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New York City is hosting a variety of specialized film festivals this weekend showcasing movies from around the world. 

A new study found suicide attempts rising among black teenagers over the past 30 years. 

This election day, New Yorkers can vote on questions that could change the city charter — including rules that affect future elections.

The Garden State has the third highest rate of warming in the country. It's already having dire consequences.

After alleged sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein was found dead in a federal detention center in Manhattan, the Metropolitan Correctional Center is under increased scrutiny.

NYC's health commissioner says even brief contact with the criminal justice system can have lasting health consequences. 

Councilman Carlos Menchaca was born and raised in the border city and still has family there.

A slew of proposals could dramatically change the way the city operates. Let's dig in. 

No police officers have been charged in the 2014 death of Eric Garner. But NYPD leadership says many of its strategies for policing has evolved. 

Marches and events marked the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall uprising.

Kathy Tu and Tobin Low of WNYC's podcast "Nancy" weigh in on what their listeners are worried about.

New York City's Department of Correction said 27-year-old Layleen Polanco was found unconscious in her cell on Friday afternoon. No evidence of violence or foul play was reported.

Decades after the grisly case and wrongful convictions consumed New York City, have the media and law enforcement taken full responsibility?

Over 125 years after an African-American woman named Anita Florence Hemmings passed as white at Vassar College, her story has helped inspire a conference on the topic.

Damon Young talks black masculinity, parenting a black girl in an all-pervasive white supremacist country, and being labeled gay as a young high school teacher.  

When opioid maker Purdue Pharma faced criminal prosecution that could have cut into its business, it called on a prominent New Yorker to help keep the drug on the market and plentiful.

New York City Audubon estimates that more than 90,000 birds die every year while trying to navigate the city's maze of windows. 

Officials continue to face community opposition to the new jails that will be built in four boroughs.

The topic is being debated among different advocacy groups and is being considered by Albany lawmakers.