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.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

There’s a train strike on, and it’s a headache for a lot of fans who want to get to the Subway Series. Saturday evening, the Mets and Yankees are headed back to Citi Field for the second game in the ...