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More than 23 years after the Twin Towers collapsed, blanketing lower Manhattan in toxic dust and debris, the number of people diagnosed with 9/11-related illnesses is still growing. 

An off-duty police officer with the NYPD was shot early Sunday morning in Queens, law enforcement sources said.

Police say their investigation into the death of a young man found earlier this month floating next to a Long Island dock has been ruled a homicide. Back on April 8, police in Nassau County responded to to a dock off Railroad Place around 11 a.m. for the report of a body floating in the water. The victim, according to…

A New York City staple is making a brief comeback. New Yorkers can once again enjoy the mouth-watering bite of a delicious slice of pizza, for just $1. That’s because the covered dollar slice is back for a limited time. Seamless is offering a deal that revives what once was a mainstay of the five boroughs. For a time, a…

Saturday’s game between the Toronto Blue Jays and New York Yankees was postponed because of heavy rain and the forecast of sustained inclement weather.

The Massapequa School Board president has said it could cost more than $1 million to rebrand the school if the name and mascot are changed.

Prosectors believe Mangione presents danger after he “expressed intent to target an entire industry, and rally political and social opposition.”

The New York Republican pleaded guilty last summer to federal wire fraud and aggravated identity theft.

A man died following a Friday morning rush hour stabbing that ended on a Manhattan subway station platform, according to multiple law enforcement sources. Sources say the 38-year-old victim was stabbed twice in the chest as the attack, which is believed to have started on the train, spilled onto the southbound platform at the Brooklyn Bridge-City H...

Authorities are looking for several people involved in an apparent Upper East Side gang assault on a man who intervened when he thought the group may have been trying to break into vehicles, officials say. According to investigators, the five suspects got into the altercation with the 65-year-old victim around 8 p.m. Tuesday, near Park Avenue and E...

Thursday’s tent encampments would have been the first tent cities at the university since students took over a building last year.

Forecasters are warning of low humidity and gusty wind increased the risk fire could spread across parts of New Jersey, Philadelphia and its suburbs and Delaware as firefighters continued to battled the vast Jones Road Wildfire in the Pine Barrens.

A man who stopped to pick up Chinese food in the Bronx was badly hurt when he tried to prevent a thief from stealing his car Thursday, law enforcement sources say. Sources say the man left his Infiniti running while he ran into the restaurant on Westchester Avenue. An SUV pulled up, and a suspect got out and jumped into…