Civilian To Take Over Newark Police Internal Affairs Division
Newark Mayor Ras Baraka said Monday that the city will bring in an attorney to run its police internal affairs unit.
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Newark Mayor Ras Baraka said Monday that the city will bring in an attorney to run its police internal affairs unit.
Police Commissioner Bill Bratton said Monday that the city's overall crime rate hit a record low in 2015 – but some serious offenses saw increases.
The Republican presidential candidate implied on Twitter the Jets could have been playoff bound if not for Woody Johnson.
Cuomo said living on the streets is dangerous when temperatures fall to 32 degrees or below and that he has the right to protect public safety. The order takes effect Tuesday.
Oswego Mayor Billy Barlow, who was sworn in Friday, said the community's decision to elect him into office speaks volumes about what city residents want in their leader.
If a proposed pipeline from Albany to Linden, New Jersey, is completed, opponents say there is no doubt it would mean more oil-filled tanker trains traveling through the region.
The mayor's spokeswoman, Marjorie Harris, announced late Saturday afternoon that Baraka had discovered two threatening letters this weekend at his mother's home.
A New York-based hacker collective claimed responsibility after Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump's campaign website went offline Saturday morning.
New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman is turning up the heat on a pair of daily fantasy sports websites.
The U.S. Interagency Council on Homelessness sent a letter to the city Wednesday to note the "milestone" in battling veteran homelessness.
With his wife and three young children by his side at Suffolk County Community College, Bellone was sworn into office by Gov. Andrew Cuomo.
Police Commissioner Bill Bratton took his predecessor to task Tuesday, after former Commissioner Ray Kelly accused Bratton's NYPD of fudging crime statistics.
City Council Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito said Tuesday that the Yankees were wrong to trade for a pitcher who was investigated over a domestic-violence accusation.
Hillary Clinton said she now believes the ISIS' persecution of Christians and other religious and ethnic minorities in the Middle East should be defined as 'genocide.'
Former New York state Gov. George Pataki announced Tuesday night that he is dropping his bid for the Republican presidential nomination.
