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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

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

In Brooklyn, New York 33 people are treated for a possible K2 overdose. The drug is illegal to sell or produce in the state.
2016-07-13

The flag of the State of Palestine is raised above the grounds of the United Nations Headquarters in New York for the first time.
2015-09-30

In New York City, U.S. district court judge Thomas Griesa expands the force of his existing remedial rulings in the ongoing litigation over the Argentine debt restructuring, blocking planned bond payments by Citigroup. The Citigroup processing of payments would violate a requirement that Argentina treat bondholders equally.
2015-03-12

American publisher and editor Helen Gurley Brown, editor-in-chief of "Cosmopolitan" magazine and a leader of 1960s sexual revolution dies at the age of 90 in New York City.
2012-08-13

The United States commemorates the 125th anniversary of the dedication of the Statue of Liberty in New York City.
2011-10-28

In the United States, the Occupy Wall Street protests spread from New York to other major cities.
2011-10-7

Pablo Picasso's "Nude, Green Leaves and Bust" sells for US$106 million at Christie's in New York, becoming the most expensive work of art sold at auction.
2010-05-4

Two people are arrested over a bomb plot in New York City last year.
2010-01-8