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The New York City Rescue Mission is asking for coats, scarves, socks, gloves, and anything else you can sacrifice for the homeless.
Here's a peak inside the glassy, minimalist store inside the newly completed World Trade Center Oculus building.
Hundreds of people crowded around Trump Tower in Midtown Wednesday evening to protest Trump's misogyny before the third presidential debate.
Perry was outspoken about his struggle with chronic homelessness and alcoholism and made many friends at The Bowery Mission where he lived.
The city plans to make more room on the 4, 5, 6 platform for passengers to stand, it said.
Queens man Akram Joudeh faces several charges from the Manhattan DA's office.
After years of speaking out against the use of exotic animals for NYC circuses, activists have a handful of council members on their side.
They're resigned to the massive development happening in their neighborhood, but they're trying to get whatever they can from it.
De Blasio's friend gets the money, workers deal with the asbestos, neighborhood is stuck with construction noise and a loss of landmarks.
"Tim Kaine in the membrane. Tim Kaine in the brain."
"The city is pushing something before anyone's really had a chance to catch their breath," said the chair of the community board.
The market just released its vendor list, which includes puzzles, handmade jewelry and ceramics, lots of local foods, and more.
One Manhattan Square, a future 72-story building, is the thorn in the side of hundreds of Lower East Side residents.
Danny Lin, 25, was given a lighter sentence than expected after hitting 57-year-old Robert Perry and sending his body flying in the air.
The unmarked cop car was patrolling Chelsea Sunday night when the cops heard shots ring out.
The future third-tallest building in Manhattan is set to start building now that the demolition process is over.
West coast favorite Pressed Juicery is opening a location in the Financial District and giving away lots of goodies.
More than a dozen apartment buildings in Hell's Kitchen are owned by landlords who made the official list of worst landlords in NYC 2016.
"The emoji of like tears coming out is how I feel about all of it," one onlooker said.
The ASPCA and Grit N Glory tattoo parlor are throwing an event with tattoo promotions and adorable, rescuable dogs and cats galore.
