A number of Sheepshead Bay residents are protesting the city's plans to build a shelter for homeless families in the ...

Former Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo will release a proposal to remove more mentally ill people from the streets to address fears ...

Most people accept the city’s chaos as a toll for an expansive life. It took me several decades to realize that I could go my ...

Strange as it may seem, there was a time when mothers thought it was fine to go shopping and leave their babies alone in ...

Assemblymember and NYC mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani thinks he has the solution for the subway safety issue.

There are other benefits to walking a bit to work after taking a train. Michael Porter, an informatics expert for the city ...

U.S. stocks are sinking following a discouraging report suggesting the U.S. economy may have shrunk at the start of the year, ...

The Independent visited three immigrant neighborhoods across the U.S. — Michelle Del Rey in Virginia, Josh Marcus in ...

Zohran Mamdani sees opportunities to alleviate New York City’s homelessness and mental health crises scattered throughout the ...

Harrisburg & Lancaster reinvented their downtowns in the 2000s. Only one builds on success; the other stumbles.

Just after New Years in 1979 I moved from the East Village to Brooklyn.  Carol was pregnant, but her cramped digs on Carroll ...

USA: The Trump administration has stripped New York MTA of its role in redeveloping New York Penn Station, leaving the ...