Time to take off your hazmat suit and put on your swimsuit. The state has declared that the notoriously polluted Harlem River is now officially a “swimmable” waterway — but activists say the river is ...

NEW YORK (WABC) -- A commuter alert to drivers: You may want to avoid the George Washington Bridge this weekend. That's because construction work has fully shut down the southbound road that links the ...

A teen was rescued from freezing water in New York City by brave police officers. The NYPD says the girl jumped into the Harlem River in an apparent suicide attempt, which she seemed to instantly ...

NYPD body cam video shows officers pull teen girl from Harlem River in rescue operation NYPD body cam video shows officers pull teenage girl from freezing Harlem River in dramatic rescue operation.

Three heroic NYPD officers recounted on Thursday the dramatic moment they rescued a teen girl who leapt into the Harlem River in an attempt to take her own life. The Nov. 11 incident, caught on ...

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At the Harlem River Houses, a public-housing complex in northern Manhattan, Sheryl Jones grimaced lightly as she watched a puppy relieve itself on a flagpole. “Now, that’s just disrespectful,” Jones, ...