NYC salutes pandemic essential workers with Hometown Heroes Parade

Thousands marched along the street and waved from floats moving up the Canyon of Heroes on Wednesday as New York City honored all pandemic essential workers with the ‘Hometown Heroes Parade.’

Times Square Shooting: Marine visiting city struck in back with stray bullet

A 21-year-old Marine visiting New York City was shot near the Marriott Hotel in Times Square on Sunday afternoon, said the NYPD. The gunman remains at large.

J&J to pay $230M to settle claims it helped fuel opioid crisis

As part of the deal, the drugmaker also agreed to end the manufacturing and distribution of opioids across New York and the rest of the nation.

George Floyd statues vandalized in Brooklyn, Newark

Officials say someone defaced the 6-foot sculpture located at Flatbush Junction with spray paint.

U.S. Senate weighs bill to increase icebreaking on the Great Lakes

A bipartisan group of Midwest members of Congress are hoping to pass legislation to increase icebreaking on the Great Lakes in an effort to ease transport during the winter months.

Rudy Giuliani's NYC home, office reportedly searched by federal investigators

Federal investigators executed a search warrant at the Manhattan home of former President Donald Trump’s attorney Rudy Giuliani, a law enforcement official told The Associated Press on Wednesday.

Man on parole arrested for attack on Asian woman in NYC

A convicted killer on parole was charged in the vicious attack on an Asian American woman in New York City.

New York lawmakers agree to legalize recreational marijuana

New York lawmakers have finalized an agreement to legalize recreational marijuana sales to adults over the age of 21.

Top Dems call on Cuomo to resign amid harassment allegations

Senators Chuck Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand joined the wave of lawmakers in New York calling on Governor Andrew Cuomo to resign.

Gov. Cuomo's groping allegation reported to police

A lawyer for Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Thursday that she reported a groping allegation made against him to police after the woman involved declined to press charges herself.

Cuomo asks state AG, top judge, to launch harassment probe

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo has asked the state's attorney general and chief appeals court judge to jointly appoint an independent lawyer to investigate claims he sexually harassed at least two women who worked for him.

Case dropped after woman in racist Central Park run-in gets therapy

A judge dismissed the case against Amy Cooper, the white woman arrested last spring for calling 911 during a dispute with a Black man in New York’s Central Park.

Charges dropped for Buffalo officers seen shoving elderly protester

Criminal charges have been dropped against two police officers seen on video last spring shoving a 75-year-old protester to the ground in Buffalo.

California edges past New York with highest coronavirus death toll

California has edged past New York with the most death from the coronavirus. California’s death toll reached 45,496, surpassing New York’s toll of 45,312 on Thursday, according to a tally by Johns Hopkins University.

Andrew Yang tests positive for coronavirus

New York City mayoral candidate Andrew Yang has announced that he has tested positive for COVID-19.

NY may have undercounted COVID nursing home deaths by 50%

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s administration confirmed Thursday that thousands more nursing home residents died of COVID-19 than the state’s official tallies had previously acknowledged.

NY State Bar Association launches inquiry into Giuliani

The New York State Bar Association has launched an inquiry to determine whether Rudy Giuliani should be removed from its membership.