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Bill de Blasio took the oath of office and was sworn in as the 109th mayor of New York City by former President Bill Clinton.

The latest New Yorker of the Week says experience was his best teacher. It's why he's devoting every day to combating gun violence in New York City.

Mara Keisling, executive director of the National Center for Transgender Equality, schooled viewers on the importance of proper legal identification for transgender people in an appearance on MSNBC's Live With Craig Melvin this past weekend.

He will be joined by fellow cast members Natalie Anderson, who plays sassy barmaid Alicia, Dominic Brunt, who appears as vet Paddy Kirk, and Michelle Hardwick, known as receptionist Lizzie Hopkirk.

THE shortlist for Yorkshire's top tourism awards has been announced - and a host of attractions and venues from York and North and East Yorkshire are in the running.

New York Hamlet Productions has announced the world premiere of April's Fool, a new play by Kelly McAllister, directed by Bronwen Carson .

In his bid to unseat Governor Cuomo, Astorino wants to create a ballot line called "Stop Common Core."

Lyft will not launch on schedule in New York City on Friday night, despite a week of promises from the company to launch in the Big Apple.

Douglas Hamilton, left, a fifth-great-grandson of Alexander Hamilton and Antonio Burr, right, a descendant of Aaron Burr's cousin, fire their pistols during the re-enactment marking the 200th anniversary of the Hamilton-Burr duel, in Weehawken, N.J., Sunday, July 11, 2004 On July 11, 1804, two leading U.S. politicians overreacted to personal ... (more)

MORE than 200 trade unionists marched through York city centre in protest at pay, pensions and cuts in public services.

Upstate New York's mountains are back in vogue following their Sixties heyday. Mark C O'Flaherty joins the cool crowd from Brooklyn to explore "We thought the baby boomers would come, but it turned out to be the Brooklynites."

Shouts, giggles and selfies. Mildly titillating and lots of fun, bouncing around on giant inflatable boobs is the hit attraction of a hot and steamy New York summer.

Monks Cross Shopping Centre joined in partnership with Askham Bryan College and Butterfly Conservation, to work with six primary schools to design planting beds at the shopping park.

Today's New Yorker birthdays include boxing great Jake "Raging Bull" LaMotta, born in 1921; former Mayor David Dinkins, born in 1927; and composer Jerry Herman, born in 1931.

The New Yorker Hotel opened its doors in 1930 as the largest hotel in New York City.

The San Francisco-based ride-sharing company announced earlier this week that it will commence operations in the boroughs of Brooklyn and Queens on Friday, despite a failure to meet specific requirements from the Taxi and Limousine Commission.

A Brooklyn man who spent more than a dozen years in prison for a crime he likely did not commit will receive $3 million from New York State.

RESIDENTS want city leaders to safeguard the future of a York pub, amid fears it could be forced to close.

Canine and feline customers will be getting the VIP treatment at a new salon offering everything from hot tubs to rub downs for pampered pets.

In his nearly four years in office, Gov. Andrew Cuomo has ventured beyond the borders of New York state only a handful of times.