Five unions representing half the LIRR workforce walked away from the negotiating table on Friday without reaching a deal, setting the stage for the first strike on the railroad since 1994.

MTA officials spent months last year warning that an Amtrak construction plan would spark service meltdowns at Penn Station. That prediction proved true Thursday after a fire in an East River train ...

Across her career, Lisa Yuskavage has remained unapologetically focused on painting the female body. Her portraits of women and girls are bold and colorful and often sensual or sexual. In her new ...

The Long Island Rail Road inched perilously close to a full shutdown on Friday as five unions prepared to go on strike if they don't reach a deal with the MTA by midnight. The deadline was the ...

Long Island Rail Road and NJ Transit service to Penn Station remained severely strained Friday morning due to an ongoing transit meltdown caused by an East River tunnel fire a day earlier, officials ...

Six out of 10 New Yorkers are struggling to pay their bills and don’t have enough money to cover unexpected expenses or save for the future, according to a new report by the nonprofit Urban Institute.

America is turning 250 years old this year, and in the Big Apple, spectators will be able to watch the iconic Macy’s July 4th fireworks in person from spots along both the East and Hudson rivers.

Commuters attempting to travel through the New York metropolitan area are in for a rude awakening as Friday afternoon's rush hour begins. The Long Island Rail Road, NJ Transit and Amtrak are still ...

The weather is warming up this weekend — and so are all sorts of events on the streets of New York City that will bring significant road closures. Among the largest of at least a dozen-odd major ...

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Adriana Maria Quiroz Zapata was deported to the Democratic Republic of the Congo after a judge ruled she could not be deported to her home country of Colombia.

The mayor said city spending on private education for children with disabilities is projected to rise to $1.5 billion this year.