In this week's New Yorker, the Department of Investigation (D.O.I.), the city's "secret police," gets the patented sprawling New Yorker treatment. And it turns out that secret police, like Rodney Dangerfield, have a hard time getting any respect. more ›

A four-time State Assembly member representing East New York in Brooklyn was convicted of third-degree bribe-receiving and official misconduct yesterday. When a developer was interested in acquiring city land back in 2004 and 2005, Assemblywoman Diane Gordon asked for a home in a Queens gated community, worth $500,000. more ›