Bronx activists are fuming that a proposal aimed at opening up the notoriously polluted Harlem River to swimming won’t do anything to keep raw sewage from being dumped there. The state Department of ...

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 ...

The state proposes giving the Harlem River a new classification that would exempt the city from meeting bacterial water quality standards when it rains—and environmental groups are not happy about it.

NEW YORK - Two Democratic New York lawmakers and the state's Department of Environmental Protection secured $1 million to clean up the Harlem River, funding that will go towards an environmental study ...

A suicidal 16-year-old girl has a second chance at life, thanks to a trio of quick-acting cops who pulled her from Manhattan’s Harlem River moments after she plunged in. The unidentified teen was ...