He promised law and order. Instead, his scandal-ridden mayoralty became a symbol — and engine — of the city’s chaos.

They turned Liberty, Governor’s, and Ellis Island into a series of defensive forts along New York Harbor to protect the city from the British during the War of 1812. On Liberty Island ...

The Big Apple is home to a hidden tropical rainforest, which many don't even know about, and it is in the middle of Manhattan.

Ferry service from Hudson County to Ellis ... New Jersey in the early 1990s but drew objections from New York and the ferry operator, which stood to lose customers if people could walk to Ellis ...

Sheridan writes about New York — the most urbanized population center in the world in 1923 — with the same over-the-top ...

"It was very special to bring my children, each born in New York, to the very place where ... who can trace at least one ancestor to Ellis Island. Ellis Island and the Statue of Liberty stand ...

If you thought Alex’s trials were over after her harsh experience at Ellis Island, Sunday’s 1923 quickly disabused you of ...

DEADLINE Let’s jump right into those Ellis Island scenes ... SCHLAEPFER I will say that she’s only in New York City and she’s got to make it across the country, so the journey will not ...

ALBANY — New York City, Long Island and most of the Hudson Valley are under a burn ban until March 16 amid dry conditions and gusty winds. The ban comes as crews have knocked down brush fires ...

Hazel Nell Dukes, a prominent civil rights activist and longtime president of the NAACP New York State Conference ... Award for community service, the Ellis Island Medal of Honor for patriotism ...

O n March 14, Dr. Mehmet Oz will answer questions from members of the Senate Finance Committee in his confirmation hearing to ...