Although Mayor Zohran Mamdani often seems to defer to his police commissioner, Jessica Tisch, he insisted that he had the ...

I am deeply disappointed that the top murder charge did not result in a conviction...I am convinced that this was an act of ...

The jury acquitted Guy Rivera of intentional first-degree murder in Diller's death but convicted him of the lesser included ...

Every public defender in New York City is, by necessity, also an immigration lawyer. When I meet a client for the first time in court, one of the first questions I ask is: where were you born? That’s ...

NYPD Commish Jessica Tisch announces 1K illegal guns seized so far in 2026. Overall, 1,054 guns have been seized with 305 confiscated in Brooklyn, another 251 in the Bronx and 240 in Manhattan, ...

Last week, Mayor Zohran Mamdani announced he was taking the first step toward delivering on a vital campaign promise: establishing a new way for the city to respond to mental-health distress calls. It ...

A bill that passed on Thursday was a watered-down version of what the New York City Council speaker vowed to pass after an intense protest outside a synagogue last year. By Dana Rubinstein and Sally ...

NEW YORK (AP) — New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani on Thursday unveiled a new office dedicated to community safety, a tentative first step toward fulfilling a key campaign pledge to reduce the role of ...

This week, Mayor Zohran Mamdani took a step toward reshaping how the city handles people having mental health crises, creating an Office of Community Safety, aimed at shifting some 911 calls away from ...

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani is taking the first steps toward overhauling how the city responds to 911 calls involving mental health problems. The mayor filled the rotunda at City Hall with ...

LOWER MANHATTAN, New York (WABC) -- NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch faced tough questions from City Council over the crime rate in the nation's biggest city - which is trending down overall, but is up ...