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A federal health official is expected to announce soon whether people with cancer will be covered by an aid program for anyone sickened by World Trade Center dust.

Mayor Michael Bloomberg says an audit on the city's 911 call system shows "a new level of intellectual dishonesty" by Comptroller John Liu.

It appears that the race to replace disgraced former state senator Car Kruger in the 27th District is over ― and the winner of the special election is Republican David Storobin.

An angry Gov. Chris Christie accused Senate Democrats of playing partisan politics at the expense of the gay, black Republican he nominated to the New Jersey Supreme Court.

Cardinal Timothy Dolan approved payments to suspected pedophile priests to leave the ministry when he was the archbishop of Milwaukee, new documents reveal.

The former Rutgers University student convicted of using a webcam to spy on and intimidate his gay roommate has reported to the county jail where he will spend the next 30-days.

Mayor Michael Bloomberg is proposing a ban on the sale of large sugary drinks at the city’s restaurants, movie theaters and other locales. Do you agree with the mayor’s proposal or...

The chief counsel for a group charged with ferreting out endemic corruption in the NYPD during the 1970s said the so-called blue wall of silence is a fabrication.

Murray Weiss, DNAinfo columnist and criminal justice editor, told WNYC's The Brian Lehrer Show on Wednesday that the FBI remains  skeptical about the confession: "The Patz family ... is the most skeptical of all."

A day after apologizing for the first time, a former Rutgers University student convicted of using a webcam to spy on his gay roommate gave up his right to remain free on Wednesday while New Jersey prosecutors appeal his 30-day jail sentence.

Mayor Michael Bloomberg said the city’s ban on outdoor smoking would not go up in smoke despite the Cuomo administration’s suspension on restrictions following objections from smokers’ rights groups.

Stop-and-frisk has been an NYPD tool for decades, but in recent years there has been increased criticism over the number of stops, and more importantly the people targeted for stops — overwhelmingly black or Latino males. Mayor Michael Bloomberg and the NYPD has defended the practice, saying it has helped get guns off the streets and keep the number of homicides down. WNYC created an interactive look back at the start of the policy, the legal challenges it has faced, as well as how the numbers have increased over time.

Former President Bill Clinton will be in northern New Jersey this week to campaign for Democratic Rep. Bill Pascrell, who is battling fellow Democrat Rep. Steve Rothman in a hotly contested primary in the 9th Congressional District.

The surprise confession of a man in the disappearance of 6-year-old Etan Patz in 1979 has courts exploring the suspect's mental state while authorities work to flesh out the 33-year-old case.

The city's diversity index, NYPD warrant squads and the New York Times photo morgue — here are our top picks for leisure time reading/listening during this Memorial Day weekend based on our top-performing evergreen pieces of the month.

The man who police say confessed to killing 6-year-old Etan Patz was formally charged with second degree murder. The Manhattan District Attorney's office filed the charge a day after Police Commissioner Ray Kelly announced the arrest of Pedro Hernandez.

A man who police say confessed to the murder of schoolboy Etan Patz was arraigned and charged with one count of second degree murder late Friday.

The Brooklyn District attorney is pushing for legislation that would add religious leaders to those required to report allegations of sex abuse to authorities in the wake of criticism over his handling of such cases in the Orthodox Jewish community, according to the New York Times.

A N.J. man has been arrested for the murder of 6-year-old Etan Patz, the boy who disappeared in 1979 a few blocks from his home. New York Police Commissioner Ray Kelly said Pedro Hernandez confessed to the crime.

A New York jury at an insider-trading trial has heard the lone recorded phone call of an ex-Goldman Sachs board member speaking with a billionaire hedge fund founder.