The country’s top immigration official blamed the “sanctuary policies” of New York City on Friday for the sexual assault and killing of a 92-year-old Queens woman, while the mayor’s office decried such rhetoric as “fear, hate and attempts to divide.”

The nation’s top immigration official says the mayor needs to bear some of the responsibility for the rape and death of an elderly Queens woman allegedly killed by an undocumented immigrant. NBC New York’s Myles Miller reports.

The mayor got heat for his tweet for two reasons: He said he liked his bagel toasted (apparently a NYC or Brooklyn faux pas), and the Park Slope bagel shop he said was his favorite doesn’t even have a toaster. NBC New York’s Andrew Siff reports.

A state judge on Monday struck down a New York City rule expected to take effect next year that would have limited how much time Uber, Lyft and other for-hire vehicles could spend without passengers in the busiest parts of town. In his decision, state Supreme Court Judge Lyle Frank called the city’s rules “arbitrary and capricious.” In August,...

The Department of Homeland Security criticized a New York law that just went into effect allowing undocumented immigrants to get driver’s licenses, saying it will protect criminal at the expense of law-abiding residents. NBC New York’s Jonathan Dienst reports.

The homeless action plan, which even the mayor said is not going to be easy, includes plans for 1,000 new safe haven beds and low-barrier permanent apartments, as well as medical and mental health services and converting private properties in permanent housing. NBC New York’s John Chandler reports.

It’s a day that some younger people look forward to during the holiday season, while other think the disgusting elements that sometimes come with the boozy frivolity are merits for it to be canceled. NBC New York’s Jamie Roth reports.

The New York City mayor has signed a bill that transfers control of the nation’s largest public burial ground from the correction department to the parks department. Mayor Bill de Blasio signed the legislation on Wednesday. More than 1 million people are buried on Hart’s Island just off the Bronx. The island has been controlled by the Department of Correction,...

New York City’s newly sworn-in police commissioner has told the force he wants to change a media-driven misperception that officers and the communities they patrol have a bad relationship. Dermot Shea took the oath from Mayor Bill de Blasio on Monday at a police headquarters ceremony and said it’s “truly humbling” to be the 44th commissioner of the NYPD. In...

Mayor de Blasio has announced an historic expansion of pedestrian space around Rockefeller Center for the holidays — partial closures of 49th and 50th streets, along with Fifth and Sixth avenues, in what he calls a “first-ever commitment.

Donald Trump a Florida man? Not so fast. Despite a stinging “good riddance” tweet from New York’s governor, the president’s home state may not let him go to Florida without a fight. Trump’s plan to shift his permanent residence to Palm Beach will likely be heavily scrutinized by New York state officials, who are notorious for auditing wealthy residents seeking...

Mayor Bill de Blasio’s security detail was used on multiple occasions to ferry his son Dante to college at Yale, even in cases where his parents were not present, a law enforcement source familiar with the matter told News 4.

Yes, of course President Donald Trump would be arrested if he shot someone on Fifth Avenue, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio says

A city commission voted Monday to erect a monument depicting three pioneers in the fight for women’s rights: Susan B. Anthony, Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Sojourner Truth

New York City lawmakers moved a step closer to closing Rikers Island, a massive jail complex notorious for violence and dysfunction that is increasingly seen as a relic.

Authorities have arrested a man suspected for his involvement in the Brooklyn block party shooting that killed one person and wounded 11 others this summer.

New York City’s average daily jail population will be cut in half by 2026, according to a new report.

New York City is suing almost two dozen online e-cigarette sellers in federal court, accusing them of selling their products to residents under the age of 21.

The man charged with murder in a bloody rampage that left four men dead may have also attacked another homeless man about a week earlier, NYPD officials say.

The four homeless men who were beaten to death with a metal pipe in Chinatown, allegedly by another homeless man, over the weekend still remained unidentified Monday as police struggled to identify their next of kins.