NYC Courts Quiet As Arrests Drop Dramatically
The number of criminal summonses cops handed out in the past week totaled 347, compared with more than 4,000 the same week a year ago.
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The number of criminal summonses cops handed out in the past week totaled 347, compared with more than 4,000 the same week a year ago.
Hoping to defy Republican Gov. Chris Christie's veto of a bill overhauling the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, lawmakers are mounting a campaign to override him in the state Senate.
Seventh-, eighth- and ninth-grade students who present a student ID or report card at participating theaters will receive free tickets.
City health officials are trying to determine if a common source is to blame for a spike in cases of Legionnaires' disease in the Bronx.
PATH train service has resumed with delays on the Journal Square-33rd Street and Hoboken-33rd Street lines.
A Long Island duck hunter had to be rescued by police after becoming stranded on an island amid sub-freezing temperatures and high winds.
State Rep. Tony Guerrera said all income from electronic tolls would have to be used strictly for highway reconstruction and repairs.
Earlier in the week, Mike Piazza was rejected once again for induction into the Baseball Hall of Fame. Still, he is one of quite a few local athletes who should eventually get in.
A year after a groundhog slipped from Mayor Bill de Blasio's grasp during the annual Staten Island Zoo Groundhog Day ceremony, the zoo is reportedly making a change to prevent the mayor from handling the animal.
The fire broke out around 12:30 a.m. Thursday at a three-story home on Washburn Street.
It's obvious that the 16-19 Nets are an unmitigated disaster -- just one season after the trade that was supposed to change everything and launch them into the NBA's elite company.
An illness brought a sudden end to the career of the city's most decorated officer, but his accomplishments have not been forgotten.
It's a never-ending search for the ultimate products that can deliver perfect, ageless skin.
Arctic air and wicked wind chills have followed the snow that fell across the Tri-State area, bringing bitter cold temperatures to much of the region.
Two men charged in the shooting of two NYPD officers in the Bronx are due to face a judge on Wednesday as one of the wounded officers was released from the hospital.
