Robert Lewis

Legal Aid has been digging up dirt on cops. And now its sharing it with other public defenders.

The president wants prosecutors to seek the death penalty for the ISIS-inspired man who killed eight people in Manhattan. But it's a lengthy, rare process.

WNYC reporters on questions that have arisen about Seyfullo Saipov's use of surveillance and how bicycle lane safety measures may have prevented the deaths.

A businessman involved in kick-back scheme says donations to Bill de Blasio's campaign got him access and solved problems.

At last 3,500 properties added to the flood zone received aid, but were not required to elevate above flood levels.

A stunning new elevated park that would protect the Lower East Side will break ground...eventually. But it's already less ambitious than promised.

With little oversight or regulation, the NYPD and the medical examiner's office have been quietly amassing genetic material from thousands of New Yorkers for years.

NYPD is starting to use a specialized DNA analysis to reconstruct what victims looked like.

The namesake of the so-called Mollen Commission spent years in public service.

Police say a schizophrenic man had a knife when he charged them last month. The Brooklyn DA is looking into it.

The mayoral candidates were among the politicians who made a stop at the annual Ecuadorian Parade in Queens on Sunday.

In an unprecedented expansion of DNA testing, the NYPD is swabbing every gun it recovers and the Medical Examiner's Office is analyzing the skin cells.

Thousands of Haitians came to the United States under a humanitarian program following the 2010 earthquake. But  the Trump administration may not extend their protected status.

The junior senator from New York is asking her constituents to gear up to fight the health care bill that passed the House last week.

Prosecutors say cash, prostitutes and an $8,000 watch allowed unsavory characters to legally carry guns.

After pioneering the use of stats to fight crime, the NYPD is hoping a similar approach will stop the increase of drug overdoses.

A judge sentenced Tyrone Howard to life in prison without the possibility of parole for fatally shooting Holder in 2015. 

It's a historic call to shutter the jail complex, which has become a symbol of mass incarceration and brutality. Still, a political battle over Rikers' closure likely looms.

The cop who killed Ramarley Graham wasn't the only one who had confidential info leaked to the press. What about the teen?

Police disciplinary records are staying secret, for now.