Mayor Bill de Blasio

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio says preliminary evidence indicates that the blast and building collapse in the East Village is due to a gas-related explosion. Firefighters are still trying to tackle a seven-alarm blaze triggered by the blast...

New York Mayor Bill de Blasio and Police Commissioner William Bratton were saluted as they entered a funeral home for an officer’s wake. The action by officers Saturday at the wake of Wenjian Liu was in contrast to the hundreds of police who turned their backs to video screens showing the mayor speaking at last week’s funeral of Liu’s police partner, Rafael Ramos...

A New York City Police Officer gunned down with his partner one week ago in Brooklyn, was laid to rest Saturday following a funeral service attended by thousands of law enforcement personnel from all over the country.  Among those attending the funeral in the Glendale section of New York were Vice President Joe Biden and at least fifty officers from Police Departments in Southeastern Massachusetts