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.

Two pedestrians died and several others are being treated for injuries after a man lost control of his car during an alleged drunk-driving incident on the Upper West Side Friday evening. Police said a ...

Hantaviruses remain on the minds of  New York-area residents after a deadly outbreak aboard a foreign cruise ship and a suspected new infection in the Finger Lakes region. A rare strain of hantavirus ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.

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.

Amtrak officials said the blaze broke out in the "C interlocking," which directs LIRR trains into East River tunnels.