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ICE in courts: More immigrants cuffed at Federal Plaza as even officers feel the strain

Posted on July 17, 2025

man smiling at camera who was convicted cop in Staten Island sex abuse case

Courts

Staten Island cop sentenced to 40 years behind bars for sexual abuse of underage boys: Feds

Posted on July 17, 2025

man in suit with hand on chin at NYPD event

NYPD bombshell lawsuit: Retired deputy commish says Donlon suffered ‘cognitive issues,’ but insiders say ex-top cop was sabotaged

Posted on July 17, 2025

A Queens homeless man is being held without bail after he allegedly shot his estranged wife to death in front of his stepdaughter on a St. Albans street last month.

QNS

Homeless man charged with murder of estranged wife in front of his stepdaughter in Queens: DA

An FDNY ambulance on Parkside Avenue in Brooklyn.

Politics

FDNY EMT outrage: First responders now earn less than grocery delivery workers after NYC Council vote

Posted on July 17, 2025

Detectives investigate shot fired at DeKalb Avenue and Bedford Avenue.

Brooklyn

Police investigating shots that rang out in Brooklyn

Posted on July 17, 2025

Upper East Side 91-year-old mugging victim and perpetrator in perp walk

Courts

‘I made a mistake’: Man sentenced to 15 years behind bars for beating 91-year-old on Upper East Side

Posted on July 16, 2025

An early morning fire near the Ravenswood Generating Station in Long Island City sent thick black smoke over Western Queens on July 16..

QNS

Early morning fire near Ravenswood Generating Station sends thick black smoke over western Queens: FDNY

ICE

Lower Manhattan

ICE in courts: One immigrant’s hearing turns into ‘murderous reality show’ that ends with chaotic arrest, traumatized family, Lander says

Posted on July 16, 2025

The Pit Bull allegedly leapt over the wire metal fence pictured to attack multiple dogs. Photo: Shane O'Brien

QNS

Astoria dog owners raise the alarm after aggressive pit bull viciously attacks several dogs

Tom Donlon sworn in as interim NYPD commissioner in September 2024, a role he now claims in a federal lawsuit was undermined by systemic corruption and political interference

2025 Mayor’s Race

Bombshell lawsuit: Ex-Police Commissioner Tom Donlon claims Mayor Adams and NYPD leaders ran department as ‘criminal enterprise’

Posted on July 16, 2025

Cops are looking for three suspects who were involved in a shooting incident near the LIRR Jamaica train station on the night of July 7.

QNS

Three teenagers sought for shooting into a crowd near the Jamaica LIRR station: NYPD

Drone white color flying close-up. taken from below while the sky is clear. 3D Render.

Hochul endorses NYPD bid for technology to counter illegal drones

Posted on July 16, 2025

man in tanktop sought for beating Brooklyn straphanger with cane

Brooklyn

Irate Brooklyn straphanger beat senior with his own cane over train delay: cops

Posted on July 16, 2025

police officer with yellow tape at crime scene where person was stabbed with blood-covered cloth on ground

Bronx

Bronx teen girl stabbed to death during smoke shop brawl

Posted on July 15, 2025

NYPD police union head speaks to people holding microphones

The dirty 31? Judge halts NYPD officer firing plan for now despite department citing drug, prostitution offenses in seeking terminations

Posted on July 15, 2025

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Brooklyn Paper

‘Brazen’ Brooklyn smoke shop killer sentenced for shooting mother-of-four and her dog

Cops are looking for this suspect who allegedly snatched a bag from a senior as he waited for a J train in Woodhaven last month.

QNS

Masked man snatches senior’s snacks at Woodhaven subway station: NYPD

First responders in uniform and wet after Hudson River water rescue

Hudson River rescue: NYPD and FDNY units pull two men from water, looking for missing woman

Posted on July 15, 2025

A view of 235 Lenox Ave. in Harlem, the site of a deadly shooting Monday evening.

Harlem

42-year-old man fatally shot in Harlem; gunman at large

Posted on July 15, 2025

Police officers examine evidence of a shooting with yellow crime scene tape stretched

Harlem shooting: Gunman still sought for daytime violence that left man dead, woman wounded

Posted on July 15, 2025

Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg

First on amNY: Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg touts dramatic fall in shootings and homicides

Posted on July 15, 2025

A taxi passes under an unused congestion pricing gantry.

Bronx

Bronx senior charged with attempted murder for shooting taxi driver who drove him home

Posted on July 15, 2025

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QNS

Manhattan man sentenced for stabbing deaths of two Queens men in 2021: DA

drone footage shows four people riding on top of moving subway car while subway surfing

Bronx

Subway surfing: Drone footage shows cops catch teen daredevils in the Bronx in 200th arrest since crackdown began

Posted on July 14, 2025

Rubbed the wrong way: The City is moving to close a Lexington Avenue spa accused of offering sex acts.

Upper East Side

Upper East Side spa accused of operating as brothel after undercover cops offered sex

Posted on July 14, 2025

NYPD cops ride the 4 train.

1 train stabbing: Man arrested for attacking straphanger on board Manhattan train

Posted on July 14, 2025

people looking at blood-covered crime scene and yellow police tape in Midtown after stabbing

Midtown Manhattan

Midtown stabbing: Man knifed near Port Authority Bus Terminal in violent, bloody attack

Posted on July 14, 2025

Police at scene of shooting in Brooklyn

Brooklyn

Man fighting for his life, second injured in Brooklyn double shooting

Posted on July 14, 2025

Medical examiner loads body into van in Queens

Queens

Rotting dead body found inside parked van in Queens

Posted on July 14, 2025

Police car and officer setting up crime scene on street where woman was shot

Brooklyn

Senior woman shot on Brooklyn street corner amid barrage of bullets: cops

Posted on July 13, 2025

Police at scene of stabbing in Brooklyn

Man found fatally shot near Brooklyn public housing complex

Posted on July 13, 2025

NYPD officer in vest and white shirt with officer in blue shirt pull up yellow caution tape at scene where man was shot

Queens

Queens man shot dead on residential block; cops seek suspect

Posted on July 12, 2025

Scene of Brooklyn assault with suspect photo, man in sunglasses, inset

Brooklyn

Brooklyn beatdown: Suspect sought for violently attacking man after car crash

Posted on July 12, 2025

A view of Third Avenue under the Gowanus Expressway in Sunset Park, Brooklyn where two pedestrians were killed in a hit-and-run.

Brooklyn

Staten Island man booked in deadly Brooklyn hit-and-run that killed two pedestrians

Posted on July 12, 2025

Relatives of Allan Feliz and supporters marched from NYPD headquarters to City Hall on Friday, calling on Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch to fire the officer who fatally shot Feliz during a 2019 traffic stop in the Bronx.

‘A slap to the face’: Family urges NYPD Commissioner to reverse decision letting officer who killed Bronx man stay on force

Posted on July 11, 2025

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Bronx Times

Displaced Allerton fire victims rally for third time for housing assistance and speedier repairs

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Bronx

Police charge suspect they say fatally stabbed teen and injured another during wild Bronx brawl

Posted on July 11, 2025

William Blount, 60, was found guilty of following Rothschild down the steps of the Queens Plaza subway station on February 24, 2022, before kicking her and then brutally bashing her skull with a hammer some 13 times before making off with her bag.

Queens

Violent felon sentenced to 25 years to life for brutal Queens hammer attack that left victim asking ‘Why me?’

Posted on July 10, 2025

belt parkway

QNS

Deadly Belt Parkway crash claims lives of Springfield Gardens man and Manhattan mother: NYPD

online gambling

Brooklyn Paper

Lucchese crime family captain sentenced to 21 months in prison for long-running illegal gambling biz

A police officer at a Brooklyn shooting scene

NYPD says 31 cops were never qualified to serve, judge temporarily blocks orders for resignations

Posted on July 10, 2025

Police have identified the Bronx teen who died in custody over the weekend as 18-year-old Saniyah Cheatham, but have so far given few details about the circumstances around her death.

Bronx Times

Bronx teen dies in police custody in Longwood

brooklyn crime

Brooklyn Paper

June saw significant decline in major felonies and shootings in Brooklyn

Norma Nazario pictured before attending her late son’s high school graduation ceremony, where she accepted his diploma in his honor. (Right) The most recent portrait of Zackery, who died in 2023 while subway surfing at the age of 15.

Her 15-year-old son died subway surfing. Now this Alphabet City mother is taking TikTok and Instagram to court

Posted on July 9, 2025

site of bedford avenue bike lanes

Brooklyn Paper

Judge moves to allow removal of Bedford Avenue bike lane, despite warnings from DOT

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QNS

Grandmother is NYC’s first lithium-ion battery fire fatality of 2025 after Flushing pizzeria blaze: FDNY

The family of a man faithfully shot by police during a Bronx traffic stop in 2019 are calling upon Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch to reconsider allowing the cop who pulled the trigger to keep his job.

Family weeps after Police Commissioner Tisch says she won’t fire cop who shot man during Bronx traffic stop

Posted on July 9, 2025

More from around NYC

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Editorial: Preston HS scholars travel to Europe for the EF Global Leadership Summit

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Burglar breaks into Woodside home, confronted by elderly resident: NYPD

vickie paladino council member

Partner of slain Brooklyn activist Ryan Carson calls for ethics probe into Council Member’s online attacks

Puerto Rico Gov. Jenniffer González-Colón looks at the camera during a portrait with the American Flag in the background.

Puerto Rico restricts gender-affirming care for people under 21