New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani argued an "expanded definition" of rape was behind rising rape numbers in recent police ...

ALBANY, N.Y. — New York will expand its legal definition of rape to include various forms of nonconsensual sexual contact, under a bill signed into law by Gov. Kathy Hochul on Tuesday. The state’s ...

The Metropolitan Police Department reported a significant increase in reported rapes last year, coinciding with the department changing its definition of rape to match FBI-Uniform Crime Reporting’s ...

ALBANY — Gov. Kathy Hochul signed a law Tuesday that broadens the state’s rape laws to ensure that additional forms of nonconsensual, forced sexual conduct can be prosecuted as rape. The chief change ...

WASHINGTON - The Obama administration says it is expanding the FBI's more than eight-decade-old definition of rape to reflect a better understanding of the crime and to broaden protections. The new ...