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A Brooklyn federal judge has handed a victory to poker advocates, ruling that the card game isn't gambling under federal law because it's primarily a game of skill, not chance.

A newspaper received an anonymous call from a man who claims the bacon found scattered in a Staten Island park where Muslims gathered for Ramadan prayers was not a hate crime. 

NYPD Police Commissioner Ray Kelly responded to a poll that showed New Yorkers believe police in the city favor whites over blacks, saying "I don't see it that way."

Officials have suspended Second Ave. subway construction after a controlled blast went awry Tuesday, spewing chunks of concrete into the air, spewing spoke into the street and causing windows to shatter.

The poorest borough in the New York City is also the most charitable, according to a new study.

The majority of New Yorkers say the NYPD favors whites over blacks, according to a New York Times poll.

New Jersey Governor Chris Christie on Monday batted down criticism from Democrats who've raised alarms about the rise in unemployment and decline of tax revenue in the state. 

GOP presidential hopeful Mitt Romney's selection of Paul Ryan as a running mate has not helped him among New York state voters, according to a new poll.

Tens of thousands of young undocumented immigrants are expected to apply for the Obama Administration's deferred action policy — but some advocacy groups are pushing states like New York to take the reform a step farther.

A transportation board has approved a plan to build a new Tappan Zee Bridge.

Bill Keller, op-ed contributor and former executive editor of The New York Times, discussed how GOP presidential hopeful Mitt Romney’s political entourage will affect his campaign – and the role of his vice presidential pick of Paul Ryan.

Three were arrested outside the Russian Consulate in Manhattan on Friday, hours after a Russian judge found members of the punk rock band Pussy Riot guilty of hooliganism.

Three people were injured when a horse bolted away from its carriage and collided with a car in Columbus Circle Thursday.

The city Parks Department announced Thursday that officials have selected an operator to run Central Park’s historic Tavern on the Green.

Ex-MF Global CEO and former New Jersey Governor Jon Corzine will reportedly not face criminal charges stemming from the collapse of the brokerage firm that he helmed.

New York City police officers used some level of physical force in more than one in five stop and frisks in the city last year — and that rate was more than doubled in the West Bronx, according to an analysis by the New York Times.

A platoon sergeant from Texas is facing a court-martial in connection with the death of a 19-year-old soldier from Manhattan's Chinatown.

The scheme works like this: someone steals your identity, and uses it to get married to an undocumented immigrant for money. Then, when you are ready to get married, you can't, because you already are.

The New York World, a digital news enterprise at Columbia University, says that scenario has played out dozens — maybe hundreds — of times in the last few years in the city.

Building at the World Trade Center site has been progressing, despite delays over the years. Ten years after the Twin Towers fell, construction has been beset by political infighting and other complicating issues.

Today, hundreds of thousands of young undocumented immigrants can apply for temporary work permits under President Barack Obama's deferred action initiative. That figure includes tens of thousands of New Yorkers, many of whom applied on Wednesday.