#new-york-city

#new-york-city

In 2002, Rachael Ray set off across North America and Europe with a budget of $40 a day for meals. The celebrity chef's show, aptly titled "$40 a Day," aired until 2005 on Food Network. Throughout these three seasons, Ray visited popular cities and tourist spots in search of unique, budget-friendly meals for breakfast, lunch, and dinner. She avoided massive fast food chains like McDonald's or Burger King, opting for more localized but still affordable options.

New York just scored the silver medal on the global stage, coming in as the number two city in the world in Resonance Consultancy's 2026 World's Best Cities ranking. Yes, London hung onto the crown again, but New York City isn't exactly sulking in the corner. Our racked up praise for its cultural might, airport power moves and the kind of urban glow-up only New York can pull off, from shiny towers to subway upgrades that, miraculously, appear to be happening in real life.

The city moves fast, sounds loud, and never really sleeps. Every neighborhood feels different. You can walk through busy streets full of yellow taxis and then suddenly find yourself in a quiet park or a street full of murals and small cafés. If you're visiting for the first time or just coming back, New York always feels new. Here are some of the best things to do, plus a few day trips that will make your visit even better.

"This latest critical investment in child care gives the City the tools necessary to build a system to provide care for families with children from birth to five years old," said Rendy Desamours, a spokesperson for Council Speaker Adrienne Adams, a Queens Democrat. The city already funds preschool seats for nearly 100,000 3- and 4-year-olds, and the push to expand that system has gathered steam in recent months.

After a sunny, crisp start, New York City's weather will take a turn for the dramatic midweek, with a storm barreling up the coast just in time to soak the city on Thursday. According to the National Weather Service, the system will bring one to two inches of rain, gusts up to 40 miles per hour and the potential for minor flooding in poor drainage areas and along the coast during Thursday night's high tide.

Everybody is bracing and everybody is worried, and rightfully so. Not having SNAP is going to make a difference to a lot of families in our area and in our city, and any projected cuts that might come from the past budget are also going to impact our families,

Two hundred fifty years ago, George Washington gave his inaugural speech in Manhattan. And for 250 years, New York City has survived,

"I feel very suspicious of the area now," echoed Ramirez, 40, who has a 14-year-old daughter. "We know that many kids tell their moms, 'Mama, we want to go to the park now,' and then the kids go alone. What will happen if there's a predator? The kids don't know how to defend themselves. We thought it was safe, but I don't feel secure anymore."

The story of how Union Square Cafe, the famous restaurant in New York, became as important to my family as it is to the national restaurant industry begins, in a way, before I was born. Even though my brother, sisters, and I were raised in what we considered a boring suburb of Hartford in the 1980s, my mother always subscribed to New York magazine.

Nearly 1 million New York City households relied on the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program (known as LIHEAP, or HEAP) last winter to help afford their energy costs, more than any other region in the state. Applications for this season were supposed to open Nov. 3, but are being delayed for at least a few weeks-or until the federal government reopens and reallocates funding, Gov. Kathy Hochul said Wednesday.

Pennywise the clown and his menacing red balloons from "It" were seen floating around New York City on Wednesday. He traveled all the way from the sewers of Maine while promoting the upcoming release of the HBO series "Welcome to Derry" - a prequel to Stephen King's novel "It" and the franchise's two recent movies. The city that never sleeps might have an even more difficult time doing so, knowing an orange-haired clown in a silver silk suit is roaming the streets.

"Every time they come in, they are stealing about $800 worth of Dominican salamis,"

The move will relieve some or all of the medical debt for 500,000 New Yorkers on a one-time basis. It is part of a program Adams launched last year with Undue Medical Debt, a nonprofit that buys medical debt to acquire debt portfolios from healthcare providers, hospitals, and collection agencies. Since the program launched in 2024, it has thus far canceled $135 million in medical debt for 75,000 New Yorkers.

The block of Great Jones Street between Bowery and Lafayette Street in downtown Manhattan has been named Jean-Michel Basquiat Way in honour of the late Neo-Expressionist artist. A fixture in the bustling East Village scene who became a global art star, Basquiat died of a heroin overdose at age 27 in the home and studio he rented from his friend Andy Warhol at 57 Great Jones Street from 1983 to 1988.

As the first in the nation to add a warning icon for added sugars, this rule underlines our longstanding work to ensure New Yorkers have information about the food they eat,

"It's a great luxury to be able to work in the place that you call home. And especially on a show that is so intrinsically New York, right?"

At Le Chene in Manhattan, chef Alexia Duchene indulges diners with a haute spin on French classics while another kind of artistry hangs on the walls. Diners nibble sweet shrimp tartelettes or golden, pastry-covered pithiviers beneath Warhol's Flowers and sip rare Grand Cru across from a Basquiat triptych. And, for deep-pocketed guests, there's even the chance to take a masterpiece home.

Thousands of protesters marched from New York City's Times Square to Union Square in Saturday's "No Kings" rally, according to the NYPD. It's the second time this year that the demonstrations were being held across the United States. The activists peacefully marched from Father Duffy Square down Seventh Avenue to 14th Street in Manhattan in a protest amid the prolonged federal government shutdown and President Trump's deployment of federal authorities to aid immigration enforcement.

Organizers expected about 150 to 200,000 people, but we just spoke to one of the organizers, and they said that they now believe the number was closer to 300,000. So that's a 50% increase from the first time that we saw these protests. For anyone who doesn't remember, that was Trump's birthday. That was the day of the military parade. That shocked and alarmed a lot of Americans.

Millions of Americans are expected to join nationwide protests Saturday, including multiple rallies in New York City, for the second time since President Donald Trump's re-election. Organizers of the "No Kings" protests in the five boroughs say they expect tens of thousands of people to turn out in Midtown and other locations across the city. The demonstrations come as Trump has deployed federal law enforcement and, in some instances, the National Guard to protect federal buildings in cities where he says crime and disorder are prevalent.

Tom Cruise and I have one thing in common: We both love eating popcorn at the movies. But I am a blogger, and Tom Cruise is not, so here we are. Rarely do I go more than two weeks in New York City without seeing a movie, whether it's a new release or a screening of something old. Usually, the experience feels incomplete without a whole lot of popcorn, often all for myself.

New York City's about to turn yellow this Saturday, October 18, as "No Kings Day" marches return to the streets. The nationwide movement-born on President Trump's birthday back in June-calls for mass, peaceful demonstrations against what organizers describe as his increasingly authoritarian grip on the country. Last time, tens of thousands braved the rain to fill Manhattan; this weekend's forecast is for more of the same energy (but hopefully less humidity).

Always ahead of the curve and nostalgic as a hobby, New Yorkers are leaning into a dominant food trend from when the subway fare was $2.25, Occupy Wall Street camped out at Zuccotti Park, New York Fashion Week had recently relocated to Lincoln Center, and yes, there was a fro-yo shop on every corner. Now, frozen yogurt has become part of the zeitgeist once again.