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It costs to play by the rules. That's why 52 percent of Terp Bros's income after the costs of products goes to federal, state and local income taxes. Were the [...]

The departure of Chris Alexander, an architect of legalization in New York, follows a report that was critical of his leadership. The head of New York State's cannabis agency will [...]

New York officials had said that those who jumped the line to cash in on cannabis would not be rewarded over those who played by the rules. A year after [...]

Surplus weed produced in states like Oklahoma is increasingly ending up in New York, fueling its illicit market and complicating the state's efforts to expand legal cannabis sales. In the [...]

The New York Cannabis Control Board approved a package of regulations that included licensing requirements for distributors, dispensaries and others. Cannabis regulators in New York approved a package of regulations [...]

Licensing requirements for distributors, dispensaries and others. Cannabis regulators in New York approved a package of regulations Tuesday that laid the groundwork for an expansion of the state’s emerging cannabis [...]

The state solicited entrepreneurs with cannabis convictions to open the first legal dispensaries, but the effort has fallen behind. When New York State began laying the groundwork for its recreational [...]

The lawsuit suggests more problems may be ahead for New York State's troubled rollout of the recreational marijuana industry. A prominent Harlem business group filed a lawsuit on Wednesday seeking [...]

The decision lets regulators issue licenses in some of the state's most populated areas, but 18 remain on hold as judges prepare to hear arguments. A federal appeals court has [...]

Roland Conner became the first person with a criminal conviction to open a licensed cannabis dispensary in New York with the state's help. Roland Conner's first foray into the weed [...]

Kenneth Woodin, a stay-at-home dad, was first in line at the cannabis dispensary in Greenwich Village in Manhattan. He said he wanted to be a part of history after having [...]

Licensees will no longer be required to accept storefronts leased by the state, a move welcomed by applicants who want more control over their retail locations. New York cannabis regulators [...]

Shops selling weed have proliferated since the state legalized cannabis last year, thriving in confusion over their legality and a lack of enforcement. On a recent Sunday afternoon, Austin Garza, [...]

People who have been punished for marijuana offenses are applying to open the state's first retail cannabis dispensaries. Anytime the police approached the street in the Bronx where Hector Bonilla [...]

The police are investigating the officers' role in a crash that killed two men who were riding an illegal ATV amid a crackdown on such vehicles. Two New York City [...]

In the aftermath of the Supreme Court ruling, Gov. Kathy Hochul will call a special legislative session to look for ways to maintain New York's restrictive gun laws. New York's [...]

In Uvalde, Buffalo and Orlando, some residents see progress but lament that there hasn't been more. Americans in communities where lives have been forever changed by gun violence reacted to [...]

Suffolk County on Long Island aggressively uses the law to take guns from people in crisis in an effort to prevent shootings and suicides. Its experience could inform a national [...]

Legal experts said New York and several other states may have to rewrite laws, and officials expressed concern about the ramifications for public safety. New York State has one of [...]

The governor allocated $139 million to address shootings that are rising even as the pandemic recedes and to create jobs for young people. Not long after the coronavirus bore down [...]

In a victory for police unions, a state Supreme Court judge said a law passed by the City Council is too vaguely worded. In a victory for the city's powerful [...]

A year after nationwide protests against police brutality, the City Council passed a bill limiting qualified immunity, a longstanding legal protection officers had against lawsuits. A year after nationwide protests [...]

Legislators, responding to protests over the death of George Floyd, are approving a package of bills aimed at police misconduct. Inspired by the protests sweeping the state and nation, New [...]

Mayor Bill de Blasio said the police had enforced rules properly, but other officials expressed concern about tactics similar to unfair ''stop and frisk'' practices. A police officer enforcing social [...]

The police commissioner blamed the bail overhaul for the increase, but supporters of the law said he was spreading misinformation. New York City's police commissioner on Tuesday blamed the state's [...]

[What you need to know to start the day: Get New York Today in your inbox.] After a pregnant woman went into labor in a Bronx holding cell last year, [...]

[What you need to know to start the day: Get New York Today in your inbox .] For decades, the rules governing criminal trials in New York have been tougher [...]

[What you need to know to start the day: Get New York Today in your inbox.] Jabbar Collins spent 16 years in prison before it was discovered that detectives had [...]

[What you need to know to start the day: Get New York Today in your inbox.] For many in New York, the inequities in the cash bail system were crystallized [...]

[What you need to know to start the day: Get New York Today in your inbox.] Otis Boone insisted he was innocent from the time he was accused of two [...]

[What you need to know to start the day: Get New York Today in your inbox. ]As Democrats in New York last month celebrated Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo's signing of [...]

[What you need to know to start the day: Get New York Today in your inbox.]Jazmine Headley took her baby boy to a public benefits office in Brooklyn on a [...]

When a woman who was 40 weeks pregnant went into labor last February inside a police holding cell in the Bronx, officers took her to a hospital. Once inside, they [...]

The New York Police Department ordered 10 million business cards that officers must hand out to people they stop on the street. The cards will include the officers' names and [...]

After Instagram video of a man berating a sergeant inside a Harlem police station went viral last week, the Police Department issued a memo telling officers they can arrest people [...]

The city has banned solitary confinement for inmates under 22, a policy that helped cement Mayor de Blasio's national reputation as a criminal-justice reformer. Yet late Monday the mayor defended [...]

Three years ago, when New York City banned solitary confinement for inmates younger than 22 and curtailed it for others, Mayor Bill de Blasio held up the policy as a [...]

The legal battle over a New York City police officer's disciplinary records after the chokehold death of Eric Garner in 2014 cast an obscure statute into the spotlight. The city's [...]

When criminal charges against an adult who has been arrested in New York are dismissed, state law generally requires the case to be sealed, strictly limiting access, use and disclosure [...]

By the time a Bronx jury acquitted Belkis Batista of attempted murder last August, her family had paid more than $16,000 to a bail bond company to help her stay [...]

When a New York City police officer shoots a civilian, should the public see video of the shooting captured on police body cameras? Or should that footage be shielded the [...]

For years, it was a rule in New York City's jail system: If an inmate at Rikers Island who had been serving a stretch in solitary confinement before release returned [...]

The administration of Mayor Bill de Blasio has steadily expanded the city's interpretation of a state law that bars public disclosure of the personnel records of police officers, firefighters and [...]

Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo, responding to the massive security breach at Equifax, will propose regulations on Monday that subject credit reporting agencies to the same rules as banks and insurances [...]

In a nod to the growing number of South Asian Sikhs in New York City, the Police Department said on Wednesday that it would allow officers who belong to the [...]

In the debate over beards in business settings, the New York Police Department officially stands opposed, with limited exceptions for officers seeking a medical or religious accommodation. The department's no-beard [...]

CORRECTION APPENDEDPolice officers in Manhattan will no longer arrest most people who commit minor offenses like urinating in public and riding between subway cars under a policy shift announced on [...]

CORRECTION APPENDEDDuring its six-day snow emergency, the city of Washington, D.C., reportedly issued thousands of parking tickets carrying $1.3 million in fines. Mayor Muriel E. Bowser declared the emergency on [...]

A school lunch worker in Idaho who said she was fired for giving a free hot lunch to a hungry student can now have her job back, thanks to the [...]

A majority of Americans support South Carolina's decision to remove the Confederate battle flag from its State House grounds, while a third of Americans oppose the move, according to a [...]