Patrick T. Conley is president of the Heritage Harbor Foundation. This year marks the 500th anniversary of Giovanni da Verrazzano’s historic voyage to the New World and the first documented ...

This week marks the 500th anniversary of Italian explorer Giovanni da Verrazzano’s arrival in New York Bay — and to commemorate it, drivers should get a toll break on his famed namesake bridge ...

Notes: In this essay, James Kences recounts the explorations of the Italian explorer Giovanni da Verrazzano (1485 to 1528), who led his expeditions in service of King Francis I of France.

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — New York City will recognize April 17 as Giovanni da Verrazzano day to honor the explorer after a piece of legislation passed Thursday. Councilman David Carr (R-Mid-Island ...