Tourists and locals alike know they can emerge from the dingy subway stations along roughly five blocks of New York City’s Canal Street to be greeted with rows of sparkling, polished designer knockoff bags, watches, jewelry — and their hawkers.

New York State's attorney general on Wednesday urged the public to submit photos, videos and other documentation of federal immigration operations to her office for

Dozens of federal officers descended on the sidewalks of Lower Manhattan on Tuesday, detaining nine people and drawing protests.

A stretch of Great Jones Street in downtown Manhattan has been officially named Jean-Michel Basquiat Way. The street includes the second-floor warehouse that Basquiat rented from Andy Warhol, where the artist lived and worked from 1983 until his death in 1988.

NEW YORK — Two people died in flooded New York City basements Thursday during a rainstorm that shut down roadways and caused airport delays, authorities said.

A big cheer went up when someone tugged the string that removed the sheaf concealing the “Jean-Michel Basquiat Way” street sign at the corner of Bowery and Great Jones. The crowd included two people who had helped shepherd the honorary name, the former city councilwoman Carlina Rivera and the hip-hop historian LeRoy McCarthy.