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Cora Cahan, a key figure in the transformation of Times Square from porn wasteland to New York’s premiere family-friendly tourist destination, will step down next year from her position as founding President and CEO of the nonprofit New 42nd Street organization. Her departure, set for June 2019, was announced by Fiona…

If you’re not near a television set, tonight’s Times Square ball drop will be online for the ninth year in a row, thanks to a production by the Times Square Alliance and Countdown Entertainment. The commercial-free ball drop is part of an overall webcast production that features music from popster Andy Grammer and…

Stephen Colbert weighed in on Monday’s Late Show about the morning’s botched bombing in Manhattan. Because, this time, no one was seriously hurt and the man wearing the homemade bomb is in custody, Colbert could crack a few jokes. “Scary morning in New York City; a man set off an improvised bomb near the Port…

Updates throughout, with police & mayor statements New York Mayor Bill de Blasio has set the Times Square injury count at 23, including the fatality of a young woman. He said the driver, identified as Richard Rojas of the Bronx, is a U.S. citizen and former member of the armed forces, that there is no indication of…

UPDATE Saturday morning: In a lead editorial titled “Shirtless Bodies In Pointless War,” the New York Times this morning took aim at the beleaguered Daily News with a New York Post-style headline (echoing that tabloid’s famous “Headless Body In Topless Bar” banner from decades back). “The News, horrified at the…

EXCLUSIVE: Focus Features has acquired the Taylor Materne & Jacob Rubin’s Black List script Times Square for Justin Lin to direct. The film will be produced by Chernin Entertainment, Perfect Storm Entertainment and Far Hills Pictures. The crime thriller is set in the last days of the old Times Square, when it was…

Viacom has extended its lease at 1515 Broadway in New York's Times Square and is preparing to occupy the entire office portion of the tower after 2020, building owner SL Green Realty Corp. told Bloomberg today. Viacom’s lease will run through 2031. After 2020, Viacom will have about 1.6 million square feet at the…