Nate Schweber

Under new outdoor dining rules, inspectors are ticketing some restaurants and coffeehouses that have a few chairs or tables outside but no formal structures.

Three pet parrots at a Manhattan apartment building irritated their neighbors, who moved to evict them and their owner. The owner took the neighbors to court and was awarded $165,000 in damages.

Susan Zhuang, who represents a Brooklyn district, was protesting at the site of a proposed homeless shelter. The authorities said she resisted arrest with her teeth.

In New York’s suburban and rural communities, where L.G.B.T.Q. people can feel more isolated, Pride events often hold special meaning.

Many buildings lack air-conditioning, despite years of calls for improvements to old buildings.

Governor Hochul is more of an outsider to New York City than most of her predecessors. Critics say that put her at a disadvantage in dealing with congestion pricing.

The day after Donald J. Trump became a felon, New Yorkers debated the meaning of the trial in buildings and neighborhoods where his family left its mark.

The Naked Cowboy appeared, briefly, in the park outside the courthouse where a jury of 12 New Yorkers will decide the criminal case against Donald J. Trump.

Most members of the public who tried to see closing arguments in the first trial of an American president walked away disappointed Monday.

The city serves up a cast of supporting characters who flock to a park outside Manhattan Criminal Court, where Donald Trump is on trial, and grab the spotlight.

A contingent of supporters of the former president came to speak across from the courthouse, but they were inaudible.

Officers have enforced a ban on amplification and on Tuesday grappled with a man who had been chanting into a microphone.

Marchers closed down a street calling for the former president to face justice.

Onlookers screamed as fire engulfed the man, who had thrown pamphlets in the air before he set himself aflame. He was taken to a hospital and died hours later.

The 150-foot-high tourist attraction, which closed in 2021, will be fitted with mesh to stop people from jumping.

Officer Jonathan Diller, who joined the Police Department in February 2021, was fatally shot on Monday after questioning two men sitting in an illegally parked car.

The authorities arrived in the Far Rockaway neighborhood at about 6 p.m. and found the police officer and a man wounded by gunfire.

A debate over transgender women and girls in sports in Nassau County spurred a legal fight, a visit from Caitlyn Jenner and a mixed response from residents.

Jabar Walker and Wayne Gardine were convicted in an era of crime and corruption that has created a wave of exonerations years later.

All three floors of a rowhouse in Crown Heights were on fire when firefighters arrived. At least one firefighter was injured.