New York

A Rochester police officer has been placed on administrative duty after using pepper spray on a woman suspected of shoplifting who tried to escape with her 3-year-old child in her arms, authorities said Friday.

The driver of a van that crashed into an outdoor dining area, collided with another vehicle and slammed into a fruit stand was arrested Friday in Manhattan.

"I acknowledge some of the things I have said have been misinterpreted as an unwanted flirtation. To the extent anyone felt that way, I am truly sorry about that," said Cuomo.

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo has asked the state's attorney general and chief appeals court judge to jointly appoint an independent lawyer to investigate claims he sexually harassed at least two women who worked for him.

Lin said in Facebook post community was 'tired' of being told Asians don't experience racism

Both parents had tested positive for COVID, and were quarantined in the basement of their home when they were found dead.

A man shoved a photojournalist on the deck of the Staten Island Ferry and was about to hit him with a metal rod when mayoral candidate Andrew Yang intervened.

A New York prosecutor has obtained copies of Donald Trump’s tax records.

Active-duty personnel began to administer coronavirus vaccine shots at new hubs in New York this week and have been staffing sites in New Jersey since earlier this month.

The NYPD is on the hunt for the woman who repeatedly punched a two-year-old boy who was sitting on his mother's lap aboard a subway car.

An upstate man was killed in an explosion during preparations for a gender reveal that went wrong.

The NYPD is crediting social media for helping them arrest a man wanted for the vicious attack of an Asian woman standing on a street in Queens. 

A judge dismissed the case against Amy Cooper, the white woman arrested last spring for calling 911 during a dispute with a Black man in New York’s Central Park.

A New York City man has been arrested on charges that he threatened past and present political figures and media personalities on social media.

Criminal charges have been dropped against two police officers seen on video last spring shoving a 75-year-old protester to the ground in Buffalo.

Federal and local law enforcement officers took down a large-scale heroin-packaged mill in Queens and arrested an alleged "major trafficker" of drugs.

New York City mayoral candidate Andrew Yang has announced that he has tested positive for COVID-19.

Police said the suicidal 9-year-old girl "disobeyed" commands to put her feet in the car. An officer was then "required" to spray an "irritant" in the handcuffed girl's face, the department said Saturday.

The NYPD is looking for a dozen suspects in connection with a violent attack on a 26-year-old man who was beaten, cut with a sharp object and had his clothing stolen.