Shuttered Metropolitan Opera to lock out stageghands

The shuttered Metropolitan Opera said it will lock out its stagehands in Local One of the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees at midnight on Monday because it has been unable to negotiate wage cuts during the novel coronavirus pandemic.

2 dead in separate murders on Sunday in New York City

Two men were killed within roughly two hours of each other in New York City on Sunday, in yet another act of violence on the city's streets.

NYPD: Man committed lewd act, punched, robbed woman on subway

The NYPD is searching for a man they say committed a lewd act on the subway before punching and robbing a woman.

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.

Photo Essay: Faithful mourn, carry on amid pandemic

Relief may be on the way in the form of mass-produced vaccines, but COVID-19 continues to ravage communities around the world with the global death toll reaching some 1.5 million, leaving the living to mourn them and carry on. 

NYPD searching for bunny backpack-wearing attacker

The NYPD is searching for a man wearing a bunny backpack that randomly attacked another man in Midtown Manhattan.

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. 

Manhattan restaurateur takes a chance and opens new eatery

Greer Fredericks had planned to open Peaches Low Country Kitchen in April but then the coronavirus pandemic hit.

Legendary music venue 'The Bitter End' looks to new beginning

The music venue that helped launch the careers of artists like Lady Gaga is hanging on by a thread due to the financial strain of the pandemic.

Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree illuminated under pandemic rules

Lights on the 75-foot (23-meter) Norway spruce were turned on in an event that was broadcast on television but closed to the public.

Man opens fire on Lower East Side sidewalk

The NYPD released surveillance video of a man opening fire on a sidewalk on the Lower East Side.

Driver crashes into Washington Square Park arch; officer injured

Police say an intoxicated driver slammed into Washington Square Park’s landmark marble arch on Sunday and injured an officer who was parked there to protect it.

Owl found in Rockefeller Center Christmas tree set free

A small owl found inside the Rockefeller Center Christmas tree was set free by the wildlife center where it had been convalescing.

Service suspension remains following NJ Transit train derailment

New Jersey Transit said train service remained suspended Wednesday in both directions on the North Jersey Coast Line between Penn Station New York and South Amboy.

SC man pleads guilty in plot to attack White House, Trump Tower

Federal authorities say a South Carolina man has pleaded guilty to a terror charge for plotting to bomb or shoot up sites including the White House and Trump Tower in New York City in attacks inspired by the Islamic State group.