The long read: An extreme concentration of wealth in a city where even the air is for sale has produced a new breed of needle-like tower

Electric cars are expensive. The sticker price for electric vehicles (EVs) has historically exceeded that for comparable gasoline cars. But that’s less true every month. The arrival of cars like Kia’s $33,145 electric Soul, GM’s $36,620 Bolt, and Tesla’s $35,000 Model 3—not to mention the $23,800 Smart EQ—have pushed the price of top-reviewed EVs below the median price for cars in the US. And that’s before thousands of dollars in state and federal incentives.

The officers put the camera away but accidentally left it turned on.

The police said Mr. Cali had suffered multiple gunshot wounds, and there were reports of a blue pickup truck leaving the scene of the shooting.

After months of protest, the e-commerce giant confirmed that it’s scrapping the deal.

He wanted his cops to “Get the strap” — and take out 50 Cent. A Brooklyn precinct commander is being investigated by the NYPD for allegedly threatening the celebrity’s life — telling his officers at a roll call to “shoot him on sight,” the Daily News has learned. Deputy Inspector Emanuel Gonzalez, the commanding officer of the 72nd Precinct in Sunset Park, allegedly made the threat last June 7, when the actor and “In Da Club” rapper was expected to attend an NYPD sanctioned boxing match in the Bronx.

Flavia Galuppo just inherited her father’s building, home to Etna Tool & Die. It’s now surrounded by boutiques and luxury condos, but she is determined not to sell.

A giant plume of smoke exploded into the night sky on Thursday night in Queens, causing people across New York City to gawk in awe.

The electrical accident that illuminated the New York City skyline late Thursday night came from a substation next to one of the state’s dirtiest plants, casting new light on the city’s dependence on antiquated oil-burning power stations and bolstering calls for cleaner electricity. This densely populated area of northwestern Queens provides nearly half the city’s electricity from aging plants that burn No. 6 fuel oil, a thick, viscous oil blend considered one of the most polluting energy sources in the world.

North Brother Island has a long history that's checkered with disease, death, and decay.

It has people, and its people call it Big. And doesn’t everyone who is fawned over and photographed like a celebrity have people? Not Mr. Big, as in “Sex and the City,” or Big Daddy or Big Mama, as in “Cat on a Hot Tin Roof.” And not Biggie, like Biggie Smalls, the Notorious B.I.G. Just Big.

The VA says the delay is a result of technical issues that occurred last year after the president signed the Forever GI Act.

Spread accross two farms in Watkins Glen, NY and Los Angeles CA, five turkeys start a new life at Farm Sanctuary, an American animal protection organization founded in 1986 as an advocate for farmed animals. Celebrities like Kevin Smith and Kaley Cuoco have made it a point to show their support and appreciation for these turkeys in the form of "adopting" or sponsoring them. In The Bronx, four natives have decided to do the same this Thanksgiving on behalf of their community.

Rivera, the closer who helped the Yankees win five World Series, became the first player to be elected unanimously.

Meet the Cabbie and Photographer David Bradford on a film journey that explores the unexpected moments that add up to the world's greatest city.

Declawing involves amputating the first segment of a cat's toes. New York might the next state to ban it.

The Henley Vaporium, is the latest manifestation of the emerging e-cigarette trend. A 2,700-square-foot space nestled on the border of NoLita and SoHo, among pop-up art galleries and boutique clothiers, the Vaporium caters not only to e-cig users — "vapers" — but also to hardcore smokers looking for a healthy way out and casual curiosos eager to taste test vaporized gummy bears.

British street artist virtually 'gives away' works sold at non-descript looking market stall - and just three people buy.

Murder took a holiday last week. There were no murders in the five boroughs in the seven days ending last Sunday, the mayor’s office said on Monday.

Has Banksy finally been photographed? This is allegedly a photograph of the graffiti artist at work.

Photojournalist Bolivar Arellano's documentation of Latino life in the '70s is now on display.

Buying cigarettes in New York City is about to become a lot harder for young people, as lawmakers on Wednesday adopted the strictest limits on tobacco purchases of any major American city.

It’s a place where few living New Yorkers have ever set foot, but nearly a million dead ones reside: Hart Island, the United States’ largest mass grave, which has been closed to the public for 35 years. It is difficult to visit and off-limits to photographers. But that may be about to change, as a debate roils over the city’s treatment of the unclaimed dead. Never heard of Hart? You’re not alone--and that’s part of the problem.

Lower Manhattan residents were awestruck Friday night as the bright lights atop 1 World Trade Center were switched on in a test for the first time.

One World Trade Center in New York will be the United States' tallest building when completed, beating out Chicago's Willis Tower, according to an announcement Tuesday by the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat.

New York’s controversial stop-and-frisk policy, hailed by the city’s mayor and police chief as crucial in fighting crime, could boast only a 3% conviction rate between 2009 and 2012, according to a report by the state attorney general released on Thursday.

Nearly one million people are buried in mass graves off of the Bronx. But the city prefers you know nothing about it.

One’s at a strip club. One is held by cops. Another is heading to sunny Miami. Nearly a month after Banksy’s “residency” in New York, his surviving works have met…

At least four people were killed after a Metro-North Railroad train derailed Sunday morning in the Bronx along the Hudson River, officials said. A total of 67 people were injured — 11 critically — a New York Fire Department spokesman, Jim Long, said.

An unarmed, emotionally disturbed man shot at by the police as he was lurching around traffic near Times Square in September has been charged with assault, on the theory that he was responsible for bullet wounds suffered by two bystanders, according to an indictment unsealed in State Supreme Court in Manhattan on Wednesday.

A Long Island businesswoman is facing fierce opposition over her plans to build a massive 'Chinese city' in the Catskill Mountains of Upstate New York - complete with a Disneyland-like amusement park, community of mansion-sized homes, a university and a 'Forbidden City' - all fashioned to the principles of Feng Shui.

In September, New York Police officers responded to an emotionally disturbed man causing a ruckus at a Times Square bus terminal by opening fire on him while they were surrounded by crowds and traffic. They missed him and hit two innocent bystanders (one of whom was in a walker). Police said at the time they thought the man, Glenn Broadnax, was reaching for a gun, but he turned out to be unarmed.

There are more than 22,000 homeless children in New York, the highest number since the Great Depression. This is one of their stories.

Here's some good news. Harlem is about to get the biggest free public Wi-Fi network in the entire country, spanning a whopping 95 blocks. Soon there won't be anywhere in the city where you can't get online.

New York's City Council has approved extending the city's strict smoking ban to include electronic cigarettes, which emit a vapor. The measure was pushed by outgoing Mayor Michael Bloomberg and backed by public health advocates in the city. It comes just weeks after New York became the first major city to raise the age for buying tobacco to 21.