Firefighters rescue Queens construction worker from 25-foot trench

Firefighters rescued a construction worker who was trapped at the bottom of a 25-foot trench for two hours in Queens [...]

Officer, police dog injured in Manhattan subway brawl

A police dog and his handler were injured on Tuesday as they helped break up a fight between four women [...]

Eight injured after car jumps curb, crashes into East Village store

At least eight people are wounded this morning after a two-car crash forced one of the vehicles to jump a [...]

Cops arrest suspect in fatal eye-stabbing of cab driver

Police have arrested a Brooklyn man they say fatally stabbed a livery cab driver in the eye with an umbrella [...]

NYPD officer fatally shoots robbery suspect who fired at police

An NYPD officer shot and killed a robbery suspect who fired at police officers in Brooklyn early Wednesday morning, police [...]

Study: Brooklyn has most traffic deaths in the city

Brooklyn has the highest rate of traffic deaths in the city, and an alarming number of motorists drive faster than [...]

LIRR train derailment causes delays

An eastbound Long Island Rail Road train carrying nearly 1,000 passengers derailed in the East River Tunnel on Monday, delaying [...]

City high school graduation rates drop slightly

High school graduation rates in the city dropped slightly for the first time in a decade — falling to 60.4 [...]

Ed Koch’s tombstone has wrong birthdate

The tombstone of former Mayor Ed Koch, who died earlier this year, is engraved with the wrong birth year. Koch [...]

Bloomberg pitches citywide food-composting plan

Mayor Michael Bloomberg has a food-composting plan for all five boroughs.