NYPD unveils New Year’s Eve security measures

Thousands of uniformed and plainclothes police officers will be assigned to Times Square and the surrounding streets as part of the NYPD’s effort to make sure that this year’s New Year’s Eve celebration is safe for revelers.

Science teachers, students get Times Square New Year's stage

This year's New Year's Eve celebration in Times Square will spotlight efforts to combat climate change when high school science teachers and students press the button that begins the famous 60-second ball drop and countdown to next year.

Tolls on Port Authority bridges and tunnels go up Jan. 5, 2020

The tolls on bridges and tunnels connecting New York City to northern New Jersey are going up in 2010 to help fund more than $30 billion in capital projects.

NYPD releases teen suspect in Barnard student's death

The NYPD announced Thursday that police had located a teen wanted for questioning in connection with the robbery and stabbing death of Barnard College student Tessa Majors.

Delivering hot meals to homebound New Yorkers on Christmas

On Christmas Day alone, Citymeals on Wheels prepped meals for and served 18,000 New Yorkers at their homes and another 3,000 seniors at meal centers.

Gov. Cuomo condemns latest anti-Semitic attack

The NYPD said Steven Jorge of Miami, Florida, made anti-Semitic remarks and punched a 65-year-old man in the face with a closed fist on the Upper East Side. Gov. Andrew Cuomo has directed a state hate crimes task force to investigate the assault.

Pencil causes subway delays in Manhattan

A pencil is being blamed for delays on three subway lines in Manhattan on Christmas eve.

NYCHA tenants living with no gas this Christmas

Hundreds of tenants who live at the Samuel Gompers Houses in the Lower East Side have been living without gas since September.

Woman donates dozens of knitted scarves to the homeless for Christmas

Dana Zukofsky spent the last few months knitting 80 scarves to donate to the homeless population spending the holiday season at The Bowery Mission.

Dancer born with one hand makes Radio City Rockettes history

Dancer Sydney Mesher, who was born with one hand, made history by being the first person with a visible disability to join New York's famed Radio City Rockettes.

Falling ice forces street closures in Midtown

Several streets remained closed Monday due to ice falling from buildings in Midtown.

Falling ice in Midtown Manhattan
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Large chunks of ice falling from buildings in Midtown mas forced the closure of surrounding streets.

Slain Barnard College student mourned at private memorial

A Barnard College freshman who was fatally stabbed in a New York City park earlier this month was remembered by friends and classmates Saturday at a private memorial service at her high school alma mater in Virginia.