In a victory for animal welfare advocates who have been pushing the issue for decades, the New York City Council has officially approved a bill that will ban ...

Judges can be seated - After months of meeting and greeting the judicial delegates who would decide their fate, three New York County Acting Supreme Justices have been nominated to be elected to fill ...

Incumbent Democrat Carl Wilson will be up against Independent Haris Bhatti of the Haris Bhatti Party in the general election ...

A software engineer is calling for the MTA to shut down the Third Avenue stop on the L line, describing it as the most ...

In July, an artist received an email that appeared to come from Cecily Brown, the prominent British painter. “Your engagement ...

New York Comic Con drew 250,000 attendees to the Javits Center for its 20th anniversary Oct. 8-11, setting a new attendance ...

Sugar substitutes lower the sugar content of sweet food and treats. Nutritionally speaking that’s a good thing. But some ...

The clip-clopping of hooves and the tinkle of reins, it appears, will soon be hushed in Central Park. Horse-drawn carriage ...

If it seems at first glance that South Korea and Poland don’t have much in common besides the colors red and white on their ...

Who Lets the Dogs Up? Pets were on parade on Oct. 13 on the 86th floor observation deck of the Empire State Building, barking ...

Seventy one workers at celebrity hair salon John Barrett will be out of a job on Dec. 7 as the company revealed it is ...

When people hear the name Bill Russell, they may think “Oh, wasn’t he the legendary center for the NBA’s Boston Celtics?” ...