The New York Times

About 150 homes were evacuated overnight on Saturday after a gas explosion set off a four-alarm blaze in a public housing complex.

The current mayor of New York City has diverged from his predecessors by joining the striking nurses. Past labor disputes have often involved scolding.

Getting a seat inside the studio at “Saturday Night Live” involves persistence and good humor. Some people build their weekends around it.

The detention this week of a 5-year-old boy in Minnesota animated protesters in New York City, who faced freezing temperatures.

This is one of five indictments charging Eric Ulrich, the former New York City buildings commissioner under Eric Adams, with taking bribes totaling more than $150,000.

The sergeant, Tiffany Howell, 47, was driving the wrong way on the Taconic State Parkway in New York when she crashed into Manuel Boitel, 61, the state police said.

The resignation of the agent, Tracee Mergen, was the only latest shock wave to have emerged from the Justice Department’s handling of the shooting of Renee Good.

Kaz Daughtry, a former deputy mayor under Eric Adams, was a key contact for federal administration officials involved in the White House’s immigration crackdown.

It will be the latest in at least half a dozen events that the breakaway league has held at Trump Organization resorts in the past four years.

In her first week as governor of New Jersey, Mikie Sherrill is playing hardball to get her choice approved for a key role in Port Authority leadership.

Gov. Kathy Hochul advised New Yorkers to stock up on groceries and other essentials, adding that with 12 to 18 inches of snow in the forecast, no corner of the state would be “immune from Mother Nature’s wrath.”

The famous orchestra, which has never performed in the celebrated theater, is gearing up for a concert Sunday. “It’s going to be a rush,” said the principal cellist.

Plenty of New York City mayors have faced blowback over their handling of blizzards. In several appearances this week, Mayor Zohran Mamdani has sought to show he is prepared.