STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- For many years, the New York Public Library has proudly celebrated Pride Month, serving as a beacon for it’s nearly 17 million patrons. And 2025 is no exception. The array ...

Jam-packed with waterfalls tumbling through dramatic gorges, the vibrant college town of Ithaca in New York’s Finger Lakes ...

A $16.5 million bond referendum is up for a vote on July 1. Voting will take place from 9:30 a.m. to 9 p.m. at the Smithtown ...

Officials from the city government and the city school district are continuing to assess and address the damage left by ...

Voters OK’d the Olean Public Library’s 2025-26 budget on Thursday, and also approved a $7.9 million capital project. The library’s $2.06 million budget passed, library Director Michelle La Voie ...

Cuts to the city budget mean public libraries will no longer be open seven days a week, officials said. The last day of Sunday service for the New York Public Library and Queens Public Library ...

Previously, the New York Public Library hadn’t commissioned a reading chair since 1911 when the landmark Stephen A. Schwarzman Building at Fifth Avenue and 42nd Street originally opened its doors.

New York’s Department of Environmental Conservation is developing a new framework to help municipalities keep drinking water clean. Streams, reservoirs and other bodies that provide drinking ...

Mayor Adams' budget proposal includes public safety funding, library cuts BY Kelly Mena, David Lazar and Spectrum News Staff New York City UPDATED 7:15 PM ET Apr. 24, 2024 ...

Updated: Jun 14, 2025 / 03:01 PM PDT NEW YORK (AP) — It is one of the largest repositories of Black history in the country — and its most devoted supporters say not enough people know about it.

Schomburg moved to New York in 1891 and, during the height of the Harlem Renaissance in 1926, sold his collection of approximately 4,000 books and pamphlets to the New York Public Library.