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A push by New York City jail officials to block people detained at Rikers Island from receiving physical mail was based on faulty fentanyl test strips that overstated the influx of contraband sent through the mail.

A little girl is safe and a brief carjacking ride through Brooklyn on Saturday. Police said the 8-year-old girl had been left unattended inside the backseat of a vehicle when a man stole the car and took it for a brief joyride in Brownsville. The NYPD said she had been left alone in a Dodge Durango on Rockaway Parkway near…

A woman died after jumping out of the backseat of a moving car Saturday morning in Queens on the Long Island Expressway, according to police. Law enforcement sources said the 32-year-old had been riding eastbound in the back of an Uber when she jumped out of the car near the Kissena Boulevard overpass around 1:40 a.m. At least oncoming driver&#8230...

Daniel Penny has chosen not to testify at his trial in the death of an agitated man he choked on a subway train.

Should the New York Jets look to the franchise’s past in their search for a new head coach? Rex Ryan is hoping so.

Alice Brock has died at age 83. Her Massachusetts-based eatery helped inspire Arlo Guthrie’s deadpan Thanksgiving standard, “Alice’s Restaurant Massacree.” The chorus was a tribute to Alice — whose restaurant was not called Alice’s Restaurant. Countless fans have since memorized it.

Music superstar and NBC daytime television host Kelly Clarkson announced this year’s NBC 4 New York/Telemundo 47 “Star Choir” winner is Neptune High School’s Scarlet Sound A Cappella Choir, hailing from Neptune Township in Monmouth County.

Prosecutors in New York dropped charges against a kaffiyeh-wearing, pro-Palestinian protester who was among the first people arrested under a local face mask ban that’s stirred free speech concerns.

New York’s attorney general announced an investigation Friday into the death of a woman who was struck and killed by an unmarked police vehicle in Brooklyn.

The New York Giants released Daniel Jones, the team’s former starting quarterback, after he requested to be let go following his benching.

The New York City judge overseeing President-elect Donald Trump’s “hush money” case said there will be no sentencing next week.

Airline passengers trying to get an early start to the Thanksgiving travel season are facing some delays in the New York City area after a storm brought rain, snow and high winds to the tri-state on Friday. The New York City metro area’s three big airports — Newark, JFK and LaGuardia — have nearly 200 delays on Friday, according t...

Some tri-state residents woke up to a couple of inches or more of snow on Friday. While most of the immediate New York City area, some towns north and west of the city, especially at higher elevations, saw the first accumulating snow of the season. There were some school closings and delays from the snowy conditions, with an NBC New…