A pre-dawn fire on Wednesday hit a landmark building on Patchin Place in Greenwich Village, one of the neighborhood’s quietest — and most storied — corners. The early-morning blaze broke out at 4 Patc...

Brooklyn Judge Edward Harold King illegally moonlighting as an escrow lawyer helped defraud more than $11 million from investors and a major bank, lawsuits claim —  then resigned when a watchdog began...