A New York judge has granted class action status to a 2008 lawsuit accusing the New York Police Department of discriminating against blacks and Hispanics with its stop-and-frisk policies aimed at reducing crime.More >>
A New York judge has granted class action status to a 2008 lawsuit accusing the New York Police Department of discriminating against blacks and Hispanics with its stop-and-frisk policies aimed at reducing crime.More >>
Voters in New York state appear to have approved virtually every school budget put before them that didn't raise taxes beyond new limits set by the state.More >>
Voters in New York state appear to have approved virtually every school budget put before them that didn't raise taxes beyond new limits set by the state.More >>
Senate Republican leaders are holding firm against legislation raising the minimum wage. The bill backed by Democrats cleared the Assembly yesterday, but Republicans say it won't get a vote in the Senate. They say...More >>
John Lennon's killer has been transferred to another maximum-security state prison in western New York after spending more than 30 years in Attica Correctional Facility.More >>
John Lennon's killer has been transferred to another maximum-security state prison in western New York after spending more than 30 years in Attica Correctional Facility.More >>
State troopers responding to a report of a break-in at an upstate New York home say they arrived on the scene just in time to watch the suspect tumble off the roof.More >>
State troopers responding to a report of a break-in at an upstate New York home say they arrived on the scene just in time to watch the suspect tumble off the roof.More >>
A construction executive has pleaded not guilty to charges that he systematically inflated the cost of work during a project for a major hedge fund.More >>
A construction executive has pleaded not guilty to charges that he systematically inflated the cost of work during a project for a major hedge fund.More >>
Authorities have released the name of the rifle-wielding man who was fatally shot by a state trooper responding to a robbery report at a Hudson Valley home.More >>
Authorities have released the name of the rifle-wielding man who was fatally shot by a state trooper responding to a robbery report at a Hudson Valley home.More >>
Brian McNamee claims he went from reluctant turncoat to angry accuser against Roger Clemens. He testified Tuesday that happened when Clemens' lawyers allowed details of McNamee's oldest son's illness to be...More >>
Brian McNamee claims he went from reluctant turncoat to angry accuser against Roger Clemens. He testified Tuesday that happened when Clemens' lawyers allowed details of McNamee's oldest son's illness to be...More >>
A member of New York state's new ethics panel is calling for an investigation of the commission following a newspaper report claiming a state senator is being investigated.More >>
The wife of a former Syracuse University assistant basketball coach accused of molesting ball boys may file a lawsuit in connection with the claims.More >>
The wife of a former Syracuse University assistant basketball coach accused of molesting ball boys may file a lawsuit in connection with the claims.More >>
A panel that advises the U.S. and Canadian governments about the Great Lakes will make Lake Erie's excessive phosphorus levels and algae blooms a priority for study over the next three years.More >>
A panel that advises the U.S. and Canadian governments about the Great Lakes will make Lake Erie's excessive phosphorus levels and algae blooms a priority for study over the next three years.More >>
New York state is threatening to replace the New York Racing Association, which has held the franchise to run thoroughbred racing in the state since 1955.More >>
New York state is threatening to replace the New York Racing Association, which has held the franchise to run thoroughbred racing in the state since 1955.More >>
Rescue and recovery workers who helped in the aftermath of Sept. 11 are planning to gather at the 9/11 memorial on May 30 to commemorate the 10-year anniversary of the official end of the cleanup at ground zero.More >>
Rescue and recovery workers who helped in the aftermath of Sept. 11 are planning to gather at the 9/11 memorial on May 30 to commemorate the 10-year anniversary of the official end of the cleanup at ground zero.More >>
A member of New York state's new ethics panel is calling for an investigation of the commission following a newspaper report claiming a state senator is being investigated.More >>
A member of New York state's new ethics panel is calling for an investigation of the commission following a newspaper report claiming a state senator is being investigated.More >>
New York's legislative leaders agree to move the Sept. 11 political primary to honor the memory of deaths and rescues in the 2001 terrorist attacks.More >>
New York's legislative leaders agree to move the Sept. 11 political primary to honor the memory of deaths and rescues in the 2001 terrorist attacks.More >>
A New York lawyer says the United States Bureau of Prisons is reconsidering its plan to send a Russian arms dealer to a high security prison in Colorado.More >>
A New York lawyer says the United States Bureau of Prisons is reconsidering its plan to send a Russian arms dealer to a high security prison in Colorado.More >>
A funeral service has been held in upstate New York for a U.S. Army nurse who collapsed and died in Afghanistan during a computer video chat with his wife. Mourners gathered at St. Mary's Roman Catholic Church in...More >>
A student photographer has been acquitted of disorderly conduct after one of the first trials stemming from an Occupy Wall Street demonstration in New York City.More >>
A student photographer has been acquitted of disorderly conduct after one of the first trials stemming from an Occupy Wall Street demonstration in New York City.More >>
Three former whistleblowers who worked in state-funded institutions caring for the disabled say Gov. Andrew Cuomo's legislative proposal to create a new oversight agency is unlikely to halt decades of abuses and...More >>
Three former whistleblowers who worked in state-funded institutions caring for the disabled say Gov. Andrew Cuomo's legislative proposal to create a new oversight agency is unlikely to halt decades of abuses and...More >>
A New York man convicted of raping a 10-year-old girl, and then fatally stabbing her father when he reported it to police, has been sentenced to 32 ½ years in state prison.More >>
A New York man convicted of raping a 10-year-old girl, and then fatally stabbing her father when he reported it to police, has been sentenced to 32 ½ years in state prison.More >>
The State Department says U.S. visas for Chinese dissident Chen Guangcheng (chehn gwahng-chung) and his family are ready for them to travel to America once Beijing gives the green light.More >>
The State Department says U.S. visas for Chinese dissident Chen Guangcheng (chehn gwahng-chung) and his family are ready for them to travel to America once Beijing gives the green light.More >>
A civil rights group says it has settled a lawsuit that had challenged the NYPD's practice of routinely halting livery cabs, questioning the passengers and occasionally frisking them for weapons.More >>
A civil rights group says it has settled a lawsuit that had challenged the NYPD's practice of routinely halting livery cabs, questioning the passengers and occasionally frisking them for weapons.More >>
Civil rights activists are planning a silent march to protest the New York City police department's policy of stopping hundreds of thousands of people in the street each year and frisking them for weapons.More >>
Civil rights activists are planning a silent march to protest the New York City police department's policy of stopping hundreds of thousands of people in the street each year and frisking them for weapons.More >>
A New York boy will have to wait a little longer to learn if he will be permitted to continue playing on the Southampton High girls' field hockey team.More >>
A New York boy will have to wait a little longer to learn if he will be permitted to continue playing on the Southampton High girls' field hockey team.More >>
ABC will introduce new shows about a fading country music star, a trapped submarine, alien neighbors and a creepy New York apartment building this fall.More >>
ABC will introduce new shows about a fading country music star, a trapped submarine, alien neighbors and a creepy New York apartment building this fall.More >>
A study by the University at Buffalo's new shale gas institute concludes that state oversight of gas drilling has been effective at reducing environmental problems.More >>
A study by the University at Buffalo's new shale gas institute concludes that state oversight of gas drilling has been effective at reducing environmental problems.More >>
Maryland Attorney General Doug Gansler says he is considering court action over menhaden if regulators don't cut the amount taken by a Virginia processor.More >>
Maryland Attorney General Doug Gansler says he is considering court action over menhaden if regulators don't cut the amount taken by a Virginia processor.More >>
Authorities say a 72-year-old man may have suffered a medical emergency that caused him to lose control of his car and drive across the front yard of a Syracuse home where he crashed into a woman unloading packages from her...More >>
Authorities say a 72-year-old man may have suffered a medical emergency that caused him to lose control of his car and drive across the front yard of a Syracuse home where he crashed into a woman unloading packages from her...More >>
An environmental crusader (http://nyti.ms/JWTPCD ) who once spent six months without electricity in a Manhattan apartment is running for Congress.More >>
An environmental crusader (http://nyti.ms/JWTPCD ) who once spent six months without electricity in a Manhattan apartment is running for Congress.More >>
A federal agency has approved a New York rail company's plan to resume freight traffic on a 30-mile stretch of unused tracks in the Adirondacks.More >>
A federal agency has approved a New York rail company's plan to resume freight traffic on a 30-mile stretch of unused tracks in the Adirondacks.More >>
Jury selection has begun in the murder trial of a 40-year-old man charged with killing a woman and burying her partially dismembered body in the backyard of a Hudson Valley home.More >>
Jury selection has begun in the murder trial of a 40-year-old man charged with killing a woman and burying her partially dismembered body in the backyard of a Hudson Valley home.More >>
Public displays telling the story of the old Lake Champlain Bridge have been installed at each end of the new span that connects New York and Vermont.More >>
Public displays telling the story of the old Lake Champlain Bridge have been installed at each end of the new span that connects New York and Vermont.More >>
Authorities say a northern New York man had his friend shoot him in the leg with a rifle because he wanted to know what it feels like to be shot.More >>
Authorities say a northern New York man had his friend shoot him in the leg with a rifle because he wanted to know what it feels like to be shot.More >>
A former friend and coach of pitcher Roger Clemens has described for jurors a relationship with Clemens that had the hallmarks of an illicit affair - except their secret was steroids.More >>
A former friend and coach of pitcher Roger Clemens has described for jurors a relationship with Clemens that had the hallmarks of an illicit affair - except their secret was steroids.More >>
The New York Racing Association's board of directors has named new top officers as the state investigates why $8.5 million in winnings wasn't paid to bettors.More >>
The New York Racing Association's board of directors has named new top officers as the state investigates why $8.5 million in winnings wasn't paid to bettors.More >>
A funeral service is scheduled in upstate New York for a U.S. Army nurse who collapsed and died in Afghanistan during a computer video chat with his wife.More >>
A funeral service is scheduled in upstate New York for a U.S. Army nurse who collapsed and died in Afghanistan during a computer video chat with his wife.More >>
Insurers doing business in New York are now required to regularly search a government list of recent deaths to identify policyholders, then find and pay beneficiaries even when no claims are made.More >>
Insurers doing business in New York are now required to regularly search a government list of recent deaths to identify policyholders, then find and pay beneficiaries even when no claims are made.More >>
A New York police officer has been convicted of assault for shooting her then-girlfriend during an argument. But the officer was acquitted of attempted murder in a shooting she called self-defense.More >>
A New York police officer has been convicted of assault for shooting her then-girlfriend during an argument. But the officer was acquitted of attempted murder in a shooting she called self-defense.More >>
A little-known piece of Kodak's history has emerged as the company struggles for survival: It used to operate a small nuclear research reactor at its Rochester, N.Y., home.More >>
A little-known piece of Kodak's history has emerged as the company struggles for survival: It used to operate a small nuclear research reactor at its Rochester, N.Y., home.More >>
Samples of a dozen foods that were served at a Buddhist monastery have been sent to a New York state lab in hopes of detecting what might have sickened 150 people.More >>
Samples of a dozen foods that were served at a Buddhist monastery have been sent to a New York state lab in hopes of detecting what might have sickened 150 people.More >>
Authorities say a longtime security supervisor at the Newark, N.J., airport has been arrested on a charge he was using the identity of a New York City man murdered 20 years ago.More >>
Authorities say a longtime security supervisor at the Newark, N.J., airport has been arrested on a charge he was using the identity of a New York City man murdered 20 years ago.More >>
A jury has convicted a Long Island gym owner of conspiracy to commit murder in the 2003 death of a man who threatened to reveal the gym owner's involvement in two 1994 killings.More >>
A jury has convicted a Long Island gym owner of conspiracy to commit murder in the 2003 death of a man who threatened to reveal the gym owner's involvement in two 1994 killings.More >>
A charity that takes care of more than 1,000 retired racehorses is urging dismissal of a lawsuit by New York's attorney general, arguing its herd is doing well and its finances are sound.More >>
A charity that takes care of more than 1,000 retired racehorses is urging dismissal of a lawsuit by New York's attorney general, arguing its herd is doing well and its finances are sound.More >>
A huge power transmission line for wind farms planned off the East Coast has cleared a regulatory hurdle, although construction is still years away.More >>
A huge power transmission line for wind farms planned off the East Coast has cleared a regulatory hurdle, although construction is still years away.More >>
Christie's New York City auction house will hold a sale of photo prints to benefit the children of a South African photojournalist who was killed covering the Libyan uprising last year.More >>
Christie's New York City auction house will hold a sale of photo prints to benefit the children of a South African photojournalist who was killed covering the Libyan uprising last year.More >>
A longtime Bronx tax preparer has been charged with 35 counts of fraud, grand larceny and money laundering, accused by state authorities of taking clients' money in Ponzi scheme that brought in more than $4.6 million.More >>
A longtime Bronx tax preparer has been charged with 35 counts of fraud, grand larceny and money laundering, accused by state authorities of taking clients' money in Ponzi scheme that brought in more than $4.6 million.More >>
A registered sex offender spotted on Facebook by a 12-year-old suburban Syracuse boy he'd beaten with a pool cue has been sentenced to 20 years in prison for the attack.More >>
A registered sex offender spotted on Facebook by a 12-year-old suburban Syracuse boy he'd beaten with a pool cue has been sentenced to 20 years in prison for the attack.More >>
The federal government's expansion of a program that requires local police to share fingerprints with immigration officials is drawing protests in New York.More >>
The federal government's expansion of a program that requires local police to share fingerprints with immigration officials is drawing protests in New York.More >>
A New York City congressman is speaking out against the Pentagon's plan to eliminate a National Guard team that is supposed to assist local authorities in the event of an attack using weapons of mass destruction.More >>
A New York City congressman is speaking out against the Pentagon's plan to eliminate a National Guard team that is supposed to assist local authorities in the event of an attack using weapons of mass destruction.More >>
A day after New York's highest court ruled that simply viewing child pornography online wasn't against state law, some shocked lawmakers acted within 24 hours to introduce a bill to address it.More >>
A day after New York's highest court ruled that simply viewing child pornography online wasn't against state law, some shocked lawmakers acted within 24 hours to introduce a bill to address it.More >>
A new poll shows most New York Republicans have yet to settle on a primary candidate to face Democratic Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand in the general election.More >>
A new poll shows most New York Republicans have yet to settle on a primary candidate to face Democratic Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand in the general election.More >>
The chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee is refusing to meet with a Colombian prostitute involved in the U.S. Secret Service scandal.More >>
The chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee is refusing to meet with a Colombian prostitute involved in the U.S. Secret Service scandal.More >>
A New York City man has spent more than $60,000 in lawyers' fees trying to win custody of his dog after his ex-girlfriend took the pooch to California.More >>
A New York City man has spent more than $60,000 in lawyers' fees trying to win custody of his dog after his ex-girlfriend took the pooch to California.More >>
Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand is making the rounds of upstate New York college campuses to promote legislation to help veterans get education and training needed for civilian jobs.More >>
Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand is making the rounds of upstate New York college campuses to promote legislation to help veterans get education and training needed for civilian jobs.More >>
Opponents of natural gas drilling using hydraulic fracturing are planning a big day of action in Albany, culminating with a star-studded concert at the Empire State Plaza.More >>
Opponents of natural gas drilling using hydraulic fracturing are planning a big day of action in Albany, culminating with a star-studded concert at the Empire State Plaza.More >>
Police say a woman was killed when another car pulled up alongside the vehicle she was riding in on a New York City parkway and someone shot her in the head.More >>
Police say a woman was killed when another car pulled up alongside the vehicle she was riding in on a New York City parkway and someone shot her in the head.More >>
New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg has told University of North Carolina graduates that last week's gay marriage vote shows there is still a lot of work to be done for civil rights in this country.More >>
New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg has told University of North Carolina graduates that last week's gay marriage vote shows there is still a lot of work to be done for civil rights in this country.More >>
Gov. Andrew Cuomo's tax cap is being put to the test as voters cast ballots on the first batch of school budgets drafted under the new taxing limits.More >>
Gov. Andrew Cuomo's tax cap is being put to the test as voters cast ballots on the first batch of school budgets drafted under the new taxing limits.More >>
New York City police officers linked up with a cruise ship that was already underway in the waters nears the Verrazano Bridge to get a 60-year-old man who needed medical attention.More >>
New York City police officers linked up with a cruise ship that was already underway in the waters nears the Verrazano Bridge to get a 60-year-old man who needed medical attention.More >>
Natural gas companies say about half of their lease holdings in the lucrative Marcellus Shale region in New York state will be off-limits or inaccessible thanks to all the restrictions in proposed state regulations and local...More >>
Natural gas companies say about half of their lease holdings in the lucrative Marcellus Shale region in New York state will be off-limits or inaccessible thanks to all the restrictions in proposed state regulations and local...More >>
A friend of a teen charged with setting a deadly fire outside Rochester has testified that the youth admitted igniting the blaze with a can of gasoline, and then talked about killing more people.More >>
A friend of a teen charged with setting a deadly fire outside Rochester has testified that the youth admitted igniting the blaze with a can of gasoline, and then talked about killing more people.More >>
A man murdered during a business meeting in New York City was a top official in a Florida dietary supplement company that has been the target of thousands of consumer complaints.More >>
A man murdered during a business meeting in New York City was a top official in a Florida dietary supplement company that has been the target of thousands of consumer complaints.More >>
A New York aviation student who survived a Pennsylvania plane crash that killed two fellow students has decided to attend his graduation three days later.More >>
A New York aviation student who survived a Pennsylvania plane crash that killed two fellow students has decided to attend his graduation three days later.More >>
A spherical sculpture that endured the Sept. 11 attacks at the World Trade Center is close to getting a temporary new home, but officials aren't saying where just yet.More >>
A spherical sculpture that endured the Sept. 11 attacks at the World Trade Center is close to getting a temporary new home, but officials aren't saying where just yet.More >>
Some 3,600 acres of shellfish grounds in the western part of Long Island's Shinnecock Bay have reopened after a toxin forced a monthlong closure.More >>
Some 3,600 acres of shellfish grounds in the western part of Long Island's Shinnecock Bay have reopened after a toxin forced a monthlong closure.More >>
A British attorney has been ordered held on $2 million bail in New York after his arrest on charges he advised the family of a former top Fidelity Investments executive how to dodge U.S. taxes by hiding millions of dollars...More >>
A British attorney has been ordered held on $2 million bail in New York after his arrest on charges he advised the family of a former top Fidelity Investments executive how to dodge U.S. taxes by hiding millions of dollars...More >>
The business group formed to support Gov. Andrew Cuomo's policies and now Albany's biggest lobbying force says it's filing disclosure records press accounts had shown were overdue.More >>
The business group formed to support Gov. Andrew Cuomo's policies and now Albany's biggest lobbying force says it's filing disclosure records press accounts had shown were overdue.More >>
A New York man faces solicitation and drug charges after police say he went to a Hicksville motel seeking to trade painkillers for sex with a 12-year-old.More >>
A New York man faces solicitation and drug charges after police say he went to a Hicksville motel seeking to trade painkillers for sex with a 12-year-old.More >>
Wildlife officers say a black bear that was shot with tranquilizer darts and tumbled from a tree in Schenectady is doing well and will be released in the Catskills.More >>
Wildlife officers say a black bear that was shot with tranquilizer darts and tumbled from a tree in Schenectady is doing well and will be released in the Catskills.More >>
An elderly Manhattan couple whose car became stuck near their wooded Catskills vacation home has died after making nine fruitless attempts to make a cell phone call for help and after the woman searched in vain for a...More >>
An elderly Manhattan couple whose car became stuck near their wooded Catskills vacation home has died after making nine fruitless attempts to make a cell phone call for help and after the woman searched in vain for a...More >>
Bombardier Transportation is expected to be awarded a contract to build at least 260 rail cars for San Francisco at its northern New York facility.More >>
Bombardier Transportation is expected to be awarded a contract to build at least 260 rail cars for San Francisco at its northern New York facility.More >>
No one worked harder than Roger Clemens. He would will himself to win. The New York Yankees traded for him after winning the World Series because they didn't want complacency to set in.More >>
No one worked harder than Roger Clemens. He would will himself to win. The New York Yankees traded for him after winning the World Series because they didn't want complacency to set in.More >>
New York Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli says his shareholder proposal for Dominion Resources to name an independent committee to review its nuclear safety practices has been defeated.More >>
New York Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli says his shareholder proposal for Dominion Resources to name an independent committee to review its nuclear safety practices has been defeated.More >>
Federal prosecutors in New York City say a man who was the top U.S. representative of an outlawed Sri Lankan rebel group deserves a stiff prison sentence while his lawyers say he's done enough time.More >>
Federal prosecutors in New York City say a man who was the top U.S. representative of an outlawed Sri Lankan rebel group deserves a stiff prison sentence while his lawyers say he's done enough time.More >>
Police say an argument between two Florida men in a New York City hotel turned fatal when one pulled out a gun and shot the other, then apparently shot himself.More >>
Police say an argument between two Florida men in a New York City hotel turned fatal when one pulled out a gun and shot the other, then apparently shot himself.More >>
A $200 million lawsuit has been filed in New York federal court on behalf of four Hungarian musicians and dancers aboard the Costa Concordia cruise ship that capsized off the coast of Italy in January.More >>
A $200 million lawsuit has been filed in New York federal court on behalf of four Hungarian musicians and dancers aboard the Costa Concordia cruise ship that capsized off the coast of Italy in January.More >>
A former New York police officer has been sentenced to more than three years in prison for accepting cash payments from a man authorities say was an oxycodone trafficker to ensure he could carry large amounts of cash through...More >>
A former New York police officer has been sentenced to more than three years in prison for accepting cash payments from a man authorities say was an oxycodone trafficker to ensure he could carry large amounts of cash through...More >>
New Jersey prosecutors say a former Rutgers University student did not show remorse for using a webcam to spy on his roommate kissing another man and should be sent to prison.More >>
New Jersey prosecutors say a former Rutgers University student did not show remorse for using a webcam to spy on his roommate kissing another man and should be sent to prison.More >>
The New York Commission on Judicial Conduct has recommended a town justice from Rensselaer County be taken off the bench for her involvement in two ticket-fixing cases.More >>
The New York Commission on Judicial Conduct has recommended a town justice from Rensselaer County be taken off the bench for her involvement in two ticket-fixing cases.More >>
New York is moving toward banning indoor tanning for anyone under 18 years old, pushed by advocates who blame booths for a dramatic rise in skin cancer among teenagers.More >>
New York is moving toward banning indoor tanning for anyone under 18 years old, pushed by advocates who blame booths for a dramatic rise in skin cancer among teenagers.More >>
A change to the design of a needle that will sit atop One World Trade Center is raising questions over whether the building will be America's tallest when completed.More >>
A change to the design of a needle that will sit atop One World Trade Center is raising questions over whether the building will be America's tallest when completed.More >>
