The history of New York City’s lost City Island monorail is a fascinating chapter in urban planning that illustrates both ambition and failure. In the early 20th century, City Island—located in the ...

Former New York Gov. David Paterson, who immediately preceded Cuomo as the state’s chief executive, told Salon that elected ...

Candidates for mayor of New York in September 1965, left to right: John Lindsay, Abraham Beame, and William F. Buckley, Jr.

The Welikia Project, made by ecologists at the New York Botanical Garden, uncovers all the flora and fauna that thrived in ...

Explore New York City's transformation with this 1973 film! See iconic landmarks like the Statue of Liberty and Central Park, ...

Kiyanna Winfield was pronounced dead at the Queensbridge Houses complex in Long Island City on Tuesday morning. At first NYPD ...

The remarkable 1500-year-old Biblioteca Capitolare in Verona is widely viewed as the world’s oldest continuously operating ...

A new season brings a host of incredible new books to read. Offerings include buzzy literary fiction novels, powerful memoirs ...

One of the most dramatic images shows the entire Manhattan skyline, a dense slab of glass and steel, laid across the high ...

Police are looking for the neighbor of a Whitestone man who was viciously stabbed multiple times during an apparent dispute ...

New York City became the first city in the country to allow supervised drug use sites where people can use illegal drugs without threat of arrest, under the watch of trained staff, Mayor Bill de ...

U.S. Proposes Interim Step in Iran Nuclear Talks, Allowing Some Enrichment An outline by the U.S. would allow Iran to continue enriching uranium at low levels as a deal is worked out that would ...