A few morning showers and gusty north winds on Friday, March 27. The weekend turns chilly with subfreezing lows Saturday night.

A dead whale washed ashore at Rockaway Beach on Thursday; NOAA and local responders are monitoring the scene while experts prepare to examine the carcass.

Bich heirs say a Fra Angelico panel was taken from Bruno Bich’s Fifth Avenue apartment decades ago and later sold; they’re asking a court to recover the work or its proceeds.

Mayor Mamdani ordered a DSNY cleanup at the East Village e‑bike hub instead of an NYPD sweep, favoring sanitation and bike‑parking plans over seizures.

Alexander Lukashenko signed a friendship and cooperation treaty with Kim Jong Un in Pyongyang, exchanging dramatic gifts as the two leaders deepen ties.

Surveillance video from Huntington Station and Lake Grove shows a quick-change scheme that left cashiers short. Suffolk police and federal cases lay out how to guard the register.

The Pocket, a 170-seat jazz club, is set to open inside the Muse Hotel in Midtown Manhattan in the coming weeks.

A Bronx jury convicted Joseph 'Jupiter Joe' last November; he was sentenced Thursday to 25 years to life for the 1999 killing of 13‑year‑old Minerliz Soriano.

The attorney general’s office arrested Azer Arslanouk in Brooklyn after seizing more than 8,000 fentanyl-laced oxycodone pills and about $100,000 in cocaine.

A community-painted mural is going up at Lincoln Center as the campus prepares a $335M redesign to open Damrosch Park and reconnect with neighbors.

Nearly a decade after launch, Jean Nouvel’s 53 West 53 still shows lingering listings and steep markdowns even as a handful of big units close. Brokers point to unusual layouts and wide price bands as the reason.

Darnell "EJ" Jones was sentenced to 145 months for stealing COVID-era unemployment benefits and funneling the money to the Ninedee gang.

A 9-year-old boy is recovering after being shot in the leg near Livonia Avenue and Bristol Street in Brownsville. Police say he was not the intended target and no arrests have been made.