Maya Rajamani

Police have made an arrest after a student was sexually assaulted inside a her dorm room at Rutgers University while she was sleeping, law enforcement sources tell NBC New York.

Extra layers of security, intense on-screen action and a frightening incident inside a New York theater combined to create an unsettling experience for some moviegoers who went to see “Joker” on its opening weekend.

The Cessna 303 aircraft departed Orange County Airport Saturday and stopped to refuel at Sky Acres in LaGrangeville. While en route to Farmingdale, it crashed into Gerry Bocker’s house on Smith Road in Union Vale, killing him and injuring one of his two daughters, according to state police.

A Manhattan power outage that temporarily turned off the bright lights of the big city only lasted for a few hours, but left plenty of lingering questions and calls for investigations on Sunday.

Dozens of protesters from the climate action group Extinction Rebellion have been arrested after they blocked traffic outside The New York Times building.

Dozens of protesters from the climate action group Extinction Rebellion have been arrested after they blocked traffic outside The New York Times building.

The NYPD’s Aviation Unit used a helicopter to rescue an 83-year-old man after he got stuck in a marsh on Staten Island and started to sink.

A New Jersey man who alarmed local schools by posting a Snapchat video of a gun with the caption “Maybe Tomorrow” has been arrested, prosecutors say.

A New Jersey man was taken into custody late Wednesday after he tried to walk into St. Patrick’s Cathedral with two gasoline cans, two bottles of lighter fluid and two lighters, police said.

A disgruntled neighbor upset over a controversial Easter display in New Jersey took things into her own hands.

A New Jersey high school principal who agreed to donate bone marrow to a 14-year-old stranger in France died weeks after he lapsed into a coma during the procedure, his family said.

A mom dragged an 81-year-old woman to the ground by her hair after the two got into an argument as they were waiting to see “Dumbo” at a movie theater, police and the victim said.

Mayor Bill de Blasio declared a public health emergency Tuesday amid a measles outbreak — the worst outbreak in New York City since 1991.

A less than traditional front yard Easter display has divided a New Jersey neighborhood, with some calling it a “disgusting” affront to the holiday.

When a baseball fan felt himself hitting a low point, he decided to take a road trip he’d dreamed of since he was a kid. The journey saved his life.

A man believed to be a leader in the notorious Gambino crime family was shot to death outside his home on Staten Island, police and sources close to the investigation said.

A man believed to be a leader in the notorious Gambino crime family was shot to death outside his home on Staten Island, police and sources close to the investigation said.

The NYPD’s hate crimes unit is investigating slur-ridden “DIE” graffiti scrawled on a Brooklyn subway station poster of Ruth Bader Ginsburg after a rider flagged it on Twitter.

The NYPD’s hate crimes unit is investigating slur-ridden “DIE” graffiti scrawled on a Brooklyn subway station poster of Ruth Bader Ginsburg after a rider flagged it on Twitter.

A ‘highly aggressive’ bull in New Jersey went berserk, attacking its owner and charging at police officers after it got out of its enclosure.