New Yorkers played central roles in developing such technological innovations as air-conditioning, toilet paper and the atomic bomb. But when confronted with one of civilization’s most ubiquitous ...

Social media users were outraged at claims that firefighters were seen in news footage carrying water in handbags.

There’s just no space.” Most major cities around the world require people to put their leaky, stinky garbage bags inside closed bins rather than piling them on the sidewalk. But in New York ...

"I believe our city should be doing everything it can to reduce plastic waste, not encourage it, and certainly not mandate it," says the letter writer.