Accused killer Wilfredo Mercado kept his head down inside Newburgh City Court Thursday when faced with charges in the death of Robert Munson.

Yonkers City Council Democrats and parents are calling for the city to reconsider the proposed school budget.

Mount Vernon police say a recent string of robberies and Monday's fatal shooting are connected.

An Orange County man is facing public lewdness and exposure charges after a court appearance earlier today. 

Arrests have been made as Yonkers police investigate reports of shots fired in an apartment building. 

Today marks the unofficial kickoff to summer. AAA predicts nearly 40 million people will travel at least 50 miles away from home this Memorial Day weekend. 

Open Door Health Center celebrated the grand opening of its newest location in Mamaroneck Thursday.

A good Samaritan in Yonkers is being commended after jumping into action to help a tow truck driver who was hurt while working on the job. 

Members of the Westchester County Police Benevolent Association (PBA) are calling for more police officers to help patrol county parks.

An investigation by the  National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) says that inadequate manning and crewmember fatigue were to blame for a fatal tugboat accident last year.

The first public meeting in more than a decade was held Wednesday without convicted Ramapo Town Supervisor Christopher St. Lawrence.

Concluding his tour of the ancestral homes of the world's three largest monotheistic religions, President Donald Trump is poised to call on Pope Francis, the famously humble pontiff with whom he has publicly clashed.

Residents joined together in a solidarity event for immigrants Wednesday night in Mohegan Lake.

Students at New Rochelle High School were put to the test Wednesday to try and solve a crime.

Mount Vernon has invested hundreds of thousands in surveillance devices in the hopes of making the streets safer, but it has privacy advocates up in arms. 

A Westchester woman has started a nationwide campaign in the hope of a revisal to her health care status. 

A bill under consideration in Congress would slow down refugee resettlements across the country, but plans to bring more families to the Hudson Valley from war-torn regions are moving full steam ahead. 

Drivers using the Bronx River Parkway experienced heavy delays this morning after a tractor was demolished after hitting an overpass.

More than a dozen people called for action outside state Sen. David Carlucci's office in New City Wednesday afternoon. 

An expert is offering tips on how to talk to children about terrorism in the wake of the Manchester bombing. 

Action is being taken after News 12 revealed that an elementary school in Westchester is failing to provide adequate handicapped parking. 

Newark Liberty International Airport in New Jersey is back open this morning after a plane caught fire on the tarmac. 

Mount Vernon police say they have made an arrest in connection to a deadly shooting that happened Monday. 

Yonkers celebrated the transformation of a historical building on Tuesday. Dozens of people attended the grand opening ceremony for the Boyce Thompson Center on North Broadway. The facility was once used as a botanical research plant. Now, it's a mixed retail and medical space.            

Two Orange County high school students are facing assault charges after allegedly attacking a 15-year-old student this week.

Former CIA Director John Brennan to testify publicly before Congress, could shed light on concerns about the security risk posed by Trump's first national security adviser.

A Westchester County man has been charged with DWI after police say he drove the wrong way on a highway on Long Island. 

An Ossining elementary school student is being honored for naming one of the falcon hatchlings nesting on the Tappan Zee Bridge. 

President Donald Trump fulfilled a major campaign promise Tuesday, proposing a $4.1 trillion budget plan that would upend Washington in a big way. 

State Sen. Terrence Murphy and Mount Pleasant Supervisor Carl Fulgenzi are proposing building a fence around the Hawthorne Cedar Knolls Residential Treatment Center in the wake of the recent violence. 

Police arrested a man in Mount Vernon after tracking an iPhone stolen in New Rochelle.

Authorities say Joseph Abraham Sr. stabbed his wife Amanda Trenck, 25, multiple times during a domestic dispute at their apartment at 59 Van Cortlandt Park Ave.

President Donald Trump is set to visit Israel on a two-day trip, his agenda marked by elusive pursuit of peace between Israelis and Palestinians.

Town officials are making changes just days after a jury found Ramapo Town Supervisor Christopher St. Lawrence guilty on federal fraud charges, disqualifying him from office.

The waters of the Long Island Sound have been tested for years for pollution, but the bays and harbors closest to the shores have been going unnoticed - until now. 

An exotic species of insect is threatening crops in the Hudson Valley. 

A man was shot to death just feet from his apartment in Mount Vernon. Officials say they were called to an apartment building on Washington Street around 1:30 a.m. 

A car hit a pedestrian in Ardsley on busy Ashford Avenue this morning. 

Dozens of people laced up their sneakers to help female veterans this weekend in Pleasantville. 

Lawyers in Bill Cosby's sex assault case this week hope to find a dozen jurors and six alternates willing to be sequestered nearly 300 miles from home.

The Greatest Show on Earth is preparing for its final act.

A fast-moving fire destroyed a Chappaqua home Sunday. 

News 12 has learned that a person was hit by a train in Hartsdale on Sunday. MTA police say a man was “trespassing” and was hit by a northbound train that originated at Grand Central. 

Orangetown police arrested a man Friday evening after they were called to the scene of what they described as a large fight. 

Hundreds of friends, family and law enforcement attended a ceremony in Rockland County Sunday morning to remember and honor three law enforcement officers who sacrificed their lives to protect their communities. 

A performer in the UniverSoul Circus fell about 40 feet during a "wheel of death" performance at Mount Vernon's Hutchinson Field Saturday. 

Some Westchester residents spent their day enjoying the highly anticipated opening of Playland in Rye. 

Hudson Valley military veterans embarked on an annual trip to Washington D.C. Saturday morning to tour the memorials created in honor of their service to the country.

The former supervisor for the town of Ramapo has been found guilty on 20 of 22 counts of federal securities and wire fraud. 

Three people are recovering from injuries Saturday morning after a minivan and bus collided in Wallkill.

Never-before seen films and TV pilots will premiere at the Hoboken film festival over the next few days.