New York News

After going down 20 points Monday, the expectation was that the Knicks were going to fold. Instead, they made the Celtics panic late.

The two road teams of Monday’s conference semifinal games executed well in the fourth quarter and stole Game 1 victories.

Mr. Myrie, a state senator from Brooklyn, was viewed as a welcome entry almost a year ago, but just weeks before the primary, has yet to take off.

After sharp spikes in homicides and other offenses, which sparked fears of a return to the bloody New York of the 1990s, major crime in New York City has headed toward historic lows. In New York and throughout the country, that rise in crime since …