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The New York City Police Department releases images of a suspected serial killer who has shot five homeless men, two fatally, in New York City and Washington, D.C. in the last week.
2022-03-14

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo says that museums and cultural institutions in New York City will be allowed to reopen on August 24 at a 25% capacity.
2020-08-14

Whole Foods agrees to pay $500,000 to resolve a New York City Department of Consumer Affairs investigation that the supermarket chain charged too much for some prepackaged foods at its New York City stores.
2015-12-28

The Stockholm School of Economics, one of Sweden's most prestigious universities, is hit by scandal amidst revelation that top official Justin Jenk forged CMC documents about his conviction of insider trading in Greece. [http:--www.di.se-artiklar-2013-5-3-toppchefen-pa-handels-domd-till-fangelse- ("Dagens Industri")] (Swedish)
2013-05-3

A New York state judge invalidates a New York City ban on the sale of soft drinks larger than 16 ounces that was set to take effect on March 12. The office of Mayor Michael Bloomberg indicates it will appeal.
2013-03-11

A helicopter crashes into the East River in New York City killing one person and injuring three after taking off from the East 34th Street Heliport.
2011-10-4

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission files a lawsuit alleging that unnamed persons engaged in illegal insider trading in the two days before French company Technip announced its plan to buy U.S. company Global Industries.
2011-09-19

The United Nations estimates that four million people have become homeless as a result of the 2010 Pakistan floods; Secretary-General of the United Nations Ban Ki-moon, speaking in New York, states that the floods are a "slow-motion tsunami" as he calls for more funds to assist those affected.
2010-08-19

An episode of the American television series "South Park" is censored after a threat of fatwā from a New York-based group over the depiction of Muhammad in a bear costume.
2010-04-22

Former U.S. President Bill Clinton has two coronary stents implanted in his heart at the NewYork–Presbyterian Hospital in New York City, after chest pains.
2010-02-11