Candidates for mayor of New York in September 1965, left to right: John Lindsay, Abraham Beame, and William F. Buckley, Jr.

A majority of New Yorkers still say the biggest US city needs safer streets and better housing to make it more livable.

Streetsblog asked the governor's campaign a simple question: "Why does he drive everywhere?" Cuomo spokeswoman Esther Jenson responded by pointing out that two of the governor's opponents, Comptroller ...

New York City Mayor Eric Adams announced Sunday that crime in the Big Apple has reached historic lows. From the start of the ...

New York City saw the lowest number of shootings and homicides in recorded history from January 1, 2025, through May 31, 2025 ...

New York Governor Kathy Hochul announced Tuesday that gun violence in the state has reached its lowest level since 2006.

Trump's racist assault on South Africa's president was shockingly clumsy — because the truth doesn't even matter ...

By the 2024 election, for the first time in awhile, violent crime was a major political issue in the US. A Pew survey that ...

Felony assaults are up 20% in the subway system this year and more than a third of those target MTA workers or officers, data ...

Tisch, during a news conference with Mayor Eric Adams unveiling the city’s first-quarter crime statistics, said major offenses overall in the subways have dropped 18% — the second-lowest level ...

New York City saw fewer shootings ... restoring safety and order." The latest statistics come as the Trump administration has claimed crime in the subway system is "rampant." ...

Lieber added that "crime in the NYC subway system is among the lowest in the last 30 years, since these statistics were first collected." He also made the case for not pulling federal funding ...