The General used data from the nonprofit Insurance Institute for Highway Safety to examine traffic camera laws in New York

As America’s housing affordability crisis continues, some cities and states like New York are taking useful, but still inadequate, steps to address the problem.

With all of the confusion and uncertainty surrounding the Trump administration's immigration policies, groups in the Tri-State Area are trying to provide answers and other resources.

Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch delivered the annual State of the NYPD address on Thursday, outlining the department's priorities and challenges ahead.The speech was a chance for Tisch to talk about what's working,

NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch said new restrictions on when officers can pursue vehicles that flee from police stops are already producing safer streets.

Anthony Saccavino, 59, the former head of the Bureau of Fire Prevention from 2021 to 2023, admitted taking money to give preferential treatment to those who paid to get to the front of a two to four-month backlog.

The NYS Department of Motor Vehicles is warning drivers about a rise in staged crashes, when scammers intentionally cause a crash to collect on fraudulent insurance claims.

Tisch said offenses like aggressive panhandling, unlicensed street vending and public urination give “the impression of an unsafe community.”

Marc Molinaro, a former Republican congressman, would steer the Federal Transit Administration, which supports mass transit systems nationwide.

DMV officials sent out a warning about the increase in staged crashes, and told drivers to practice defensive driving to stay clear of insurance fraud schemes

Senator Tim Kaine, Democrat of Virginia, quickly condemned the Trump administration’s offer to roughly 2 million federal employees to resign in exchange for pay, saying in a Senate floor speech that the deal was a trick, that the president didn’t have the authority to make the offer and employees who resign may not be paid.

A 1970s-era federal law requires states to allow right turns on red lights. Mineta Transportation Institute researchers say it’s time to change that.