The Latest Breaking News from Manhattan

The Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) has selected Jacobs Engineering Group Inc (NYSE:J) as the Prime Designer for Penn Station Access, an expansion of Metro-North's regional railroad system. Financial terms not disclosed. Jacobs will design the expansion and support construction, led by the Halmar International/Railworks Joint Venture. Jacobs will develop a digital for visualizing…

Over the years, many former prosecutors have become justices of the U.S. Supreme Court. Earl Warren, for instance, served as Alameda County's district attorney and California's attorney general. Sonia Sotomayor worked at the Manhattan district attorney's office. Samuel A. Alito Jr. worked for the U.S. attorney in New Jersey.

In an executive order last month, President Joe Biden moved to divide and release $7 billion from Afghanistan’s central bank — funds frozen after the Taliban takeover of the country. Half would go to meet urgent Afghan humanitarian needs, and half would apparently be disbursed to a subset of U.S.…

The latest stop on Andrew Cuomo’s attempted comeback tour was a Manhattan lunch with a fellow former governor who’s no stranger to scandal.

U.S. prosecutors in Manhattan on Thursday charged a television producer for Konstantin Malofeyev, described as a Russian oligarch, with violating Crimea-related sanctions.

Well-heeled New Yorkers working in one Manhattan skyscraper will soon be able to get plastic surgery, liposuction, cat scans and other medical treatments at the push of an elevator button.

American authorities have returned nine looted artifacts to Jordan that were seized from a US billionaire collector as part of a landmark deal announced in December. The artifacts were among 180 items seized by the Manhattan District Attorney’s office as part of an agreement with collector Michael Steinhardt to surrender…

The United Nations General Assembly on Wednesday overwhelmingly voted to reprimand Russia for invading Ukraine and demanded that Moscow stop fighting and withdraw its military forces, an action that aims to diplomatically isolate Russia at the world body.

‘For years Manhattan has been one of the most popular safe harbours for Russian oligarchs to park their cash,’ said Mark Levine