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In a shocking get-rich scheme that backfired, investigators on Long Island said they busted a greedy juror trying to bribe the victim's family, hoping to get a huge chunk of cash to "fix" the verdict.
There's high anxiety in New York's fourth largest city, as Yonkers schools face crushing program cuts in a faceoff between the city and its teachers union.
Authorities say a freight elevator dropped three floors to the ground at the Bed, Bath and Beyond on 6th Avenue near 18th Street around 7 a.m.
There will be no 7 train service between Times Square and Queensboro Plaza from May 20-23. There will also be similar service changes on the weekends of June 24-27 and July 29-August 1.
The fate of two NYPD officers accused of raping a drunken fashion executive in 2008 is in the hands of a jury.
Several police officers on Long Island received awards for bravery on Wednesday. The officers, including Officer Matthew DeMatteo, were honored for courage in the line of duty.
The Interior Department launched a national plan to combat a mysterious disease that has killed more than a million bats in the eastern and southern U.S. and is spreading.
A van pulled a ten-foot-long section of World Trade Center steel to Clear Lake, Iowa, where it will be used as part of a sculpture in that city's new firehouse.
If your Thursday evenings consist of curling up on the couch to catch CSI, you'd better make other plans.
UFT President Michael Mulgrew said the lawsuit claims the city broke its promises to give failing schools the support needed to improve.
Takeru Kobayashi, eat your heart out. Mike Hoffman, the winner of the semi-annual pickle eating contest at the Carnegie Deli is nicknamed "The Skinny."
A whopping $53 million budget shortfall is predicted by Nassau County Comptroller George Maragos if nothing is done by the end of this year.
Rep. Peter King says he's taking a wait-and-see approach to a suggestion by a powerful hometown Republican that he run for president.
Officials said volunteer firefighter Michael Esposito became ill at the scene of an early morning fire in Baldwin and was rushed to a nearby hospital where he died.
