Erica Davies

The city will close one of nine Rikers Island jails in the summer as part of a plan to shut down the troubled jail complex, the mayor announced on Tuesday.

A New Jersey judge has cleared the way for parents to force-feed their 20-year-old anorexic daughter.

The NYPD said Tuesday that the death of a New York judge whose body was found in the Hudson River earlier this month is now considered “suspicious.”

The entire cafeteria staff will be laid off at an upstate New York community college and replaced with food-dispensing machines.

The entire cafeteria staff will be laid off at an upstate New York community college and replaced with food-dispensing machines.

Gov. Chris Christie accepted a champion’s belt from former heavyweight champion Mike Tyson on Thursday for his efforts on prisoner re-entry.

Gov. Chris Christie accepted a champion’s belt from former heavyweight champion Mike Tyson on Thursday for his efforts on prisoner re-entry.

The first black woman appointed to New York State’s highest court, and the first Muslim woman to serve as a U.S. judge, was found dead in the Hudson River off Manhattan on Wednesday afternoon, authorities said.

The first black woman appointed to New York State’s highest court, and the first Muslim woman to serve as a U.S. judge, was found dead in the Hudson River off Manhattan on Wednesday afternoon, authorities said.

Clinton hailed the plan as a progressive victory and applauded the initiative from Democrat Cuomo.

Clinton hailed the plan as a progressive victory and applauded the initiative from Democrat Cuomo.

Clinton hailed the plan as a progressive victory and applauded the initiative from Democrat Cuomo.

A woman somehow got her head wedged in the subway doors at the last stop in the Bronx earlier this week — and once the video was posted on Instagram, it went viral as outraged New Yorkers blasted people who didn’t stop to help.

A woman somehow got her head wedged in the subway doors at the last stop in the Bronx earlier this week — and once the video was posted on Instagram, it went viral as outraged New Yorkers blasted people who didn’t stop to help.

Police have arrested a Brooklyn, New York, man after officers found a small alligator, drugs and a weapon inside his apartment, according to authorities.

Police have arrested a Brooklyn, New York, man after officers found a small alligator, drugs and a weapon inside his apartment, according to authorities.

A woman somehow got her head wedged in the subway doors at the last stop in the Bronx earlier this week — and once the video was posted on Instagram, it went viral as outraged New Yorkers blasted people who didn’t stop to help.

Police have arrested a Brooklyn, New York, man after officers found a small alligator, drugs and a weapon inside his apartment, according to authorities.

April the giraffe is no fool and neither is her soon-to-be-born calf. As hundreds of thousands of people watched, the mama giraffe waited patiently for April Fools’ Day to pass without giving birth.

April the giraffe has held out for her namesake month to deliver her world-famous calf.