Rafael Ruiz has been freed from prison since 2009, but has been seeking freedom from being marked as a convict for the rest of his life

While he has been out from behind bars since 2009, Rafael Ruiz wanted his name cleared for a 1985 sexual assault that he always maintained he didn’t commit, and led him to spending 25 years in prison. NBC New York’s Pei-Sze Cheng reports.

Police say they are searching for a man in connection to a shooting in Manhattan that left one person dead and two others injured, police say. The violent incident took place on 135th Street and Riverside Drive in Harlem at around 2 p.m. Thursday. According to police, a 27-year-old man, who sustained multiple gunshot wounds to the torso and leg,…

Two suspects trying to get away from police following an armed robbery crashed into several cars, including a taxi, on a major thoroughfare through Harlem. NBC New York’s Rana Novini reports.

The boyfriend of 6-year-old Zymere Perkin’s mother was found guilty of murder, manslaughter and child endangerment, and now faces life in prison for the horrific high-profile death. NBC New York’s Myles Miller reports.

The boyfriend of a 6-year-old New York City boy’s mother was found guilty of murder and other counts in the child’s death, ending one of the highest-profile child abuse cases the city has seen over the past few years

Five people were injured, one seriously, after a fire broke out at an apartment building in Harlem, the FDNY said.  The fire started in the living room of an apartment on the third floor of 480 Convent Avenue, near West 151st Street, around 1 a.m. Wednesday, the department said.  The flames quickly spread to other apartments in the building, according…

Fire officials say a fire that started in an apartment’s living room in Harlem injured five people. NBC New York’s Katherine Creag reports.

In the wake of Tessa Majors’ death, Barnard College and Columbia University faculty have reported receiving “abhorrent and viciously racist” robocall messages from a white supremacist organization. In a message on the school’s website, Columbia said it is working with New York City police to block the racist messages that came after the 18-year-old college freshman was stabbed and...

The teen had been on the run and police had been looking for him for some time before finally being brought into custody in the Bronx and taken to the stationhouse. NBC New York’s Myles Miller reports.

The teenager wanted for questioning in the Manhattan park murder of Barnard College freshman Tessa Majors has been located, authorities said in a tweet Thursday.

The teenager wanted for questioning in the Manhattan park murder of Barnard College freshman Tessa Majors has been found, questioned and released, authorities said in a tweet Thursday. A photo tweeted out by police with the announcement matches an image of a 14-year-old boy authorities had released earlier in the investigation in their quest to question him. Calling the apprehension…

Police have released photos of one of the teens wanted for questioning in connection with the stabbing death of a Barnard College student. Gaby Acevedo reports.

Police have released photos of one of the teens wanted for questioning in connection with the stabbing death of a Barnard College student. Because of the child’s age, police are not releasing his name, but they have been looking to speak with him since Majors was stabbed to death. As of Friday, investigators are not calling the 14-year-old a...

Police say they are talking to family and friends of a 14-year-old wanted for questioning in the murder of Tessa Majors but disputed reports that the teen took off running when he was about to go in for questioning. “He didn’t jump out of a cab while attempting to turn himself in,” NYPD Chief of Detectives Rodney Harrison told...

Police say a they are still searching for a 14-year-old wanted in connection to the brutal stabbing of Barnard College student Tessa Majors. However, the NYPD disputed reports that the teen ran away just before he was going to turn himself in.

Morningside Park has the most robberies of any park in the city so far in 2019, and cops are investigating two muggings near where Barnard College student Tessa Majors was killed. NBC New York’s Rana Novini reports.

The slaying of a Barnard College student has led to new security provisions at Manhattan’s Morningside Park, Columbia University announced Tuesday. The college said that guard booths outside the park will now be staffed 24/7 and the evening public safety shuttle will be extended. Those decisions come in the wake of the stabbing death of 18-year-old Tessa Majors, who was…

A 13-year-old boy has faced a judged in the brutal Morningside Park killing of a Barnard College student. Ida Siegal reports.

The teen was supposed to be on his way with his lawyer to be questioned by police in connection to the stabing death of Tessa Majors, but the teen fled and ran from the car during the afternoon, sparking a police search in Harlem. NBC New York’s Marc Santia reports.