A federal judge Thursday opened the door to stripping New York City of control over Rikers Island, in a hearing that highlighted the daily chaos that...
A man described by prosecutors as “the most violent and significant” Colombian drug trafficker since Pablo Escobar was sentenced to 45 years in prison by a...
The one-time head of security for former mayor Bill de Blasio pleaded guilty in Manhattan on Wednesday to deleting text messages and refusing to give investigators...
The trouble began in August 2021, according to the claims in an unusual lawsuit filed in July, when Theodore Weintraub was 17 and attempted something of...
The way Mark Herman imagines it, Jack Black should play him in the movie: the scruffy dog walker whose dying client gave him a long-lost Chuck...
Good morning. It’s Thursday. Today we’ll look at why New York is lagging as states face up to a reading crisis in schools. We’ll also get...
The accusations also raised questions about what agency secrets Mr. McGonigal might have compromised. But a more than three-year F.B.I. investigation produced no evidence that he...
As street drugs have become ever more powerful and deadly, a small nonprofit in Manhattan dedicated to preventing overdoses has drawn politicians and health officials from...
For a year now, Mayor Eric Adams has been sounding the alarm about a humanitarian crisis like few New York City has seen before, as tens...
If New York City officials feel any urgency about fixing the persistent problems at the Rikers Island jail complex, they are not showing it, according to...