New York City

Today is National Ice Cream Sandwich Day, which, yes, is silly, but were not going to quibble over any excuse to get a free or cheap treat. Whether you prefer your ice cream sandwiches out of a boxwith vanilla ice cream between two soft chocolate wafers or fe…

Do you have strong opinions on everything from the best method for corralling wayward Legos to how to swaddle a newborn? Do you have revolutionary ideas for getting a picky eater to take a bite? Is your rad road-trip playlist guaranteed to keep the whole fami…

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio speaks during the Democratic presidential Debate at the Fox Theatre in Detroit on Wednesday. Protesters disrupted the debate to criticize his handling of the case against an NYPD officer. Scott Olson/Getty Images Wednesday…

Protesters appeared to chant "Fire Pantaleo" at New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio during the Democratic primary debate on Wednesday night, referencing the New York City police officer that put Eric Garner in a fatal chokehold. The chants came during Sen. …

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Twin infants died in New York City on Friday after their father allegedly left them alone inside a hot car, police say. The children, 1-year-old Luna and Phoenix Rodriguez, were allegedly left inside a Honda sedan for eight hours while their father worked a …

City transportation officials also plan to redesign 50 intersections to make cyclists more visible to turning motorists by using measures such as bike boxes, where cyclists wait in front of vehicles, and bike lanes painted green to provide more of a visual cu…

In Puerto Rico, protests have taken over the country, calling for the resignation of the nations governor, Ricardo Rossellówho is now expected to resign today. After a leak of messages between the governor and his inner circle, Rosselló is being held accounta…

Adam Nelson, an early Dropbox employee and partner at Social Capital, has today announced that he’s joined New York-based FirstMark Capital as a partner. Nelson was actually born and raised here in New York City on the Upper East Side and moved out to the We…

If you turn on the tap in Newark, New Jersey, the water may seem normal, but state records from the last two years indicate that it could contain elevated levels of lead, a metal that's harmful to human health even in trace amounts. "We don't see lead in w…