Jessica Cunnington

A 4-year-old boy is being remembered by his Harlem community days after he was found dead, apparently malnourished and starved to death. Rev. Al Sharpton was joined by community leaders Saturday for a prayer service and wreath laying in honor of Jahmeik Modlin. “We wanted to unite as a community to say that we will not stand by and see…

Two girls pulled from a burning house in Newark overnight were pronounced dead only hours after family had gathered to celebrate a birthday, officials and neighbors say.

In the wake of three young New Yorkers dying from subway surfing in a six-week span, the city is expanding its plan aimed at ending the dangerous

Amid heightened security ahead of the New York City marathon this weekend, a fake or hoax suspicious device found in Central Park near the finish

A person of interest is in custody in Thursday's shooting on the Upper West Side that sent subway riders scrambling to duck under seats, the NYPD said.

New York City is taking another step in its war on rats and sidewalk trash , as residents can expect to see less bags and more bins on the streets starting Tuesday.

Newark officials said 14 families needed to be relocated after the middle-of-the-night blaze destroyed their homes on Seymour Avenue

A third victim is in critical condition at Bellevue Hospital, police said

A third person has died, this one a 36-year-old woman, after a man with a history of mental health issues allegedly went on an unprovoked stabbing spree in Manhattan a day ago, felling people just going about their morning routines. Ramon Rivera, a 51-year-old who officials say records show has an extensive criminal history, has been charged with three counts…

They may be just a few weeks old, but four kittens already have quite a life story. The young felines are recovering after they were rescued from inside a bag thrown in the trash in Brooklyn.