Mirela Iverac

After three years in the city's shelter system, Nicole Smith and her four kids finally received their rent subsidy. Now she's finding that many landlords won't take the voucher. 

A new report shows how New York City's homeless crisis is being shouldered across the five boroughs.

It's a departure from his previous stance on the issue.

Democrat Andrew Cuomo and Republican Rob Astorino are hoping for significant turnout from Latino voters.

The de Blasio administration took office promising to fix the city's patchwork system of homeless shelters. But its initial attempts have fallen short.

The city may become one of the largest municipalities to stop honoring federal requests to detain immigrants.

In New York City, competent immigration attorneys are in short supply. Now a new program, the first of its kind, could change immigrants' experience of American justice.

Poor New Yorkers facing criminal charges across the state are appearing in court without attorneys in violation of their constitutional rights.

New York City has set up a help desk in federal immigration court to put unaccompanied children in touch with educational and health services.

Thousands of unaccompanied kids from Central America face new hurdles as they settle in New York, ranging from learning English to dealing with the trauma of the past.

An agreement between New York City and the state to provide rent money for homeless families with children could get thousands of people out of shelters in the coming year.

Among the mayors' goals: secure better wages in their cities, improve early childhood education and expand Internet access for low-income residents.

Police have been handing out fliers letting people know they don't have to hand over a buck — or $5, or $10 — for getting a photo with a Times Square character.

In New York and New Jersey, 44,000 immigrants have applied for a reprieve from deportation and work permits under President Obama's DACA program.

Figures show Staten Island's North Shore has disproportionate levels of summonses and stop-and-frisks.

From Columbus Circle to West 220th Street, the speed limit will be 25 mph instead of 30.

Immigration advocates are wary of a new Justice Department plan to speed up the processing of thousands of unaccompanied children arriving in the U.S. from Central America.

With another shelter a block away and institutions for people with mental illness and adult care facilities nearby, people in this densely populated neighborhood say they feel overburdened.

Across dinner tables and in synagogues, many families have been reflecting on the cost to both sides. Some can't bring themselves to talk about it at all.

The waves of unaccompanied immigrant children flooding across the Southwest border are lapping at our courthouse doors. These children, mainly from Central America, seek green cards u...