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Legendary choreographer George Balanchine once said, "ballet is woman," and that seems to be the case, considering the scarcity of boys aspiring to become ballet dancers compared to the legions of girls.

A Staten Island supporter of the blind cleric, Omar Abdel Rahman, who masterminded the 1993 World Trade Center bombing has been arrested as part of a sweeping, multimillion-dollar scheme to flood New York with untaxed cigarettes, the state attorney general's office announced Thursday.

Tourists are crowding onto a Bronx bus tour that promises "a ride through a real New York City 'GHETTO' " - and local politicians are furious.

Setting the stage as the perfect preshow for a Broadway matinee, Madame Tussauds New York is offering theatergoers free admission to the wax attraction for kids when accompanied by a full-paying adult and presentation of a Broadway show ticket.

A gunman used homophobic slurs before firing a fatal shot point-blank into a man's face on a Manhattan street alive with a weekend midnight crowd, a killing New York's police commissioner called an "anti-gay" hate... Officials investigating a train collision in Connecticut have ruled out foul play and are studying a rail fracture where a derailed ... (more)

Summer in Little Italy will officially start on Saturday, May 25, with a Ribbon Cutting Ceremony at 12 Noon marking the opening of the Mulberry Street Pedestrian Mall, it was announced by Ralph Tramontana, President of the Little Ital Merchants Association which has operated the Mall since its creation 25 years ago.

In May, it was announced that Ghostlight Records will preserve the hit Second Stage Theatre production of The Last Five Years , created and directed by Jason Robert Brown .

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West Siders get a great view of the Macy's fireworks - and will again this July 4 because the city didn't want to pay for added security of having some barges in the East River.

The estimated jackpot for Saturday's Powerball drawing has swelled to a record $600 million for the popular lottery game, but one official estimated Friday that if it goes unclaimed the prize would zoom to nearly $1 billion.

A hilarious new HOW 2 B A NEW YORKER SUBWAY PROMO video made its debut this morning, and you can check it out below! The video features real New York commuters with Margaret Copeland and Kevin James Doyle , the stars of Off-Broadway's hit comedy HOW TO BE A NEW YORKER which opened on October 17, 2012, at Sofia's Downstairs Theater in the heart of ... (more)

The women of New York's Upper East side, where long days are spent popping into Bergdorf's or Barney's , or both, have continued to captivate passers-by who marvel at their pearls and coiffed hair.

A towering 650-unit condominium complex in Manhattan has become the largest smoke-free residential building in the country, homeowners said yesterday.

In one photo, a woman is on all fours, presumably picking something up, her posterior pressed against a glass window.

Life for many New Yorkers affected by Hurricane Sandy has still not returned to normal, and that is apparent at one public housing development on Coney Island, where residents say they want their playground and community center back.

The New York State attorney general is investigating whether fast food restaurant owners have cheated their workers out of wages.

There are plenty of them. Mr. Khalid keeps the back dashboard of his yellow cab stocked with a layer of candy thick enough to induce envy in the most successful trick-or-treater. "Turn around; see what else is back there," Mr.

Thea Jacob entertained passers-by outside Age UK's shop in Bishopthorpe Road, York, to tell them about new Silver Song Box sessions she is starting on June 4. She wants to help people who live at home and, because of their age, go out less than they used to and have a reduced social life.

Between 2009 and 2011, approximately 450 people died crossing the street in New York City.

Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand greets panel members from the military and the Defense Department testifying on Capitol Hill on March 13 before the subcommittee's hearing on sexual assault in the military.