Model trains weave past nearly 200 botanical replicas of New York City landmarks during the 34th annual Holiday Train Show at the New York Botanical Garden in the Bronx, Wednesday, Nov. 19, 2025.

New York City has weathered many drinking trends: the craft beer craze, the natural-wine movement, the age of the $20 mocktail. But when it comes to timelessness, the city always comes back to cocktails.

Soloist Olivia MacKinnon will take the stage during the show as the lead dancer and is talent to know: originally from Mobile, Alabama, she started ballet dancing when she just three years old and later trained at the School of American Ballet. MacKinnon joined the NYCB is 2012 as an apprentice and was promoted to soloist in April 2023.

New York Rep. Nydia Velázquez — a trailblazer known by the nickname “La Luchadora” or the fighter — announced Thursday that she will retire next year after more than three decades in Congress. Velázquez,

New York City companies focused on artificial intelligence, which rely on human interaction to grow, are boosting office leasing and inspiring the return of workers to the city, said Andrew Kimball, president and CEO of New York City Economic Development Corporation.

A new report says more than 40% of New York City families can't afford weekly food costs, and one in three adults in New York City doesn't have enough money for food. CBS News New York's Jenna DeAngelis reports.

While Manhattan used to set the gold standard real estate-wise, nowadays, Brooklyn is fast-growing and arguably the “most exciting” submarket.

The best New York style-bagel in America is… not in New York City, at least not according to the judges of the 2025 BagelFest.