Caribbean in the City - Dominicans in NYC
FOX 5 NY continues its Caribbean in the City by taking a look at the entrepreneurship, drive, and cultural history of Washington Heights, also known as Little Dominican Republic.
Hospital workers protest NY-Presbyterian's COVID vaccine mandate
The nation's largest healthcare union is pushing back against a mandate by NY-Presbyterian hospital requiring workers to get vaccinated or be fired.
For Leslie Grace, who plays 'Nina' in 'In The Heights, life comes full circle
Like her Nina character in "In The Heights," Leslie Grace says she's struggled to fit in as an Afro-Latino woman and artist.
'In the Heights' lifts hopes for a Latino film breakthrough
"In the Heights," which opens Friday, is an adaptation of the Tony-award winning musical by Lin-Manuel Miranda and Quiara Alegría Hudes about the hopes and struggles of residents of New York City's Washington Heights.
Suspects threaten parking garage attendant before taking off with Mercedes, BMW: Cops
Two men are wanted by police for threatening a parking garage attendant with a gun before taking off with the man's cell phone, wallet and two luxury vehicles.
Columbia University will require COVID-19 vaccinations
Columbia University will require students to be vaccinated against COVID-19 before returning to campus in the fall.
'In The Heights' to open TriBeCa Film Festival on June 9
The big-screen adaptation of Lin-Manuel Miranda's "In the Heights" will kick off the Tribeca Film Festival on June 9, two days before the film opens in theaters and begins streaming.
NBA scouts take interest in star Yeshiva U. combo guard
Ryan Turell has been working hard to be a standout basketball player since he was 5. The rising senior at Yeshiva University could become the NBA's first Orthodox Jewish player.
Vaccine may be less effective against New York COVID variant, expert says
The former head of the Food and Drug Administration says the New York variant could infect those vaccinated.
Yeshiva basketball players revel in their winning streak
The Yeshiva Maccabees stretched the nation's longest active winning streak at any level of college hoops to 36 games.
101-year-old New Yorker shows her strong survival spirit
Lee Fruchtman, who was born in Munich, escaped Nazi Germany when she was 17. Now 101, she reflects on the sadness and joys of her life.
Woman in labor on George Washington Bridge
On little Jordan Goldfarb's birth certificate, "front car seat" is listed as the place of birth.
NYPD to help vaccinate residents of public housing
Police officers will vaccinate NYCHA residents who are 65 and older and who have registered for appointments.
NYC restaurants 'hibernating' or shifting services for the winter
The coronavirus pandemic has forced many NYC restaurants to close, but now, other establishments are going into 'hibernation' or adjusting their services to survive.
Defying pandemic, theaters get creative to stage shows anyway
More than a hundred blocks north of Manhattan's theater district but on that same famed thoroughfare, Tony Award-winner Jefferson Mays recently read his lines from a stage. But there was no applause.
Upper Manhattan enters yellow zone as COVID cases quickly rise
Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced Monday that upper Manhattan was entering the yellow zone of COVID restrictions as the number of coronavirus cases increased statewide.
2 women die in high-rise apartment fire in Washington Heights
Authorities say two women have died in a high-rise fire in upper Manhattan.
Federal charges for former NYC doctor accused of sexually abusing patients
A former New York gynecologist accused of sexually abusing more than two dozen patients, including the wife of former presidential candidate Andrew Yang, now faces federal charges.
Columbia taking slave-owning doctor's name off campus dorm
Columbia University is taking the name of its medical school’s founder off of a campus dormitory because he owned slaves and once advertised a reward for the return of one who ran away.
Mob attacks man, daughter in Manhattan deli
A man was knocked unconscious and his daughter beaten with beer bottles in a Manhattan deli.