On the first day of the federal shutdown, New York leaders gathered under the shadow of the Statue of Liberty to make plain the costs of Washington’s dysfunction. Governor Kathy Hochul, joined by ...

The city's first public statue was installed in 1950 by the Boy Scouts of America in a "Strengthening the Arm of Liberty" ...

The Department of Interior said in a statement that both Ellis Island and the Statue of Liberty will remain open.

I lift my lamp beside the golden door,’ no more! Gov. Kathy Hochul is refusing to come to the rescue and provide state funding to keep the Statue of Liberty open if it closes due to the partial ...

The United States government officially shut down on October 1, yet the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island will remain open.

The Statue of Liberty could close, and other Park Service sites already have. Officials worried tourists would stay home. By James Barron New York Democrats, led by Gov. Kathy Hochul, warned of the ...

NEW YORK, Aug. 23 -- A daredevil Frenchman trying to use a motorized parachute to land on the Statue of Liberty's torch got snagged on the gilded flame and clung to Lady Liberty's arm for a tense half ...

Prologue - The idea. Our hero emerges from the clay ; Bartholdi down the Black Nile ; The Khedive refuses ; War and Garibaldi ; Paris in rubble -- The gamble. America, the bewildering ; The workshop ...

NEW YORK (Reuters) - The Statue of Liberty is getting accessories -- with five webcams attached to the torch held high in New York harbor offering views not seen by the public in nearly a century. The ...