New York

His innovative version of the chocolate chip cookie, studded with irregular pieces of dark Swiss chocolate, led to a chain of more than 100 stores worldwide.

If the judge follows through, it would allow creditors to pursue foreclosures, repossessions and lawsuits that have been on hold as Rudolph Giuliani sought the protection of bankruptcy law.

Her writing, from the late 1920s to the late ’40s, about sex, marriage, divorce, child rearing and work-life balance still resonates.

Fun is the main point of Carl Cofield’s stylish outdoor staging of Shakespeare’s comic fantasy for the Classical Theater of Harlem.

Senator Robert Menendez is charged in an international corruption scheme. Prosecutors portrayed him as “Scrooge McDuck swimming in gold coins,” his lawyer told the jury.

The lawsuit was part of a wave of litigation against universities over accusations of antisemitism related to campus protests over the war in Gaza.

Senator Robert Menendez’s corruption trial has featured testimony that ventured into offbeat territory.

A reporter and a visual journalist followed the Aguilar Ortega family during a dangerous journey to the United States.

For months, two journalists documented a Venezuelan family’s journey to the United States, and the struggles they faced after they crossed the border.

George E. Norcross III, a widely feared political figure in New Jersey for years, is accused of manipulating property deals to benefit from government tax breaks.

The body of Yazmeen Williams, 31, had been found on a Manhattan curb, wrapped in a sleeping bag. The police took a man in a wheelchair into custody.

In a closing statement, a prosecutor said the Menendez home was awash in cash and walked jurors through what the government has called a complicated web of corruption.

New York City officials, including the comptroller, Brad Lander, are weighing whether to challenge Eric Adams, potentially creating openings in other races.

Nemat Shafik, the university president, called the sentiments in the text messages “unacceptable and deeply upsetting.”

Remote work and online shopping have hurt retailers who occupy space leased by the Metropolitan Transportation Authority.

Years before they ascended to influential leadership roles, they worked at the Public Theater and became cheerleaders for each other’s professional dreams.

They checked into a motel room in upstate New York, with a gas canister and a plan to end her decades of physical pain.

Soon, dining sheds around the city will be dismantled — no matter how attractive they are.

His clients included antiwar protesters and terror suspects. His practice “not only defended needy people, it propelled social movements,” a colleague said.

Twenty years after opening in Williamsburg, Catbird is expanding across America.

Fifty years ago, my father’s friend was taken at gunpoint on Long Island. Then he went on with his life — and that’s the part that haunts me.

Abbe Lowell, a lawyer for Senator Robert Menendez, met with prosecutors last fall to plead his case. Days later, the senator was indicted on bribery charges.

Nearly 75 percent of shops operated by the Metropolitan Transportation Authority are vacant.

Looking up in Inwood Hill Park, talking hip-hop on Bleecker Street and more reader tales of New York City in this week’s Metropolitan Diary.

Visitors were mostly unaffected by the third and fourth drownings at New York City beaches this season, matching the total number of swimming deaths last summer.

New York officials believe a robotic companion called ElliQ, which can discuss complicated subjects, is helping older residents feel less alone. Critics are concerned about data collection.

She makes children laugh during the week, but on Sundays it’s her turn to enjoy herself: movies, fancy treats and museum trips with her 6-year-old son.

The girls, ages 17 and 18, went into the water near the Coney Island boardwalk as thunderstorms rolled in. It was the second pair of drownings off the city’s beaches in two weeks.

Hearing echoes of Independence Day a century ago, when Americans were clashing over race, religion, immigration and presidential candidates.

In Williamsburg and Manhattan, robbers have stolen watches worth tens of thousands of dollars before fleeing on motorbikes.

A mysterious former Republican’s victory over Mondaire Jones in a third-party primary could help shape one of the nation’s most important congressional swing races this fall.

At least 11 people who were celebrating the July 4 holiday were struck by the truck on the Lower East Side, the authorities said.

Police officers arrived at a Jamaica apartment to find a 21-year-old man holding his father at knife point and an 8-year-old fatally wounded, officials said.

A cover band from Toronto brings some 2000s nostalgia to the home city of their indie rock heroes.

This week’s properties are in Sutton Place, Gramercy Park and Flatbush.

This week’s properties are a three-bedroom in Weston, Conn., and a five-bedroom in Stony Brook, N.Y.

Mr. Bertoletti won the title, succeeding the 16-time champion Joey Chestnut, who was barred from the July 4 spectacle. In the women’s contest, Miki Sudo ate 51 hot dogs, a record.

Despite highly publicized attacks, most major offenses are down. But quality-of-life problems tarnish the “Crossroads of the World,” the city says.

Senator Robert Menendez of New Jersey is accused of a wide-ranging international bribery conspiracy. Jurors are likely to begin deliberating next week.

She painted and sculpted, but she was best known for her oversized still lifes, painted from photographs and crowded with color and detail.

The film director grew up in Sweden with a love of American movies. Now he would like you to see his surreal debut, “Mother, Couch,” in a theater.

Despite pushback against a pilot program to provide the debit cards, the city expanded it, saying it saves money.

New York is trying to treat an addictive substance just like any other product.

The Metropolitan Transportation Authority and two other state entities owe $76.5 million in unpaid city water bills at a time when the city is raising water rates.

Global warming is hitting the entire Northeast particularly hard, according to figures provided by Climate Central, a nonprofit group.

Spice Brothers is a showcase for the power of cinnamon, turmeric and other flavors of the Middle East.

The one-minute commercial, which was created by a group formed by former Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo, seeks to bring attention to atrocities linked to Hamas.

In an online exhibition, the YIVO Institute for Jewish Research will explore the account of Yitskhok Rudashevski. He was 13 when the Germans took over Vilnius, Lithuania.

Rudolph W. Giuliani, the former mayor of New York and a longtime ally of Donald J. Trump, was at the center of the former president’s efforts to overturn the 2020 election.

Donald J. Trump’s lawyers want to argue that a Supreme Court decision giving presidents immunity for official acts should void his felony conviction for covering up hush money paid to a porn star.

Easygoing days of drama and comedy are just a few hours away (or even closer) in New York, Connecticut and Massachusetts.

Some lawmakers are trying to persuade Gov. Kathy Hochul to resurrect the program, which she stopped shortly before it was to begin.

City officials said a pilot program had reduced the costs of feeding migrants, and that fraud prevention measures were ensuring that the cards were being used properly.

Fireworks are coming back to the Hudson River for the first time in more than 10 years.

Christine Fields’s family was tight-knit. But after she died in childbirth, grief and the prospect of a multimillion-dollar settlement threatened to tear it apart.

A year’s worth of tolls is hard to picture. But what about an hour’s worth?

Former President Donald J. Trump took the action hours after a U.S. Supreme Court ruling granted him immunity for official acts committed in office.

The Trump adviser was sentenced to four months for refusing to honor a subpoena from a committee investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol riot. He rallied supporters in his last minutes of freedom.

Senator Robert Menendez’s sister testified that their father stored cash in a grandfather clock in Havana, Cuba.

The model-turned-actress-turned-businesswoman is the new president of Actors’ Equity. In an interview, she explained what she’s doing there.