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The body of a dead man was pulled from Newtown Creek off Hunters Point South Park in Long Island City.

QNS

Dead man found floating in Newtown Creek off Hunters Point South Park: NYPD

Suspected gang members caught in Queens police operation Buzzkill

Queens

‘Buzzkill’ for Queens street gang: 12 suspects indicted for series of shootings that terrorized neighborhoods

Posted on September 4, 2025

People at the 125th Street A train station entrance in Harlem on Jan. 9, 2024.

Subway attack: Man indicted for stabbing straphanger during vicious assault in Harlem train station

Posted on September 4, 2025

A 2019 city law requires Rikers to close by 2027, but advocates renewed calls for its immediate shutdown after another man died in custody there on Wednesday

Another Rikers Island death: Man succumbs after reported seizure; third in-custody death at facility in two weeks

Posted on September 4, 2025

police crime scene tape stretched over sidewalk near shooting scene in Brooklyn

Bronx

Shootings in the Bronx and Brooklyn leaves one dead, another fighting for his life

Posted on September 4, 2025

Suspect in Midtown attempted rape shown on video

Midtown Manhattan

Midtown rape attempt: More images released of suspect who attacked nail salon employee

Posted on September 4, 2025

Police released this image during a manhunt for Anthony Smith, who was later arrested and indicted on charges including attempted rape, sexual abuse and strangulation in connection with an Aug. 10 attack in Hell's Kitchen

Hell’s Kitchen

Midtown rape attempt: Man indicted for choking woman unconscious in street attack

Posted on September 3, 2025

river's law

Bronx Times

Torres introduces River’s Law to ban swimming pools at residential daycares after tot’s deadly drowning

black smoke billows from World Trade Center twin towers on 9/11 during terrorist attacks

Remembering 9/11

Federal judge in NYC lets case against Saudi Arabia for 9/11 terrorist attacks advance

Posted on September 3, 2025

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QNS

Senior attacked with backpack in Queensboro Plaza subway station: NYPD

police officer with inset of suspect in midtown rape attempt

Creep in Manhattan tried to rape woman inside business in bustling Midtown: cops

Posted on September 3, 2025

Suspected Brooklyn subway brute who slashed a man on board A train

Brooklyn

Brute slashed Brooklyn straphanger because he bumped into him: cops

Posted on September 2, 2025

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NYPD touts record-low shootings in 2025, even after Bronx and Brooklyn mass attacks

Posted on September 2, 2025

police car marred after west indian day parade shootings in brooklyn

Brooklyn

Brooklyn’s West Indian Day Parade rocked by gun violence again, with seven people shot and wounded

Posted on September 2, 2025

location where man was shot dead in the Bronx

Bronx

Man found shot to death behind Bronx hospital

Posted on September 2, 2025

police at shooting scene in the Bronx

Bronx

Bronx drive-by shooting at deli leaves one dead, four wounded in latest borough bloodshed

Posted on September 2, 2025

a brooklyn intersection during the day

Brooklyn

NYPD officer in Brooklyn on traffic direction detail struck by hit-and-run driver

Posted on September 1, 2025

firefighters in Brooklyn at night, battling a fire

Brooklyn fire injures seven people, including firefighters, Sunday night

Posted on September 1, 2025

cop on a subway platform

Hateful robber on Manhattan subway train threatens to call ICE on victim, then beats him: cops

Posted on August 31, 2025

Jail cells on Rikers Island

Bronx murder suspect dies on Rikers Island — facility’s second in-custody death in one week

Posted on August 31, 2025

lanes of the hutchinson river parkway in the bronx

Bronx

Teen shot in the legs on Hutchinson River Parkway in the Bronx: NYPD

Posted on August 31, 2025

subway train in the bronx stopped at platform

Bronx

Bronx subway stabbing: Three questioned for attacking man on board 6 train

Posted on August 30, 2025

Medical examiner loads body into van in Bronx

Brooklyn

NYPD investigates death of man found in Brooklyn court holding cell a day after his petit larceny arrest

Posted on August 30, 2025

cop at shooting scene with police tape stretched across street

Bronx

Latest shooting in the Bronx leaves three men wounded, suspects at large

Posted on August 30, 2025

A view of 380 Convent Ave. in West Harlem, where police say a 30-year-old man was fatally stabbed following an argument early Friday

Man fatally stabbed on Harlem street after argument with group, police say

Posted on August 29, 2025

Mayor Eric Adams speaking with people in the Bronx after rash of shootings

Bronx

Mayor Adams pledges more cops and violence interrupters amid uptick in Bronx shootings

Posted on August 29, 2025

nypd officers in blue on subway platform with yellow crime scene tape stretched

Bronx

Bronx subway station sees two violent assaults just four hours apart: cops

Posted on August 28, 2025

Brooklyn brute accused of assaulting 3-year-old girl.l

Brooklyn

Police searching for brute who assaulted 3-year-old girl in Brooklyn

Posted on August 28, 2025

Victim of harlem shooting with walker she used near where she was shot

Senior shot dead with stray bullet in Harlem; friend helplessly watched her die

Posted on August 27, 2025

Police walk through area near shooting rampage scene in the Bronx

Bronx

Bronx shooting rampage leaves man dead, two others wounded and suspect in custody

Posted on August 27, 2025

Convicted rapist of transgender woman in Manhattan walks in handcuffs.

Convicted Manhattan rapist gets 12 years in prison, feels wrath of his transgender victim at sentencing hearing

Posted on August 27, 2025

a street intersection during the day in the Bronx

Man fatally shot in the back in the Bronx; suspect at large

Posted on August 26, 2025

Police officer enters building in Brooklyn where shooting occurred

Brooklyn

Brooklyn shooting at apartment building leaves woman seriously wounded

Posted on August 26, 2025

Intersection where deadly Bronx hit-and-run occurred

Bronx

Woman found dead in the Bronx after hit-and-run: cops

Posted on August 26, 2025

officers applaud wounded cop as he leaves hospital after being hit with friendly fire

Queens

NYPD detective shot by ‘friendly fire’ while responding to Queens carjacking released from hospital as suspect is charged

Posted on August 25, 2025

90 Sands Street in DUMBO, Brooklyn, a supportive and affordable housing building where a man was found dead Monday morning.

Brooklyn

Man found dead with head trauma at Brooklyn site where supportive housing is located, police say

Posted on August 25, 2025

Suspected dog abuser taping canine in park

Queens

NYPD Quality of Life Team cuffs man who allegedly duct-taped dogs in Queens park

Posted on August 25, 2025

police at night with car in front at scene of deadly shooting

Bronx

Two teens among four charged in Bronx basketball court shooting that killed one and injured three

Posted on August 25, 2025

Deputy Chief of the NYPD Intelligence Division Courtney Nilan shows amNewYork two different kinds of ghost guns.

‘New Second Amendment:’ How the NYPD, Manhattan DA are fighting radical online ghost gun manufacturers

Posted on August 24, 2025

Queens

Exclusive: Family of Queens bartender demands answers after she was set on fire and severely burned during lounge show

Posted on August 24, 2025

NYPD Police car

Queens

Man fatally struck by NYPD cruiser while lying on the ground near US Open remains unidentified

Posted on August 24, 2025

NYPD officers at the scene of a shooting

Bronx

One dead, four injured in shooting at Bronx basketball game: cops

Posted on August 24, 2025

FILE - A man in custody was found dead in his cell at the George R. Vierno Center at Rikers Island on Saturday, Aug. 23.

Inmate found dead in cell at Rikers Island: DOC

Posted on August 23, 2025

Red and blue flashing police lights at a crime scene.

Bronx

Bronx man found shot in the neck at neighborhood intersection: NYPD

Posted on August 23, 2025

A man stole a yellow cab in Kips Bay on Thursday night, taking it on a joyride and colliding with a cyclist in a hit-and-run before abandoning the vehicle, authorities said.

Man steals yellow cab in Manhattan before colliding with cyclist in hit-and-run, cops say

Posted on August 22, 2025

Law enforcement shut down an illegal cannabis operation out of Mott Haven on Thursday, seizing about 2,000 lbs of cannabis products and arresting 11 people.

Bronx Times

NYC Sheriffs bust massive Bronx illegal cannabis operation for the second time, seize $5 million in product

Surveillance images released by the NYPD on Aug. 21 show three of six suspects wanted in connection with a July 4 robbery in Brooklyn

Brooklyn

Group of six beat man with iron stick, steal $800 in Brooklyn robbery: NYPD

Posted on August 21, 2025

arrested Ingrid Lewis-Martin talks to reporter after her arrest

Former Adams aide Ingrid Lewis-Martin ‘feeling good’ despite latest corruption indictment

Posted on August 21, 2025

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