Riding through the streets and mostly obeying traffic signals, hundreds of street safety and immigrants rights advocates ...

In a dramatic escalation of the NYPD's criminal crackdown on bike riders, a police officer pulled a stun gun while chasing a ...

This is not a war on e-bikes, this is a response to very real concerns that are widely held across virtually every borough, ...

An NYPD inspector has been tapped to become the department’s First Amendment protest supervisor — a newly created position mandated by a federal legal settlement forcing police to overhaul how ...

NEW YORK-- The NYPD announced a landmark agreement Tuesday with the state attorney general's office to reform how the department polices protests. The settlement stems from several lawsuits over ...

NEW YORK (WABC) -- An agreement was announced Tuesday between the New York Attorney General, the NYPD and civil liberties advocates to reform how protests are policed. Under the deal, police will ...

The NYPD also will create a new senior-level position to oversee that effort and give broader protection to journalists covering protests. The settlement, the civil liberties groups say ...

Plaintiffs brought the litigation after allegations arose that the NYPD used excessive force in some cases against protesters and employed a tactic known as “kettling” to corral crowds.

Hundreds of NYPD officers entered Columbia property around 9 p.m. on Tuesday, after the university's President Minouche Shafik asked the department to clear out protesters. In a letter to the ...

More than 100 protesters were arrested -- yet few injuries reported -- when NYPD officers in riot gear descended on Columbia University late Tuesday, using tactical strategies to clear the ...