NEW YORK-- Last week's historic flooding in the New York City area has raised three key questions: Why is New York so flood-prone, what's being done to prevent it and what are other cities doing?

There are 22,000 litter baskets on the streets of New York City and the plan is, over time, to replace all of them with what Ms. Tisch calls “this new, more modern litter basket of the future ...

New York City banned TikTok on government-owned devices on Wednesday, officials said. Here, the TikTok app logo, shown in Tokyo, on Sept. 28, 2020.

Is New York as livable as it was before the pandemic? In the most literal sense, no. The city’s mortality rate remained 10% higher in 2022 than in 2019. The continuing toll of Covid-19 is the ...

The same New York City administration to launch a “Rat Action Plan” is back with an “Artificial Intelligence Action Plan.” Mayor Eric Adams on Monday unveiled a citywide AI “action plan ...

This week, New York City crowned Kathleen Corradi its first rat czar. The new position is part of a multipronged approach from city officials. Reporter and New Yorker Anil Oza called up ...

New York City continues to bear the brunt of the nation’s migrant crisis and has admitted 95,000 migrants so far in 2023. The city has taken in more than twice as many migrants as locations in ...

New York City has announced that the city's public elementary schools will now be forced to use a curriculum that actually teaches children how to read.. On Tuesday, David C. Banks, the chancellor ...

Hoboken, New Jersey, and other cities and towns near New York City also experienced flooding. Residents watch as workers attempt to clear a drain in flood waters, Friday, Sept. 29, 2023, in the ...

A runway at LaGuardia Airport, Arthur Ashe Stadium, Interstate 78 are all sinking faster than the rest of New York City, scientists found - affecting flooding risks as sea levels rise.

Data is from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Hospitalization data is a daily average of Covid-19 patients in hospital service areas that intersect with New York City, an area which ...

President Joe Biden’s administration is set to allow New York City to move forward with a landmark program to toll vehicles entering Lower Manhattan, after a public review period ends Monday. If ...