As temperatures rise in New York City, so does rat activity and the chances that New Yorkers will see them. City officials have touted declines in rat sightings in recent years after previous Mayor ...

Because it's what the kids are doing these days, here are your early links: Subway "conquesting," dead whale in Newark Bay, the fight for an emotional support alligator and more.

A man was shot and killed on the Upper West Side on Thursday afternoon near the public housing complex where he lived, police said. NYPD officials said 33-year-old Rashaun Hopkins was gunned down just ...

For Assemblymember Jordan Wright, pushing for a fairer criminal justice system is a family affair. The 31-year-old first-term Democrat representing Harlem is sponsoring a bill that would require law ...

New York City has very few alleyways. But in Forest Hills Gardens, the streets are designed to keep garbage off the curb.

Rodney Harrison jump started the Gilgo Beach serial killer investigation after it had been dormant for more than 10 years.

A Manhattan federal judge says the Trump administration was wrong to cut funding over the city’s policies, including allowing students to use bathrooms and join sports teams that match their gender ...

Many working parents struggle to find coverage when many of the city’s existing preschool programs end by 3 p.m. and aren’t open over the summer.

A former NYPD sergeant convicted of killing a man by throwing a cooler at his head during an attempted drug bust was sentenced to three to nine years in prison on Thursday.

Governor Sherrill's proposed budget nixes funding for a decade-long effort to boost local news startups and innovation.

The girl sustained severe head injuries and was taken to Bellevue Hospital via private means, officials said. The driver and his three passengers — a 28-year-old woman, an 11-year-old girl and a ...

The 38-year-old defendant was recently fired from his job and didn't know anyone in the building, according to the district attorney’s office.