After Lin-Manuel Miranda's "Hamilton" became a smash hit, visitorship to Alexander Hamilton's historic home tripled.

Eric Sanderson spent the night as remnants of Hurricane Ida arrived over New York City in the same ... Sanderson is now being tapped by the city to bring his map, and the immense insights it ...

This map shows the 28 most populous cities in the U.S. and how fast they are sinking by millimeters each year. Notable areas in New York City that are sinking greater than 5 mm (1/5 inch ...

The ‘New York Times Magazine’ staff writer’s ‘The Gods of New York’ (Random House, Aug.) surveys the overlapping crises ...

The Welikia Project, made by ecologists at the New York Botanical Garden, uncovers all the flora and fauna that thrived in ...

Judge Laura Taylor Swain criticized the city's conduct in a 77-page ruling. A federal judge on Tuesday seized control of New York City's notorious jail complex on Rikers Island, which will now be ...

Economist Lynn Ellsworth’s new book, “Wonder City,” defends the grassroots alternative to the real estate industry’s ...

The meeting was brief and the bankers got quickly to the point, informing the governor that they would no longer underwrite the City of New York’s notes and bonds. After months of well-publicized ...

Nonprofit Scenic Hudson works to protect the river and restore the riverfront, while a historic Bronx deli has moved into Ardsley, N.Y.

a federal judge has seized control of the facility from New York City and placed it under the care of a third party. This represents an unprecedented chapter for Rikers, which has been plagued by ...

In New York City, housing-court justice isn’t blind. Acknowledging that tenants often hold weaker bargaining power than landlords, the city has some of the strongest tenant-protection laws in the ...