How the NYPD is trying to stop gun violence this summer
With NYPD data showing an increase in gun violence in the city during the summer, officers are on the ground inside neighborhoods, trying to keep people safe.
What services does NYC provide for aging New Yorkers and caregivers?
How can you make sure your loved ones get the benefits they're entitled to?
Broad-daylight Tompkins Square Park shooting leaves 1 dead, 1 injured
Two men were shot, one fatally, at New York City's popular Tompkins Square Park in the East Village Friday morning.
Help is available for New Yorkers caregiving for a loved one
Families who find themselves in need of a caregiver for a loved one can find themselves confronting difficult questions: Where do you start? What if they don't qualify for Medicaid? How do you juggle it all emotionally and physically?
Family of NYC woman whose body was found in a sleeping bag calls for justice
Family and friends are speaking out after a woman's body was found wrapped in a sleeping bag on a New York City street. She had been shot in the head.
Memorial marks 7 years since Det. Miosotis Familia shot dead
It has been seven years since NYPD Detective Miosotis Familia, a single mother of three, was killed in the line of duty.
Police make arrest in last month's Central Park sexual assault
The NYPD said Wednesday that Jermaine Longmire, 43, was arrested in the attack on a 21-year-old woman in Central Park on June 24.
Biden, Elton John attend grand opening of Stonewall Visitor Center
President Biden and Elton John were in New York City on Friday to mark 55 years since the Stonewall Riots sparked the gay rights movement in 1969.
Suspect accused of shooting 2 NYPD officers arraigned, reveals how guns are smuggled into shelters
Bernardo Raul Castro Mata, 19, was indicted in the shooting of Officer Richard Yarusso and Officer Christopher Abreu.
Heat kills 350 NYC residents a year, officials say
As New York City and the surrounding area slip into the grip of an extended period of dangerous heat, NYC health officials released their annual report on heat-related deaths in the Big Apple.
Search intensifies for man accused of raping teen in Queens park
Police are searching for a man they say tied up and assaulted a 13-year-old boy and girl in Kissena Park in Queens.
Manhunt continues 48 hours after sex assault in NYC park, police say
New York City police have launched an all-out manhunt for a suspect who allegedly tied up a boy and girl at Kissena Park in Queens and sexually assaulted one of them.
Tenants of NYC's "worst" landlord demand ownership of his buildings
People who live at two buildings maintained by New York City's alleged "worst" landlord say they should now own their apartments in order to make repairs after he went to jail.
NYC couple on challenges of caring for children & aging parents
Caring for aging parents can be stressful, expensive and tough to balance with a full-time job. But some couples in the so-called "sandwich generation" say there is a silver lining.
Transgender athlete ban bill introduced in Nassau County
Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman introduced a bill Friday that would prohibit transgender athletes from participating in women's and girls' sports at county-owned athletic facilities.