Rabbi Alvin Kass — known for bravely rushing to ground zero on  9/11 and famously disarming  a hostage-taker with two pastrami sandwiches — was honored by a sea of police officers and city ...

The NYPD is mourning the loss of Rabbi Alvin Kass, its chief chaplain. Commissioner Jessica Tisch said he died Wednesday at the age of 89, and was one of the department's longest-serving members.

Alvin Kass's long career saw him take on global terror and local violence, including defusing a hostage crisis with a non-kosher pastrami sandwich, while also serving as a spiritual leader ...

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A New York State Supreme Court judge on Monday convicted Daniel Hyden on all 12 counts related to the fatal July Fourth ...

Jennifer York, Zac Britton, and George Reed encourage passing motorists to vote Yes on Prop 50 along Bicentennial ...

A top executive at a startup company that helped college students apply for financial aid has been sentenced to over five ...

Rabbi Alvin Kass, who served as a respected chaplain in the NYPD for nearly 60 years, has died, department leaders announced Wednesday. He was 89. The dedicated Jewish leader was remembered as a ...

ALVIN BRAGG AND THE TRUMP TRIAL THAT NEVER HAPPENED. There was a curious moment in New York City politics a few nights ago, but you might have missed it because of all the attention being paid to the ...

A driver who crashed his pickup truck into a July Fourth barbecue and killed four people has been convicted of murder in the 2024 wreck in a New York City park ...

On a chilly midweek afternoon, hundreds of New York City high school students gathered in the pews of Trinity Church in Lower ...