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Afrika Owes, 17, was released Thursday after spending the summer at Rikers Island for pleading guilty to gun charges. 

The $127 million "Young Men's Initiative" is intended to help close the achievement gap between black and Latino young men and their white peers.

Atul Shah and Mahaveer Kankariya were sentenced to 20 months on Friday for setting up the robbery.

The former Triangle Social Club at 208 Sullivan Street is now reportedly the Sullivan Street Tea and Spice Company.

Murder victim Sarah Coit's body was picked up by a Greenwich, Conn. funeral home on Tuesday, the ME said.

The former wide receiver is scheduled to be released from prison on June 6, 2011.

Ponzi schemer Kenneth Starr was sentenced to 7 1/2 years in prison after pleading guilty to a $30 million fraud.

Reports Gov. Cuomo may shutter a prison in Chelsea are sparking a mix of hopes and fears.

The mayor's plan got strong support at a City Council hearing Wednesday, but it remains unclear if Albany will back it.

Rayvon Guice, 21, is expected to be sentenced to 15 years in prison in exchange for his guilty plea Thursday.

Bloomberg said the city can do a better job treating young people who break the law closer to home.

Emmanuel Reyes, 26, was sentenced to six months prison for stealing $12,700 from the Tribute WTC Center.

Joseph Bruno was sentenced to two years in prison last spring for his part in an ethics scandal.

Lil' Wayne and Corrections officials are preparing for rapper's release from Rikers Island on Thursday.

The rapper has been at Rikers Island for nearly eight months, serving a gun possession sentence.