Below are Hick’s thoughts on a number of issues from his talk and interviews with the Explorer.

Anshula Kapoor gets engaged to boyfriend Rohan Thakkar in New York's Central Park, writes, "we met on an app..." ...

When racing finally returns to Nassau County’s Belmont Park next year, it will be run over a refurbished racetrack and in front of a sparkling new grandstand that the New York Racing Association hopes ...

It's not a sight you see every day: 100 life-size Indian elephant sculptures lining Santa Monica Boulevard. Their goal: to ...

Long layover? Flight delay? These nine urban hiking trails—from a bamboo forest to a wildlife refuge—are all within 15 miles ...

Pack a cooler and your appetite for a tasty Upstate New York road trip adventure. In Buffalo, check out seven iconic food trails: Beef on Weck, Buffalo Wing, Buffalo-style Pizza, Fish Fry, Hot Dogs, ...

A swimmer was bitten by a shark at Jones Beach on Long Island in New York, when, and the likely species has now been ...

Experts have narrowed down the shark species likely responsible for biting a woman at New York’s Jones Beach State Park last ...

Spread the loveTwo photographers, David Lei and Jacqueline Emery been following a pair of coyotes named Romeo and Juliet ...

New York State Park officials say a 20-year-old woman was likely attacked by a shark last Wednesday at Jones Beach on Long ...

So beyond improving the ecosystem at the park, there’s an education component to this. Chris Lajewski, program director of the Onondaga Lake Conservation Corps, said native plants are among the ...