New York City

Migrants are being sent from Texas to NYC with paperwork theoretically directing them to shelters – but in many cases the addresses are wrong and aren’t shelters at all, but offices or non-family facilities.

With monkeypox vaccines in short supply, there are restrictions on who can get them. But a Harvard doctor is calling out the CDC and New York City on their vaccine eligibility requirements, which are mostly focused on men who have recently had sex with a male partner. That perpetuates the idea that monkeypox is sexually transmitted, and focuses on particular...

Rents are rising as tenants return to major cities like New York City and Los Angeles. A Zillow expert explains why and how much landlords can increase them.

In addition to breaking the color barrier in baseball, Jackie Robinson went on to serve as an executive of a Fortune 500 company and a leader in the Civil Rights Movement. There is now a museum in Manhattan to honor his many contributions.

The Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts hosted “Celebrate Love: A (Re)Wedding” on Sunday in the pavilion outside the center.

The fossilized skeleton of a T. rex relative that roamed the earth about 76 million years ago will be auctioned in New York this month, Sotheby’s announced Tuesday. The Gorgosaurus skeleton will highlight Sotheby’s natural history auction on July 28, the auction house said. The Gorgosaurus was an apex carnivore that lived in what is now the western United States…

A clash between abortion supporters and opponents broke out during an abortion rally in New York on Saturday.

A woman was shot in the head and killed while she was pushing a stroller with her infant inside on the Upper East Side of Manhattan, according to senior police officials.

Not too far from New York City lies an undersea wonder. Known as the Hudson Canyon, it’s located 100 miles off the coast of New York and New Jersey but a world away from the hustle and bustle of the Big Apple. The Hudson Canyon is America’s largest underwater canyon in the Atlantic Ocean, and it could soon earn...

Just 100 miles off the shore of New York and New Jersey lies the largest underwater canyon in the Atlantic Ocean, the Hudson Canyon. An ecological hotspot, it could soon become the U.S.’s next national marine sanctuary. LX News storyteller Ngozi Ekeledo spoke to LeAnn Hogan, the regional coordinator for the NOAA’s Office of National Marine Sanctuaries, about why the...

Authorities have apprehended the woman they say is behind an anti-Asian assault on four women on a Manhattan street last week. Madeline Barker, of Florida, was arrested Friday on multiple hate crime charges including assault and harassment, the NYPD announced. The 47-year-old woman has been accused of deploying pepper spray at four women and making anti-Asian statements on June 11….

New York City Mayor Eric Adams called on Congress to “bring an end to gun violence,” warning that “the clock is ticking every day, every minute, towards another hour of death.”

Pride Month kicks off in New York City as the Pride flag was raised over the historic Stonewall National Monument.

A woman wounded in last month’s New York City subway shooting has filed a lawsuit against gun manufacturer Glock.

New York City said goodbye to its last public street payphone on Monday after dominating city streets for years.

Grant Williams spent 23 years behind bars. At his trial, prosecutors tried to draw a connection between a hat left at the scene bearing the logo of Wu-Tang Clan though it was never tested for DNA.

National Geographic announced this week that the life-long bird-watcher is set to host a new series titled “Extraordinary Birder.”

Health officials are investigating a possible case of monkeypox in New York City, according to the city’s health department.

A Brooklyn speech and debate teacher was on the verge of going broke after spending thousands of dollars of his own money to help his students compete in Ivy League tournaments — until a popular Instagram page got wind of his story.