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A 28 year-old man was slashed across the arm during the morning rush hour at the 42nd St.-Bryant Park subway station on Nov. 26, cops confirmed to Straus News. A suspect has not been definitively identified, and a motive remains unclear, but the authorities believe the attack followed a verbal dispute.

The mini marshmallows you melt in a cup of hot chocolate this winter and the full size one you roast over a campfire next summer can be defined in three ways: as a plant, as a remedy, and best of all, as a tasty treat.

The New York City Council unanimously gave the go-ahead for a $10 billion overhaul of the Port Authority Bus Terminal on Nov. 21, a project which will take eight years to complete. The 74-year-old terminal has aged substantially and arguably deteriorated into an eyesore since opening, between 40th & 42nd Sts. on 8th Ave., in 1950. It's also of the busiest bus terminals in the world, with 200,000 people and 7,200 buses circulating through it on a daily basis.

A dance company founded as a not-for-profit twenty five years ago is returning to its roots at the renowned Martha Graham Studio Theater in the West V...

The Central Park Conservancy says it wants to remove traffic lights and make the six mile park loop more bike and pedestrian friendly with plans for a...

A water main break on Central Park West and W. 102nd St. ended up shutting down subway traffic on several lines south of the 86th St. and 125th St. stations.

Within two days of beating out 14 other law enforcement types and landing the job as the new NYPD Commissioner, Jessica Tisch, the former Sanitation Commissioner, made a ground breaking appointment with her chief of staff pick.

An ADA-compatible pathway has been added to St. Vartan Park. The park near the Queens Midtown Tunnel—one of the larger public parks on Manhattan's east side— hosted a ribbon-cutting ceremony for the new entrance and walkway on Nov. 23.

The Macy’s Thanksgiving Day parade proceeded through heavy rain but it did not dampen the spirits of revelers who came to watch the 98th annual parade...

A suspect was arrested in the early morning hours of Nov. 21 for the slashing attack of a tourist on the Upper West shortly before 11 a.m the previous...