Rev. Al Sharpton, a longtime ally of Mayor Adams, is convening top Black elected leaders from New York to “decide where we ...

New York’s top court has been asked to reverse a ruling against a law that would allow noncitizens to vote in New York City ...

For the 7,000 prisoners remaining—more than 60,000 had been forced to undertake a death march in the weeks before Allied ...

There can be much debate on whether a site was part of the Underground Railroad. Hudson Valley has its share of sites, ...

In the shadow of New York City, the biggest and one of the bluesiest cities in America, Nassau and Suffolk Counties have seen a growth of far-right /anti-government groups. These groups designated by ...

"Brooklynites" uncovers the 19th-century struggles of Black residents in what was a New York slaveholding hub.

Three men accused of running a drugging and robbery scheme in New York City that resulted in the deaths of two men have been ...

Musicians from James Brown to Lena Horne and athletes Jackie Robinson and Joe Louis all made a home in Addisleigh Park, a ...

In 1930, the Bronx was 50% Jewish. It’s a statistic that always surprises me, partly because the intense Jewish nostalgia ...

Immigrant day laborers in New York are still looking for work, even as their jobs dry up and their fear of deportation grows.

Read about Holocaust survivor Felix Brinkmann, who escaped death in gas chambers, became a popular New York City disco owner and was killed in his apartment.

Ladino Day celebrates the Judeo-Spanish language that has made it to Netflix and the New Yorker's crossword puzzle ...