Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s vision for New York is big, so big that it requires six State of the State speeches. The governor delivered the first of six speeches Monday at One World Trade Center and touted an ambitious agenda focused on support for the middle cla

As Mayor Bill de Blasio welcomed guests for a private re-election fundraiser in Park Slope Monday night, a group of uninvited visitors gathered outside to give them an earful about the problems at the Rikers Island jail. “We usually have 300 to 1,000 peop

The city is charging five bigNew York City landlords and brokers with discrimination based on findings from an extensiveyear-long undercover investigation. On Tuesday, the New York City Commission on Human Rights announced a list of landlords and brokerag

Most of the homelessness in New York is hidden. It’s not begging on the subway. It’s not pushing a cart loaded with garbage-bags of possessions. “You see the faces on the train but you may not even know that they are homeless, it’s not always a problem we

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo sat down with President-elect Donald Trump at Trump Tower for about an hour Monday morning to discuss the potential impact of policy changes. Cuomo said he and Trump discussed the proposed repeal of the Affordable Care Act,

They wore pink knit pussyhats, they carried signs with such messages as “I can’t believe I’m still protesting this sh–.” They are “old” ladies, and gentlemen, and they’re coming out of activist retirement in droves as part of the resistance to President D

Lyft is giving a big boost to civil rights. On Sunday, the ridesharing company announced that it will donate $1 million to the American Civil Liberties Union over the next four years. The donationwas made on behalf of diversityin the face of new executive

“Lawyers check in here,” instructs a paper sign hanging on the edge of a café table. “Translators,” “habeas petitions” and many signs with the slogan #NoBanJFK flag the improvised legal triage at JFK International Airport’s terminal 4 arrivals area. Monda

Carmen La Luz has painted, plumbed and performed assorted odd jobs from Chelsea to the Bronx for 40 years. On the brink of her 87th birthday, she can look back on her life as a pioneer, a woman in what had traditionally been a man’s job: a building superi

Crystal Emery knows what it feels like to be disrespected. Emery, who is paralyzed from the neck down, has worked her whole life to reach her dreams despite the overwhelming odds, and obstacles, in her way. The black filmmaker just released her second fea

It took three years for Mohammed Hameed to go through the immigration process to get to America from Iraq despite his dangerous service as a translator for the U.S. Army. He and his family landed at Newark International Airport just three weeks before Pre

A Manhattan jury on Tuesday found Pedro Hernandez guiltyin the killing of 6-year-old Etan Patz, bringing to a conclusion one aspect of a four-decade-long murder mystery. Patz’s body has never been found. The state Supreme Court jury of eight men and and f

Lisa R. Cohen is an Emmy award winning TV news producer and reporter who followed the Etan Patz case since 1990. Her book “After Etan” chronicled the journey of Stanley and Julie Patz through the enigma of their son’s disappearance. How, after nearly 38 y

Ask and you shall receive help for college using GoFundMe. The GoFundMe approach to financing education is particularly trendy in New York City, a new report from the companyshowed. Along with the report, thecrowdfunding site also made a generous contribu

Yet another nationwide protest against President Donald Trump flared on the Presidents Day holiday Monday, with angry people taking to the streets in dozens of cities in “Not My President’s Day” rallies. Protest leaders had said they expected thousands to

Born to Jamaican immigrants, Dana Morgan’s first American dream was when she was a child living in East Flatbush, Brooklyn, watching Vanessa Williams crowned Miss America 1984.It was the first time an African-American woman captured that title. “I thought