Ailsa Chang

Mayor Michael Bloomberg defended the city's practices after getting blasted in a letter from an upstate politician claiming it was using the state's water while polluting the waterways and causing economic hardship in the region.

The start of a new year means several new laws go into effect Sunday. Some are expected, such as cap levels for property taxes, but others are quirkier, like one new law dealing with ...

Public employee unions for New York State workers are suing the Cuomo administration in federal court in Albany over the state's decision to raise health care contributions for current retirees. The bump-up would raise the employee share 2 percent for both individual and family plans.

The shooting of a police officer in Brooklyn on Monday is raising questions about why the alleged killer was never picked up by authorities in North Carolina despite being wanted for a summer shooting there.

The New York City Planning Commission is rolling out a set of proposed changes to the city's zoning regulations Monday that would help give a boost to property owners who want to make their buildings greener.

Marijuana arrests in New York City are still high, but slowing down slightly. Still, the dip in such arrests hasn’t stopped allegations that police officers are still making imp...

Abortion rights advocates are criticizing the New York City Police Department for charging a Washington Heights woman with self-abortion in the first degree.

Prosecutors expect to finish putting on their case this week in the public corruption trial of City Councilman Larry Seabrook of the Bronx.

Two anti-Wall Street protesters are filing a federal civil rights lawsuit against the city and police department Monday, alleging they were unlawfully searched and unlawfully arrested after participating in a protest at a Citibank branch in Greenwich Village last month.

An identity-theft ring recruited waiters at high-end restaurants to steal diners' credit-card information, then used it for luxury shopping sprees, authorities said Friday.

With recent reports of misconduct within the New York City Police Department mounting, criminal justice experts are calling for greater oversight of the department. 

WNYC reporter, Ailsa Chang, discusses developments in the ticket-fixing scandal involving several NYPD officers, and talks about the culture of the NYPD. Richard Aborn, president of the Citizens Crime Commission, discusses a study on oversight for other major police departments, and how misconduct is handled by agencies with subpoena power.

As 11 New York City police officers face ticket-fixing charges in the Bronx, the largest police union in the city — the Patrolmen's Benevolent Association — has angrily stuck to one p...

New York City police officers pleaded not guilty to various charges in a sweeping corruption probe touched off by an investigation into whether a Bronx officer had ties to a drug dealer.

New York City officers surrendered Friday to face charges in a police corruption case following an investigation that stemmed from a low-profile wiretap of one officer suspected of having ties to a drug dealer and ballooned into a lengthy probe, union officials and people familiar with the case said.

Five New York City police officers are among 12 people arrested in connection to a gun smuggling operation, law enforcement sources told WNYC. The U.S. Attorney's office in Manhattan is prosecuting the case.

A woman who was allegedly pepper-sprayed by a Deputy Inspector in the police department will meet with prosecutors in the Manhattan District Attorney's Office on Monday. Members of the office's Official Corruption Unit requested the meeting in response to a letter her lawyer sent to District Attorney Cy Vance demanding that NYPD Deputy Inspector Anthony Bologna be prosecuted for assault.

The family of a Brooklyn woman who was killed during a police shootout near the West Indian Day Parade route plans to sue the city and police department.  But two competing relatives will first have to settle a dispute about who can lawfully represent the estate of Denise Gay.

The Occupy Wall Street protests have entered a third week and show no signs of flagging, which means the police can’t either. The protests are getting expensive for the New York City Police Department.

A grand jury in the Bronx hearing evidence since April has begun voting on whether to bring charges against police union officials and other members of the police department for allegedly helping friends and family avoid summonses.