We all know the sound of a classic New York accent. But with more transplants settling into the city, the traditional accent seems to be slipping away.

An immigrant restaurant owner in New York City was mocked for her foreign accent by a cruel customer who told her to “speak ...

The classic New York City accent came in third in a ranking of sexiest accents nationwide. Texas came in first, which is tough to top, but the blood-boiler is coming up short behind Boston.

New York City is home to more than 700 languages including distinct "New Yorker" accents. A new exhibit examines how changes in the city's population are contributing to their decline.

For most people, the New Yawk accent is something you just know when you hear it. But a group of CUNY researchers is setting out to catalog just what makes the dialect so distinctively New York ...