Watch: Times Square ball drops as New York welcomes 2025

The Times Square ball, which sits atop the number one Times Square building, has dropped to mark New York’s start to the new year. Crowds can be seen celebrating despite the event being the wettest in recent years. This year’s ceremony featured live music …

Five Laws Going Into Effect for New York in 2025

A flurry of legislating has resulted in Gov. Kathy Hochul’s signing close to 700 bills into law that affect paid sick leave, the cost of insulin and even restaurant reservations, among other things. As we leave 2024 behind, here’s a look at five laws that …

Home is where your attempts to escape cease – and at a bar in New York, I stopped running

I can’t remember how I got the sequinned skirt on but I’m pretty sure the eyeliner was wobbly. Both arms in a cast does not precision cat-eye make. But it was New Year’s Eve and what’s the point if you’re not going to sparkle, and I’m an Egyptian in New …

It Ends With Us director Justin Baldoni sues New York Times for libel over Blake Lively story

Written by Megan Twohey, Mike McIntire and Julie Tate, the story was published just after Lively filed a legal complaint that is usually a predecessor to a lawsuit with the California Civil Rights Department over her alleged treatment. Both her legal …

WATCH: Watch 2025 arrive in New York

Justin Baldoni files $250 million lawsuit against New York Times over Blake Lively story

Justin Baldoni has filed a lawsuit against the New York Times over a story it wrote regarding the “It Ends With Us” director and Blake Lively. In the 87-page complaint obtained by Variety, Baldoni accused the Times of promissory fraud and breach of implied …

40 years after New York law, seat belts are now 'part of the culture’

Forty years ago Wednesday, New Yorkers became the first car occupants in the U.S. to face penalties for not buckling up, so large numbers started fastening their seat belts. Through some starts and stops along the way, the rest of the nation followed suit. …

Justin Baldoni files $250M libel lawsuit against the New York Times over Blake Lively story

Justin Baldoni filed a bombshell $250 million lawsuit against the New York Times after they published a story about his “It Ends With Us” co-star Blake Lively’s sexual harassment allegations. According to Variety, the actor filed the 87-page complaint in …

Justin Baldoni sues New York Times for libel over…

The legal drama surrounding "It Ends With Us" is never-ending: The film's director Justin Baldoni has sued The New York Times for libel after the news organization published his co-star Blake Lively's smear campaign accusations. In an 87- …

New York land grab could reopen key Supreme Court ruling

Bryan Bowers and his business partner Mike Licata planned to build medical office space across from a new hospital in downtown Utica, New York. The Oneida County Industrial Development Agency nixed that plan by agreeing to take the property so a competing …