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Fernando Mateo, head of the New York State Federation of Taxi Drivers, says he's working with City Council members to create legislation that would require the NYPD and the Taxi and Limousine Commission to act immediately when a driver is attacked.
Wall Street protesters are intent on hanging on to the momentum they gained from Saturday's worldwide demonstrations, which drew hundreds of thousands of people, mostly in the U.S. and Europe.
Families of drunken driving victims and lawmakers are teaming up to try to pass a tougher DWI law.
Con Edison, which has been leasing the western half of the 51 Park Place building to the developer, is demanding $1.7 million from the developer after a new appraisal boosted rent to $47,000 a month from $2,700.
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo and the union representing state workers have reached a tentative agreement that could avoid close to 3,500 layoffs if approved by the union's membership, which voted against an earlier agreement.
The School of Rock isn't just a way for children and teenagers to learn about music, but also a way to give them a great project a stay off the streets.
Bridgeport police say a Bronx man has died after being shot in the head and crashing his car.
Nearly 40 years after tough new drug laws led to an explosion in prison rolls, New York state has dramatically reversed course, chalking up a 62 percent drop in people serving time for drug crimes today compared with 2000, according to a Poughkeepsie Journal analysis.
Rafi Kopelan spends every day getting bandaged up from head to toe. That's because the 3-year-old suffers from epidermolysis bullosa, a rare genetic skin disease that causes the skin to be so fragile that the slightest friction can cause severe bleeding.
As the Tappan Zee Bridge gets pushed to the front of the line for replacement construction projects, many are left wondering what will happen to the old deteriorating bridge.
Police charged the mother of the Upper West Side teenager who was stabbed to death on Friday.
Suffolk County police arrested a Long Island man on Saturday afternoon for driving while intoxicated with two children in the car.
As Occupy Wall Street protesters marched and held rallies Saturday to commemorate the four week anniversary of the protests, nearly 70 protesters were arrested.
Police in Queens are trying to identify a suspect they say is wanted for sexual assaults in Jackson Heights over the summer.
There will be a fireworks show, a flotilla of ships up New York harbor, a naturalization ceremony, a cake and much more to celebrate the statue's 125th anniversary.
