President Donald Trump has so far allowed the existing overdose prevention centers to continue operating, despite calls from Rep. Nicole Malliotakis, a Staten Island Republican, to shut them down.

Patz vanished on May 25, 1979 while walking two blocks from his SoHo apartment to the bus. Police interviewed Hernandez, then an 18-year-old bodega clerk, as part of their investigation but didn’t ...

A new state law aims to curb youth mental health harms by forcing platforms like Instagram and TikTok to display alerts about addictive design features.

Mamdani, a 34-year-old democratic socialist and state assemblymember, was elected as New York City’s next mayor in November, beating former Gov. Andrew Cuomo and Republican Curtis Sliwa. Current Mayor ...

The Department of Corrections published a response to the ombudsman and said it will release its own report on deaths in custody in early 2026. For now, Schuster said he hopes that his office’s report ...

A Queens man was shot and killed by police officers Sunday morning after he charged at them with a box cutter during a domestic dispute, NYPD officials said.

Older people are particularly vulnerable to scams, lawmakers and advocates say. The bill would try to align agencies' enforcement strategies.

The veto is a blow to the powerful Transit Workers Union, which had supported the effort for decades. Budget watchdogs welcomed the governor’s decision.

NJ Transit said service has resumed after two trains collided in Montclair, New Jersey Friday night, injuring more than a dozen people. The agency began alerting customers at around 7 p.m. that train ...

Climate advocates in New York are celebrating some rare positive news after Gov. Kathy Hochul signed a law that will likely curb the proliferation of new gas hook-ups statewide.

NYC’s Unsilent Night was earlier this month, but for those willing to go a bit beyond the boroughs, Kinderhook, New York and Philadelphia’s are on Dec. 20, and Montclair, New Jersey’s is on Dec. 21.

Just after 10:15 p.m., police arrived at a home on the 600 block of Chard Avenue after receiving reports from a man that his girlfriend’s ex-boyfriend was trying to break into the house and may be ...