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The bills were long held up in Albany by several factors: political gridlock borne of split Democratic and Republican power-sharing that ended in 2018, longstanding opposition by powerful police unions and lack of real influence from New York City.

A crew of looters smashed their way into a Brooklyn AT&T store — and then returned a short time later to grab more phones, police said Friday, as they released surveillance video of the burglary. The suspects first struck the store on Metropolitan Avenue near Driggs Avenue in Williamsburg at around 2:25 a.m. June 1,...

The 44-year-old man, whose name was not released, was shot just before 9 p.m. Thursday while arguing with another man in his driveway on Whitman Drive in Mill Basin, cops said.

A former fed who trained the police in Buffalo believes the elderly protester who was hospitalized after a cop pushed him to the ground "got away lightly" and "took a dive."

Mayor Bill de Blasio’s own staff have excoriated him in public letters and with an unprecedented march across the Brooklyn Bridge over his handling of citywide protests — but that didn’t stop Hizzoner from declaring Friday that he’s the nation’s greatest mayor. “This is the strongest mayoralty in the country, in every sense, and the...

Several thieves broke into a high-end SoHo store and made off with $150,000 worth of items — one of many establishments in the area targeted by looters at the height of protests over the police-involved death of George Floyd. The crooks broke through a secured front door of Naked & Famous Denim NYC on Grand...

Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed a slew of bills Friday that promise to improve transparency at police departments across the Empire State, including granting the public access to officer disciplinary files. Lawmakers in Albany fast-tracked the package of legislation as tens-of-thousands hit the streets of New York — and across the country — demanding police reforms...

The move marked at least the second time that Judge Laurie Peterson has overruled prosecutors and released a defendant without bail -- which in the earlier case allegedly led to a pair of unprovoked slashings by the psycho who got sprung.

A man arrested for taking explosives and other weapons into a Long Island hospital pulled the frightening move because he thought his boyfriend didn’t receive proper treatment there earlier in the day, authorities said Thursday. Robert Roden, 33, was in the e.r. of Stony Brook University Hospital Tuesday as his partner was being treated for...

A homeless man in Brooklyn faces 20 years in prison for allegedly setting fire to an unmarked police car last week. Federal prosecutors believe Michael Rodriguez, 32, was caught on surveillance footage at around 4:30 a.m. last Tuesday methodically setting fire to the sedan parked outside of 259 Devoe Street, near the corner of Olive...