The Honorable Judge Norma Jennings, New York State’s first Black and lesbian civil court judge, was sworn in on Jan. 30 in ...

According to case filings, Ryan Romario Dookhan, 29, started communicating with an 11-year-old girl from Petoskey on Roblox, ...

Newsday plans to sue Bruce Blakeman, the executive of Nassau County, N.Y., after he made The New York Post the government’s ...

A New York appeals court on Thursday reversed a ruling from a judge that struck down a state voting rights law designed to protect the political voice of minority groups. The ruling from the Appellate ...

The conservative Fifth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals ruled that the federal law banning handgun sales to teens is ...

A former New York City Fire Department chief pleaded guilty Wednesday to a conspiracy charge, admitting that he and others ...

Development of renewable energy and housing is often seen as a threat in New York. But a solar project won a key court ruling ...

A state appellate court on Thursday unanimously reinstated New York's John R. Lewis Voting Rights Act of 2022, a law that prohibits "vote dilution" actions by municipalities. In a ruling penned by ...

Weinstein pushed at a court hearing for an earlier trial date, citing his health. "I can’t hold on anymore," he said.

New York can enforce its law banning voter dilution, suppression, intimidation, and obstruction, a Brooklyn appellate court ruled Thursday.

The legal battle between Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni won't go hot until early next year, but the "It Ends With Us" ...

Harry Black, staff attorney with the State Democracy Research Initiative, reviews decisions from the the New York Court of ...