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MTA Chair and CEO Janno Lieber riding the subway

EXCLUSIVE | MTA CEO Janno Lieber talks future of subways and safety during overnight ride

Posted on March 7, 2025

Mayor Eric Adams and Manhattan District Attorney Alvin L. Bragg, Jr.launched the new “Village Interagency Task Force" , a group of city and community agencies who will tackle quality of life issues near Washington Square Park.

Greenwich Village

‘Village Interagency Task Force’ aims to tackle drug use, homelessness at Washington Square Park and nearby blocks

Posted on March 6, 2025

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Bronx Times

Bronxites weigh in on borough-based jail plan as early site work begins

A police officer stands guard at a crime scene

Armed suspect dead after police-involved shooting at Home Depot on Staten Island

Posted on March 6, 2025

Masked Midtown tire slasher

Masked Manhattan tire slasher sought for damaging more than a dozen NYPD vehicles

Posted on March 6, 2025

people outside at a protest at Barnard College

Barnard College protests: Bomb threat leads to police removing Pro-Palestine protesters who took over library

Posted on March 5, 2025

Woman weeps in firefighter's arms after deadly West Village fire

Fire at West Village apartment building claims senior woman’s life

Posted on March 5, 2025

Crime scene in Brooklyn

Brooklyn

Brooklyn man stabbed to death during domestic dispute, daughter charged: cops

Posted on March 5, 2025

Brooklyn police at scene where boy was exposed to fentanyl

Brooklyn

Brooklyn boy, 4, dies after parents allegedly exposed him to fentanyl at shelter: sources

Posted on March 4, 2025

police car car crashes in brooklyn

Brooklyn Paper

Three Brooklynites killed in car crashes over three-day period: NYPD

Scene where Brooklyn shots were fired

Brooklyn

Teens hit with attempted murder charges for shots fired near Brooklyn public housing complex

Posted on March 4, 2025

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Bronx Times

Former Kingsbridge daycare owner gets 45 years for toddler’s fentanyl death

Migrant convicted in Times Square brawl smiles during sentencing

Migrant convicted of attacking Times Square cops grins as he’s sentenced to prison; police union seeks deportation

Posted on March 4, 2025

Suspects in Manhattan subway slashing

Manhattan subway slashing: Suspects slice teens with scalpel, steal their sneakers

Posted on March 4, 2025

Former Jeopardy! Champion looking sad after pleading guilty to child porn possession

Brooklyn

Wrong answer: Former Jeopardy! champion pleads guilty to soliciting sexual images from Brooklyn children

Posted on March 3, 2025

The aftermath of the fatal crash that claimed the life of Katherine “Katie” Harris, 31, in the crosswalk on Atlantic Ave.

Brooklyn Paper

Drunk driver jailed for killing 31-year-old woman crossing busy Brooklyn avenue

Brooklyn gang shooting takedown

NYC crime: February sees sharp drop in felonies, and a historic decrease in shootings during first two months of 2025

Posted on March 3, 2025

Suspect who shot cop on Lower East Side arraigned

Parolee who allegedly shot detective in Lower East Side standoff indicted for attempted murder

Posted on March 3, 2025

$Bronx robbers sought for violent mugging that left woman with fractured skull 15$

Bronx

Bronx robbers sought for violent mugging that left woman with fractured skull

Posted on March 3, 2025

Brooklyn Paper

‘Brooklyn’s Bravest’: Rescue Company 2 marks 100 years of service

Suspect in Queens subway assault

Queens

Queens subway assault: Man kicks woman down station stairs in random attack, cops say

Posted on March 3, 2025

Firefighters battle smoke during Queens fire that left man dead

Queens

Fast-moving Queens fire engulfs home, leaves man dead: FDNY

Posted on March 2, 2025

Brooklyn subway stabbing suspect

Brooklyn

Brooklyn subway stabbing: Suspect sought for attacking man on L train

Posted on March 2, 2025

Scene in Manhattan where man was shot dead

Nolita

Man shot dead near bar in posh Manhattan neighborhood

Posted on March 1, 2025

The DEA held a press conference who was Rafael Caro Quintero was on the run for years in Mexico.

Courts

Infamous Mexican drug kingpins, including Kiki Camarena’s killer, extradited to Brooklyn federal court after decades on the run

Posted on February 28, 2025

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Bronx Times

Guardian Angels begin regular patrol of new migrant shelter site

Fieldston School

Bronx Times

Former student sues Bronx’s Fieldston School, alleging sexual abuse by volleyball coach

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QNS

Ozone Park woman found dead outside home; suspect charged with murder: NYPD

Fuming demonstrators gathered in Foley Square on Feb. 27 in what they say is a unified demand for Mayor Eric Adams to either resign or be removed from his post. They allege Hizzoner is colluding with President Donald Trump, giving the Republican free reign over the Big Apple in exchange for his own criminal charges being dropped.

Lower Manhattan

More calls for Mayor Adams to resign or be removed as Manhattan protesters claim he ‘sold out to Trump’

Posted on February 27, 2025

Manhattan home invader who beat and robbed man

Manhattan home invader beat and robbed man in brazen apartment attack: cops

Posted on February 27, 2025

Bronx murder suspect escorted for perp walk

Bronx

Grieving mother reacts as Bronx police arrest man wanted for teenager’s murder: ‘I miss my son’

Posted on February 27, 2025

Michelle Trachtenberg in 2023

Actress Michelle Trachtenberg found dead in luxury Midtown apartment

Posted on February 26, 2025

NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch speaking about college credit requirements

Midtown Manhattan

NYPD hiring: Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch reduces college credit requirements to recruit more officers

Posted on February 26, 2025

Bronx stabbing scene

Queens

Queens man stabbed in back during fight at street corner: NYPD

Posted on February 26, 2025

Lower Manhattan subway slasher on A train

Lower Manhattan

Lower Manhattan subway slashing: Perp attacked man during fight over seat, cops say

Posted on February 26, 2025

Migrant leader of cell phone robbery crew

Migrant leader of Manhattan cell phone robbery crew sentenced to years in state prison

Posted on February 25, 2025

Texas tourists with NYPD chief who helped find bag lost in subway

Midtown Manhattan

Lost and found: How two Texas tourists became a ‘subway story’ in the best way with an NYPD chief’s help

Posted on February 25, 2025

Silhouette of police officer standing in doorway of crime scene

Bronx

Bronx stray bullet shooting: Five teens cuffed after woman wounded by gunfire as she slept

Posted on February 25, 2025

Additional NYPD officers in the subways

Subway crime continues to drop througout January: NYPD and MTA

Posted on February 24, 2025

adams with mosque member in kensington

Brooklyn Paper

‘Flagrant act of Islamophobia:’ NYPD investigates anti-Muslim incident at Kensington mosque

Protesters against NYPD gang database at City Hall

Lower Manhattan

Advocates call for NYPD gang database to be abolished as police brass call it an instrumental tool: ‘This is about oppression’

Posted on February 24, 2025

Silhouette of police officer standing in doorway of crime scene

Bronx

Stray bullet hits, wounds Bronx woman as she sleeps in her home: cops

Posted on February 24, 2025

Scene of Bronx double shooting

Bronx

Bronx double shooting near seafood restaurant leaves man dead, another wounded: cops

Posted on February 24, 2025

Crime scene in Brooklyn

Queens

Queens knife fight leaves man stabbed to death, killer on the run: NYPD

Posted on February 23, 2025

Bronx crime scene

Bronx

Bronx man stabbed to death in early-morning fight near bar: cops

Posted on February 23, 2025

The infamous accused Midtown assassin Luigi Mangione who fatally gunned down UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson last year appeared in Manhattan court Friday for the first time since his arraignment.

Lower Manhattan

Luigi Mangione appears in Manhattan court as hordes of supporters gather outside

Posted on February 21, 2025

Buildings

Brooklyn

FDNY investigating deadly fire that broke out in Brooklyn apartment building

Posted on February 21, 2025

Police tape lies on the ground of a crime scene

Man arrested in Staten Island collision that killed one person four years ago

Posted on February 21, 2025

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MECCC lung cancer team earns recognition for outstanding care

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Astoria welcomes Prime No. 7, a new era of Halal Korean BBQ

NY: American Veterans Memorial Pier 9/11 Vigil

Bay Ridge honors 9/11 victims and heroes at waterfront vigil

Monica Helms, creator of the Trans Flag, participates in a panel discussion at WorldPride 2025 in Washington.

Monica Helms, creator of Trans Flag, flees to Costa Rica with her wife