Weeks after two New York City subway passengers were pushed to their deaths in separate incidents, officials on Monday discussed boosting safety efforts in the nation’s busiest subway system. An awareness campaign was presented at the monthly board meeting of …
About 35,000 homes and businesses in New York City and Westchester County are being added to flood zones under new preliminary federal maps. They’re expected to affect flood insurance rates and zoning rules. FEMA released revised maps Monday for parts …
New York City lawmakers are planning to scrutinize subway safety after a string of recent deaths on the tracks. City Council Transportation Committee Chairman James Vacca said Tuesday he plans a hearing on the issue as soon as possible. Among …
A University of North Carolina student wounded in last summer’s shooting outside the Empire State Building is suing New York City police department. Chenin Duclos and eight other bystanders were wounded by police gunfire, ricochets and fragments. Officers were engaged …
Raymond Weiler’s childhood home was ravaged twice: first by Superstorm Sandy three months ago, and then by a city bulldozer on Monday. Weiler hugged his sister as the machine tore into the house where their mother, Veronica Weiler, reared them …
Times Square will be getting security barriers intended to prevent terrorists and vehicles from entering its pedestrian plazas. The installation of stainless-steel bollards and granite barriers was approved by New York City’s Design Commission last week. They’re meant to keep …
The operator of a crane that collapsed at a New York City construction site was trying to lift a load more than twice as heavy as the crane’s capacity in a place where it shouldn’t have been, officials said Thursday. …
With the popping of cables and the snapping of metal, a crane collapsed onto a building under construction near New York’s East River waterfront Wednesday, injuring seven people, three of whom needed to be extricated from underneath the fallen machinery. …
New York City lawyers say the death of a woman in the 2010 blizzard was “solely an act of God.” Kathleen Thomas died the morning after the Dec. 27, blizzard in Lower Manhattan. According to court documents, after slipping twice …
Police and fire officials say 30 to 50 people were injured when a ferry struck a dock during rush hour in New York City’s financial district. News reports say the Seastreak Wall Street ferry from New Jersey banged into the …