In the wake of ProPublica’s expose of the Community Response Team, critics are calling for the unit to be disbanded. New York ...

Half a century after the state tightened the criteria for involuntary commitment, Gov. Kathy Hochul wants to make it easier to hospitalize mentally ill people against their will.

A white teenager faces hate crime charges for his role in what police say was a racially motivated group attack on a Black ...

The number of blades seized by the NYPD in transit is soaring so far this year, shooting up 73% in the first three months of ...

Video of a group beating a teenager alone at a New York City subway station is raising more safety concerns about the transit system.

"These thugs are terrorizing Black children in this neighborhood. I want something done," the victim's mother said during a press conference.

The MTA has set up new prayer rooms for Muslim employees at bus depots in Brooklyn. Transit workers who use the spaces say it ...

It’s pretty clear that reality is changing. Major subway crimes are down 22% from this time last year. However, public perception hasn't caught up to that improvement, and many riders still say they ...

Straphangers were advised to take other subway lines to the Midtown transit hub, as emergency crews responded to the station.

The suspect was part of a group that attacked a Black 16-year-old who was on his way to school at a subway station in ...

A Black teenager was attacked and called racial slurs by a group of teens at a subway station in New York City while on his way to school Monday, according to sources. The ...

Port Washington resident Elon Green’s latest book, “The Man Nobody Killed: Life, Death, and Art in Michael Stewart’s New York ...