Michael Billera

John McCain apologized for attacking Long Island on the Senate floor during a heated debate with Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill), after Sen. Chuck Schumer Tweeted him out on it.

Fordham University students are having a fit over their birth control. Students have organized an off-campus clinic in response to a reportedly new school policy that prohibits the sale of contraceptives on campus.

A Bronx man was arrested on Wednesday in connection with the murder of an East Harlem resident and native of Italy, Rita Morelli, 36.

Maksim Gelman, the man charged in deadly rampage that spanned two boroughs, pleaded guilty to four counts of murder as well as other charges.

Midtown Manhattan is expected to be filled with horrendous traffic as President Obama's trip to New York coincides with the star-studded annual Christmas tree lighting at Rockefeller Center.

The family of Huguette Clark, the copper heiress who amassed a $400 million, has launched a legal battle over her estate and fortune after a two wills were discovered.

In a massive arrest that could be the plot of a Hollywood movie, or at least an episode of Law and Order: SVU, immigration and law enforcement officials rounded up 20 people in connection with a human trafficking operation.

Police are investigating the death of a newborn baby that was tossed aside like garbage in a Washington Heights alley on Tuesday.

Police are searching for a man wanted for sexually abusing two 12-year-old girls from the Elmhurst section of Queens.

With candidate Cain's sex scandals on the front burner, we take a nostalgic look back at some of the most infamous dalliances of New York politicians.

With candidate Cain's sex scandals on the front burner, we take a nostalgic look back at some of the most infamous dalliances of New York politicians.

A Manhattan judge has blocked Consolidated Edison from evicting Sharif El-Gamal, the developer of the controversial Park51, which is colloquially known as the Ground Zero Mosque.

Presidential candidate Newt Gingrich will be stopping in New York's more conservative borough, Staten Island on Saturday. He will be hosting a town hall meeting that is sponsored by the Staten Island Tea Party.

New York's Black Friday Tops $1B

An ex-con was taken into custody after robbing two elderly men in the Stuyvesant Town section of Manhattan.

A woman from the Brownsville section of Brooklyn was allegedly stabbed by her own son on Sunday in front of her granddaughter, 5, and grandson, 1.

A power outage on Sunday left one woman dead after the backup generator failed to kick in at the Eastchester Rehab and Health Care Center in Pelham

A member of the New York City Police Department returning from the Dominican Republic cut his Thanksgiving vacation short on board his flight home Sunday. Officer Anibal Mercado, an 18-year veteran of the NYPD, subdued an unruly passenger on a Jet Blue flight 30,000 feet in the air after the man began verbally abusing two flight attendants and attacked another.

In the Great Kills section of Staten Island a new neighborhood bar, Dugout Pub South, has become a big hit. It isn't just the 15 flat-screen televisions, the local bands that frequently play at the bar, or the large menu of burgers and wings, but a new game that lets you catch your own lobster for dinner that has attracted the attention of patrons and Staten Islanders.

A Staten Island woman was found dead in her home on Saturday after neighbors had alerted authorities about a possible fire coming from inside her house.

On the dreary Thanksgiving eve, thousands of people came out to see the famous Thanksgiving Day Parade balloons being inflated near the American Museum of Natural History. One of the most poignant parts of Thanksgiving is Macy's annual Thanksgiving Day Parade, the balloons have been a staple to the parade since 1927.

The Parks Department is seeking a new proprietor for the historical Tavern on the Green. However, this has sparked a debate between two neighborhoods and their community boards.

New York City Coalition Against Hunger said that 1.4 million New Yorkers do not have the necessary funds to feed themselves or their families, according to a study released on Tuesday.

A police shootout in the Inwood section of Manhattan left two men injured on Tuesday night. None of the police officers involved were injured.

On Tuesday, a City Council committee debated the proposed living wage bill, a controversial legislation that would require companies subsidized by the city to pay employees a minimum of $10 an hour with benefits or $11.50 without benefits.

A Columbia University student, arrested for on drug charges last year, will spend his hard-time in a drug-abuse treatment facility instead of going to jail.

Fire crews responded to a school bus fire that burst into flames in Midtown on Tuesday morning at Seventh Avenue and 35th street.

At the Lt. Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr. Memorial Community Center in Harlem, Archbishop Dolan and City Council Speaker Christine Quinn joined together to distribute turkeys, stuffing, and other essential foods to help support the local community prepare for their Thanksgiving meals, on Tuesday.

Over a dozen CUNY students were arrested, some knocked to the ground, late Monday night at Baruch College after a scuffle with police and campus security.