CURTIS SLIWA

Police are searching for a mob of masked vandals who barged in and trashed a seafood restaurant in Queens, New York. On March 4, a group of teenagers took an elevator to the third floor of a corner mall in College Point and stormed into the Fish Village restaurant, wildly flipping tables and chairs while customers were eating at around 8:20 p.m. A cell phone video of the incident was posted to Twitter on Wednesday by education and community activist Yiatin Chu, who lamented, "We’ve fallen so low that there’s no expectation of consequences for this horrific attack on private property."

Robberies have spiked almost 40% in New York City this year over last, statistics show, leading to several high-profile incidents of self-defense in the city.

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.

A top health official in New York City is facing backlash after a series of tweets she posted calling white mothers “birthing people” and minority mothers “mothers."

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

Adams' job now is to lead the city out of the effects of the pandemic, historic job losses, skyrocketing housing prices, and a broke transportation system.

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.

Both mayoral hopefuls, Democratic candidate Eric Adams and Republican candidate Curtis Sliwa, said they believe students should spend more time in the classroom, and they want to expand gifted programs and vocational education.

Republican candidate for New York City mayor Curtis Sliwa says if he's elected, the city will implement no-kill animal shelters and prioritize fighting crime. (Oct. 25)

Eric Adams and Curtis Sliwa, two figures with long histories in the city, met on stage to talk about the future.

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.

A Black Lives Matter protester was captured on video shouting anti-gay remarks at a Guardian Angel during a Monday protest prompted by the arrest of three black women at a Manhattan restaurant.

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

Curtis Sliwa, the Republican nominee, expects his opponent to paint him as racist, sexist, and homophobic. But he’s ready to strike back.

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.

Though the result of the New York City mayoral primary will not be known for a week or two, Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams is in the lead. The rise of Adams, a former NYPD captain, coincided with surveys showing violent crime as the top concern of the city's voters, replacing COVID-19.

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.

It was Ariana Golds first night of training with the Guardian Angels, a volunteer neighborhood patrol group that has started patrolling the boroughs Crown Heights section, where attacks against ultra-orthodox Jews have risen in recent months. Gold, a New York native who has been boxing for exercise for five years, found her way to the Guardian Angels after spotting a recruitment poster in the subway. So, this kind of combined all of those traits.Founder of the Guardian Angels, Curtis Sliwa speaks to people in the Brooklyn borough of New York City, New York, U.S. January 28, 2020. Patrols were also launched in some other ultra-orthodox Brooklyn neighborhoods, he said. A man walks past Guardian Angels members in the Brooklyn borough of New York City, New York, U.S. January 28, 2020.

Republican frontrunner Donald Trump is refusing to back down from his claim that he saw Muslims in New Jersey cheering during the attacks on 9/11. Trump is demanding apologies from critics, after engaging in a Twitter feud with radio host Curtis Sliwa. CBSN's Elaine Quijano has more.