Dennis deLeon Dead: AIDS Activist Dies At 61
Dennis deLeon, a former New York City human rights commissioner who was one of the first city officials to announce that he was infected with the viru...
Dennis deLeon, a former New York City human rights commissioner who was one of the first city officials to announce that he was infected with the viru...
Crain's New York Business | Posted 12.14.2009 | New York
Residents of Stuyvesant Town/Peter Cooper Village whose apartments were illegally deregulated will finally see their rents lowered to estimated rent-s...
Andrew Gorin | Posted 12.14.2009 | New York
Last Friday night, Brooklyn born novelist Jonathan Lethem concluded a citywide marathon reading of his new Chronic City with an impressive, nine-hour performance at Bookcourt.
AP | Posted 12.09.2009 | New York
NEW YORK — Attorney General Eric Holder made an unannounced visit to a Manhattan courthouse Wednesday to inspect security for the pending trial ...
AP | Posted 12.09.2009 | New York
NEW YORK — If you want to own a piece of New York City's landmark Tavern on the Green restaurant, get ready to open your wallet. The Central Pa...
nytimes.com | ANEMONA HARTOCOLLIS | Posted 12.09.2009 | New York
St. Vincent's Hospital Manhattan announced Tuesday that it had laid off 180 of its 3,800 employees, blaming the recession and two years of health care...
nydailynews.com | By Daniel Edward Rosen and Kathleen Lucadamo | Posted 12.09.2009 | New York
The city confiscated $1 million in counterfeit handbags and other faux goods in Chinatown on Tuesday, angering bargain-hunters....
nytimes.com | DAVE ITZKOFF | Posted 12.08.2009 | New York
The Irish government has made a contribution of $3.5 million to New York City that will be used to build a new Irish Arts Center in Manhattan....
Posted 12.04.2009 | New York
UPDATE 12/4: The White House has released a photo of Jasmina's meeting with the president. Scroll down to see it. 12/3: Jasmina Anema's journey to th...
New York Real Estate News | Sarah Ryley | Posted 11.30.2009 | New York
As part of its first phase of Second Avenue subway construction, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority is planning eight aboveground utility struc...
Posted 11.25.2009 | Impact
In the face of unemployment and tough economic conditions, food banks are serving more than ever this Thanksgiving. CNN visited an upper Manhattan pan...
nydailynews.com | Lore Croghan and Corky Siemaszko | Posted 11.25.2009 | New York
Rev. Aaron Cote, an unrepentant pedophile priest on probation for molesting a 14-year-old altar boy, is living right around the corner from an East Si...
nydailynews.com | By Oren Yaniv | Posted 11.20.2009 | New York
A pilot program at three locations where two or more riders can hop into a cab for a discounted fare should be rolling out next month, the Taxi & Limo...
Qanta Ahmed, MD | Posted 11.19.2009 | World
Never has there been a more important time for Muslims to engage in greater introspection, self-evaluation. We face a Muslim world rife with conflicts, sectarian hatred, misogyny and injustice.
The New York Observer | Irina Aleksander and Meredith Bryan | Posted 11.18.2009 | New York
After years spent ducking through secret doorways past relentless doormen, suffering low ceilings, taxidermy, Mary Kate Olsen, the French Vogue editor...
Andy Borowitz | Posted 11.17.2009 | Comedy
While Eric Holder did not indicate how long the detainees might be held at the DMV, he did say that the DMV "is capable of detaining them indefinitely."
Will Schwartz | Posted 11.16.2009 | New York
We were perversely short-sighted with the way we handled Eliot Spitzer. We prioritized our blood lust for personal justice over our desire for effective public policy.
Gerald Shargel | Posted 11.16.2009 | New York
Even Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, a self-described "jackal," will be presumed innocent. But with all the constitutional embroidery, will Mohammed receive a fair trial in Manhattan?
wsj.com | Posted 11.12.2009 | New York
Federal prosecutors filed an amended complaint Thursday seeking the Alavi Foundation's majority stake in New York's Piaget building, alleging the foun...
Brooklyn The Borough | Brooklyn The Borough | Posted 11.06.2009 | Home
The unofficial Bard of Brooklyn stopped by Greenlight Books last night to christen the borough's newest independent bookshop. Jonathan Lethem, author ...
Tony Sachs | Posted 11.04.2009 | Entertainment
Despite all the missteps and bad choices that went into making it, you should buy this box. Why? Because Frank Sinatra was the greatest singer of the 20th century, and he could teach the singers of the 21st century a thing or two.
David Finkle | Posted 11.02.2009 | Entertainment
Roth and Allen are producing works it's difficult not to describe as clichés. What could be more commonplace than men obsessed with proving that male elders remain attractive to their female juniors?
Venkat Srinivasan | Posted 10.29.2009 | New York
New York's subway started 105 years ago, on Oct. 27, 1904. Ever so often, the subway distances itself from the stereotype of a noisy metropolis, providing freeze frames of silent symmetry.
guestofaguest.com | Posted 10.26.2009 | New York
One of the best parts of watching Mad Men (besides the expertly crafted plot and character development) is the perfectly recreated world of 1960s New ...
Samantha Marshall | Posted 10.23.2009 | New York
What makes state legislators -- along with hapless mayoral candidate Bill Thompson -- think we're the perfect source of revenue to close the MTA budget gap?
nytimes.com | DENNIS HEVESI | Posted 12.15.2009 | New York