In Staten Island, police have made one arrest and are expected to make another shortly for last weekend's assault on an 18-year-old high schooler who was heading home from his job busing tables early last Saturday morning.

New York Gov. David Paterson signed a bill that changes New York City's "Stop-and-Frisk" policy on Friday. The new law does not put an end to the stop-and-frisk practice, but it does prevent the New York City Police Department from keeping data about people who have not committed any crime.

More than 30 people have been arrested for stealing millions of dollars through an identity theft scheme that stretched from Staten Island to Fort Hood, Texas.

Parts of Jamaica's capital are under a state of emergency, as police continue their search for Christopher "Dudus" Coke.

A Picasso was among the works stolen from the Paris Museum of Modern Art.

Have banks been misleading ratings agencies to inflate mortgage security grades?

A judge has declared a mistrial in the case of the second man charged with a hate crime in the death of Ecuadorean immigrant Jose Sucuzhanay. The jury was deadlocked in the case around 9 p.m. last night after one juror refused to continue deliberations.

Prosecutors will have to prove Goldman execs guilty beyond a shadow of a doubt.

New York State Majority Leader Pedro Espada, Jr. has said New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo's second civil law suit targeting Espada, Jr.'s business dealings is nothing but political assassination by installments.

The Environmental Protection Agency, the New York City Department of Investigation, the federal Department of Labor’s Office of the Inspector General and the Manhattan United States attorney's office are investigating New York City's asbestos and lead risk assessment process.

Manuel Noriega, Panama's military dictator from 1983 to 1989, was extradited from the U.S. to France today to stand trial for money laundering charges.

The raid comes a day after Attorney General Cuomo accused Espada, Jr. of siphoning $14 million from his nonprofit.

New York City officials are waiting to find out how much they will need to cut from their budgets in anticipation of a decrease in aid from the state. One thing is clear: police officers will not be layed off.

The court ruled the FCC had less power over Broadband providers like Comcast than it thought.

President Obama said he was deeply saddened and outraged over the Ciudad Juárez deaths.

A Queens imam has pleaded guilty to charges that he lied to FBI agents investigating a foiled suicide bomb plot against New York City.

The AP reports that the man who wounded two Pentago police officers at a subway entrance was John Patrick Bedell.

The move follows a NYT story that questioned whether Paterson's administration interfered in a domestic violence incident.

Two associates of foiled New York City subway bomb plotter Najibullah Zazi are scheduled to make their first court appearances since he pleaded guilty.

Former New York Senator Hiram Monserrate has filed a petition to run in a special election next month to get back his seat. Monserrate was expelled by his colleagues two weeks ago for a misdemeanor assault conviction.