The victim and his killer were part of a 2:35 a.m. fight involving multiple people near E. 161st St. and Eagle Ave., cops said.

Hundreds of people held in the jails were forced to undergo the allegedly illegal strip searches in small rooms and even hallways in the Manhattan courts since last October, the lawsuits assert.

Vittorio “Vic” Amuso, 88, argued in court filings last week that his killer history, which included ordering nine hits and three attempted murders between 1988 and 1991, shouldn’t factor into whether he’s allowed to die in dignity, surrounded by family…

I have devoted most of my professional life to promoting fundamental reforms of our so-called justice system: 29 years at the Correctional Association of New York focused on improving conditions of confinement and closing prisons and jails in New York …

Nearly a year ago, I became involved in a New York City tradition that periodically erupts into headline-grabbing controversy: horse-carriage rides in Central Park. It’s been quite a ride.