KIRYAS JOEL, N.Y. – A fast-growing Hasidic Jewish village has finalized an agreement with local opponents that could ease its path to expanding its borders as a more independent town.
Central Islip, NY – At least 15 members of the MS-13 street gang have been arrested on murder and other charges following a spate of bloodshed that included the massacre of four young men in a Long Island park and the killing of a suspected gang rival inside a deli, police said Wednesday.
More than 200,000 children were married in the US over the past 15 years, new figures have revealed.
A federal appeals court has overturned the corruption conviction of former New York Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver.
A total of 14 people were charged for their alleged roles in a $147 million stock manipulation scheme involving publicly traded companies on Wednesday.
Police conducted a prostitution sweep in Middletown and it resulted in eight arrests.
Syracuse, NY – A Brooklyn man who used dilapidated Syracuse rentals to steal $127,000 from banks, then fled to Canada for five years, avoided going to jail today after pleading guilty to 32 felonies and misdemeanors.
New York – New York City’s Department of Correction watchdog was relieved of his investigative duties on Monday after he was accused of directing surveillance of telephone calls by informants about the city’s troubled Rikers Island jail complex.
Stormville, NY – A man who spent 22 years in prison for a double killing he said he didn’t do walked free Monday, his New York conviction overturned but prosecutors vowing to get it restored.
Officials in New York announced a new anti-gang initiative on Wednesday to crack down on violence by the MS-13 street gang plaguing communities on Long Island, including four murders earlier this month.