Ailsa Chang

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.

The man police say opened fire in a shoot-out with NYPD officers in Harlem this month has been charged with three felony counts of criminally possessing a weapon. Manhattan District Attorney Cy Vance declined to bring attempted assault or attempted murder charges against Angel Alvarez, 24, whom police say shot at officers first before they responded by firing 46 shots.

As a top aide to Gov. David Paterson faces charges for domestic violence, WNYC has learned from New York state court sources that the incident touched off an internal inquiry about ...

David Johnson faces misdemeanor charges for assault, menacing, and criminal mischief and one charge for harassment.

A top aide to Gov. David Paterson has been charged with assault for a domestic violence dispute that kicked off an evidence-tampering investigation against the governor and forced Pat...

Gov. David Paterson’s aide, David Johnson is expected to appear in New York Criminal Court in the Bronx Thursday to hear misdemeanor assault charges against him for an alleged attack on his ex-girlfriend Sherr-una Booker last Halloween. Hordes of reporters have been camped outside the Bronx County District Attorney's Office and inside the courthouse waiting for the latest developments.

Harlem residents, clergy and elected officials gathered at Reverend Al Sharpton's National Action Network headquarters on Tuesday night to discuss the recent wave of violence that cul...

The Associated Press is now reporting that a New York City police gun probably killed 23-year-old Luis Soto in a Harlem shootout Sunday morning. Only one of the six bullets that hit Soto was retrieved from his body, and officers say that bullet was consistent with bullets from NYPD guns.

The Associated Press is now reporting that a New York City police gun probably killed 23-year-old Luis Soto in a Harlem shootout Sunday morning. Only one of the six bullets that hit Soto was retrieved from his body, and officers say that bullet was consistent with bullets from NYPD guns.

It’s been more than a month since the New York City MTA cut 38 bus lines and reduced service on another 76. Now, disability rights activists say they’re preparing several lawsuits because, they say, disabled New Yorkers have been hit particularly hard by the cuts.

A federal judge is blocking the city from hiring new firefighters, based on a 2007 hiring test, which he says was unfair to black and Hispanic applicants. The New York City Fire Department says it needs to hire 300 new members before the end of August. But Judge Nicholas Garaufis says the city can only do this if it can prove its hiring needs are so urgent that they justify using a test that Garuafis describes as "invalid."

A federal judge is blocking the city from hiring new firefighters, based on a 2007 hiring test, which he says was unfair to black and Hispanic applicants. The New York City Fire Department says it needs to hire 300 new members before the end of August. But Judge Nicholas Garaufis says the city can only do this if it can prove its hiring needs are so urgent that they justify using a test that Garuafis describes as "invalid."

Domestic violence prevention advocates say the recent inquiry into Gov. David Paterson's handling of a domestic violence dispute involving his aide David Johnson highlights common mistakes New York City police officers make when investigating domestic violence cases. 

A federal judge in Brooklyn will soon decide whether a 2007 entrance exam for firefighters discriminated against blacks and Hispanics. The city wants to use the 2007 test results because it says it needs to quickly hire 300 new firefighters before the end of summer. No other entrance exam has been administered since 2007.

A federal judge in Brooklyn will soon decide whether a 2007 entrance exam for firefighters discriminated against blacks and Hispanics.

New York City says needs it needs to hire 300 firefighters by the end of summer, and it wants to use a 2007 entrance exam to pick its new members. But a federal judge in Brooklyn is now deciding whether that test was racially discriminatory.

As New York City wilts under its second brutal heat wave this month, New York City firefighters are on pace to have their busiest year in history. July has been an especially busy month. While the city saw record-breaking temperatures, the fire department has responded to a record number of emergencies in the last couple of weeks. Scorching heat waves present special firefighting challenges.

As the city wilts under its second brutal heat wave this month, New York City firefighters are on pace to have their busiest year in history. July has been an especially busy month. While the city saw record-breaking temperatures, the fire department has responded to a record number of emergencies in the last couple of weeks. Scorching heat waves present special firefighting challenges.

Disbarred civil rights lawyer Lynne Stewart has been resentenced to 10 years in prison for helping a convicted terrorist communicate with his violent followers in Egypt.