Federal prosecutors in Brooklyn are cracking down on firearms cases in a bid to get stiffer sentences for criminals carrying illegal weapons

New York City officials say they will start issuing fines in several Orthodox Jewish neighborhoods to people who refuse to wear masks and could order further crackdowns including the closing of nonessential businesses

A woman has been arrested on hate crime charges one month after she allegedly hurled a racial slur and a glass bottle at a jogger.

The NYPD arrested a 37-year-old woman who threw a glass bottle and shouted a racial slur at a jogger.

The train derailed as it pulled into a station, sideswiping several columns in the process.

A New York subway derailed during the Sunday morning commute after investigators say a vandal threw debris on the tracks.

Three days before New York City public schools were supposed to open for in-person learning, officials said classrooms will not reopen Monday as scheduled.

Central Park bird watcher Christian Cooper and comic book artist Alitha Martinez discuss their graphic novel, "It’s a Bird," which tackles racial injustice.

New York Fashion Week, the semi-annual showcase of American fashion, gets under way Sunday evening in a vastly changed landscape

A former New York gynecologist accused of sexually abusing dozens of patients, including the wife of former presidential candidate Andrew Yang, now faces federal charges

The new head of New York City’s sex crimes unit is a veteran investigator and forensic nurse who has conducted the physical exams and evidence collection that are vital to solving such cases

New York City firefighters performed a daring rescue of a woman clinging to her window after a fire broke out at a high-rise building in Harlem.

They used a rare maneuver called a roof-rope rescue to save a woman dangling from the 16th floor. ABC's Megan Tevrizian reports.

The 14-foot-tall statue memorializes Susan B. Anthony, Sojourner Truth and Elizabeth Cady Stanton.

A 16-year-old girl died over the weekend after falling off a steep ledge in New York state's Zoar Valley, authorities said.

The initiative, which includes JPMorgan Chase and Google, comes as COVID-19 has exacerbated inequality in New York City.

Outages were reported in the Upper East Side, Harlem and Upper West Side neighborhoods.

ConEd said power has been restored.

Large portions of Manhattan in New York City were without power Friday morning.

The series of shark sightings off the coast of New York come just after a New York woman was killed by a great white shark off the coast of Maine.

East Atlantic Beach lifeguard Connor Byrne said, "I've never seen a shark so close to shore."

The protestor, Nikki Stone, was arrested at a demonstration near Second Avenue and East 25th Street in Manhattan. Other protesters said they were fighting for Black liberation.

The scooters are being removed after numerous reports of road violations and two recent deaths.

While Broadway stages remain dark, Broadway workers are finding ways to keep the lights on at home: They're concentrating on side hustles

Revel, the moped share service, announced it would stop operations in New York City following the death of a user Tuesday morning.

Demonstrators flooded a highway on the Upper East Side of Manhattan during an anti-racism protest.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo is calling for federal probes into New York’s ejection from trusted traveler security programs

Three people were taken to the hospital, and the driver was charged with driving without a license.

A new literary award with a $50,000 cash prize will honor those best at telling a New York story

New Yorkers anxious after weathering the worst of the coronavirus pandemic are fueling a boom in home sales and rentals around the picturesque towns and wooded hills to the north

Residents of Astoria, Queens, complained about street parties that ran into the early hours of the morning despite the COVID-19 pandemic.

Footage captured by a passenger shows a magnificent sunset in Manhattan.

A platform came crashing down in midtown Manhattan and killed one person and injured at least three others.

Fahim Saleh’s remains were found dismembered and left in bags. Investigators said surveillance showed a man following the victim into the elevator.

A 1-year-old boy was killed and others were wounded during a shooting at a cookout in Brooklyn capping violent Sunday in New York, police said.

The boy was killed and three others were injured when two gunmen opened fire at a cookout in Bedford Stuyvesant, police said.

Most New York City students will return to their physical schools two or three days a week and learn online the rest of the time under a plan announced by Mayor Bill de Blasio

Christian Cooper recorded his encounter with Amy Cooper, but reportedly says he won't participate in the prosecution, saying she has been punished enough over the incident.

The Manhattan district attorney has charged Amy Cooper, the white woman who was filmed threatening to call the police on a Black bird watcher in Central Park in May.

The Manhattan DA announced he is pressing charges against Amy Cooper, the white woman who was filmed threatening to call the cops on a Black bird watcher.

A partial stop work order had been issued for failure to maintain the building which appears to have been under construction.

Samuel Brownridge was wrongfully convicted for a 1994 murder in St. Albans, Queens.

Mayor Bill de Blasio said firework complaints soared to 1,737 compared to 21 complaints for the same period last year.

An inmate who escaped from New York City's Rikers Island jail on Thursday was pulled from the water, according to police sources.

Authorities say the inmate scaled a wall at the jail, jumped into the East River and tried to swim away before two officers jumped in and pulled him out.

The 37-year-old inmate, who was in custody for an assault charge, was immediately caught, sources told ABC News.

Kaleemah Rozier, 22, was on her way home with her young son when she was approached by several NYPD officers inside the Atlantic Avenue–Barclays Center station in Brooklyn on May 13.

Tessa Majors, 18, was stabbed to death on Dec. 11 near Columbia University.

A 16-year-old arrested for allegations of arson during protests in the Bronx, New York, on June 1 may have been zapped in the face with a stun gun.

The family of Jahmel Leach wants answers about the arrest for fifth-degree arson, a misdemeanor, during looting on East Fordham Road.