New York City

After spending decades behind bars for a double murder in New York City in 1996, three men will walk free Friday after having their wrongful convictions vacated. George Bell, Rohan Bolt and Gary Johnson were convicted in the Dec. 21, 1996 murders of Ira “Mike” Epstein and NYPD Police Officer Charles Davis in the course of robbing Epstein’s check-cashing business….

Thomas Sandell paid the biggest False Claims Act settlement ever for an individual in New York related to unpaid taxes on hedge fund fees.

When Dr. Angela Chen diagnosed the first confirmed case of COVID-19 in NYC, she never would have imagined how the virus would ravage the city, the state, and the world.

Charlotte Bennett’s request came as New York AG Letitia James said that Cuomo’s office formally requested an independent investigation of the allegations.

With coronavirus lockdowns stretching into year two, millions of Americans are working from a different state than where they were when the pandemic began.

One year after the euthanization of a New York City Central Park carriage horse sparked calls for an investigation from animal lovers, experts have determined that the animal suffered from a common genetic disease, but activists aren’t convinced that it was the only thing that led to the 10-year-old horse’s untimely death. Aysha died last February, hours after it...

The suspect in the stabbing of an Asian man in New York City’s Chinatown walked into the New York County District Attorney’s Office and admitted he had just “stabbed a guy up the block,” according to Manhattan’s Assistant District Attorney Adam Johnson. According to a criminal complaint, the suspect told authorities, “I stabbed that guy. If he dies, he dies. I...

Christine Pathak has marked every milestone in a hospital — most of them inside St. Mary’s in Queens. Everything from trick-or-treating to Thanksgiving to Christmas to birthdays were celebrated at the hospital. That all changed Friday. It was during her time hospitalized, when there were moments that standing seemed impossible for the now 2-and-a-half-year-old. The fact that she walked through…

The tapestry of Picasso’s “Guernica,” considered by many art critics as perhaps the most powerful anti-war painting in history, was considered a perfect artwork for the Security Council, the U.N.’s most powerful body charged with ensuring international peace and security

Bukola Ayodele, Roy Patterson and Brieonna Johnson live in different cities and work in different industries — and all earn over $100,000 a year.

The new details emerge as Cuomo is fighting allegations of mishandling nursing home data and policies at the height of the Covid-19 pandemic in New York.

Julian Thomas moved into his Bushwick apartment in 2018, and has since taken on DIY projects (approved by his landlord). Take a look.

A former New York police officer and a Queens Republican Party official have been arrested on charges related to their alleged roles in the U.S. Capitol riot.

The note from the person who spent the night in the car read: “Thank you for letting me sleep in your car for the night. Lock your doors next time”

Cuomo said on Sunday that a Covid-19 variant first identified in South Africa has reached New York.

The coronavirus crisis could benefit some working mothers. For some, it could be a long-awaited opportunity to spend more time with their children.

Many New York City police discipline records can be made public over the objections of unions, an appeals court ruled Tuesday. The ruling by the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Manhattan upheld a decision last year by Judge Katherine Polk Failla. Unions had opposed a new state transparency law on the grounds that it would unfairly taint...

A New York City man could face years in prison after being arrested for allegedly threatening politicians and conservative broadcasters, federal prosecutors announced Friday. Rickey Johnson, also known “Nigel Dawn Defarren,” was arrested Thursday night based on a criminal complaint filed in Manhattan federal court charging Johnson with with making threatening interstate communications, which carries a maximum sentence of five…

“You take it one decision at a time,” Katz’s fifth-generation owner Jake Dell told CNBC

The federal government will start shipping vaccines directly to pharmacies today. Here’s how to make an appointment when you’re eligible.