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NEWARK, New Jersey (RNS) — At Delaney Hall, the East Coast’s largest immigrant detention facility, families and volunteers say harsh conditions and shifting rules have urged the need for spiritual care. The post Outside Newark’s 1,100-bed detention center, a weekly prayer service for anxious families appeared first...

Andrew Cuomo, who, like Adams, is running as an independent after a humbling loss in the Democratic primary to socialist Assemblyman Zohran Mamdani, handed out bags of chips to reporters at a campaign event where he called Chipgate “embarrassing.”. Jim Walden, a former federal prosecutor also running as an...

Flint resident Ella Montez Hodo had her food stamps stolen on April 16 by someone in New York, 680 miles away. The criminal spent $360 in two transactions that were funded by the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program. Since Montez Hodo still had the card in her possession, it is likely...

A police officer will not face criminal charges in connection with the killing of Victoria Lee, who was shot after her family called 911 to get her an ambulance.

Police say the men made their way inside the building, just before 9 a.m. on Aug. 11 and flashed their guns at a 25-year-old woman.

Dining out in New York is supposed to be a treat. Whether you’re grabbing a slice of pizza, a bagel, or in this case, a chicken wrap, the last thing you expect is to bite into something not on the menu. Unfortunately for one woman in Astoria, Queens, a quick lunch run allegedly turned into one of the most shocking...

Here's what Mamdani has said in his public safety proposals.

Camp Homeward Bound is a summer sleepaway camp designed specifically for children who come from New York City homeless and domestic violence shelters.

At 9:30 p.m., police responded to the Dunkin' at 131 Bergen St. and found the front door had been shattered, Newark Public Safety Director Emanuel Miranda, Sr. said. The suspect fled before police arrived, police said. After entering the Dunkin by breaking the front glass door, the suspect made his...

The event is considered the nation's largest Caribbean cultural festival attracting more than a million jubilant participants and spectators.