Fire department officials said last week the ongoing drought has resulted in 215 brush fires in just two weeks, including that destroyed 4 acres of Manhattan’s Inwood Hill Park last week and another blaze in Prospect Park that will take several seasons ...

NEW YORK (AP) — New York City on Monday issued its first drought warning in 22 years after months of little rain — and will restart the flow of drinking water from an out-of-service aqueduct as supplies run low.

Mayor Eric Adams declared a drought warning Monday — and halted a major aqueduct repair project to preserve the city’s waters supply — as New York City faces the threat of severe