The city has weathered the recession better than was feared, but the view is often bleaker outside Manhattan.

New York City has weathered the recession far better than was feared during the financial crisis, but outside of Manhattan the view is often bleaker.

New York City has weathered the recession far better than was feared during the financial meltdown. Yet outside of Manhattan the view can be much bleaker.

New York City is gradually recovering from a deep but surprisingly short recession that ended in November, but its manufacturing industries are still not adding jobs.

Before the N.H.L. rejected the deal, the Devils wanted to pay Ilya Kovalchuk more than $100 million to play in a city where thousands are still struggling to make a living and keep their homes.

Efforts to make it easier to grow old in New York City were born of good intentions as well as economic strategy.

New York City’s unemployment rate ticked down again in June, the sixth straight monthly decline.

Health officials indicated that maternal mortality was being driven by environmental factors like poor nutrition.

At many new restaurants, the old reservation-book exclusivity has been replaced by a populist no-reservations scrim.

Gary Barnett, a prolific developer in New York City, is starting construction on a $1.3 billion skyscraper on 57th Street that will be the tallest residential building in the city.