ON THIS DAY IN 1875, the Brooklyn Daily Eagle reported, “PARIS ― A committee has been formed in this city entitled the France-American Union, with Hon. E.B. Washburn, the American Minister, the Marquis of Noailles and M. Bartholdi as honorary presidents. The object is to erect a monument on an island in Long Island Sound […]

The father of a 24-year-old gunned down in Brooklyn near Prospect Park has spent his life as a youth mentor working to save kids from violence in the streets — but is devastated that he wasn&…

Ask New Yorkers what keeps them up at night, and many will say the same thing — the cost of housing. In a recent survey, more than half the respondents said they might have to leave the city becaus…

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Construction and real estate company executives are teaming with D.C. politicians to weaken laws that protect New York construction workers, who have some of the most dangerous jobs in the world.

Nobody plays baseball where I live now. Nobody. Everyone here plays soccer — the kids, the adults, even the dogs.