New York City
Governor Spitzer Paid $80,000 for Hookers?
Tuesday, The Associated Press reported that NY Governor Eliot Spitzer may have spent up to $80,000 on prostitutes through the Emperors Club VIP.
NY Governor Forced to Resign
NY Governor Eliot Spitzer is expected to resign from office Monday night due to involvement in a federal prostitution case.
Times Square Rattled by Small Bomb
A bomb was planted at the armed forces recruiting station in Times Square in New York this week, causing minor damage but rattling nerves.
Freakish Meat Cleaver Attack on Psychiatrists Rattles New York
A man entered a psychiatrist’s office in Manhattan and attacked two psychiatrists with knives and a meat cleaver, leaving one dead: the hacker’s still at large.
8 Children, 1 Adult Killed in New York City House Fire
Nine people, including 8 children and 1 adult, died in a tragic house fire in the Bronx, New York City. Athorities are calling this the worst blaze in 17 years.
New York City Creates New ID Rules for Transgender Citizens
A new plan by New York City will make it easier for transgender citizens to change the sex listed on their birth certificate even without having sex-change surgery.
Reader’s Digest Poll Finds New Yorkers the Politest in the World
Although the Big Apple has a reputation for being tough and gritty, the results of a Reader’s Digest poll show that citizens of New York City are the politest people in the world.
New York City’s High-Tech Approach to Combat Street Crime
Police in Brooklyn have launched an innovative new plan to help fight street crime and terrorism, but the agents helping to fight crime don’t wear uniforms and walk a beat. Instead, they sit silently and wait.
New York City Will Release Tapes of Calls Made to 911 on 9/11
New York City is planning to release tapes of emergency calls made by victims of the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center towers on September 11, 2001.
New York Debates State Guidelines for Circumcision Procedures
The method rabbis have used for thousands of years to perform ritual circumcisions is being closely scrutinized by officials in New York City, where health officials say a baby died last year as a result of the centuries-old method used to cleanse the wound afterward.
New York City Transit Workers Ruin the Holidays for Millions
In an unprecedented show of selfishness, transit workers in New York City walked off the job early Tuesday morning because of a stalemate in labor talks with the city.
New York City Woman Raped by Fake Fireman on Halloween
A woman in Manhattan opened her door to a fireman who said her apartment might be on fire, but he wasn’t a real fireman.
The World-Famous New York Film Festival, September 23 – October 9
For an unparalleled showcase of cinematic delights from around the world, there’s no better place to spend a couple of autumn weeks than in New York City.
New York Man Awakens From Decade of Silence
A brain-injured firefighter in Buffalo spent the day Saturday chatting with his family for the first time in nearly ten years.
Exporing New York From a Different Side (Part 2)
New York City has millions of people living in it. There are so many neighborhoods and labyrinths of streets. Therefore it should be no wonder that one could encounter a ghost or two...
Exploring New York From a Different Side (Part 1)
New York the "Empire State". Whenever people hear about New York they usually think of its most famous city New York City with all the excitement of Manhattan, the beauty of the Statue of Liberty in the harbor and of course the thrill and pace of the big city. However there is also the state with the majestic Catskill and Adirondack mountains and of course Niagara Falls as well as many other lovely beautiful places to see.
NY Restaurants Made to Count the Calories
Larger food chains such as McDonald's, Dunkin' Donuts and Starbucks must display the calories of their products on menus
Attending Taxi School
When you go to taxi school and become a taxi driver in New York City, you can work part-time or full-time exploring one of the most exciting cities anywhere. When you become a taxi driver in the city, it is likely that you are going to meet interesting and famous people. And the money you can make is to be enjoyed as well. Here is information on becoming a taxi driver.
Blackstone Founder to Give $100m to New York Libraries
Stephen A Schwarzman today announced that he was donating $100m of his fortune to the New York library service
Sting Exposes New York's Mr Clean As Client 9 of the Emperor's Call-girl Club
State Governor faces calls for resignation following public apology over 'private matter'
New York Governor Accused in Vice Ring
He was billed as a possible future president, but Eliot Spitzer, the governor of New York, was facing calls to resign
NY Hack License and Requirements
To drive a yellow cab in New York City, you must have the NY hack license issued by the NYC Taxi and Limousine Commission. Here are requirements for getting the taxi drivers license in NYC.
Explosion in New York's Times Square
Police have cordoned off a section of Times Square in New York to investigate what witnesses described as a small explosion
Apple Faithful Queue for an Act of Techo-worship in New York
Greg Packer is first in the queue outside the Apple store in New York. He has been sitting on the same spot since 5am on Monday. By Ed Pilkington in New York and Bobbie Johnson.
Valentine Couple on New York Holiday Killed By Dustcart
Driver charged with manslaughter after falling unconscious at wheel
Magna Carta Fetches £10m in New York Auction
A copy of the Magna Carta has been sold for more than £10m to an American tycoon
Masters of the Universe Still Run New York
Violent districts have been gentrified but, 20 years after The Bonfire of the Vanities, rich white bankers are even richer, reports Paul Harris
New York Loses Mean Streets Image As Murder Rate Plunges
Killings down to lowest figure in four decades· Crackdowns and police initiatives cut crime
Notebook: New York
The strange case of the weepy rapper and his beloved mama
New York Firefighters to Oppose Giuliani
A group of American firefighters opposed to Rudy Giuliani, the Republican front-runner in the 2008 presidential race, are planning to run damaging adverts expressing skepticism about his 9/11 leadership
Stolen Masterpiece Found on New York Street
One morning in November 2003, New Yorker Elizabeth Gibson was out for her morning coffee when she noticed a painting nestled between rubbish bags on the street. She rescued the canvas from an ignominious fate, and took it home.
As Citigroup Profits Collapse, New York Shares Hit Record
Wall Street yesterday took the banking debacle as the cue for the Federal Reserve to step in with more rate cuts.
This City is Not Nearly As Liberal or Different As New Yorkers Believe
Gary Younge: The frontrunning presidential candidates show that the US is no longer polarized between heartland and coast.
New York Keeps Philharmonic's Top Job in the Family
A New Yorker who spent his childhood trailing after his violinist parents as they toured with the New York Philharmonic has been selected as the next music director of the orchestra in which his mother still plays.
Apple Faithful Queue for an Act of Techo-worship in New York
Dozens camp out to be first in line for iPhone - Stakes could not be higher for computer giant
Black Spent $4m Making New York Flat 'habitable'
Conrad Black renovated a New York apartment with $4.6m (£2.31m) of fittings, including an antique Chinese carpet, a Napoleonic shaving basin and an Indian marble sculpture - simply in order to bring it up to a "habitable" condition, a jury heard today.
Notebook: New York
Manhattan has long prided itself on being the real thing. This is not Theme Park America. This is not Strip Mall America. This is the beating heart of the Big Apple, where rich and poor rub shoulders on canyon-like streets, where immigrants flock for a chance of a better life and where starving artists have made it big. By Paul Harris
Patrick Yandall Releases New York City Blues
This Is A Good Mixture Of Vocal Tracks And Instrumentals
Exchange Rate Tourists Hit the Shops of New York
Guardian survey at Macy's finds buyers enjoying dizzy days in Manhattan.
Are New York’s Finest Underworked?
A 13-yr-old girl in New York was handcuffed and placed under arrest in front of her classmates in Dyker Heights, after she wrote "Okay" on her desk.
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Notebook: The news on 22 March that Elizabeth Edwards's breast cancer had returned in incurable form was more than an announcement. It became the trigger for a ferocious debate that has enveloped the would-be presidential couple for the past 10 days.
Naomi Campbell Begins Community Service As a New York City Cleaner
Naomi Campbell's day began along familiar lines today. The supermodel was chauffeur-driven in a black SUV with tinted windows surrounded by her minders and bodyguards.
New York Council to Ban Use of the N-word
Motion to forbid term is purely symbolic - Black artists urged to rein back in song lyrics
Chinese Label on Show in New York
The image of Chinese fashion, still in the west associated with cheongsam dresses and Mao jackets, has been brought up to date by a catwalk show in New York.
Atrocity or Masterpiece? Foster's Tower Ignites New York Battle
Briton's design divides city's well-heeled district - Building would sit on top of former auction house
Mayor Bloomberg says, "Shooting Unacceptable"
Mayor Bloomberg's words are the ones that are "UNACCEPTABLE".
New York on Edge As Police Kill Unarmed Man in Hail of 50 Bullets on His Wedding Day
Authorities fear backlash over stag night death - Panicky officers peppered homes and train station
The Latest Must-have Accessory for New York's Daters - a Private Eye
In New York's hot and heavy dating scene, the latest trend for the legion of single people is to check exactly whom they are meeting for dinner with the help of the city's famed private detective agencies.
From Hell's Kitchen to Lukewarm New York
Restaurant union warns Ramsay to mind his language while at work.
The Guggenheim Museum: the jewel in New York's artistic crown
As a champion of both modern and post-modern art, New York's historic Guggenheim Museum is a bastion of originality, burning bright amidst the Big Apple's wide range of galleries and museums.
New York Club Bows Out
A memorial service for punk rock was held at the weekend at New York's CBGB club, birthplace of the movement in America, which closed its spit-spattered doors after 33 loud years, a victim of gentrification.
'Mix of Factors' Led to New York Air Crash
Mechanical failure, inexperience, the tight airspace over the city, hazy weather or a gust of wind through New York's concrete canyons could explain why a small plane failed to execute a U-turn last week and slammed into the side of a Manhattan high-rise building.
The Jane Martinson Interview: New York Schools Chief Joel Klein
Joel Klein, the White House lawyer who took on Microsoft, is now New York schools chief - helped by Gates's millions.
Questions Rising Concerning Spending of Funds by the Mayor and the New York City Schools
Mayor Michael Bloomberg and New York City schools Chancellor Joel Klein, together, have made sweeping changes within the New York City schools. Yet, many are questioning their intentions and spending of funds.
New York to Outlaw Trans Fats in 24,000 Restaurants
· City health board acts over heart disease worries · Food outlets face limit of half gram per serving
The Guggenheim Museum - Solomon R. Guggenheim's great gift to New York City
New York's Guggenheim Museum is nearly sixty years old, yet it still adheres to its original goal: to champion modern and postmodern art.
The Museum of Modern Art: New York’s Premier Cultural Stop
MOMA has been the toast of the modern art world since its initial opening, and its recent redesign has only cemented its position as one of New York City’s most creative hotspots.
Proposed Budget for the New York City Schools
In June 2006, the city announced a proposed operating budget of $14 billion for the New York City schools. Parents and educators are still waiting pessimistically to see the final cut.
NEA Gives New York Schools a Failing Grade
Though public schools across the nation are improving their school environments for students, the New York schools are falling behind, according to the National Education Association (NEA). In a recently posted web page, the NEA cited many failings of the New York schools.
Notebook: New York
Village Voice starts to croak | Wild West's nightclubbers need to find a new sheriff | He made them an offer they couldn't refuse...
New York Schools Cited as Among the Best in the Nation
According to the National Education Association, the New York schools have made significant strides in academic achievement over the past few years. In a nationwide comparison, the New York schools have improved student achievement, as well as the schools themselves.
Starbucks Denies Cockroaches and Rats Infest New York Outlets
Starbucks branches in New York are infested with rats and cockroaches yet the company refuses to do anything about it, say workers who have filed a complaint against the chain with the US government.
Human Rights Take Front and Center for the New York City Schools
The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child put forth that one primary purpose of schools is to develop respect for human rights and the fundamental freedoms that all children should enjoy. They noted that to truly understand and promote human rights, one has to live them out in relation to others.
Taking the Battlefield to New York
All too often over the past few weeks, an absurd psychological gulf has seemed to yawn between the war in Lebanon and the pace of events at the UN building on the Manhattan riverfront.
Successes of Single-Gender New York Schools Overshadowing Opposition
In the past, even the mention of creating a single-gender public school raised controversy with a wide array of opponents, including women’s organizations. In 1996, the New York schools created the first all-girl school in the nation, and the controversy still rears its ugly head.
Notebook: New York
On my tour of the British International School of New York, already dubbed 'Hogwarts on the Hudson', I am advised to tread carefully - not because the staircase might magically move or the paintings begin to speak, but because the bare walls are freshly painted and the stairs have yet to be built.
Dominican Children in New York City Schools Face Two-Edged Sword of Difficulties
Residents of the Dominican Republic, especially the impoverished ones, have long viewed the United States and especially New York City as a land of limitless wealth. All you have to do is live there for a few years, and you too will be wealthy.
Academic Intervention Services Available from New York Schools
As with all public schools across the nation, New York schools have standards in reading and mathematics that must be met by its students. Unfortunately, many students fall short of the standards and their families are not in a position financially to provide the extracurricular tutoring that is required to improve the skills of their children. The New York schools do not want to see any child at any grade left behind and provides the solution.
New York City Schools and Teachers’ Union Join Forces to Attract New Teaching Talent through Innovative Housing Support Program
Like many other school districts in large, metropolitan cities, New York City Schools currently have a shortage of qualified teachers, especially in the most challenging schools. Though state law requires teachers in the targeted critical subject areas of mathematics, science and special education to be certified, there are 600 positions now held by teachers without the proper credentials.
Owner Suspected After New York Building Blast
An explosion demolished a four-storey building in New York yesterday, in an incident which police said might have been triggered by a suicidal doctor going through an acrimonious divorce.
Notebook: New York
No escaping the mating game. Summer arrived in New York last week. For many inhabitants, especially those of Manhattan, that means only one thing: you leave.
New Yorkers Can't Drive
Funny article about why New York has so many bad drivers. Written by a native New Yorker.
Battle for the Soul and Bank Balance of New York's Most Powerful Hasidic Sect
· Sons fight for control of Satmar empire worth $1bn · Truce called for funeral falls apart after two days
Back In The Day-Live From Hurrah’s New York City Released On DVD
Great Moments In Music Are Relived On New DVD
The New York Doorman: Taxi-hailer, Status Symbol - Striker
Action by 28,000 workers blow to residents of city's plush apartment blocks
Commuters Rescued From Stranded New York Cable Cars
Police today completed the rescue of 68 people trapped in two New York commuter cable cars for more than 10 hours following a power failure last night.
Former New York Police Officers Accused of Killing for Mafia
· Murder, racketeering and kidnap among charges · Ex-detectives deny using their jobs as cover
New York Library Buys Personal Archives of Naked Lunch Author
· Burroughs' unpublished completed works included · Scholarly access to papers expected next year
How the Mean Streets of New York Were Tamed
Twenty-five years ago, New York was a byword for urban violence. Its endemic crime spawned TV heroes, books and films. Now figures show that the city's criminals are in retreat and the Big Apple is becoming a haven of peace.
Transport Strike Forces New Yorkers to Walk to Work
As the sun rose over New York yesterday, so did tempers. A transport strike, launched in the early hours, halted all buses and subway trains, snarling traffic and sending legions of workers walking through Central Park and over bridges into Manhattan as dawn broke.
London Loses Its Culinary Cool to a Star-studded New York
Michelin has launched its first US restaurant guide, putting the Big Apple ahead of London in the world cuisine league. Observer food critic Jay Rayner reports.
The War On Terror: Vigilance
NY City has been under increased alert due to credible terror threats. How can we help?
High Stakes in New York - the Point of No Return
Are we living longer? Are there fewer people living in abject poverty? Is child mortality declining? Madeleine Bunting
New York's Heart Loses Its Beat
It was the spiritual home of Dylan, Kerouac and boho culture. But now even the local bible, the Greenwich Village Voice, admits that America's hippest enclave has lost its soul.
New York apologises after Britons seized in security scare
New York's mayor, Michael Bloomberg, has apologised to a group of British tourists after armed police swarmed on to an open-top sightseeing bus, handcuffed them and forced them to kneel on Broadway.
De Beers Opens New York Store Amid Bushmen Protest
Plans by De Beers to expand its diamond retail empire with the opening of a new shop today on Fifth Avenue in New York will be dogged by controversy after a human rights group called for a boycott.
Bombers Hit Uk Consulate in New York
The police and FBI were analysing footage from 17 security cameras last night after two homemade bombs exploded outside the British consulate in New York.
New York Police Quiz Man Over Uk Consulate Blasts
Police were questioning a man tonight about the two bombs that exploded outside the British consulate in New York earlier today.
Blasts Hit British Consulate in New York
Two small explosions went off outside the British consulate in New York, police said this morning.
New York Fails to Step Up to the Plate
New York's bid to host the 2012 Olympics, already in trouble because of a dispute over the proposed site for the stadium and low public support, is facing a new, potentially fatal, problem.
$20m Art Project Splits New Yorkers
An army of volunteers will today unfurl 7,500 pieces of saffron-coloured fabric that will hang from the gates above the paths of Central Park, in one of the most ambitious, expensive and controversial projects the city has seen.
Gangsta Rap Impresario Faces Trial in New York
Boss of edgy label The Inc is accused of money laundering.
Spotlight Returns to New York Courts
Corporate crime moves back to centre stage in the US this week when two of the most infamous cases of recent years reach court.
New Yorkers in a Flap Over Shock Eviction of the Fifth Avenue Hawks
For more than a decade, the Fifth Avenue hawks have brought a touch of the wild to Manhattan's concrete canyons. The raptors that captured the hearts of a city inspired a documentary, a book and reams of newsprint.
New York City Marathon: Radcliffe Lured to New York
Paula Radcliffe is to receive $500,000 (£272,000) to run the New York City Marathon on November 7, her first competitive run since the Olympics.
Judge Fines City of New York and Orders Release of Jailed Protesters
A state supreme court judge has fined the city of New York for contempt after ordering the release of more than 550 protesters who he said had been detained illegally for up to two and a half days. While George Bush was delivering his keynote speech, demonstrators trickled out,...
New York gets ready for wave of rallies
Chaos looms as Boston marchers are denied a tea party in Central Park. Just around the corner from the town green in New Haven, Connecticut, the protesters spotted the first target of the day: Starbucks.
New York Ready to Unleash Fury on Republicans
Sit-down protests and traditional dances as Democrats use every weapon to beat Bush. The smiling face of former New York mayor Ed Koch beams down from posters all over the city. 'The Republicans are coming,' it says underneath. 'Make nice.'
Triple Blow Knocks the Puff Out of New York's Smokers
A huge increase in cigarette tax and a ban on smoking in bars in New York has cut the number of adult smokers by 100,000, according to city surveys released yesterday. From 2002 to 2003 the number of adult smokers fell by 11%. Meanwhile those who did not quit, smoked 13% less...
Bye Bye Broadway -- Brian Leetch leaves New York
For 17 years, he was "the" defenseman of the New York Rangers. Now Brian Leetch is trading in his New York Rangers blue for Toronto Maple Leafs blue.
New York Shows What London is Missing
The best of London Fashion Week - that is, when London Fashion Week was good, not in its current languishing state - came to Manhattan on Wednesday night for the Matthew Williamson show. Look, there's Jade Jagger slinking it up in the fourth row with Helena Christensen! And there's Sophie...
Record Cold in New York
A vicious Arctic wind blew across the north east of the United States last night, killing six people and leaving New York city with its coldest overnight temperatures since records began in 1893. With temperatures as low as -40C (-40F) in some areas the New York police department scoured...
Criminal Justice in New York
Want to see the city's black and Latino population? Go to the courthouse. Tyquan Haskins stands before Judge Yearwood in trial court two in Brooklyn's criminal courts with his hands cuffed behind his back and a tough choice.
Mayor Turns New York Into the Forbidden Apple
The barmaid leaned over the counter, folded a beer mat into a crude ashtray, then stubbed her cigarette out in it. 'We call that a Mike Bloomberg,' she said with venom, referring to New York's tough-talking mayor. In this city where public smoking is banned, she was breaking the law -...
Gary Younge on Life in New York
Exciting things to do with turkey that I would never have thought of in Britain. With Thanksgiving and Christmas within four weeks of each other, there are few worse places and times to be a turkey than in America from mid-November to the new year.
Murders in New York Drop to Levels Not Seen Since 1960s
New York has been declared "the safest big city in America", by its mayor, Michael Bloomberg, after FBI figures showed the crime rate had dropped to levels not experienced since the 60s. The city, once synonymous with insecurity, civic disintegration and violence, defied the national...
Bright Young Things New York's Spotlight Falls on Roaring 20s
Call it the zeitgeist, call it coincidence, call it industrial espionage. But each season, despite every designer's best efforts to jealously guard their ideas, fashion agrees on one era to shine the spotlight. It is early days in the fashion show season but so far the 1920s and 1930s are...
60s radical wins parole in New York
Kathy Boudin, the former member of the urban guerrilla group the Weather Underground, is to be released from prison after serving 22 years.
Blackout Cost New York $36m an Hour
The blackout that swept across America's north-east at the end of last week cost New York City's already struggling economy $1.1bn (£680m), officials said - roughly $36m an hour. The power outage caused $800m in losses from the interruption to productivity as offices, restaurants and...
‘Petropolis’ Exhibit Opens In New York
The New York Historical Society’s newly opened "Petropolis" exhibit focuses on the social history of New York City pets over the last two hundred and fifty years.
New York fashion world in disarray
The US justice department has sent fur flying in the fashion world with an inquiry into price fixing at the most prestigious modelling agencies in New York.
Gunman Kills Councillor in New York City Hall
A gunman opened fire from the balcony of New York city's council chamber yesterday, killing a political opponent before he was shot dead by a plainclothes police officer. James Davis, a Brooklyn councillor, former police officer and anti-violence crusader, died after being shot twice in...
Closure of New York City Zoos Looming
Michael Bloomberg, the mayor of New York City, has proposed budget cutbacks that if implemented would force the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS), which operates four zoos and an aquarium within the city, to close the Queens Zoo and Prospect Park Zoo in Brooklyn.
Reining in New York's Parade
Organisers of the St Patrick's Day Parade have banned people from marching with banners identifying themselves as gay.
Gary Younge in New York
In December last year, in Brooklyn's Russian enclave of Brighton Beach, landlord Arthur Wiener violated one of the most basic human rights America still offers - the right to watch a television channel of your choice.
King of New York loses his lustre
The Big Apple is suffering from a $6bn debt and so is Mayor Bloomberg, whose popularity is plummeting.
Towering symbols of New York's skyline
Confronted with earlier proposals for redeveloping the site of the World Trade Centre, New Yorkers had been near unanimous in their condemnation. The ideas, they said, were unambitious and lacking in vision.
Poor foot the bill as New York goes bankrupt
The steps of City Hall, for many years empty of angry protests - especially since 11 September - were crowded and noisy again last week as New York City plunges towards bankruptcy, with the poor and middle class picking up the tab.
Hard-up New York may give berth to homeless
Faced with an increasingly desperate homelessness crisis, New York authorities are considering a solution from the other end of the scale of privilege: homeless shelters in retired cruise liners.
Two New Yorkers Isolated After Plague Fears
A man and a woman were today isolated in hospital with the first suspected case of bubonic plague in New York for more than a century. Though the disease can today usually be treated with antibiotics, it is one of a handful of agents security experts believe could be used in a...
Run DMC DJ shot dead in New York
Jam Master Jay, DJ from the pioneering rap group Run DMC, was shot dead last night in his recording studio in New York City.
New York cabbies discover politeness
It is years since crime was rampant in New York and Times Square was a seedy den of sex shops and drug dealing. Only now, though, comes definitive proof that the city really isn't what it used to be: according to new statistics, the taxi drivers aren't rude any more.
New York's Spitzer Files Suit Against 'spinning' Bosses
Charges filed against five current and former US executives, including WorldCom's Bernard Ebbers.
FBI crows over New York 'terror cell' arrest
· Agents charge five with aiding foreign militants, though sheriff admits no arms or proof found
· Al-Qaida suspects are held in Pakistan
Violent Kidnapping for Fun in New York
The sophisticated kidnap system resembles a version of countless adversarial video games. It's a more sado-masochistic version of urban paint-ball. Clients come wanting to test themselves and go through the 'real' experience of violent abduction.
Rabbi's Vigilantes Defy New York Police
The leader of a Jewish group was heading for a confrontation with the New York police last night after he resumed plans to mount vigilante patrols to defend Jewish neighbourhoods against terrorist attacks.
I've Been Fired, Says Miller As Final Act Turns Nasty at New York Opera
His relationship with the theatrical and operatic establishment in Britain has long been a tense one. Now Jonathan Miller has fallen out in dramatic style with the Metropolitan in New York.
New York is Starting to Feel Like Brezhnev's Moscow Writes Jonathan Steele
Comment: Public debate in America has now become a question of loyalty, writes Jonathan Steele.
New York is Starting to Feel Like Brezhnev's Moscow
Public debate in America has now become a question of loyalty, writes Jonathan Steele.
Ed Vulliamy: New York held to ransom
After a decade of peace the gangs are moving back into town, presenting Mayor Mike Bloomberg with his first important challenge, reports Ed Vulliamy in New York.
Building Blast Touches New Yorkers' Raw Nerves
April 26: NYC residents held their breath until a downtown explosion was revealed as an accident - and they were soon shopping again, writes David Teather.
New Yorkers sweat out a drought
Dirt builds up and waiters are banned from offering customers unsolicited glasses of water as New Yorkers swelter through a severe drought, reports Oliver Burkeman
F-18 Jets Shadow Plane to New York
Jet fighters last night shadowed an Air India flight from London's Heathrow airport into New York after reports of a "suspicious" passenger on board.
New Yorker Loses Peru Jail Appeal
Lori Berenson, the American jailed for 20 years in Peru for aiding a revolutionary guerrilla group, yesterday lost her appeal. The 32-year-old New Yorker, who has been in jail since she was convicted in 1996, is now thought to be on hunger strike. By a majority of four judges to one, the...
Fire damages New York cathedral
New Yorkers' sense of stability, challenged in the past three months by terrorist attacks, anthrax and a plane crash, was disturbed again yesterday when one of their outstanding buildings caught fire. Up to two hundred firefighters were sent to the Episcopal cathedral of St John the...
New York City has millions of people living in it. There are so many neighborhoods and labyrinths of streets. Therefore it should be no wonder that one could encounter a ghost or two...
Exploring New York From a Different Side (Part 1)
New York the "Empire State". Whenever people hear about New York they usually think of its most famous city New York City with all the excitement of Manhattan, the beauty of the Statue of Liberty in the harbor and of course the thrill and pace of the big city. However there is also the state with the majestic Catskill and Adirondack mountains and of course Niagara Falls as well as many other lovely beautiful places to see.
NY Restaurants Made to Count the Calories
Larger food chains such as McDonald's, Dunkin' Donuts and Starbucks must display the calories of their products on menus
Attending Taxi School
When you go to taxi school and become a taxi driver in New York City, you can work part-time or full-time exploring one of the most exciting cities anywhere. When you become a taxi driver in the city, it is likely that you are going to meet interesting and famous people. And the money you can make is to be enjoyed as well. Here is information on becoming a taxi driver.
Blackstone Founder to Give $100m to New York Libraries
Stephen A Schwarzman today announced that he was donating $100m of his fortune to the New York library service
Sting Exposes New York's Mr Clean As Client 9 of the Emperor's Call-girl Club
State Governor faces calls for resignation following public apology over 'private matter'
New York Governor Accused in Vice Ring
He was billed as a possible future president, but Eliot Spitzer, the governor of New York, was facing calls to resign
NY Hack License and Requirements
To drive a yellow cab in New York City, you must have the NY hack license issued by the NYC Taxi and Limousine Commission. Here are requirements for getting the taxi drivers license in NYC.
Explosion in New York's Times Square
Police have cordoned off a section of Times Square in New York to investigate what witnesses described as a small explosion
Apple Faithful Queue for an Act of Techo-worship in New York
Greg Packer is first in the queue outside the Apple store in New York. He has been sitting on the same spot since 5am on Monday. By Ed Pilkington in New York and Bobbie Johnson.
Valentine Couple on New York Holiday Killed By Dustcart
Driver charged with manslaughter after falling unconscious at wheel
Magna Carta Fetches £10m in New York Auction
A copy of the Magna Carta has been sold for more than £10m to an American tycoon
Masters of the Universe Still Run New York
Violent districts have been gentrified but, 20 years after The Bonfire of the Vanities, rich white bankers are even richer, reports Paul Harris
New York Loses Mean Streets Image As Murder Rate Plunges
Killings down to lowest figure in four decades· Crackdowns and police initiatives cut crime
Notebook: New York
The strange case of the weepy rapper and his beloved mama
New York Firefighters to Oppose Giuliani
A group of American firefighters opposed to Rudy Giuliani, the Republican front-runner in the 2008 presidential race, are planning to run damaging adverts expressing skepticism about his 9/11 leadership
Stolen Masterpiece Found on New York Street
One morning in November 2003, New Yorker Elizabeth Gibson was out for her morning coffee when she noticed a painting nestled between rubbish bags on the street. She rescued the canvas from an ignominious fate, and took it home.
As Citigroup Profits Collapse, New York Shares Hit Record
Wall Street yesterday took the banking debacle as the cue for the Federal Reserve to step in with more rate cuts.
This City is Not Nearly As Liberal or Different As New Yorkers Believe
Gary Younge: The frontrunning presidential candidates show that the US is no longer polarized between heartland and coast.
New York Keeps Philharmonic's Top Job in the Family
A New Yorker who spent his childhood trailing after his violinist parents as they toured with the New York Philharmonic has been selected as the next music director of the orchestra in which his mother still plays.
Apple Faithful Queue for an Act of Techo-worship in New York
Dozens camp out to be first in line for iPhone - Stakes could not be higher for computer giant
Black Spent $4m Making New York Flat 'habitable'
Conrad Black renovated a New York apartment with $4.6m (£2.31m) of fittings, including an antique Chinese carpet, a Napoleonic shaving basin and an Indian marble sculpture - simply in order to bring it up to a "habitable" condition, a jury heard today.
Notebook: New York
Manhattan has long prided itself on being the real thing. This is not Theme Park America. This is not Strip Mall America. This is the beating heart of the Big Apple, where rich and poor rub shoulders on canyon-like streets, where immigrants flock for a chance of a better life and where starving artists have made it big. By Paul Harris
Patrick Yandall Releases New York City Blues
This Is A Good Mixture Of Vocal Tracks And Instrumentals
Exchange Rate Tourists Hit the Shops of New York
Guardian survey at Macy's finds buyers enjoying dizzy days in Manhattan.
Are New York’s Finest Underworked?
A 13-yr-old girl in New York was handcuffed and placed under arrest in front of her classmates in Dyker Heights, after she wrote "Okay" on her desk.
New York
Notebook: The news on 22 March that Elizabeth Edwards's breast cancer had returned in incurable form was more than an announcement. It became the trigger for a ferocious debate that has enveloped the would-be presidential couple for the past 10 days.
Naomi Campbell Begins Community Service As a New York City Cleaner
Naomi Campbell's day began along familiar lines today. The supermodel was chauffeur-driven in a black SUV with tinted windows surrounded by her minders and bodyguards.
New York Council to Ban Use of the N-word
Motion to forbid term is purely symbolic - Black artists urged to rein back in song lyrics
Chinese Label on Show in New York
The image of Chinese fashion, still in the west associated with cheongsam dresses and Mao jackets, has been brought up to date by a catwalk show in New York.
Atrocity or Masterpiece? Foster's Tower Ignites New York Battle
Briton's design divides city's well-heeled district - Building would sit on top of former auction house
Mayor Bloomberg says, "Shooting Unacceptable"
Mayor Bloomberg's words are the ones that are "UNACCEPTABLE".
New York on Edge As Police Kill Unarmed Man in Hail of 50 Bullets on His Wedding Day
Authorities fear backlash over stag night death - Panicky officers peppered homes and train station
The Latest Must-have Accessory for New York's Daters - a Private Eye
In New York's hot and heavy dating scene, the latest trend for the legion of single people is to check exactly whom they are meeting for dinner with the help of the city's famed private detective agencies.
From Hell's Kitchen to Lukewarm New York
Restaurant union warns Ramsay to mind his language while at work.
The Guggenheim Museum: the jewel in New York's artistic crown
As a champion of both modern and post-modern art, New York's historic Guggenheim Museum is a bastion of originality, burning bright amidst the Big Apple's wide range of galleries and museums.
New York Club Bows Out
A memorial service for punk rock was held at the weekend at New York's CBGB club, birthplace of the movement in America, which closed its spit-spattered doors after 33 loud years, a victim of gentrification.
'Mix of Factors' Led to New York Air Crash
Mechanical failure, inexperience, the tight airspace over the city, hazy weather or a gust of wind through New York's concrete canyons could explain why a small plane failed to execute a U-turn last week and slammed into the side of a Manhattan high-rise building.
The Jane Martinson Interview: New York Schools Chief Joel Klein
Joel Klein, the White House lawyer who took on Microsoft, is now New York schools chief - helped by Gates's millions.
Questions Rising Concerning Spending of Funds by the Mayor and the New York City Schools
Mayor Michael Bloomberg and New York City schools Chancellor Joel Klein, together, have made sweeping changes within the New York City schools. Yet, many are questioning their intentions and spending of funds.
New York to Outlaw Trans Fats in 24,000 Restaurants
· City health board acts over heart disease worries · Food outlets face limit of half gram per serving
The Guggenheim Museum - Solomon R. Guggenheim's great gift to New York City
New York's Guggenheim Museum is nearly sixty years old, yet it still adheres to its original goal: to champion modern and postmodern art.
The Museum of Modern Art: New York’s Premier Cultural Stop
MOMA has been the toast of the modern art world since its initial opening, and its recent redesign has only cemented its position as one of New York City’s most creative hotspots.
Proposed Budget for the New York City Schools
In June 2006, the city announced a proposed operating budget of $14 billion for the New York City schools. Parents and educators are still waiting pessimistically to see the final cut.
NEA Gives New York Schools a Failing Grade
Though public schools across the nation are improving their school environments for students, the New York schools are falling behind, according to the National Education Association (NEA). In a recently posted web page, the NEA cited many failings of the New York schools.
Notebook: New York
Village Voice starts to croak | Wild West's nightclubbers need to find a new sheriff | He made them an offer they couldn't refuse...
New York Schools Cited as Among the Best in the Nation
According to the National Education Association, the New York schools have made significant strides in academic achievement over the past few years. In a nationwide comparison, the New York schools have improved student achievement, as well as the schools themselves.
Starbucks Denies Cockroaches and Rats Infest New York Outlets
Starbucks branches in New York are infested with rats and cockroaches yet the company refuses to do anything about it, say workers who have filed a complaint against the chain with the US government.
Human Rights Take Front and Center for the New York City Schools
The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child put forth that one primary purpose of schools is to develop respect for human rights and the fundamental freedoms that all children should enjoy. They noted that to truly understand and promote human rights, one has to live them out in relation to others.
Taking the Battlefield to New York
All too often over the past few weeks, an absurd psychological gulf has seemed to yawn between the war in Lebanon and the pace of events at the UN building on the Manhattan riverfront.
Successes of Single-Gender New York Schools Overshadowing Opposition
In the past, even the mention of creating a single-gender public school raised controversy with a wide array of opponents, including women’s organizations. In 1996, the New York schools created the first all-girl school in the nation, and the controversy still rears its ugly head.
Notebook: New York
On my tour of the British International School of New York, already dubbed 'Hogwarts on the Hudson', I am advised to tread carefully - not because the staircase might magically move or the paintings begin to speak, but because the bare walls are freshly painted and the stairs have yet to be built.
Dominican Children in New York City Schools Face Two-Edged Sword of Difficulties
Residents of the Dominican Republic, especially the impoverished ones, have long viewed the United States and especially New York City as a land of limitless wealth. All you have to do is live there for a few years, and you too will be wealthy.
Academic Intervention Services Available from New York Schools
As with all public schools across the nation, New York schools have standards in reading and mathematics that must be met by its students. Unfortunately, many students fall short of the standards and their families are not in a position financially to provide the extracurricular tutoring that is required to improve the skills of their children. The New York schools do not want to see any child at any grade left behind and provides the solution.
New York City Schools and Teachers’ Union Join Forces to Attract New Teaching Talent through Innovative Housing Support Program
Like many other school districts in large, metropolitan cities, New York City Schools currently have a shortage of qualified teachers, especially in the most challenging schools. Though state law requires teachers in the targeted critical subject areas of mathematics, science and special education to be certified, there are 600 positions now held by teachers without the proper credentials.
Owner Suspected After New York Building Blast
An explosion demolished a four-storey building in New York yesterday, in an incident which police said might have been triggered by a suicidal doctor going through an acrimonious divorce.
Notebook: New York
No escaping the mating game. Summer arrived in New York last week. For many inhabitants, especially those of Manhattan, that means only one thing: you leave.
New Yorkers Can't Drive
Funny article about why New York has so many bad drivers. Written by a native New Yorker.
Battle for the Soul and Bank Balance of New York's Most Powerful Hasidic Sect
· Sons fight for control of Satmar empire worth $1bn · Truce called for funeral falls apart after two days
Back In The Day-Live From Hurrah’s New York City Released On DVD
Great Moments In Music Are Relived On New DVD
The New York Doorman: Taxi-hailer, Status Symbol - Striker
Action by 28,000 workers blow to residents of city's plush apartment blocks
Commuters Rescued From Stranded New York Cable Cars
Police today completed the rescue of 68 people trapped in two New York commuter cable cars for more than 10 hours following a power failure last night.
Former New York Police Officers Accused of Killing for Mafia
· Murder, racketeering and kidnap among charges · Ex-detectives deny using their jobs as cover
New York Library Buys Personal Archives of Naked Lunch Author
· Burroughs' unpublished completed works included · Scholarly access to papers expected next year
How the Mean Streets of New York Were Tamed
Twenty-five years ago, New York was a byword for urban violence. Its endemic crime spawned TV heroes, books and films. Now figures show that the city's criminals are in retreat and the Big Apple is becoming a haven of peace.
Transport Strike Forces New Yorkers to Walk to Work
As the sun rose over New York yesterday, so did tempers. A transport strike, launched in the early hours, halted all buses and subway trains, snarling traffic and sending legions of workers walking through Central Park and over bridges into Manhattan as dawn broke.
London Loses Its Culinary Cool to a Star-studded New York
Michelin has launched its first US restaurant guide, putting the Big Apple ahead of London in the world cuisine league. Observer food critic Jay Rayner reports.
The War On Terror: Vigilance
NY City has been under increased alert due to credible terror threats. How can we help?
High Stakes in New York - the Point of No Return
Are we living longer? Are there fewer people living in abject poverty? Is child mortality declining? Madeleine Bunting
New York's Heart Loses Its Beat
It was the spiritual home of Dylan, Kerouac and boho culture. But now even the local bible, the Greenwich Village Voice, admits that America's hippest enclave has lost its soul.
New York apologises after Britons seized in security scare
New York's mayor, Michael Bloomberg, has apologised to a group of British tourists after armed police swarmed on to an open-top sightseeing bus, handcuffed them and forced them to kneel on Broadway.
De Beers Opens New York Store Amid Bushmen Protest
Plans by De Beers to expand its diamond retail empire with the opening of a new shop today on Fifth Avenue in New York will be dogged by controversy after a human rights group called for a boycott.
Bombers Hit Uk Consulate in New York
The police and FBI were analysing footage from 17 security cameras last night after two homemade bombs exploded outside the British consulate in New York.
New York Police Quiz Man Over Uk Consulate Blasts
Police were questioning a man tonight about the two bombs that exploded outside the British consulate in New York earlier today.
Blasts Hit British Consulate in New York
Two small explosions went off outside the British consulate in New York, police said this morning.
New York Fails to Step Up to the Plate
New York's bid to host the 2012 Olympics, already in trouble because of a dispute over the proposed site for the stadium and low public support, is facing a new, potentially fatal, problem.
$20m Art Project Splits New Yorkers
An army of volunteers will today unfurl 7,500 pieces of saffron-coloured fabric that will hang from the gates above the paths of Central Park, in one of the most ambitious, expensive and controversial projects the city has seen.
Gangsta Rap Impresario Faces Trial in New York
Boss of edgy label The Inc is accused of money laundering.
Spotlight Returns to New York Courts
Corporate crime moves back to centre stage in the US this week when two of the most infamous cases of recent years reach court.
New Yorkers in a Flap Over Shock Eviction of the Fifth Avenue Hawks
For more than a decade, the Fifth Avenue hawks have brought a touch of the wild to Manhattan's concrete canyons. The raptors that captured the hearts of a city inspired a documentary, a book and reams of newsprint.
New York City Marathon: Radcliffe Lured to New York
Paula Radcliffe is to receive $500,000 (£272,000) to run the New York City Marathon on November 7, her first competitive run since the Olympics.
Judge Fines City of New York and Orders Release of Jailed Protesters
A state supreme court judge has fined the city of New York for contempt after ordering the release of more than 550 protesters who he said had been detained illegally for up to two and a half days. While George Bush was delivering his keynote speech, demonstrators trickled out,...
New York gets ready for wave of rallies
Chaos looms as Boston marchers are denied a tea party in Central Park. Just around the corner from the town green in New Haven, Connecticut, the protesters spotted the first target of the day: Starbucks.
New York Ready to Unleash Fury on Republicans
Sit-down protests and traditional dances as Democrats use every weapon to beat Bush. The smiling face of former New York mayor Ed Koch beams down from posters all over the city. 'The Republicans are coming,' it says underneath. 'Make nice.'
Triple Blow Knocks the Puff Out of New York's Smokers
A huge increase in cigarette tax and a ban on smoking in bars in New York has cut the number of adult smokers by 100,000, according to city surveys released yesterday. From 2002 to 2003 the number of adult smokers fell by 11%. Meanwhile those who did not quit, smoked 13% less...
Bye Bye Broadway -- Brian Leetch leaves New York
For 17 years, he was "the" defenseman of the New York Rangers. Now Brian Leetch is trading in his New York Rangers blue for Toronto Maple Leafs blue.
New York Shows What London is Missing
The best of London Fashion Week - that is, when London Fashion Week was good, not in its current languishing state - came to Manhattan on Wednesday night for the Matthew Williamson show. Look, there's Jade Jagger slinking it up in the fourth row with Helena Christensen! And there's Sophie...
Record Cold in New York
A vicious Arctic wind blew across the north east of the United States last night, killing six people and leaving New York city with its coldest overnight temperatures since records began in 1893. With temperatures as low as -40C (-40F) in some areas the New York police department scoured...
Criminal Justice in New York
Want to see the city's black and Latino population? Go to the courthouse. Tyquan Haskins stands before Judge Yearwood in trial court two in Brooklyn's criminal courts with his hands cuffed behind his back and a tough choice.
Mayor Turns New York Into the Forbidden Apple
The barmaid leaned over the counter, folded a beer mat into a crude ashtray, then stubbed her cigarette out in it. 'We call that a Mike Bloomberg,' she said with venom, referring to New York's tough-talking mayor. In this city where public smoking is banned, she was breaking the law -...
Gary Younge on Life in New York
Exciting things to do with turkey that I would never have thought of in Britain. With Thanksgiving and Christmas within four weeks of each other, there are few worse places and times to be a turkey than in America from mid-November to the new year.
Murders in New York Drop to Levels Not Seen Since 1960s
New York has been declared "the safest big city in America", by its mayor, Michael Bloomberg, after FBI figures showed the crime rate had dropped to levels not experienced since the 60s. The city, once synonymous with insecurity, civic disintegration and violence, defied the national...
Bright Young Things New York's Spotlight Falls on Roaring 20s
Call it the zeitgeist, call it coincidence, call it industrial espionage. But each season, despite every designer's best efforts to jealously guard their ideas, fashion agrees on one era to shine the spotlight. It is early days in the fashion show season but so far the 1920s and 1930s are...
60s radical wins parole in New York
Kathy Boudin, the former member of the urban guerrilla group the Weather Underground, is to be released from prison after serving 22 years.
Blackout Cost New York $36m an Hour
The blackout that swept across America's north-east at the end of last week cost New York City's already struggling economy $1.1bn (£680m), officials said - roughly $36m an hour. The power outage caused $800m in losses from the interruption to productivity as offices, restaurants and...
‘Petropolis’ Exhibit Opens In New York
The New York Historical Society’s newly opened "Petropolis" exhibit focuses on the social history of New York City pets over the last two hundred and fifty years.
New York fashion world in disarray
The US justice department has sent fur flying in the fashion world with an inquiry into price fixing at the most prestigious modelling agencies in New York.
Gunman Kills Councillor in New York City Hall
A gunman opened fire from the balcony of New York city's council chamber yesterday, killing a political opponent before he was shot dead by a plainclothes police officer. James Davis, a Brooklyn councillor, former police officer and anti-violence crusader, died after being shot twice in...
Closure of New York City Zoos Looming
Michael Bloomberg, the mayor of New York City, has proposed budget cutbacks that if implemented would force the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS), which operates four zoos and an aquarium within the city, to close the Queens Zoo and Prospect Park Zoo in Brooklyn.
Reining in New York's Parade
Organisers of the St Patrick's Day Parade have banned people from marching with banners identifying themselves as gay.
Gary Younge in New York
In December last year, in Brooklyn's Russian enclave of Brighton Beach, landlord Arthur Wiener violated one of the most basic human rights America still offers - the right to watch a television channel of your choice.
King of New York loses his lustre
The Big Apple is suffering from a $6bn debt and so is Mayor Bloomberg, whose popularity is plummeting.
Towering symbols of New York's skyline
Confronted with earlier proposals for redeveloping the site of the World Trade Centre, New Yorkers had been near unanimous in their condemnation. The ideas, they said, were unambitious and lacking in vision.
Poor foot the bill as New York goes bankrupt
The steps of City Hall, for many years empty of angry protests - especially since 11 September - were crowded and noisy again last week as New York City plunges towards bankruptcy, with the poor and middle class picking up the tab.
Hard-up New York may give berth to homeless
Faced with an increasingly desperate homelessness crisis, New York authorities are considering a solution from the other end of the scale of privilege: homeless shelters in retired cruise liners.
Two New Yorkers Isolated After Plague Fears
A man and a woman were today isolated in hospital with the first suspected case of bubonic plague in New York for more than a century. Though the disease can today usually be treated with antibiotics, it is one of a handful of agents security experts believe could be used in a...
Run DMC DJ shot dead in New York
Jam Master Jay, DJ from the pioneering rap group Run DMC, was shot dead last night in his recording studio in New York City.
New York cabbies discover politeness
It is years since crime was rampant in New York and Times Square was a seedy den of sex shops and drug dealing. Only now, though, comes definitive proof that the city really isn't what it used to be: according to new statistics, the taxi drivers aren't rude any more.
New York's Spitzer Files Suit Against 'spinning' Bosses
Charges filed against five current and former US executives, including WorldCom's Bernard Ebbers.
FBI crows over New York 'terror cell' arrest
· Agents charge five with aiding foreign militants, though sheriff admits no arms or proof found
· Al-Qaida suspects are held in Pakistan
Violent Kidnapping for Fun in New York
The sophisticated kidnap system resembles a version of countless adversarial video games. It's a more sado-masochistic version of urban paint-ball. Clients come wanting to test themselves and go through the 'real' experience of violent abduction.
Rabbi's Vigilantes Defy New York Police
The leader of a Jewish group was heading for a confrontation with the New York police last night after he resumed plans to mount vigilante patrols to defend Jewish neighbourhoods against terrorist attacks.
I've Been Fired, Says Miller As Final Act Turns Nasty at New York Opera
His relationship with the theatrical and operatic establishment in Britain has long been a tense one. Now Jonathan Miller has fallen out in dramatic style with the Metropolitan in New York.
New York is Starting to Feel Like Brezhnev's Moscow Writes Jonathan Steele
Comment: Public debate in America has now become a question of loyalty, writes Jonathan Steele.
New York is Starting to Feel Like Brezhnev's Moscow
Public debate in America has now become a question of loyalty, writes Jonathan Steele.
Ed Vulliamy: New York held to ransom
After a decade of peace the gangs are moving back into town, presenting Mayor Mike Bloomberg with his first important challenge, reports Ed Vulliamy in New York.
Building Blast Touches New Yorkers' Raw Nerves
April 26: NYC residents held their breath until a downtown explosion was revealed as an accident - and they were soon shopping again, writes David Teather.
New Yorkers sweat out a drought
Dirt builds up and waiters are banned from offering customers unsolicited glasses of water as New Yorkers swelter through a severe drought, reports Oliver Burkeman
F-18 Jets Shadow Plane to New York
Jet fighters last night shadowed an Air India flight from London's Heathrow airport into New York after reports of a "suspicious" passenger on board.
New Yorker Loses Peru Jail Appeal
Lori Berenson, the American jailed for 20 years in Peru for aiding a revolutionary guerrilla group, yesterday lost her appeal. The 32-year-old New Yorker, who has been in jail since she was convicted in 1996, is now thought to be on hunger strike. By a majority of four judges to one, the...
Fire damages New York cathedral
New Yorkers' sense of stability, challenged in the past three months by terrorist attacks, anthrax and a plane crash, was disturbed again yesterday when one of their outstanding buildings caught fire. Up to two hundred firefighters were sent to the Episcopal cathedral of St John the...