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As a result of the July 7, 2005 suicide bombings on the London Underground and an intercity bus, in addition to dozens killed and hundreds injured, the value of the British pound fell to a 19-month low against the US dollar and the FTSE 100 fell 200 points for the two hours after the first...

FDR's efforts as governor of New York to address the Depression were crucial in establishing him as the clear front-runner for the Democratic presidential nomination in 1932. But his first election to that office in 1928 was extremely narrow, he defeated the Republican nominee by just 25,000...

The Purple/Blue (Colorblind) is the Union, Red is the Confederacy and the Orange is New York. Apparently New York City or at least the Mayor also thought about leaving the Union to keep economic ties with the Confederacy and this got me thinking. How long would this Civil War last and what be...

What if this division of New Netherlands into New York and New Jersey never happened? James never gives his friends a Province, instead awarding them something else. The borders of Delaware and Pennsylvania are unchanged. Initially, this would not lead to major changes I think. Twelve Colonies...

Let's assume that, due to increased violence in the Baltimore Riots, and perhaps a more Democratic State Legislature, Maryland decides to Secede. This, naturally, is a death knell for DC as the capital of the Lincoln administration, due to having the seat of Government encircled by the revolting...

Philip Hamilton, Founding Father Alexander Hamilton's eldest son, was raised as the perfect man. He was sent to an elite boarding school where he was read law nearly all day and learnt proper discipline, and once he did graduate, he was recorded to be quite the womanizer. The only thing that...

So what if New Netherland remained Dutch after the Second Anglo-Dutch War. Let’s say Johan de Witt press harder conditions with the English and so the Dutch regains New Netherland. How would this colony develop, what effect would it have on the Dutch Republic/Empire and what effect would it...

In 1867, John D. Rockefeller missed a train. This was to his benefit, since the car he would've been in fell off a bridge and caught fire, killing all but two of the passengers inside in an event known as the Angola Horror due to happening near Angola, New York. What if Rockefeller had caught...

While Kennedy's victory was likely and comfortable, it was not certain. Keating seemed to underestimate the threat and there was an infamous scuffle between Keating at a debate where he appeared to be literally running from the questions. What would happen if enough things fall in place that...

As it says, your challenge is to make Charleston the US's largest city, around the size of OTL New York. The POD must be after 1781, and the country must remain unified after the Civil War.

Feargus O'Sullivan at CityLab took a look at a new documentary, If New York Was Called Angouleme. What if the site of New York City was colonized by the French in the early 16th century, following on Verrazzano's visit? I am willing to bet that the effects of a French settlement of the Eastern...

In 1804, Vice-President Aaron Burr challenged Alexander Hamilton to a duel. Burr was furious over Hamilton's support of a rival Republican over him for Governor of New York, in addition to Hamilton's personal attacks on Burr's character. Hamilton considered accepting Burr's offer, but...

In the 1920s, a young man from Michigan named Thomas E. Dewey wanted to become a professional singer. With a deep baritone voice, he showed great promise. But after contracting a throat infection, Dewey decided against becoming a singer and instead he went to law school. This lead him down the...

I’m writing a TL, where essentially the United States sort of breaks up before the constitution is ratified. New England, New York, and Carolina (NC, SC, and GA) break off around 1789 and a rump US remains. At some point in the 1910s or 1920s I want these countries to come back together to...

It often comes as a surprise that Rudy Giuliani, one of New York's most influential Democrats, once considered switching parties. In the 1970s, Giuliani flirted with joining the GOP in order to move up the ladder as a federal prosecutor. However, Giuliani decided against this and remained a...

The 1988 election was the closest Presidential contest since 1960. New York Governor Mario Cuomo defeated Vice-President George Bush by a margin of 280 to 258 in the electoral college, and only 49.6% to 49.4% in the popular vote. What could Bush have done differently to beat Cuomo in 1988?

As a Mets fan, I found it incredibly interesting when I read an article in SI reflected back on his career up to this point after he re-signed with us, but what really caught my attention was the section about how the Nationals nearly tanked their way to the first overall pick in 2010, and thus...

Your challenge, if you choose to accept it, is to make (and/or keep) the New York Mets a World Series contender post 1969.

As you all well know, in 2008, Governor Reginald "Reggie" Fils-Aime of New York was elected President. The former Namco exec-turned Governor is largely credited with the modernization of America's digital infrstructure and the incorporation of the internet into nearly all aspects of daily life...

Had Lincoln lost New York in 1860, the result would've been a hung electoral college and a contingent election in the House of Representatives. The three choices open to the House would be Lincoln, who won the most states and a plurality of electoral and popular votes, Vice-President...