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Senate Considers Mandatory Notification Of Drug Shortages

Senator Kirsten Gillibrand is urging her colleagues to pass a bill that would require drug manufactures to notify the FDA six months in advance about medication shortages, to help sick patients dealing with the rising number of drugs in short supply.

Updated 05/20/2012 05:30 PM

AIDS Walk Raises Awareness, Support For HIV/AIDS Services

More than 45,000 people took part Sunday in the 27th annual AIDS Walk New York, a charity walk through Central Park and the Upper West Side that raises money for more than 40 organizations that help people living with HIV and AIDS.

Updated 05/20/2012 05:21 PM

Firefighter's Widow Reportedly Reaches $10M Deutsche Bank Fire Settlement

The widow of Joseph Graffagnino, one of the firefighters who died in the 2007 fire at the former Deutsche Bank building in Lower Manhattan, will receive $10 million in a settlement, according to the New York Daily News.

Updated 05/20/2012 05:20 PM

City Council Speaker Quinn Celebrates Her High-Profile Same-Sex Marriage

City Council Speaker Christine Quinn married her longtime partner Kim Catullo in Chelsea on Saturday in the highest profile same-sex wedding to take place in New York to date.

05/20/2012 09:43 AM

Blind Chinese Activist Allowed Inside USA Settles In The Village

Chen Guangcheng, the blind Chinese activist whose attempt to leave China for the United States led to a diplomatic dust-up between the two countries, is now living in Manhattan.

05/20/2012 12:43 PM

UES Residents Rally Against Neighborhood Waste Transfer Station

Demonstrators gathered on Manhattan's East Side Saturday to protest the city's plan for a garbage transfer station at the waterfront at East 91st Street, and said the site is too close to the Asphalt Green playground.

05/20/2012 12:58 PM

City's Smallpox History Inspires New Exhibit

Health

Smallpox is the only disease that's been completely wiped out across the globe but remains one of the most feared. Now, its unique connection to the city is on display at the New York Historical Society.

App Wrap: "iRig Mix," "iRig MIC Cast"

The App Wrap

NY1 highlights the coolest and newest apps for your cell phone or mobile device in the twice-weekly segment “App Wrap.”

Artist Tom Sachs Brings The Park Avenue Armory Into The Space Race

Arts

The final frontier is as close as the Upper East Side, thanks to a vast art installation by Tom Sachs that turns the Park Avenue Armory into the surface of Mars.

Mayan Flavors, Customs Spice Up The Yucatan's Top Tables

Travel

The hottest tables of Merida, Mexico serve so-called Yucatecan cuisine, which is prided by locals as having a distinctive flavor from the rest of Mexican cuisine.