A former New York City Fire Department chief was sentenced to three years in prison Wednesday for accepting tens of thousands of dollars in bribes to fast-track fire safety inspections at restaurants, ...

Several bills are being floated as part of a potential package of legislation that will only move forward if Democrats have ...

Back from the Brink,” Peter Moskos’ new book chronicling New York City’s remarkable 1990s crime drop, revives something ...

Malcolm X was immortalized in Spike Lee's biographical movie in 1992. The filmmaker told Newsweek why the life and message of the civil rights leader still resonates on the 100th anniversary of his ...

New Yorkers have a long history of turning to tough, even ruthless leaders when they fear their city is lurching out of ...

Thousands of Wall Street big shots crowded into the Javits Center Monday night for the annual Robin Hood gala. Founded in ...

Swain issued the order in Nunez v. City of New York, a 13-year-old class-action suit that the Legal Aid Society and the law ...

Those former COs were charged in the death of Robert Brooks, who died in December after body camera video showed him being ...

An investigation identified dozens of cases in which a wrongful conviction unit denied an application, only for a judge to later exonerate them.

Police released surveillance footage on Monday of a man wanted in connection to an attack on a 70-year-old man on a Brooklyn ...

A man in his 70s was assaulted by a random stranger while onboard an MTA bus. Police say that incident happened on May 4 on a B15 MTA bus around Marcus Garvey Boulevard and Lexington Avenue. Someone ...

This Trans+ History Week, get re-acquainted with this veteran of the UK’s first deep house sound system — DiY Soundsystem — ...