It was 50 years ago today that the Daily News ran the famous headline, “Ford to City: Drop Dead.” Today, a far more ...

Drop Dead” stunned the city at a time of budgetary peril. New York’s finances are far stronger today, but antagonism from ...

Fifty years ago this week, The Daily News published a headline that, in five words, helped turn the tide on a financial ...

In perhaps its most iconic front page, The News hit out at President Ford for saying he would veto any bill calling for a federal bailout of City and proposing legislation that would make ...

The mayor of New York City is widely seen as incompetent. Inflation is near record highs as the wider economy slows, subway ridership is down while the MTA faces a growing budget gap, and the White ...

The New York Daily News ran an indelible headline in 1975. With a towering font and a bold photo of the President, it read: “Ford to City: Drop Dead.” At that time, New York City Mayor Abe Beame was ...