A heckler who clapped former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani on the back at a campaign event has been arrested on an assault charge.

New York City’s Republican mayoral candidate, Curtis Sliwa, tried to bring one of his many pet cats to his polling place on Tuesday.

Former police captain Eric Adams easily won the race for New York mayor, and Boston elected its first woman and Asian American to the city’s top job.

The two men running to become New York City’s next mayor offered starkly different visions at their first debate about how to lead the nation’s largest city out of the pandemic, improve public safety and gird the city of 8.8 million people for more powerful storms driven by climate change.

The Democrat who will likely become New York City’s next mayor says he does not intend to get rid of the city’s program for gifted and talented students.

New York City is phasing out its program for gifted and talented students.

Eric Adams won New York City’s Democratic mayoral primary by striking a personal balance on policing and racial injustice.

Facing rising fears of summer violence, President Joe Biden has embarked on a precarious political high-wire act, trying to balance supporting law enforcement to curb the rise in crime while also backing the police reform movement championed by many of his supporters.

President Joe Biden will host city leaders from around the country to talk about reducing crime.

Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams has won the Democratic primary for mayor of New York City.

Revised vote counts in New York City’s mayoral primary show Democrat Eric Adams has maintained a thin lead.

The Democratic primary for mayor of New York City was thrown into a state of confusion Tuesday when election officials abruptly retracted their latest report on the vote count after realizing it had been corrupted by test data never cleared from a computer system.

Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams appears to have taken a fragile lead in New York City’s crowded Democratic mayoral primary.

The Democratic primary race for New York City mayor is nearing the finish line with a surge in shootings pushing public safety to the top of some voters' concerns.