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New York City is using ranked-choice voting in its Democratic mayoral primary election Tuesday, a system that takes some explaining, even for New Yorkers who have used it before. Voters’ understanding of how ranked choice works could play a role in which candidate comes out on top in a race that features former Gov. Andrew Cuomo, progressive ...

For the many New Yorkers who don’t have central air conditioning or any sort of A/C units in their homes, what are the options for them to keep cool during the dangerous heat?

One firefighter was critically injured and more than a dozen other people hurt, when a five-alarm fire engulfed a building in the Bronx on Sunday. Authorities responding to Devoe Terrace, between Webb Avenue and West 190th Street in University Heights, around 7:30 p.m. found fire leaping from the first floor of a private dwelling. Of the 14 total p...

Few political operatives have it easier than opposition researchers in New York City this year.

Sara Burack, known for her appearances on reality shows like “Million Dollar Beach House,” which highlighted the glamorous world of Hamptons real estate, was found dead early Thursday morning in a tragic hit-and-run incident.

The ship was carrying 400 people, 35 of whom were taken to hospitals with non-life-threatening injuries, officials said.

Many of the students in the tight-knit group have known each other since kindergarten. Some even plan family vacations together.

The heat wave has arrived. Temperatures and humidity are climbing as the tri-state heads into an expected record-shattering heat wave, where it could feel like 100 degrees or hotter through Wednesday. Central Park already had a heat index in the 90s by 8 a.m. Monday (Newark Airport was at nearly 100). At a graduation Monday in Paterson, New Jersey,...

Gov. Kathy Hochul said intelligence did not suggest New York is facing any credible threats, but insisted the situation would be taken seriously given the state’s “distinctive global profile.”

Ashley Bellman explores Japan’s famed donut shop to find out why their savory and sweet donuts have people lining up down the block.

A woman and a baby were pepper-sprayed on a subway train as it approached a Queens station Friday after the woman declined to let a stranger use her phone, News 4 has learned. Authorities say the 25-year-old woman had the 11-month-old girl in her arms on the M train as it neared the Court Square-23rd Street station when a man…

Voters across New York state on Tuesday will pick nominees in municipal primaries that include high-profile comeback bids in New York City by a former governor and a former congressman who both left office mired in scandal. At the top of the ballot, former Gov. Andrew Cuomo leads a crowded 11-candidate Democratic ...

A 43-year-old bicyclist died after colliding with a pedestrian in Central Park earlier this week, police say. Authorities on Friday identified the victim in Wednesday’s accident as Salvador Nico-Garcia, of the Bronx. The NYPD says Nico-Garcia was riding northbound on East Drive when he collided with a 41-year-old man who was crossing the stre...