The Fort Washington Library reopened to the public Thursday for the first time in five years. CBS News New York's Jessi Mitchell shows us how the Washington Heights community will benefit from the new ...

A vibrant center of cultural and political life, the city’s most famous, lion-bookended research library houses millions of collections that span the blockbuster (Thoma ...

A Long Island mom is speaking out after learning the so-called “time-out room” her special-needs son would be taken to at school more closely resembles a jail cell.

Following a busy year in 2024, the St. Marys Public Library is reflecting on its areas of success and growth, and future ...

Huntington Supervisor Ed Smyth and the Huntington Town Board is set to open a warming center from Jan. 21, through Friday, ...

Suffolk County Legislator Rebecca Sanin has announced the conclusion of a highly successful clothing drive to give Suffolk ...

New York City has become the first city in the nation to implement a congestion pricing plan, a groundbreaking initiative aimed at reducing traffic in Manhattan’s busiest areas while funding crucial ...

A week before Christmas, a man returned a copy of Igor Stravinsky’s 1936 autobiography to a clerk at The New York Public Library's 455 5th Ave. location. The clerk immediately contacted the ...

It’s evidence that New York City, as modern as it is, has only 1,000 public restrooms for its 8.3 million residents. “We all have needed a public bathroom only to find there were none nearby ...

Image The calls to defund public media this year seem greater than in previous years.Credit...Ting Shen for The New York Times He added that NPR and PBS had a difficult road ahead even without a ...

The tragic fiery murder of a sleeping straphanger in Brooklyn this week illuminated a critical flaw in the city subway system — fire extinguishers are not accessible to the public. Fire ...