The charges announced on Tuesday painted a chilling picture of police brutality and subsequent cover-up.
Jose Sucuzhanay died from injuries after being hit by a beer bottle and an aluminum baseball bat in Bushwick, Brooklyn.
After contradictory statements in the press about a deal involving three dissident Democrats, Malcolm A. Smith's ascension to the Senate's top job could be in jeopardy.
A developer has been given the go-ahead to proceed with a long-stalled condominium project that has been a lightning rod for critics in the Brooklyn neighborhood for years.
The New York attorney general announced a $750,000 settlement for wage violations at three supermarkets in the city.
The utilitarian ramp at the World Trade Center site, built for recovery and reconstruction work, became a ceremonial landmark at ground zero. Now, it must be dismantled.
Marc S. Dreier, a prominent New York lawyer, is said to have brazenly duped hedge funds out of $100 million.
Representative Vito J. Fossella was ordered on Monday to serve five days in a Virginia jail cell after being found guilty of drunken driving.
New figures provide hard evidence of trends involving shifts in housing patterns, education and demographics.
The city plans to issue $341.2 million in additional tax-exempt bonds on behalf of the Yankees and Mets to complete the stadiums, whose combined cost is about $2.2 billion.
In recent days Senator Edward Kennedy has called Gov. David Paterson, Senator Charles Schumer and others on behalf of his niece Caroline’s possible Senate run.
A court of appeals granted a stay on Monday pending arguments on whether the F.A.A. has the legal authority to auction the slots at three major airports in the New York region.
Law enforcement officials said the firefighters, John Tew and Matthew Veitch, and some friends confronted a man at a midtown bar on Saturday.
Madame Tussauds’ repair room is the E.R. for the tallow set, where the waxed immortals go for their tune-ups after being ravaged by the crowds.
Congressman Charles B. Rangel has challenged a recent Times article. This graphic presents a point-counterpoint between Mr. Rangel and The Times.
Photographs of buildings featured in a series of articles on New York's Landmarks Preservation Commission.
Look up how many tickets were issued on your block from July 2007 to June 2008.
William C. Thompson Jr., trying to tap into opposition over the recent term limit changes, says Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg “can be beat — now.”
Some creative ways to punish Plaxico Burress, Vito Fosella, Alain Robert and others who’ve recently pulled chuckleheaded stunts.
The payment of last resort for New York’s poor has not been raised since 1989.
The high school admissions process is frustrating and exhausting even for a parent thoroughly familiar with the system.
Madame Tussauds’ repair room is the E.R. for the tallow set, where the waxed immortals go for their tune-ups after being ravaged by the crowds.
Paul LeClerc, the head of the New York Public Library, will be answering selected readers’ questions.
A gallery of reader-illustrated portraits of New York’s governors, past and present.
An activist from Cameroon came to the United States in search of political asylum, but his wait in New York seemed endless.
Choral singers prepare for holiday performances, and more articles about seasonal music throughout the New York region.
Since 1912, the fund has provided direct assistance to children, families and the elderly in New York.
For Elsa Tirado, a wheelchair provides the freedom to ride along the Orchard Beach boardwalk and even do a little salsa dancing.
In his weekly podcast, Sam Roberts wonders: Who are the power brokers in New York? More people, in and out of government, seem to share less power.
An inside look at stories affecting New Yorkers. With Sam Roberts, Saturdays at 10 p.m. and Sundays at 10 a.m. on NY1 News.
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