A vote to determine the future of a public housing complex in Brooklyn resulted in a tie. Earlier this month, Hylan Houses tenants were asked to choose between three options: Forming a public ...

The Brooklyn Children’s Museum is celebrating its 125th anniversary. When it opened in 1899, it was the world’s first museum designed specifically for children. Today it remains the oldest ...

Some firefighters expressed anger Sunday after a last-minute decision by Washington lawmakers dropped funding for 9/11 first responder health care program. Members of the firefighter’s union had ...

Starbucks baristas are on strike in a handful of U.S. cities as they seek to exert pressure to meet demands for an inaugural labor contract. Union leaders said the strikes expanded on Saturday to ...

A nonprofit in the city just recently added the topic of social media safety, digital literacy and mental health to its curriculum. The program is called Just Ask Me. It is a peer-led sexual ...

Actor, comedian and daytime talk show host Whoopi Goldberg is making a return to live theater. She is starring alongside a dog named “Sandy” and about a half dozen kids in a new production of ...

Broadway favorite Norm Lewis is back celebrating the holidays for his 10th year at 54 Below. His latest show — directed by his longtime collaborator Richard Jay-Alexander — is titled “Norm ...

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden on Saturday signed legislation that averts a government shutdown heading into Christmas, ...

WASHINGTON — The Senate passed legislation early Saturday to boost Social Security payments for millions of people, pushing a longtime priority for former public employees through Congress in ...

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden secured the 235th judicial confirmation of his presidency Friday, an accomplishment that exceeds his predecessor's total by one after Democrats put extra ...

Members of the group New Yorkers Against Congestion Pricing Tax rallied outside federal court, before they went inside as one of four plaintiffs hoping to stop congestion pricing before its ...

NYPD Chief of Department Jeffrey Maddrey has abruptly resigned, the department confirmed Saturday morning. In a statement, the NYPD said Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch accepted Maddrey's ...