Take a look inside the famous 'Breakfast at Tiffany's' townhouse, which just...
The beautiful Upper East Side townhouse that served as the facade for Holly Golightly's apartment building in "Breakfast at Tiffany's" has just been sold for $7.4 million, the New York Observer...
View ArticleThe New York City Housing Authority is 'making problems disappear on paper'...
The New York City Housing Authority, the country’s largest public housing agency, has fallen far short of its pledge to make fixes to residents’ apartments in a timely manner and eliminate a massive...
View ArticleRecaptured David Sweat is now in solitary confinement
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A New York inmate recaptured after a daring escape last month has been sent to solitary confinement at a new prison after spending the past week in the facility's infirmary...
View ArticleThis map shows how much of New York could be buried underwater by 2200
Take a lot of pictures of New York City, because your ancestors might not be seeing much of it.What was once known as Lower Manhattan will be absorbed into the sea; Coney Island will become Coney...
View ArticleEric Garner changed the national conversation on race and police
A year ago Friday, Eric Garner died. The 6'4", 400-pound man with diabetes and who suffered from asthma and sleep apnea, was killed on a Staten Island street when a New York City police officer brought...
View ArticleWhat happens when President Obama takes a stroll in Central Park
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Helicopters whirling overhead, a phalanx of New York police officers on scooters to shoo away tourists, and about 50 anxious Secret Service agents fanning out in front, to the...
View ArticleNew York Times reveals more details of the shocking upstate New York prison...
It’s been about six weeks since convicted murderers 35-year-old David Sweat and 49-year-old Richard Matt escaped from the Clinton Correctional Facility in Dannemora, New York, and more details of their...
View Article2 food bloggers who have tried every New York City burger that matters say...
No dining experience can quite match an amazing burger from a restaurant that knows what it's doing.The food blog The Infatuation is well aware of this fact. It has sampled virtually every talked-about...
View ArticleFor the first time, a US state may single out one industry for a big wage hike
NEW YORK (AP) — Fast-food workers in New York state would see a super-sized raise under a plan to phase in a $15 minimum wage— the first time a state has singled out a particular industry for such an...
View ArticleThis graphic uses top MLB salaries to put New York's record-breaking...
Major League Baseball players are well compensated for their talents. But when it comes to luxury real estate, even the top-paid players are better off avoiding the field in New York. During the recent...
View ArticleAn ex-White House staffer and former spy just raised $7.5 million to disrupt...
Gone are the days when a six-figure check could land you unlimited first-class flights for life.Since then, airline fares have only gone up, and coach class conditions have only gotten worse. Flying...
View ArticleNY state senator found guity of obstructing embezzlement case
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A New York state senator was convicted on Friday for seeking to obstruct a federal investigation into whether he had embezzled proceeds from sales of foreclosed properties, in one...
View ArticleA Marine explains which state would win if the US declared war on itself
We recently came across the following question on Quora: “If every state of the USA declared war against each other, which would win?“We’ve published the full answer from Quora user Jon Davis, a Marine...
View ArticlePrison seamstress who aided New York escapees pleads guilty
PLATTSBURGH, N.Y. (Reuters) - A prison seamstress pleaded guilty on Tuesday to helping two murderers escape from a maximum security prison in upstate New York last month.Joyce Mitchell, 51, faces up to...
View ArticleThe prison worker who helped two convicts escape from a New York prison just...
PLATTSBURGH, N.Y. (AP) — A prison worker who was "in over her head" with two inmates convicted of murder tearfully pleaded guilty Tuesday to charges of aiding them by smuggling hacksaw blades and other...
View Article'Caught up in a fantasy': Prison seamstress Joyce Mitchell explains how she...
The prison worker who just pleaded guilty to helping two inmates escape their cells in upstate New York has detailed her relationship with the convicts to police, according to documents obtained by NBC...
View ArticleA deadly bacterial infection has killed 2 people and sickened 31 in New York...
A bacterial infection that primarily attacks the lungs has killed two people and sickened 31 in New York.It's currently under investigation in the South Bronx section of New York City, health officials...
View Article10 things that surprised me when I moved to New York from the South
Moving to the Big Apple can be daunting, especially for someone from the South, a place with a totally different culture.I moved to New York City from Newport News, a small city in Virginia, about two...
View ArticleThe top 10 pizza cities in America
One of the largest and most popular travel websites,TripAdvisor, recently ranked the top 10 cities with the best pizza in the country. The company based its rankings off of millions of reviews from its...
View ArticleHere's what happens when you mess with a millionaire's sleep and leave trash...
A Manhattan man is reportedly having a rough time with his $10 million "dream penthouse" loft. But it has nothing to do with the 7,364-square-foot home itself, which was recently featured in HGTV's...
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