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"Stegosaurus" skeleton Apex is auctioned for $44.6 million (£34 million) at a Sotheby's auction in New York City, United States, the most ever paid for a fossil.
2024-07-18

New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy announces a state of emergency due to widespread flooding from Ida's remnants. In New York City, a flash flood emergency warning is declared for the first time.
2021-09-1

Myanmar's Ambassador to the United Nations Kyaw Moe Tun addresses the UN in New York, calling for the international community to take the "strongest possible action" to remove the military junta from power.
2021-02-26

Sandro Botticelli's "Portrait of a Young Man Holding a Roundel" is sold at auction for $92.2 million at Sotheby's in New York City, making it the second most expensive painting by an old master ever sold at public auction.
2021-01-28

New York City goes 58 consecutive days without a fatal pedestrian traffic collision, the most since tracking began in 1983.
2020-05-13

The New York City Metropolitan Opera cancels its Saturday performances as a man, during an afternoon intermission, sprinkled an unidentified powder, suspected to be cremated ashes, into the orchestra pit. One person was exposed and requested medical attention.
2016-10-29

New York businessman Donald Trump wins the Republican Party primary while Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders wins the Democratic Party primary.
2016-02-9

Amtrak resumes train services between New York City and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, following a fatal train derailment on May 12.
2015-05-18

Ed Koch, the former Mayor of New York City, dies at the age of 88 of congestive heart failure in a hospital.
2013-02-1