The contract would have provided 12 hours of weekly police coverage, primarily for traffic and parking enforcement.

New York legalized recreational marijuana in 2021. Now its cannabis industry is booming but rising concerns about high-potency pot have surfaced.

Government officials from opposite sides of the aisle clashed in Washington over just how dangerous the New York City subway system is.

Thomas G. Donlon, who served only weeks as police commissioner, said in a lawsuit that New York City’s mayor and top ...