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Man Exonerated in Central Park Rape Is Charged With Assault

Kharey Wise, one of the five young men wrongly convicted more than 20 years ago of a brutal attack on a jogger, turned himself in this week after being accused of throwing a brick at a woman during an...

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Thieves Target Volunteers Aiding Staten Island

While a group of out-of-state aid workers staying at St. Mary’s Episcopal Church were out helping repair homes damaged by Hurricane Sandy, two thieves repeatedly looted their property, taking clothes,...

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Mystery Powder Leads to Evacuations in Greenwich Village

The police cordoned off a block of Ninth Street near Fifth Avenue, after a narcotics squad discovered explosive powder during a search warrant of an apartment building.

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Smoke but Little Fire After Manhole Blasts in SoHo

The Fire Department said that there had been a manhole explosion near Prince and Mercer Streets and evacuated a building to monitor its air quality.

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On a Lower East Side Corner, Mourning a Young Athlete Killed by a Gunman

Raphael Ward, 16, a high-achieving student who had a strong commitment to playing sports, was shot about a block from his mother's apartment in the Baruch housing project on Friday night.

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Two Men and a Woman Are Killed in a Brooklyn Crash

A collision occurred early Saturday when, according to the police, a car traveling "at a high rate of speed" drove through a red light and slammed into another vehicle in Gravesend.

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In ‘Occupy,’ Well-Educated Professionals Far Outnumbered Jobless, Study Finds

Researchers also found that more than a third of those who took part in Occupy Wall Street protests in New York lived in households with annual incomes of $100,000 or more.

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Bronx Youth Is Accused of Throwing Boy, 9, From Roof

Casmine Aska, 17, was arrested and charged on Saturday with attempted murder after being identified by the victim, police officials said.

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Woman, 19, Dies After Seeking Refuge in Apartment Lobby

A police official said the woman had been visiting bars in the East Village and was let into the building by the doorman, who said he later found her on the floor and called 911.

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Third Teenager Is Arrested Over Forced Fight Between 7-Year-Olds

A 14-year-old girl was charged with endangering the welfare of a child after a video of two girls being goaded into fighting in a Bronx park was posted online.

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At Least Five Protesters Arrested in May Day Demonstration

A group of protesters marched from Tompkins Square Park to Union Square on Wednesday afternoon in a demonstration meant to criticize capitalism.

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Owner Takes a Chunk Out of an Unofficial Community Garden

The Children’s Magical Garden de Carmen Rubio on the Lower East Side has become known since 1982 for its fruit trees and roosters. But on Wednesday, the owner of part of it fenced off a large section.

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Rescue Team at a Beach Tries to Save the Summer

Park officials say dunes lost and other damage at Fort Tilden on the Rockaway Peninsula will prevent the beach's opening before 2014, but some people who hold it dear hope to change that.

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Loan Dispute Threatens a Countercultural Soapbox

A building on Bleecker Street in Manhattan, known for decades as a nerve center of the Yippies, is now the subject of foreclosure proceedings.

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Unauthorized Bike Lanes Created in Midtown

Inspired by an accident in which a cabdriver, after arguing with a bicyclist, crashed into a young British tourist, severing her leg, activists painted bicycle corridors on a stretch of Avenue of the...

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