The NYPD says the suspect, identified as 30-year-old Dominique Giles, raped the 5-year-old girl and then fled on foot.

U.S. President Donald Trump did not announce that he would make New York City’s Staten Island part of New Jersey, contrary to social media posts.

Dozens of local nonprofits, community leaders and residents are joining La Colmena's Welcoming Staten Island Initiative to support and integrate migrant and immigrant communities.

Anthony Saccavino and Brian Cordasco were charged with soliciting nearly $190,000 from city building owners and developers.

A manhunt is underway for a man police say raped a 5-year-old girl on Staten Island last Wednesday morning. Dominique Giles, 30, is accused of assaulting the child at about 5:38 a.m. on Jan. 22 inside a residence near Richmond Terrace& Sharpe Avenue.

Several speed cameras across Staten Island have been blocked by fake flowers to keep those cameras from catching speeders.

The City Council’s Republican conference is set to vote Tuesday on a new minority leader after the position’s current occupant, Staten Island’s Joe Borelli, announced over the weekend he will be stepping down on Jan.

The new all-services overlay code will cover the Bronx, Brooklyn, Queens, Staten Island and the Marble Hill neighborhood of Manhattan. Officials say the demand for new phone numbers is largely driven by new technology, like cellphones and tablets, and is a sign of economic growth.

After days of balmy weather, New York City is slated to get buried in snow and then hit with an arctic blast expected to unleash a potentially life-threatening chill.

The City Council's Republican conference will vote Tuesday on a new minority leader, with Staten Island's David Carr and Queens' Joann Ariola

At the top of the heap, Manhattan’s ratio was 0.56, with 918,806 units for its 1,627,788 residents. That was the only market in the tri-state region where the median home value exceeded $1 million. At the bottom was Staten Island, with a 0.37 ratio, representing 184,074 homes for 492,734 people.

The NYPD released an age-progressed image of Arkadiy "ARK" Tashman, who disappeared from Staten Island in 2005, to renew public interest and gather information.