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New York City becomes the first jurisdiction in the United States to distribute smallpox vaccines to people who are at risk of contracting the monkeypox virus.
2022-06-23

Over 100,000 protest the election of Donald Trump in Chicago; Los Angeles; Oakland, California; Philadelphia; Portland, Oregon, New York City; Seattle and other major cities, reflecting a deep political divide in the United States.
2016-11-9

Two people are killed and 35 injured when a United States Amtrak passenger train on the Palmetto route traveling from New York City to Savannah, Georgia, with 341 passengers and seven crew on board, derails in Chester, Pennsylvania, after striking a backhoe that was on the track. Local media reports the deceased are veteran Amtrak workers. Area hospitals are treating the injured; none in life-threatening condition.
2016-04-3

Dr. Craig Spencer, a Doctors Without Borders volunteer, was declared free of the Ebola virus and released from a New York City hospital. His was the last Ebola case being treated in the United States.
2014-11-11

Former British Foreign Secretary David Miliband confirms he is to resign as an MP and move to the United States to become head of the International Rescue Committee in New York.
2013-03-26

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

Stock, bond and commodities markets open as usual in the United States despite the impact of Hurricane Irene on New York City.
2011-08-29

The United States approves more than $4 billion assistance for rescuers and residents whose health was affected after the September 11 attacks in New York City in 2001.
2010-12-22

US movie director Arthur Penn best known as the director of "Bonnie and Clyde" dies of congestive heart failure in New York City.
2010-09-28

Mark David Chapman, John Lennon's killer, is denied parole by the New York State Division of Parole in the U.S..
2010-09-7