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The attorney for 28-year-old Shanel Nadal and 34-year-old Nephra Payne said they kidnapped their children out of desperation because no one was listening to them.
Khemchan Sulaiman, a man police say poisoned his 2-year-old daughter as part of a murder-suicide plot, has now been charged with attempted murder.
The Bronx Zoo is getting into the Halloween spirit by showing off some of their creepy crawlies that are sure to give you the heebie-jeebies.
Finally, there's someone in New York City that wants to deal with all your baggage. We mean actual baggage - like suitcases. Cubby, the new pop-up in the Flatiron district, is checking your bags while you hit the town.
"The DOE has failed to give students the legally required amount of physical education and failed to follow its own recommendations for fighting high rates of childhood obesity," Comptroller Liu said.
Audrey Hepburn look-a-likes will celebrate the blockbuster at a party Wednesday afternoon on First Avenue between 72nd and 73rd Streets -- just blocks from the original brownstone where the movie was filmed.
Nassau Police say James Watt sold the stolen art to Coin Galleries of Oyster Bay. There's no word on how much he sold them for.
$90,000 won't buy you much of an apartment in Manhattan, but it can get you a lighthouse in New York Bay.
The task force assigned to figure out how to plan a future for the Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum fell apart last week.
The CEO of a table linen company says he believed two robbers seemed to know where things were when they pushed their way into his home, tying him up and two of his visitors.
The crash happened at around 3:22 p.m., shortly after the chopper took off from the 34th Street helipad. Crews at the scene lifted the chopper out of the water Tuesday evening and were able to get it onto a recovery boat.
Councilman Lewis Fidler is concerned and argues that spending cuts or raising taxes are not sufficient answers to the problem.
The drivers shouted "Fix the bill!" and hoisted signs that said "This bill kills jobs!" Working cabbies honked in solidarity as they cruised up Third Avenue.
Demonstrators are planning to gather Thursday afternoon in front of the Goldman Sachs offices in Jersey City, in the heart of the city's financial district.
A father and his 2-year-old daughter are fighting for their lives after being found in respiratory distress inside their car. However, police say the heartbreak in this disturbing case may be that the father intentionally poisoned them both.
