NEW YORK CITY (WABC) -- The New York State Legislature held a hearing on the impact of the coronavirus on the MTA on Tuesday. So far, 4,224 MTA employees have tested positive for COVID-19.

Nearly 1 in 4 (24.2%), or nearly 422,000 children under 18 in New York City live in households that are food insecure. In the Bronx, it's more than 1 in 3 children in the Bronx are currently ...

President Donald Trump on Tuesday suggested a federal takeover of New York City and Washington. The comments came when Trump, during a meeting of his Cabinet at the White House, was asked about ...

Even as New York’s population decreased during the Covid-19 pandemic before bouncing back this year, most reliable surveys of the city’s demographics show that the proportion of Black ...

Lieber, who has worked at the hospital during tragedies including 9/11, Hurricane Sandy and the 2003 New York City blackout, said those other horrific tragedies paled in comparison to the early ...

Cuomo, whose national profile grew during the COVID-19 pandemic as he stood up to the President, has capitalized on the anti-Trump sentiment throughout his campaign. The former governor claimed ...

More than 385,000 voters flocked to the polls to vote early. That’s more than double the number of New Yorkers who cast their ballots early in the 2021 mayoral primary. While the COVID-19 pandemic no ...

Former Gov. Andrew Cuomo conceded New York City’s Democratic mayoral primary to Zohran Mamdani as the 33-year old member of the state Assembly had a significant lead in the race Tuesday night.

Mamdani is a 33-year-old state assemblyman and democratic socialist who surged in the campaign for New York City mayor with a mix of viral videos and proposals appealing to younger progressives.