Claudia Morell

The Chicago City Council approved a plan to give civilians oversight of the city's police department: the result of a years-long effort to allow residents a role in how their communities are policed.

There are calls for justice in Chicago, after video was released showing the police shooting and killing 13-year-old Adam Toledo on March 29.

Chicago will designate Emmett Till's home as a landmark. The 14-year-old was murdered by white men on a visit to Mississippi in 1955, and his death helped galvanize the civil rights movement.

One day after President Trump commuted Rod Blagojevich's corruption sentence, the former Illinois governor held a "homecoming" news conference outside his Chicago residence.

Chicago Alderman Ed Burke, one of the last vestiges of the city's old machine, is in federal court Tuesday for an indictment alleging widespread corruption.

After eight years under Rahm Emanuel, Chicago has a political novice as mayor. Former federal prosecutor Lori Lightfoot took the oath and has big plans to shakeup Chicago's way of doing business.

The Occupy protests have cost local taxpayers at least $13 million in police overtime and other municipal services, according to a survey by The Associated Press.

A $1.5 million overhaul of Brooklyn’s Grand Army Plaza has been completed. The Department of Transportation added more walkways, bike lanes, and street dividers in order to make what was once the most dangerous intersection of the city safer.

The online review company Yelp officially opened its New York City headquarters Wednesday, joining a growing list of tech and social media companies opening offices around the city.

Advocates and lawyers for victims of sex trafficking said the NYPD is treating their clients more like criminals than victims, and that needs to change.

Several New York City council members are raising questions about the city's practice of fingerprinting applications for federal food stamps.  The measure was adopted to curb fraud, but some argue that it's deterring thousands of New Yorkers in need from applying for federally funded food stamps.

The City Council approved a Business Improvement District (BID) for Manhattan's Chinatown. The BID will take annual fees from local businesses to help clean up streets and attract more customers.

Four New York City Council members are letting their constituents decide how to spend $4 million dollars in discretionary funding.