G overnor Kathy Hochul defended New York City's response to the Legionnaires ' disease outbreak after officials on Tuesday confirmed the death toll had risen to five.

Southern food might seem out of place in NYC, but there are actually a number of joints doing Southern cooking justice in the heart of the Big Apple.

New York City's taxpayer-funded safe injection site faces criticism as locals report public intercourse and defecation disrupting their East Harlem community.

Legionnaires’ disease is a rare condition, and incidence is hard to estimate because diagnosis requires a suspicion of disease and ordering of the tests needed for confirmation, said Krishna Thavarajah, MD, a pulmonologist and director of the Interstitial Lung Disease Program at Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, in an interview.

MTA begins the next phase of the Second Avenue Subway extension in East Harlem with a nearly $2 billion contract.