Ailsa Chang

Mayor Bloomberg said Monday that nearly four hundred people from the city's police, fire, sanitation and parks departments are still working everyday to help the city recover from last week's tornados. The mayor said the city's first priority has been to remove trees blocking streets. He expects all streets to be clear by the end of Tuesday.

For the first time, the city police department now has instant access to almost 500 video cameras installed in New York's busiest subway stations. Cameras located above turnstiles, platforms and entrances at Times Square, Penn Station and Grand Central are now feeding into a police database being monitored 24 hours a day at a location near Wall Street.

Police Commissioner Ray Kelly says the city spends between five to seven million dollars each year protecting dignitaries who attend the United Nations General Assembly.

If you're paid to lie, you have to be a skillful liar to do the job right. A natural.

That's how defense lawyers want to portray Shahed Hussain -- the confidential FBI informant at the center of the trial for four Newburgh men accused of trying to blow up Bronx synagogues and shoot down military planes in May 2009. Hussain is the government's main witness, and defense lawyers say he was a lifelong liar -- someone who could hardly be credible on a witness stand now.

With less than 60 days before the general election, the city must figure out what went so wrong with the new voting system on Primary Day and how to fix those problems. Election watch...

Mayor Bloomberg had harsh words on primary day for the way the election was being run in New York City.

The city's first primary day with the new paper ballot system has been bumpy, to say the least. Problems have been reported throughout the five boroughs, and Mayor Bloomberg himself called it a “royal screw-up.”  A lot of the problems had to do with the new voting machines that use optical scanning instead of levers to count votes. Some listeners told WNYC that their experience went smoothly, but far more said they had trouble reading the small print, there wasn't enough privacy, the ballot design was confusing, scanners were broken, and, the blooper we feel takes the cake: a few polling stations were even missing ballots.

Voting rights advocates are poised with poll watchers, online surveys and phone hotlines to record what they think is going to be a chaotic day as New York City residents try out new ...

A financial advisor to Hollywood stars has pleaded guilty to fraud and money laundering charges in Manhattan federal court.

A five-alarm fire that raged through the middle of the night has destroyed a Murray Hill restaurant, leaving 27 people, including 12 firefighters, with minor injuries.

FBI informant Shahed Hussain took the stand again Monday in the trial of four men accused of plotting to bomb Bronx synagogues and shoot down military planes. As prosecutors question...

As prosecutors attempt to persuade the court that a confidential informant only facilitated a plot designed and pursued by four hate-filled anti-Semites, defense lawyers will argue th...

FBI Special Agent Robert Fuller told the court how he instructed a confidential informant to visit a Newburgh mosque to find radical Muslims. The agent testified he supplied the four ...

The trial has opened for four Newburgh men charged with planning to blow up Bronx synagogues and shoot down military planes at Stewart International Airport last year. In opening arguments in Manhattan federal court, prosecutors said that hours of videotape will show the men plotting details and praying for success.

The NYPD is reviewing how they responded to the domestic violence call all from the ex-girlfriend of Gov. David Pateron's aide. The purpose of the review is to determine if "the response was adequate," according to NYPD spokesman Paul Browne.

The Manhattan District Attorney's office bought itself more time to investigate its case against the man who survived an August 8 police shootout in Harlem that left one man dead. Prosecutors now have 45 more days to bring a grand jury indictment against Angel Alvarez, who is currently facing three felony charges for weapons possession.

In a preliminary hearing, Manhattan Supreme Court Judge Bonnie Wittner found reasonable cause to believe Alvarez committed a felony, but she didn't specify exactly what felony he may have committed. Her decision moved back the deadline for a grand jury indictment.

The man who survived a Harlem police shoot-out with more than 20 bullet wounds is expected in court again Thursday. But Angel Alvarez's lawyer says any attempt to charge his client wi...

Disabled riders and advocates have filed a lawsuit against the MTA, saying its June 27 transit cuts hit disabled riders harder than other commuters.  

Two wheelchair users and a commuter who relies on a walker joined with disability rights organizations to say the MTA has violated federal law. They say because so few subways have elevators, disabled riders don't have the same alternatives as riders without disabilities.

Gov. David Paterson has signed into law a bill that makes intentional strangulation a crime.

Prosecutors continue to investigate the Harlem gunfight that left one man dead and another with more than 20 bullet wounds. But in the wake of the shootout, Harlem residents say the New York Police Department needs to do a better job policing street gatherings.