New York Region Breaking News & Headlines

On a military base in New Jersey, 8,500 people who fled their country as it fell to the Taliban await the next step in their journey.

Thousands of Department of Education employees still haven’t received their first doses or haven’t submitted proof of vaccination.

For an interactive article on business inside the Empire State Building, a New York Times team turned to interviews with tenants, vacancy listings, […]

The mandate, which affects well over 150,000 people working in the nation’s largest school system, was set to go into effect on Monday at midnight.

With a Monday deadline looming, thousands of health care workers in the state are risking their jobs by not getting a coronavirus vaccine.

In a letter to President Biden on Friday, several Democrats said New York City “cannot be trusted” to manage the jail complex, which has […]

The actor known for “The Wire,” who was found dead in his apartment earlier this month, died of intoxication by a mixture of heroin, cocaine and […]

The departmental charges are the first to be filed against any of the seven officers suspended in the case of Mr. Prude, a Black man who died after […]

A champion of environmentalism who chided climate-change skeptics, he was among the last of the relatively progressive Rockefeller Republicans.

She challenged Robert Moses to preserve Washington Square Park and helped save Shakespeare in the Park. In the process, she became a zoning expert.

Following a period of editing and rediscovery, austerity and abundance — and a wide range of objets — live side by side in this […]

As New York looks to replace Rikers Island, some say a focus on more humane jail design is largely beside the point.

Homeowners who faced flooded basements after Hurricane Ida are pondering how to deal with the possibility of fiercer and more frequent storms.

The City Council passed a bill mandating minimum-pay standards for delivery workers, who were a lifeline for New Yorkers during the pandemic.

With the Tokyo Games behind her, Alexis Sablone is enjoying Brooklyn — and street skating — again.

A historic house in Clinton Hill South has been colonized by painters, designers, poets, architects and activists, living and working together.

‘The trick to crate digging is to simply go at it: Dive into the sections, flip through the jackets and trust your gut.’

A spate of deaths and a mounting culture of violence at New York City’s largest jail renew calls for an emergency solution.

The condo board at 432 Park Avenue is suing the developers for construction and design defects that have led to floods, faulty elevators, and […]

With New York state officials slow to establish regulations, members of the St. Regis Mohawks have raced ahead, opening a number of dispensaries for […]