The NYPD is trying a unique approach aimed to cut down on the number of juvenile offenders in the city by targeting those most as risk.

Police have identified a suspect being sought in the hit-and-run deaths of a pregnant woman and her husband whose baby died on Monday, a day after the Brooklyn car crash.

As development booms in Chelsea, some smaller arts spaces say they're worried about being squeezed out of the neighborhood.

Analyzing some of Doctor Seuss’s most infamous readings
Some lawyers today hoped to find the deeper meanings.

A 6-year-old boy walking to school was killed by a tractor-trailer at a Harlem intersection without a crossing guard.

Red Hook’s Fairway market is re-opening to much fanfare — but the renovated store has yet to incorporate new flood precautions into the building four months after Sandy floodwaters shuttered the store. Andy Zuleti, general manager, told WNYC “we’re exploring a lot of options, but haven’t done anything yet.”

City Comptroller John Liu issued a challenge to federal prosecutors at a mayoral forum Thursday night: put up or shut up.

There is widespread and poorly regulated use of anti-psychotic medications by several New York City nursing homes, according to a new investigation by the Gotham Gazette.

Four months after Sandy, downtown Manhattan has largely recovered, according to a study from the Downtown Alliance.

A man convicted of firing the shot in a botched robbery that killed a New York City police officer was sentenced Thursday to 45 years to life in prison. "When our father died, a part of us died, too," 15-year-old Corinne Figowski said.

A 6-year-old boy was struck and killed by a tractor-trailer Thursday morning just blocks from his East Harlem home.

Mayor Bloomberg was on a bit of a victory lap after his political action committee, Independence USA, helped Illinois politician Robin Kelly, a gun control advocate, win a hotly contested Democratic congressional primary. 

The reopening of the Statue of Liberty could be further delayed if automatic budget cuts go into effect on Friday. 

Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver is one of the sponsors of a bill to ban fracking in New York at least until May of  next year.

A 28-year-old New York City police officer is on trial this week on charges he conspired to kidnap, kill and eat women. Attorneys for the so-called "Cannibal Cop" say Gilberto Valle's online musings were simply fantasies, but federal prosecutors say his actions represented a real danger.

Parsons, the fashion and design college, will leave its longtime home in the Garment District next year.

WNYC has obtained renderings of how the city's parks department plans to rebuild beaches in the Rockaways post-Sandy.

Bonuses are up for workers on Wall Street, thanks to there being fewer of them.  A new report from the New York state comptroller finds that profits tripled and the number of employees is still smaller than before the financial crisis.

Tuesday marks the 20th anniversary of the first terrorist attack on the World Trade Center.