

The share of New York City residents who could not afford basic essentials jumped dramatically in 2022, with one in four children living in poverty, a new report found.

It is the first major art museum in New York to close within recent memory. The museum had financial challenges and has faced accusations of displaying looted art.

A newer, more vague vaccine hesitancy is emerging. A New York doctor has some advice for how to stop it.

As the migrant crisis entered a precarious new phase in New York City, some families hoped an identification card could help them find work.

New York State ranks 32nd in reading proficiency. The governor is proposing changes to literacy education to address that.

Some small independent pharmacies in the city are benefiting from a decline in chain stores. But theft and low reimbursement rates are still making life hard.

Rudolph Giuliani filed papers in federal bankruptcy court in New York, listing debts including big legal fees, unpaid taxes and the $148 million a jury ordered him to pay two Georgia election workers.