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The New York Attorney General’s Office of Special Investigation has launched an investigation into the fatal shooting of Eric Davis in Rochester. The probe follows a violent encounter involving the Rochester Police Department, according to the Attorney General’s Office. On the night of December 19, police responded...

Some light flurries are possible in New York and New Jersey on Christmas day, but a much heavier snowstorm is set to blanket the region on Friday with up to eight inches

Make your contribution now and help Gothamist thrive in 2025. Donate today. Sixteen years ago, during the course of a six-month spree of fast-food robberies, Shawn Peace shot two people: a Popeyes employee in the hand and a cab driver multiple times, leaving the slumped-over man to bleed out in his car.

Alexandra Deryn contributed reporting to this story. SYRACUSE, N.Y. (WSYR-TV) — Some towns in Central New York will likely be under an advisory to limit their water use for a little longer than anticipated. Ryan McMahon, the county executive for Onondaga County, along with some directors from the Onondaga County...

A new movie has recently finished filming in Central New York. Variety reports “Situation #64,” starring Hari Nef (“Barbie”), Louisa Jacobson (“The Gilded Age”) and Oliver Edwin (“LBJ”), quietly wrapped production in Skaneateles last month. The movie’s producers include Jake Casey of the Syracuse-based The Dazey Phase.

During the investigation, the operator initially provided false identifying information, according to officials.

Community connections, public safety and reimagining policing will be on the top of the agenda for Syracuse's next Chief of Police. Mark Rusin was named the next department leader by incoming Mayor Sharon Owens this month. Rusin, currently a Deputy Chief of Police spoke with WAER about the job in...

SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Syracuse police are investigating a stabbing incident that occurred Wednesday. It happened around 5:16 p.m. at the intersection of James Street and North State Street. Officers found a 30-year-old man with a stab wound to his abdomen. He was taken to Upstate University Hospital with...

As portions of New York State experience a green Christmas, the forecast is calling for significant snowfall immediately after the holiday.

Investigators arrested a man following a months-long investigation into a theft at a popular Victor retail store. Joshia L. Worley, 32, of Syracuse, was charged with grand larceny in the fourth degree after Ontario County Sheriff’s investigators linked him to a reported theft at Dick’s House of Sport at Eastview...