Many ended up settling down in the Big Apple and lived crammed into dilapidated apartment buildings known as tenements. Living conditions were dreadful in most of these apartments, but for thousands ...

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul's number two, Lt. Gov. Antonio Delgado, is now challenging her in the race for governor.

B y the end of the 18th century, New York City's population had grown exponentially with thousands of immigrants looking for a better life in America. Many ended up settling down in the Big Apple and ...

Explore this bustling area of New York City to learn about its history, try delicious food, explore museums, and visit some ...

Measured against New York City’s vast slums and near slums—337,949 tenement apartments built before 1901 and another 825,536 almost that obsolete—the East 102nd Street project looks tiny. U ...

The New York City Tenement Museum used historic Black newspapers to create its latest exhibit “Archiving materials still matters even in our digital age, primarily if the stories you explore provide a ...

The compliant new housing propelled New York City to a safer future for everyone. Today, as the most devastating infectious disease crisis in over a century continues, we need reform again.

NYC Tenement Museum now features Black family's apartment NEW YORK -- CBS New York is celebrating the first day of Black History Month with a glimpse back at Black life here in the city in the 1870s.

Step inside the Tenement Museum, an institution that connects the past to the present.

NYC Tenement Museum’s Black Migration Exhibit Premieres In February Visitors can explore the Black migrant experience in post-Civil War era New York City through a 75-minute guided, multimedia tour.

After reopening its National Historic Landmark tenement at 97 Orchard Street earlier this fall, the Tenement Museum has unveiled its first new exhibit in several years, “A Union of Hope: 1869 ...