Whether you notice it or not, the smell of marijuana is becoming part of the outdoor experience in many New York public areas ...

The smell of cigarette smoke has been replaced by the smell of marijuana smoke in New York City. So now I have to be subjected to somebody else’s nasty habit.

Fashion worker Milly Aldon, 45, of Manhattan called New York “an alive city that smells like death.” “It’s a rotten, lingering smell,” she said. “And if it rains, it smells even worse.” ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — The gentle floral scent wafting through New York City isn’t an imaginary sensation. With June roses and Linden trees come yellow-and-white honeysuckle blooms, along with ...

That New York has not done something so obvious, in a deliberate and clearly communicated fashion, says a lot about the politics of pot and the city’s discomfort with curbing its harms. But New ...

The smell of hot garbage in the morning, evening or afternoon is well-known to anyone who’s lived through a New York City summer. But the familiar urban fragrance is especially pronounced and ...