New York City

As murders surge, Democrats find a new message: Fund the police

Last summer, Washington Mayor Muriel Bowser played a high-profile role in the protests sweeping America over police killings of Black suspects. She renamed a street Black Lives Matter Plaza and joined thousands of demonstrators there, many shouting what had become the movement’s slogan: “Defund the police!”

NYC under blackout threat amid heat wave

New York City residents have been put on high alert to conserve energy and do so quickly as an ongoing heat wave threatens the Big Apple with blackouts.

New York hospitality industry criticizes the end of to-go cocktails

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo is lifting the COVID-19 state of emergency as New York and the rest of the country bounce back from the pandemic, but that also means the end of to-go booze and other temporary measures that were implemented to help struggling restaurants and bars.