In the wake of a grand jury's failure to indict New York police officer Daniel Pantaleo in the death of Eric Garner, mayor Bill de Blasio has announced the initiation of a retraining program for the entire New York City police force.
Despite his apology, a 24-year-old mother says she can't forgive the man who brutally kicked and robbed her while she was holding her 2-month-old baby in New York City last week.
Violent crime in the nation's largest city has hit a two-decade low, New York Mayor Bill de Blasio announced on Tuesday. The number of homicides in the past four months was down 7 percent compared with the same time frame last year; the number of robberies dropped 14 percent.
While the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade is the biggest Thanksgiving attraction in New York City, there are plenty of other things to see and do in the city that doesn't sleep.
Austin-based, American singer-songwriter humbly showed off his smooth vocal chops, entranced the crowd with his piano playing and rocked the guitar alongside Guatemalan singer-songwriter Gaby Moreno at Joe's Pub in New York on Monday night.
Although New Yorkers will no longer be arrested for carrying small amounts of marijuana, civil rights attorneys say that the new policy of handing out summons to violators will further burden the overtaxed court system.
New York City will get a visit from the royal family of Great Britain next month. New York City will get a visit from the royal family of Great Britain next month.
A Manhattan prosecutor is putting up as much as $35 million of his office's funds to help overcome a backlog in the testing of rape kits across the nation.
The New York Fire Department on Wednesday rescued two window washers who had been trapped on a scaffolding 69 stories up the side of New York City's newly inaugurated 1 World Trade City.
An early-morning Kerfuffle on the New York City subway on Saturday ended in four arrests and a viral Internet video. A fellow rider's cell phone camera caught the altercation between two passengers, whom police identified as 21-year-old Danay Howard and 25-year-old Jorge Peña.
New York City officials agreed to settle a wrongful death lawsuit for $2.5 million with family members of a mentally ill, homeless veteran who died earlier this year in an overheated jail cell on Rikers Island.
Ebola case does not phase New York City goers Countries around the world are barring visitors from West African countries affected by the Ebola virus outbreak, but New York City remains open for business after its first case was reported.
De Blasio hasn't kept promise to reduce arrests for low-level possession A look at Mayor Bill de Blasio's mayoral record has revealed no change in the practice of New York police arresting individuals for low-level possession of marijuana.
Carmelo Anthony is regarded as one of the best players in the NBA today. But 11 seasons into his career, there are lot of questions still remaining on whether or not he can win a championship.
