Bill de Blasio

The 2020 presidential hopeful said Wednesday he is running for mayor of New York. “I am running for mayor because I see a crisis – and I believe I can help,” said Andrew Yang.

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio announced on Wednesday the city is canceling its business contracts with the Trump Organization following the president’s role in last week’s Capitol riots

Mayor Bill de Blasio said the city will use schools, pop-up clinics and “whatever it takes” to reach 1 million people within the month.

“And that’s a big but. B-U-T,” New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo said. “But, no one knows because it is up to us.”

European stocks closed higher Tuesday as optimism over coronavirus vaccines appeared to outweigh concerns over fresh shutdowns across the continent.

The Dow was set to open higher Tuesday, one day after stocks gave up gains and closed lower.

New York’s seven-day average of new cases was higher than 6,400 as of Sunday, up over 24% compared with a week ago.

TipRanks analyst ranking service pinpoints Wall Street’s best-performing stocks, like Amazon and Yelp.

Dow futures pointed to a decline at Thursday’s open after two straight down sessions for the 30-stock average.

COVID-19 represents the “largest mass fatality incident in modern New York City history,” prompting a surge in deaths that more than doubled the total reported to the medical examiner’s office over last year, according to a new report from the mayor’s office. The findings were part of the COVID-19 section of the Mayor’s Management Report for Fiscal Year 2020,...

President Donald Trump has taken issue with New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio’s plan to paint “Black Lives Matter” in front of Trump’s namesake Manhattan tower.

UPDATE: NYS Sees 114 Coronavirus-Related Deaths; Cuomo, de Blasio Call for Federal Govt. Help as NYC Cases Top 9,000 Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced Friday that 100 percent of non-essential work forces are now required to stay home, calling it “the most drastic measure we can take” as he said the entire state of New York was “on pause.” Two days…

Schools in New York City will close Monday and may not open again until April 20. After days of students and parents calling on the city to shut down schools to curb the spread of COVID-19, the mayor announced Sunday that schools will shut and remote learning for K-12 will begin one week later on Monday, March 23. For the…

Donald Trump a Florida man? Not so fast. Despite a stinging “good riddance” tweet from New York’s governor, the president’s home state may not let him go to Florida without a fight. Trump’s plan to shift his permanent residence to Palm Beach will likely be heavily scrutinized by New York state officials, who are notorious for auditing wealthy residents seeking...

A city commission voted Monday to erect a monument depicting three pioneers in the fight for women’s rights: Susan B. Anthony, Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Sojourner Truth

New York City lawmakers moved a step closer to closing Rikers Island, a massive jail complex notorious for violence and dysfunction that is increasingly seen as a relic.

Mayor de Blasio has ended his 2020 bid for president.

A commercial promoting D.C. statehood aired Sunday ahead of a congressional hearing on the issue, with a veteran featured in the commercial saying it’s time for Congress to “give us our star and give us our state.”

Washington, D.C.’s mayor had dozens of 51-star flags hung along Pennsylvania Avenue NW ahead of a hearing before Congress on D.C. statehood.

D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser ordered American flags with 51 stars put on display ahead of next week’s statehood hearing. Mark Segraves reports.