A recent report on air quality ranks cities that are the most polluted in the U.S. and multiple locations in New York made the list. Data released by IQAir, an air technology organization in ...

Strong winds and dry conditions fuel Long Island brush fires, yet air quality stays in the “good” range in New York due to smoke dispersal offshore. On Saturday, Long Island, New York ...

By Lisa Friedman and Brad Plumer Reporting from Washington What’s the air quality in New Delhi, Jakarta or Buenos Aires? Until Tuesday, the United States Embassy in those cities could have told you.

New York will be getting a new “Quality of Life” division to clamp down on aggressive panhandlers, open air drug use and homelessness plaguing the Big Apple’s streets and subways ...