New York City

Jimmy raises an eyebrow. A stool is offered, and the big man sits down. He hunches over on his elbows, making him more or less everyone elses height. Conversations, singing and laughter resume. The big fellow keeps to himself. He responds politely when spok…

William Forsythes Herman Schmerman and Alexei Ratmanskys Concerto DSCH (2008) were balms in the second program. Though Herman was created in 1992 (its accompanying pas de deux was added the following year), it remains fresh and timeless. The first half, for f…

Low Copy Number testing involves very minute amounts of DNA often lifted from crime scene surfaces, such as weapon handles or bicycle handlebars, that multiple people have touched. The city first adopted this technique in 2006, and it is estimated to have bee…

Her return caps a new phase of City Ballet history. The companys first 35 years (1948-1983) were shaped by Balanchine; the next 35 years were shaped by his successor, Peter Martins. Gradually, from the mid-1980s onward, Mr. Martins thinned his rehearsal staff…

Dear Diary: It was a hot, sticky morning last August, and I was sweating. I thought I could make the light at 35th Street and Seventh Avenue. I eased through the turn just as it changed. Then, blue lights, the quick burp of a siren. Oh, no. I pulled over…

Amidst a major measles outbreak in New York and other areas across the country, five unnamed mothers sued New York City to bar the municipality from requiring people to have measles-mumps-rubella vaccination. But a Brooklyn judge has upheld the mandate. New …

Netflix has released the official trailer for When They See Us, the four-part miniseries from Ava DuVernay that tells the story of the Central Park Five, five young black men wrongly convicted of rape and murder in New York City in 1989.  According to Netfli…

Start spreading the news. Netflix is coming to New York City in a big way. The streaming media service has committed to invest up to $100 million to build a production hub and hire hundreds of new staffers in the Big Apple, according to a statement from Gove…

Ms. Pendergrass said she was attracted to the apartment because of its $1,200 monthly rent, but she didnt know it was a preferential rent at the time. She was surprised when her landlord increased the rent to $1,400 when she renewed the lease two years later.…

The cost to building owners will be high. Mark Chambers, the director of the Mayors Office of Sustainability, said the cumulative cost to building owners to make the upgrades needed to meet the caps would exceed $4 billion. He added that building owners would…