Private schools will be required to report all child sexual abuse allegations directly to law enforcement under new legislation recently signed by New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo. Previously it was mandatory only for public schools located outside New York City to report incidents of abuse to law enforcement. They also had to inform the Department…

New York State University Police arrested a SUNY Purchase College student for allegedly hanging more than a dozen Nazi-themed posters around campus. He now faces a felony charge. Gunnar Hassard, 18, was arraigned for aggravated harassment in the first degree, which is classified as a hate crime as it involves damaging property that is used…

A New York man was arrested for defrauding the workers’ compensation system by obtaining benefits he was not eligible to receive. He allegedly continued working at his family business despite claiming to be unemployed due to an injury. Jeffrey Smalt, 54, was charged with third-degree insurance fraud, third-degree grand larceny and first-degree perjury. All of…

New York State Police said an Alabama couple was arrested and being extradited to New York to face identity theft and fraud charges in the state. They were accused of stealing the identities of their children. Thomas Cash, 44, and his wife Alisha Cash, 39, used the identities of his three children to open multiple…