Yellow cab caravan heads to Washington to plead for pandemic aid

Yellow cab drivers began a caravan from Lower Manhattan to Washington, D.C. Thursday to demand legislators provide another stimulus for drivers.

What is Shop Harlem?

Shop Harlem runs all month.

Humpback whale spotted in Hudson River off Manhattan

A humpback whale was spotted swimming in the Hudson River off Manhattan and may still be in the area.

Pastrami Queen opens another location in Manhattan

Pastrami Queen opened a new location on the Upper West Side, taking over the space vacated by Fine and Schapiro.

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.