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The white woman seen calling the NYPD to accuse a Black man of threatening her during a wild caught-on-camera confrontation in Central Park has been charged with falsely accusing him of trying to assault her, the Manhattan district attorney’s office said Wednesday. Adam Harding reports.

The white woman seen calling the NYPD to accuse a Black man of threatening her during a wild caught-on-camera confrontation in Central Park has been charged with falsely accusing him of trying to assault her, the Manhattan district attorney’s office said Wednesday. While it was already known that Amy Cooper called 911 on Christian Cooper in the May incident, the…

The white woman seen calling the NYPD to accuse a Black man of threatening her during a wild caught-on-camera confrontation in Central Park has been charged with falsely accusing him of trying to assault her, the Manhattan district attorney’s office said Wednesday. Tracie Strahan reports.

Staff at Loeb Boathouse in Central Park were laid off as the restaurant keep its doors closed to diners more than six months after New York City shutdown city businesses at the start of the pandemic. The restaurant on Monday confirmed layoffs for 163 staff members first reported by THE CITY. Temporary furloughs that began in March became permanent last…

Central Park’s carriage horses have returned to work for the first time since the coronavirus pandemic hit New York City last spring

Central Park’s carriage horses have returned to work for the first time since the coronavirus pandemic hit New York City last spring.

A fisherman made quite the catch in Central Park – a body. Myles Miller reports.

As the fisherman brought his line back in and it neared the surface, he discovered that it was no fish at the end of his line — but rather a body

A fisherman in Central Park thought he had hooked a fish — but when he reeled it in, he was disturbed that he had found a man’s dead body. NBC New York’s Stefan Holt reports.

Decades after winning the first-ever New York City Marathon, Gary Muhrcke laced up his sneakers for one lap around the race’s original course in Central Park. Muhrcke, now 80, was the first of 55 runners to complete the inaugural run back on September 13, 1970. The first marathon drew only 127 runners. 50 years later the race attracts thousands of…

Decades after winning the first-ever New York City Marathon, Gary Muhrcke laced up his sneakers for one lap around the race’s original course in Central Park.

Christian Cooper, the birdwatcher seen in a viral video with Amy Cooper – the white woman who called the police on him in Central Park after he told her to put her dog on a leash, has partnered with DC Comics to release a digital graphic novel that ties to his and others’ experience as a Black person.

An unidentified body was found floating in a popular pond in Central Park on Monday, authorities said. The NYPD says someone called 911 to report the body at Swan Lake located near East 59th Street and Central Park South just after noon on Labor Day. Firefighters were able to recover the body of a man and move him to the…

The city medical examiner is now trying to figure out how the man died.

Central Park never had a statue that honored real-life women — until Wednesday, when a statue of Sojourner Truth, Susan B. Anthony and Elisabeth Cady Stanton was unveiled along literary row. NBC New York’s Erica Byfield reports.

A bronze statue depicting women’s rights pioneers Sojourner Truth, Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony was unveiled in Central Park on Wednesday, becoming the 167-year-old park’s first monument honoring historical heroines, as opposed to fictional female characters like Alice in Wonderland and Shakespeare’s Juliet. The 14-foot-tall monument to the three 19th century advocates, dedicated on the 100th anniversary...

A bronze statue depicting women’s rights pioneers Sojourner Truth, Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony was unveiled in Central Park on Wednesday, Aug. 26, 2020.

A stroll through Central Park offers a walk through history. With the exception of literary figures like Alice in Wonderland and Mother Goose — that history has long left out women. One century after the ratification of the 19th Amendment, some of the pioneers of the Women’s Suffrage Movement are shattering the “Bronze Ceiling.” For seven years, the non-profit Monumental…

Woman’s suffrage movement, which caused the passage of the 19th amendment, is finally being recognized with a statue in Central Park, Gilma Avalos reports.

After getting their budget slashed by nearly $85 million this year, the city’s Parks Department has had to reduce a number of services — leaving parks with noticeably more trash and signs of deterioration that could be dangerous