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A white woman who called 911 and falsely accused a Black bird-watcher of threatening her in New York City’s Central Park in a 2020 incident that went viral has lost a lawsuit accusing her former employer of illegally firing her and making her out to be a racist. U.S. District Judge Ronnie Abrams on Wednesday rejected Amy Cooper’s claims that her...

A shocking surprise assault in Central Park has authorities searching for a sucker-puncher accused of hurting two people Saturday morning. The man’s victim had been sitting on a park bench near 62nd Street and Center Drive around 9:45 a.m. when he took the “unprovoked” punch, police said. Authorities said the 34-year-old Columbia-native lives on Long Island. As the assailant...

The 60 apartments in the tower range in cost from $18 million to $66 million per unit and offer 360-degree views of New York City.

The Loeb Boathouse, which sits along the easternmost edge of the Central Park Lake, will permanently close come October, the restaurant’s operator said.

One of New York City’s most understated icons — Manhattan’s only lakeside restaurant, the Loeb Boathouse in Central Park — may not be closing its doors for good this fall after all. NYC Parks plans to start a negotiation process to identify and reach an agreement with a new operator to run the restaurant as well as the snack bar…

There was a sixth teenager caught up in the Central Park Five case, and Monday he was back in court to finally get justice. News 4’s Gus Rosendale reports.

The brutal assault put the 28-year-old white investment banker in a coma for 12 days. It was considered emblematic of New York City’s lawlessness in an era when the city recorded 2,000 murders a year.

The Loeb Boathouse, which sits along the easternmost edge of the Central Park Lake, will permanently close come October, the restaurant’s operator said.

Someone is terrorizing women in Manhattan — and cops now believe he’s been at it for awhile. Have you seen him?

Police are searching for a sexual predator who is stalking women on a bicycle, attacking them, and then fleeing on his bicycle. Erica Byfield reports,

A woman was ambushed by a sex predator on an electric bicycle who followed her in Manhattan, then got off the bike and chased her down, tackling her on the sidewalk, police say. And the same person is wanted in connection with a sex attack near Central Park on the Upper West Side an hour earlier. The NYPD released chilling…

Police released surveillance footage of the suspect.

A mysterious death in Central Park almost one year ago that initially looked like it could be suicide was actually murder, the NYPD said Friday. Just after 8 a.m. on Sept. 21 last year, the NYPD responded to a report of an unconscious person at 65th Street and East Drive in A Native Meadow. They found a 26-year-old man with…

The 65-year-old was just walking along a Manhattan subway platform this week when someone shoved him from behind. He whirled around to confront the person and was met with a fist to the face. Here’s what happened next.

Police are looking for a woman pushing a rolling suitcase and a man who allegedly attacked a 65-year-old subway rider at random in Manhattan this week, authorities say.

It is the first time that the Parks Department has ever put out a request for proposals for mobile food and merchandise.

It may be summertime, but skating at a Central Park rink is still very much an option, as “DiscOasis” takes over the Wollman Rink starting June 16

New York City’s largest outdoor performing arts festival, SummerStage, returns this summer in full swing across all five boroughs with nearly 90 free and ticketed shows. NBC New York’s Linda Gaudino sits down with Exec. Artistic Dir. Erika Elliott to find out what New Yorkers can expect this season.

National Geographic announced this week that the life-long bird-watcher is set to host a new series titled “Extraordinary Birder.”

In the face of soaring inflation, a group of local workers held a rally calling for higher wages. Tracie Strahan reports.