Ailsa Chang

Prosecutors expect to finish putting on their case this week in the public corruption trial of City Councilman Larry Seabrook of the Bronx.

Two anti-Wall Street protesters are filing a federal civil rights lawsuit against the city and police department Monday, alleging they were unlawfully searched and unlawfully arrested after participating in a protest at a Citibank branch in Greenwich Village last month.

An identity-theft ring recruited waiters at high-end restaurants to steal diners' credit-card information, then used it for luxury shopping sprees, authorities said Friday.

With recent reports of misconduct within the New York City Police Department mounting, criminal justice experts are calling for greater oversight of the department. 

WNYC reporter, Ailsa Chang, discusses developments in the ticket-fixing scandal involving several NYPD officers, and talks about the culture of the NYPD. Richard Aborn, president of the Citizens Crime Commission, discusses a study on oversight for other major police departments, and how misconduct is handled by agencies with subpoena power.

As 11 New York City police officers face ticket-fixing charges in the Bronx, the largest police union in the city — the Patrolmen's Benevolent Association — has angrily stuck to one p...

New York City police officers pleaded not guilty to various charges in a sweeping corruption probe touched off by an investigation into whether a Bronx officer had ties to a drug dealer.

New York City officers surrendered Friday to face charges in a police corruption case following an investigation that stemmed from a low-profile wiretap of one officer suspected of having ties to a drug dealer and ballooned into a lengthy probe, union officials and people familiar with the case said.

Five New York City police officers are among 12 people arrested in connection to a gun smuggling operation, law enforcement sources told WNYC. The U.S. Attorney's office in Manhattan is prosecuting the case.

A woman who was allegedly pepper-sprayed by a Deputy Inspector in the police department will meet with prosecutors in the Manhattan District Attorney's Office on Monday. Members of the office's Official Corruption Unit requested the meeting in response to a letter her lawyer sent to District Attorney Cy Vance demanding that NYPD Deputy Inspector Anthony Bologna be prosecuted for assault.

The family of a Brooklyn woman who was killed during a police shootout near the West Indian Day Parade route plans to sue the city and police department.  But two competing relatives will first have to settle a dispute about who can lawfully represent the estate of Denise Gay.

The Occupy Wall Street protests have entered a third week and show no signs of flagging, which means the police can’t either. The protests are getting expensive for the New York City Police Department.

A grand jury in the Bronx hearing evidence since April has begun voting on whether to bring charges against police union officials and other members of the police department for allegedly helping friends and family avoid summonses.

Police Commissioner Ray Kelly says he had heard multiple allegations that his officers were skirting the law when charging people for misdemeanor marijuana possession — but he says he doesn't know if they are true.

State and local lawmakers are congratulating Police Commissioner Ray Kelly for directing the police department to follow the law when making marijuana arrests.

The two top leaders of a Bronx-based coalition of Hispanic construction workers have pleaded not guilty to charges they threatened builders with violence in order to extract money and jobs from them.

WNYC reporter Ailsa Chang, talks about Police Commissioner Ray Kelly's "clarification" of NYPD policy regarding marijuana arrests and her earlier reporting on the controversy. And Eugene O'Donnell, professor of law and police science at John Jay College of Criminal Justice discusses police chief Ray Kelly's 60 Minutes revelation that the NYPD can shoot down planes.

State Senator Jeff Klein of the Bronx has introduced a bill that would make cyberbullying a misdemeanor in New York — a move that follows a series of widely publicized cyberbullying incidents, including the suicide of a 14-year-old Buffalo teen last week who was bullied online with gay slurs. 

Police Commissioner Ray Kelly has issued an internal order to the New York City Police Department commanding officers to stop arresting people for small amounts of marijuana possession, if the marijuana was never in public view.  The directive comes at a time when the NYPD is taking increasing heat about alleged improper marijuana arrests.

As same-sex couples continue exchanging wedding vows in New York, lawyers are working to catch up on the complications the new law creates.