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Mayor Bill de Blasio’s threat to rein in the free-speech rights of the city’s police unions is little more than “bluster” and is “legally baseless,” experts on the First Amendment said Tuesday. “The mayor is not constitutionally allowed to control the content of anyone’s speech unless it’s likely to lead to imminent unlawful action,” said...

"I think we’re going to be forced to do difficult things," NYPD Commissioner Dermot Shea said. "We certainly get that."

He’s the man with no plan! New Yorkers are already pouring into the streets for drinks, eats and protests but Mayor Bill de Blasio still won’t  say when New York City’s reopening will reach Phase Two — or detail other key plans for summer heat relief, business operation and transportation. Hizzoner’s handling of the coronavirus...

The GOP-backing husband of Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s Democratic primary challenger has been pumping money into a Super PAC intended to end the freshman firebrand’s congressional career at one term, campaign records reveal. Michelle Caruso-Cabrera’s husband, investment banker and Republican Party donor Stephen Dizard, is listed as the largest donor in the Super PAC named Fight...

The NYPD must now publicly release body-worn camera videos in the wake of all high-profile incidents, under reforms announced by Mayor Bill de Blasio on Tuesday. “When people see this kind of transparency, it will build trust, there is much more to come in the weeks ahead,” de Blasio said. The mayor’s new directive expands...

A black bear was caught on video romping through the streets of White Plains in Westchester County early Tuesday. A local TV crew first spotted the bear as it was strolling through parked cars in a parking garage near the City Center. The creature continued on its way, slowly galloping along local streets, including North...

Members of the NYPD’s disbanded plainclothes anti-crime unit will be reassigned to uniformed patrol duties “effective immediately.”

The Long Island Rail Road’s TrainTime app now provides real-time information on how crowded each train car is before you board, officials announced Tuesday. “Prior to the pandemic, we were faced with record ridership, and knew we needed innovative ways to manage crowding on our trains,” LIRR president Phil Eng said at a press conference...

Mayor Bill de Blasio on Tuesday refused to say whether the city would hit Phase Two next week — because he wants more information on whether the coronavirus has spread as a result of recent protests. “We certainly saw an aberrant reality with the protest activity,” the mayor said at his daily press briefing, referring...

ALBANY — State Senate Minority Leader John Flanagan announced Tuesday he’s retiring early from the upper chamber of the Legislature, effective June 28, for a private-sector gig. “Several months ago I announced that after nearly 34 years as an elected official in the New York state Legislature that I would not be seeking re-election in...