Sources: BBC
The general debate of the United Nations General Assembly opens at the UN Headquarters in New York City, United States. 2023-09-19
Seventeen people are killed and 44 others are injured after a fire spreads through a 19-story apartment building in the Bronx, New York City, United States. 2022-01-9
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
A man from the Bronx, New York City, is arrested for attempting to join the Taliban. 2019-07-26
A passenger jet suffers an uncontained engine failure during a flight from LaGuardia Airport in New York City to Dallas Love Field in Dallas, Texas. One passenger is killed. The aircraft diverts to Philadelphia International Airport in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. 2018-04-17
A tugboat crash on the Hudson River north of New York City results in one death and two people missing. 2016-03-12
Sony cancels the New York City sneak preview of the upcoming 2014 film "The Interview", originally scheduled for December 18, due to threatening messages by hackers. 2014-12-17
A man attacks a group of police officers in New York City with a hatchet, injuring 2 before being shot dead. Police suspect the attacker was motivated by radical Islamic ideals. 2014-10-23
The New York Police Department (NYPD) states that preliminary tests indicate ricin was present in letters that were sent to the office of New York City Mayor and media mogul Michael Bloomberg, and to the office of the Director of Mayors Against Illegal Guns. 2013-05-29
Thousands of people gather in front of the United Nations in New York City to support the anti-government protests. 2011-01-29