By MARIE FIERO Witnesses urged state assembly members to change "outdated" laws on Thursday to protect children in custody battles. “Five years ago, I never thought I would say my…
City Council Committee Ponders Bicycle Safety
By DANIELLE KOGAN A City Council committee tackled the problem of growing bicyclist fatalities on Thursday by backing stiffer fines against motorists who don’t allow enough space when passing bikes.…
Bronx BP Gets into the Weeds on Weed
By NICHOLAS WILLIAMS Low-level marijuana offenses and past marijuana offenses should be expunged in the event of New York State legalization of marijuana, Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz in a…
Mothers Plead to Unmask Rogue Cops
By MARIE FIERO Mothers of men killed by police, including Eric Garner’s mother, on Thursday supported the repeal of that cloaks officers’ personnel records from the public at a New…
Accused Honduran Drug Lord Faces Jury
By DANIELLE KOGEN The jury began deliberating the charges against the brother of the president of Honduras on Thursday, accused of sending nearly 200,000 kilos of cocaine into the United…
Governors Hold Anti-Vaping Summit
By MICHELE VELEZ A group of Northeast Governors held a summit in a Midtown hotel on Thursday to reach solutions and present a united front in the face of the…
Officials Hold Funeral for Longhorned Beetle
BY KEVIN LIMITI Local politicians, officials from the US Department of Agriculture and others celebrated the successful extermination of the destructive Asian Longhorned Beetle from Brooklyn and Queens, completing the…
Mob of Defendants Throng Brooklyn Courtroom
By MARIE FIERO & MAKEET FINCH It was a mob scene at Brooklyn Federal Court on Thursday, where a court date was set for 20 alleged mobsters charged with crimes…
Rapper ‘Snitch’ Helps Convict ‘Gangstas’
By JODI-ANN MALARBE Turncoat testimony by Brooklyn rapper Tekashi 69 helped secure the conviction on Thursday of two members of the Nine Trey crew as a federal jury convicted them…
Vet Event Sparks Mayor’s Rare Reminiscence
By MICHELLE VELEZ Mayor Bill de Blasio announced at the Intrepid Air, Sea & Space Museum that the founding Commissioner of the Department of Veterans Services and trailblazer for females in the military was scheduled…