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The mayor’s corruption indictment capped a string of criminal charges, FBI raids and abrupt resignations that destroyed his popularity and took down his crony-laden palace guard.

The mayor’s corruption indictment capped a string of criminal charges, FBI raids and abrupt resignations that destroyed his popularity and took down his crony-laden palace guard.

The 11,746 incidents of use of force in 2024 by police officers marked the highest number since detailed record-keeping began in 2016.

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he father and son were detained at an ICE check-in on Nov. 26, advocates say. The son’s location is currently unknown, while the father is being held at an upstate ICE facility.

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Activists and legal advocates are tracking seemingly random detentions of immigrants on the streets in what they say is a campaign of ethnic profiling.

Cannabis officials courted a rising pot star to join New York’s legal market. Then a stunning police raid upended everything and shattered her family.

The agents came looking for a relative who no longer lived in the apartment, the shellshocked mother told THE CITY. Days later, her children are terrified to leave their parents' sides.

The office of Kings County District Attorney Eric Gonzalez argues the original 103-year sentence for Nechemya Weberman was excessive. His victim objects.

A spokesperson for Mayor Eric Adams said his office condemned the post by a staffer, who is still employed by City Hall.

As Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani aims to expand the power of the Civilian Complaint Review Board, Commissioner Jessica Tisch has to determine whether to support a judge’s ruling in a fatal shooting case.

Four women who worked under Mayors Adams, de Blasio or Bloomberg were named, as was former FTC Chair Lina Khan.

More than 2 million New Yorkers cast a ballot in a high-stakes election that smashed recent turnout levels.

Voters will weigh in on housing reforms, a change to election years and an Olympic Sports Complex in upstate New York.

Newly registered voters, like the ones who helped power Zohran Mamdani to his primary win, turned out in droves — while voters who aren’t registered with a party were much less likely to vote early.

Musa Cetin hanged himself in a police precinct cell as the pedicab industry, known for blaring music and tourist scams, is snared in sweeping NYPD enforcement.

Melissa DeRosa ’04 M.P.A. ’09, secretary to former governor Andrew Cuomo (D-N.Y.) berated a Cornell undergraduate student at a Oct 1. Cornell Political Strategy Group event after asking about Cuomo’s ...

I’ve never won an argument with Andrew Cuomo. When Bill de Blasio wanted to raise New York City’s minimum wage, Cuomo argued it was the selfish act of a mayor more interested in campaigning than go…

Chell, who retired Oct. 8, will receive a monthly payment of $24,659.97, according to the NYC Police Pension Fund. That sum works out to $295,919.64 per year, almost entirely tax free, for the rest…

After the FBI denied "children were zip-tied or hit with rubber bullets" in raid in Wilder, Idaho, FBI says no "young" children were.

Spontaneous protests were met with an armored military vehicle and assault rifles in a crackdown that escalated the Trump administration’s focus on NYC.

During the Sept. 30 raid one tenant protected a terrified girl and her mom. Remnants at the complex, including a detailed map of all the units, offer clues to what authorities may have known before th...

One federal worker was rejected three times from the administration’s early resignation offer. Would he blame the president he voted for?

Mayor Eric Adams’ comments come after the Trump administration threatened to hold up federal grant funding to NYC because of the city’s policies on transgender students.

Forty people died while in police custody in 2023 and 2024 — the highest two-year toll in nearly a decade. With at least nine more deaths this year, though a downward trend, advocates are calling for ...

Community liaison Tony Herbert referred to the shooting of the right-wing activist on X as “karma,” while suggesting Kirk was a “racist.” He also called the killing “unfortunate.” He was terminated Th...

Community liaison Tony Herbert referred to the shooting of the right-wing activist on X as “karma,” while suggesting Kirk was a “racist.” He also called the killing “unfortunate.” He was terminated…

Thousands of NYC homes still get water through lead pipes. Here's how to check your service line, test your tap and take simple steps to reduce exposure.