Sean Rippe, 16, of Franklin, N.Y., leaped over a fence along Flushing Bay while fishing with his family.Who was left behind on the first day of a holiday weekend in a desolate New York? Tourists, New York’s finest and a family of sparrows.

How does the family of Dorothy Davis of Harlem celebrate the Fourth? With chicken, and ribs, and greens, and macaroni, and lots of it.

As the power struggle in the State Senate ends its fourth week, lawmakers remain stuck in the Capitol, looking for ways to pass the time.

Independence Day, actually Saturday, July 4, will be observed.

A handful of communities in the New York area have canceled their fireworks, while others were trying to find private sponsors to pay for the shows.

In Prospect Park over the weekend, in what was perhaps a snapshot of countless other celebrations throughout New York City, holiday cookouts had a distinctly ethnic flair.

About 2,000 visitors were ordered to evacuate the popular beach after unexploded fireworks from a Fourth of July show washed ashore, officials said.

The Town of Travis, on the western shore of Staten Island boasts that its parade is among the oldest processions in the country.

Thomas Jefferson’s original version of The Declaration of Independence includes passages that were deleted, including his lengthy condemnation of slavery.

The city is moving the Macy’s Fourth of July fireworks display from Manhattan to Brooklyn this year for a simple reason: TV.