The New York City Council voted Thursday to approve a plan overhauling the city's corrections systems by opening four new jails and closing Rikers Island.

New York City councilors are expected to approve a plan Thursday to shut down the notorious Rikers Island prison facility as part of a broader $8 billion plan to build four new facilities closer to the courts.

A New York City police officer was shot and killed during a struggle with an armed suspect early Sunday morning, officials said.

Democratic presidential hopeful Cory Booker said Saturday that if he doesn't reach his fundraising goal by the end of the month he will drop out of the race.

A group of city leaders from four Southern states has appealed to the field of Democratic presidential candidates, asking them to provide detailed plans that cover a number of varied concerns facing the region.

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio ended his 2020 presidential campaign Friday, saying that he feels he accomplished all he could in the Democratic race.

Ten Democratic presidential candidates are set to participate in the third round of primary debates in Houston Thursday night, about half the field who appeared in the first two this summer.

New York City health officials and Mayor Bill de Blasio declared the city's largest measles outbreak in 30 years over Tuesday, after hundreds of diagnoses.

The New York Police Department's largest union issued a vote of no confidence for Mayor Bill de Blasio over the firing of an officer involved in the controversial death of Eric Garner five years ago.

There will be just one night of debate in Houston next month among the Democratic field running for president, as just 10 candidates have qualified for the next primary event.

Wednesday is the final day Democratic presidential candidates can qualify for the debate in Houston next month.

Here are the candidates who are running to unseat President Donald Trump in the 2020 presidential election.

A group of 70 mayors from across the United States are urging the Trump administration to shelve a proposal they say would cut off critical food benefits to millions of American homes.

New York City Police Department Commissioner James O'Neill fired officer Daniel Pantaleo Monday over the controversial choking death of Eric Garner five years ago.

New York authorities are expanding an investigation into the beatings of three Jewish men they believe may have been fueled by anti-Smitism.