Beth Fertig

In the dawn of the city's Right to Counsel program, low-income tenants in Bronx housing court navigate a somewhat chaotic and cryptic path to free legal assistance.

The Uzbek immigrant community in New York reacts to the news that an Uzbek immigrant is the suspect in the bike path terror attack.

Gov. Cuomo has once again vetoed a bill that would have legalized gravity knives, despite concerns that many working class men of color are arrested for using them as legitimate tools.

The Manhattan DA is under attack by those who think he's more likely to prosecute a no-name New Yorker than a Hollywood executive, but the evidence is nuanced.

Cyrus Vance's decision not to prosecute media executive Harvey Weinstein has some questioning whether he's willing to take on powerful men. But there's no clear pattern.

New reports claim Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance, Jr. considered prosecuting Hollywood executive Harvey Weinstein in 2015, but decided not to go forward. 

The Trump administration has been arresting more immigrants without legal status, including the father of a Queens girl with autism. He could be deported this week.

Local groups scrambled to help eligible young immigrants reapply for DACA status, but they also fear many won't meet the October 5th deadline.

The Trump administration's crackdown on undocumented immigrants includes a shift in priorities. WNYC found almost half of those arrested in New Jersey had no criminal backgrounds.

Judge Nicholas Garaufis in Brooklyn rebuked the Trump Administration for giving immigrants only until October 5th to reapply for the program that lets them work and avoid deportation.

The former congressman's sexting with a 15-year-old girl rocked Hillary Clinton’s campaign for the White House in the closing days of the race, and may have cost her the presidency.

Democrats on the Westchester County Board of Legislators want to override County Executive Rob Astorino's veto of their Immigrant Protection Act Monday, but they need one more vote.

With President Trump planning to rescind DACA unless Congress acts, recipients studying to enter professions face an uncertain future. But some might still be able to work in New York.

Young immigrants in the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program are figuring out who's eligible to reapply before President Trump's Oct. 5 deadline, and the window is very narrow.

Federal authorities asked local jails and police to detain more immigrants earlier this year, then stopped responding to records requests.

Three years ago, the Brooklyn District Attorney announced he would no longer prosecute as many people for marijuana possession. But WNYC found the impact wasn’t as big as expected.

Acting Brooklyn D.A. Eric Gonzalez doesn't want convictions for minor crimes to affect a person's immigration status. But two of his opponents in next week's Democratic primary disagree.

The Justice Department has agreed to help approximately 150 people affected by President Trump's first travel ban reenter the U.S., as part of a settlement. 

Democratic candidates promise to go light on prostitution, turnstile jumping and other "survival crimes" while cleaning out the DA's closets.

The hungry southern pine beetle could spread along the Atlantic coast as far north as Nova Scotia by 2020, according to a new study by the journal Nature Climate Change.