New York City

A Staten Island bar that declared itself an “autonomous zone” and publicly went against New York’s COVID-19 restrictions has been shut down, and one of the owners arrested.

To former Alphabet executive chairman and investor Eric Schmidt, who is worth $17 billion, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio Cortez’s belief that extreme wealth is a policy failure is reductive.

One of the best tables in the house at a New York City restaurant is also a hotel room. Amid strict rules for indoor dining and smaller number of travelers due to the pandemic, Le Crocodile, a French restaurant at the Wythe Hotel in Williamsburg, has created a totally private restaurant experience inside an empty hotel room to make up...

At sixteen years old, the Brooklyn teenager became the youngest owner of a Black beauty supply store in the country, and her initial tweet about her store, Paris Beauty Supplyz, has gained nearly 140 thousand likes – and co-signs from big celebrities like Bella Hadid and Janet Jackson.

Brooklyn teen Paris McKenzie grew tired of going into beauty supply stores and either being treated like she wasn’t welcome or greeted by workers who had no knowledge of Black hair care. So, she opened up her own inclusive beauty supply store at the age of just 16 years old, drawing praise from big celebrities like Bella Hadid and Janet...

Rudy Giuliani, the former New York mayor, has led legal efforts by the Trump campaign to overturn Joe Biden’s projected Electoral College win.

The man who experienced a real-life New York City nightmare — falling into a rat nest after the sidewalk collapsed beneath his feet, leaving him too terrified to scream and risk having the rodents crawl into his mouth — is suing the city and a building landlord

The Christmas tree at Rockefeller Center has not even been illuminated yet, and crowds have already started to gather to feel the much-needed holiday spirit amid the pandemic. That’s why there are going to be some new rules people will have to follow if they want to see the tree up close. The Rockefeller Center tree lighting festivities start...

After previewing the return of in-person learning ahead of Thanksgiving, Mayor Bill de Blasio returned from the holiday on Sunday to announce the scheduled return of public schools starting with elementary and special education students. The first school buildings will reopen Dec. 7, de Blasio said Sunday. City officials plan to reopen public school buildings in a phased approach, starting…

With Thanksgiving in the rearview mirror, fears of a holiday coronavirus surge grow as travelers head home. Children in the largest school district in the country will start heading back to school in a matter of days, Mayor de Blasio announced Sunday. Ida Siegal and Anjali Hemphill report.

The annual Christmas tree lighting at Rockefeller Center is on schedule, but visiting the tree – like the rest of 2020 – will look different than in years past. Official details will be announced Monday, but NBC New York has learned what visitors can expect this year: monitored entrances, socially distanced lines and a limited window to snap pictures. Mayor…

New York City officials and community members gathered Saturday morning in Harlem to pay tribute and celebrate the legacy of David Dinkins, the city’s first Black mayor, who died this week at age 93. “We did not think that the Harlem community and those around it should live the weekend without showing love, affection and admiration for a man who...

Police say a 44-year-old doctor on Staten Island has been missing for over a week.

Before his downfall, ’80s icon Ivan Boesky oversaw an investment fund with $3 billion in assets and was on the Forbes 400 list of America’s wealthiest people.

Working remotely from different states? You could face new tax obligations next year.

Homeowners now have unprecedented potential to save on their monthly payments through a mortgage refinance.

In late October, NYC’s most iconic bookstore posted a plea online for people to save The Strand. Book lovers listened. Owner Nancy Bass Wyden joined LX News to talk about the choices she has had to make during the pandemic to save the 93-year-old business.

David Dinkins, New York City’s first and only Black mayor, has died at 93.

The precommercial system is the latest example of a tidal power project being put through its paces.

Another assault in which a person was shoved onto New York City subway tracks was reported Sunday. Police say the victim was on a northbound 4 Train when a man started yelling at him. When the train arrived at Atlantic Avenue station, the two exited the train car and the man approached the victim from behind and pushed him off…