Julianne Welby

The implications are substantial for both the immigrant seeking a safe haven, and the houses of worship providing it.

Queens leaders clashed with public transit advocates near the Queensboro Bridge over the Governor's congestion pricing proposal — an early skirmish into what could be a nasty fight.

City Comptroller Scott Stringer issued a scathing report, saying the MTA fails to investigate complaints about paratransit in a timely manner, if at all.

The federal government has agreed to move Ragbir from a detention center in Florida to one in New York, as he continues his legal challenge.

Arrests for smoking and possessing marijuana in New York City stagnated in 2017, disappointing public defenders and drug reform advocates who want to decriminalize those activities.

A couple from Queens offers cooking classes to keep a dying indigenous Mexican language alive in New York City. 

Following a judge's order, the federal government is reopening the window for DACA recipients to reapply for the program.

Police arrested 18 people, including two city councilmembers, at a protest following the detention of immigration activist Ravi Ragbir of the New Sanctuary Coalition.

Since President Trump took office, undocumented immigrants seem more afraid to report scams, according to data WNYC collected from New York prosecutors and other agencies.

Fast Food Justice is the first group to take advantage of a New York City law allowing contributions through paycheck deductions.

ProPublica's Documenting Hate team and 130 other newsrooms tracked hate crimes in 2017. Here's what they learned.

The district attorneys said they'll take steps on their own to reduce inequality in the justice system by no longer asking for bail in most misdemeanor cases.

After a massive earthquake in 2001, immigrants from El Salvador were granted Temporary Protected Status from deportation. The Trump Administration could announce its end Monday.

Gov. Cuomo has declared a state of emergency for New York state, and public schools are closed amid warnings to stay indoors during Thursday's nor'easter.

The city plans to close one of the nine jails on the notorious Rikers Island by this summer. The jail houses just under 10 percent of inmates incarcerated on Rikers. 

Premature babies born at certain New York City hospitals are at significantly greater risk for death or severe complications. And those babies tend to be black or Hispanic.

At a smaller-scale ceremony, the mayor doubled-down on his progressive bona fides. It was evident in who joined him at the event — and who did not.

Watch the mayor take the oath of office in an outdoor ceremony at City Hall at Noon.

Advocates say yes, but there's no clear data to suggest immigrants are afraid to go to court because they may encounter Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers.

Thousands of undocumented immigrants wear ankle monitors while they await immigration court proceedings, but a small number are choosing to cut them off in ceremonial protest.