Ailsa Chang

The New York Police Department honored the officers who died in the September 11, 2001, attack, or after working on the toxic pile of rubble. The department handed medals to families of 23 officers who died that day and the 49 officers and one civilian who died since.

The organizers of the West Indian Day Parade said they have no plans to cancel or change the route of the annual Labor Day event despite a rash of violence earlier this week that has been linked to the festivities. 

The NYPD is more than a month late in providing the City Council data about public school student arrests and summons.

The NYPD is on track to have a record number of stop-and-frisks by the end of 2011.

A state panel charged with setting new salaries for New York state judges has decided to raise their pay by 27 percent over the next three years.

Ex-International Monetary Fund chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn said the past months have been "a nightmare" for him and his family and that they're looking forwarding to returning home.

Prosecutors are expected to announce next Tuesday whether they will proceed with their allegations that former International Monetary Fund chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn sexually assa...

Former New York City police officer Kenneth Moreno, who was acquitted in May of raping an East Village woman, was handed the maximum sentence of one year in jail on Monday as his accuser wept in the Manhattan courtroom.

The man accused of kidnapping and killing an 8-year-old boy from Borough Park has been found competent to stand trial. The finding was announced by Levi Aron's lawyers after he pleaded not guilty in Brooklyn State Supreme Court Thursday morning.

A Brooklyn federal judge is set to begin hearing evidence Monday to decide what steps the city should take to recruit more black firefighters.

The man who barricaded himself inside an apartment near the Flatiron building after allegedly threatening window workers has been arrested, sources confirmed to WNYC.

Now that the hotel housekeeper who accused ex-International Monetary Fund chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn of sexual assault has gone to the press with her account of what happened, legal experts are debating whether the media appearances will help or hurt her credibility.

Thousands of same-sex couples in New York State will be diving into wedding preparations in the months to come, but amid the historic celebrations there will also be another group: same-sex couples who are choosing not to get married. For them, there are plenty of good reasons – legal, financial and personal – they won't ever say "I do."

With less than a week before same-sex couples can get get married in New York, new data reveals that hate crimes against gay men in the state have increased.

An eight-year-old boy who disappeared in the heavily Jewish neighborhood of Borough Park, Brooklyn two days ago was found dead and severed into pieces Wednesday morning. Police Commis...

As the Manhattan District Attorney's Office faces criticism of its handling of the sexual assault case against former International Monetary Fund chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn, the Guinean woman at the center of the case may have immigration troubles coming her way.

Many opposed to the same-sex marriage bill being discussed in Albany say it's impossible to predict what specific legal challenges would surface if gay marriage passed in the state — but legal and political ramifications are likely, experts said.

As the New York State legislature slogs through an extended session in Albany, the long wait has taken a toll on the hundreds of advocates who have flooded the capital building in the last weeks and vowed to stay until issues such as same-sex marriage are duked out.

As the last day of the legislative session came to a close in Albany on Monday, there was still no vote in sight on the same-sex marriage bill — one vote shy of becoming law — that, after four days of closed-door sessions, is still languishing in the Republican-led Senate.

As the week draws to a close, advocates and legislators on both sides of the same-sex marriage debate say they are uncertain when — or if — the bill that had built so much momentum on Monday will actually come up for a vote in the state Senate by June 20, the end of the legislative session.