A 54-year-old Brooklyn man died Sunday morning at Kings County Hospital, a day after he suffered a medical emergency while in police custody in East Flatbush, according to the NYPD.

New York’s prison system is mired in a cycle of rising violence and understaffing. The state is currently struggling with a 56% vacancy rate among prison workers.

New Jersey authorities have reported the first death from the West Nile Virus this year. The New Jersey Department of Health has not named the individual, but told Gothamist on Sunday that the person ...

Banned Books Week starts Oct. 4, and the libraries are marking it in different ways. Queens Public Library is collaborating with Penguin Random House for a banned book giveaway at the Hunters Point ...

Officers responding to a call at the intersection of Jamaica Avenue and 173rd Street around 1 a.m. found 29-year-old Sulimon Ferrier, who had multiple stab wounds to his chest, police said.

Mayor Mamdani has expanded enforcement on towing scams, but the unlicensed towing industry remains largely unregulated.

Police said the two people involved in stabbing an off-duty NYPD officer Friday tore a chain from his neck, though it’s unclear if they knew the victim was a police officer. The NYPD says the officer, ...

The MTA and National Transportation Safety Board are investigating how Yaw Boahene was fatally dragged by a subway train in Brooklyn on Monday.

A Manhattan yoga instructor who says New York City Parks police officers violently arrested her in the early days of the pandemic after ordering her to leash her 10-pound dog asked a federal jury this ...

The Justice Department sued demonstrators who protested at a synagogue, under a law aimed at shielding abortion clinics.

The judge said a Trump rule change lifting restrictions on such arrests violated administrative procedure law.

The Mamdani administration released a list of 12 community districts subject to a “fast-track” housing approval process first initiated by his predecessor.