U.S. Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez will co-chair a climate change panel for presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden, giving him a prominent liberal voice that could help garner his party’s full

Governor Andrew Cuomo marveled Wednesday at the low infection rates of essential workers as he reviewed the most recent stats during his daily pandemic briefing. Those in healthcare have a

Jacob Altamirano, a fifth-grader at P.S. 290Q, partnered with Hungry Monk, a Ridgewood-based food pantry and homeless outreach truck, to help feed their neighbors on Saturday, May 9. “I was

Zeta Charter Schools released a video today of a first-of-its-kind virtual violin lesson for dozens of city students with New York Philharmonic violinist Kuan Cheng Lu. Lu, an award-winning, world-class musician,

Two Bayside neighbors, one of whom allegedly expressed racist, sexist and anti-Semitic sentiments online, were arrested near a LaGuardia Airport hotel after allegedly purchasing several firearms with defaced serial numbers

As the state’s stay-at-home measure drags on and store owners find themselves crushed under mounting expenses, the New York City Council passed a package of legislation on May 13 with

New York City Police Commissioner Dermot Shea loudly pushed back against reports of an emerging trend of people of color being issued summonses for breaking social distancing rules more than

A young woman was pulled from the frigid, choppy waters of Coney Island Beach this afternoon by a Good Samaritan assisted by NYPD School Safety Officers who were patrolling the

Nearly all 50 U.S. states have begun to allow some businesses to reopen and residents to move more freely, but only 14 states have met the federal government’s guidelines for

The NYPD is investigating the death of a man who was found shot in Brooklyn on Wednesday night. Another teen was shot and wounded in a separate incident several hours