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The NYPD released this surveillance image of the suspect wanted for tying up and assaulting a woman during a Brooklyn home invasion

Brooklyn

Burglar ties up Brooklyn woman, carries out sexually motivated attack, police say

Posted on October 7, 2025

The death of the Brooklyn toddler was ruled a homicide on Monday

Brooklyn

Death of 1-year-old Brooklyn boy ruled homicide, police say

Posted on October 7, 2025

NY: Shooting West Indian Day Parade

Brooklyn Paper

FDNY EMS launches #StandWithEMS social media campaign to spotlight pay disparity

Justin Lee, 22, of Queens Village, was arrested Oct. 5 and charged in the alleged attempted rape of a 12-year-old girl in Brooklyn.

Courts

Queens man charged in Brooklyn child rape attempt was out on release from earlier alleged attacks on minors

Posted on October 6, 2025

Bronx District Attorney Darcel Clark announced that law enforcement connected three Bronx shootings through ballistics and have charged 10 different individuals believed to be involved in gang activity and the retaliatory violence that lead to the death of four people this summer.

Bronx Times

DA Clark links multiple Bronx shootings to a ring of gang members and retaliatory violence

NYPD chief John Chell

NYPD Chief of Department John Chell to announce retirement from force: report

Posted on October 6, 2025

View of the Wakefield residence, where police say three people were shot and wounded Sunday following a dispute between two women.

Bronx

Bronx dispute between women leads to triple shooting, police sources say

Posted on October 6, 2025

Police officers at scene of Brooklyn police-involved shooting

Brooklyn

Police-involved shooting in Brooklyn leaves man involved in domestic dispute dead

Posted on October 5, 2025

intersection during the day in Brooklyn

Brooklyn

Man stabbed to death in Brooklyn intersection: cops

Posted on October 5, 2025

police at shooting scene in Chinatown

Chinatown

Chinatown murder: Suspect charged for fatally stabbing man in back

Posted on October 5, 2025

police crime scene in queens at possible murder-suicide

Queens

Two men shot dead in Queens in possible murder-suicide: sources

Posted on October 4, 2025

Police Commissioner Tisch said more than 26 undercover buys resulted in the seizure of 10 semi-automatic handguns, four revolvers, six long guns, and roughly 500 grams of crack cocaine

Brooklyn drug and gun ring broken up after undercover NYPD probe, officials announce

Posted on October 3, 2025

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Politics

$187M cut in New York counterterrorism funding reversed after bipartisan appeals to Trump

Posted on October 3, 2025

Officers found the victim sitting in her car, with multiple stab wounds

Brooklyn

Feud over ex-boyfriend sparks stabbing in Brooklyn: sources

Posted on October 3, 2025

NYPD Officers and NYPD Fire Marshals are investigating the fire and stabbing at 45-18 Smart Street.

Queens

Queens stabbing, house fire leaves woman dead, teen wounded, first responders hurt

Posted on October 3, 2025

NYPD outside synagogue on Yom Kippur

NYPD boosts security at NYC synagogues following Yom Kippur terrorist attack in London

Posted on October 2, 2025

suspects in Bronx beating and stabbing

Bronx

Bronx beatdown: Four suspects sought for violently stabbing man at street corner in summer attack

Posted on October 2, 2025

child in tears after ICE agents seize family member

Lower Manhattan

ICE in courts: Arrests of immigrants continue at Federal Plaza, leaving children in tears after families separated

Posted on October 1, 2025

Mayor Eric Adams, NYPD Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch, and NYPD Chief of Crime Control Strategies Michael LiPetri: Tisch announced Wednesday that NYC had seen the fewest shooting incidents for the first nine months of any year, and for any third quarter in recorded history.

Crime continues to fall in NYC, but NYPD Commissioner warns federal cuts could put city at risk

Posted on October 1, 2025

Valoy allegedly posed as a real estate broker to attract prospective renters through Facebook Marketplace and third-party referral sites.

Courts

Bronx man ran fake apartment scheme across NYC, stole $25K from tenants: DA

Posted on October 1, 2025

Brick strewn at Bronx building collapse site

Bronx

Bronx building collapse: No injuries reported, but residents evacuated after apparent boiler blast

Posted on October 1, 2025

Officers looks out for safety in subway in Brooklyn

Straphanger stabbed multiple times aboard Bronx train: cops

Posted on October 1, 2025

Isaiah Gurley was indicted by a Queens grand jury on charges of animal cruelty and arson for allegedly torching a pit bull on a street on South Ozone Park in July.

QNS

Queens man indicted on animal cruelty, arson charges for killing dog in South Ozone Park: DA

Under the proposed cuts, the NYPD faced a projected $100 million reduction

Politics

Judge temporarily blocks Trump from cutting counterterrorism funds to NYC

Posted on September 30, 2025

Human skeletal remains, including a skull, were found in a vacant lot across 20th Avenue from the College Point Shopping Center on Monday, Sept. 29.

QNS

Human skeletal remains found in vacant lot near College Point Shopping Center: NYPD

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Politics

Law enforcement champion access to NYCHA video surveillance ahead of City Council oversight hearing on lack of transparency

Posted on September 30, 2025

cop on a subway platform

MTA worker slashed in Brooklyn subway tunnel: cops

Posted on September 30, 2025

suspect in Bronx rape case handcuffed while wearing a Tyvek suit

Bronx

Bronx rape case: New Jersey man arrested for violent attack on woman inside apartment building

Posted on September 29, 2025

Hate crimes detectives are on the hunt for two men who shouted anti-immigration slurs at a man before assaulting him in Manhattan earlier this month.

Lower East Side

Manhattan hate crime: Two brutes shout anti-immigrant remarks before beating, slashing man, cops say

Posted on September 29, 2025

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QNS

Teenager found shot to death on Forest Hills street near Flushing Meadows Corona Park: NYPD

The Southeast Queens community held a prayer vigil for 13-year-old Sanjay Samuel in the Cambria Heights parking lot, where he was allegedly gunned down by a 16-year-old South Jamaica boy.

QNS

Prayer vigil held for 13-year-old Sanjay Samuel at Cambria Heights parking lot where he was murdered

Suspect in Bronx rape case wearing towel around neck

Bronx

Woman violently raped and robbed inside Bronx apartment building: cops

Posted on September 29, 2025

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Remembering 9/11

Running to remember: Tunnel to Towers 5K Run & Walk races from Brooklyn to Manhattan

Posted on September 28, 2025

Two men sought for Manhattan subway gropings

Subway creeps in Manhattan sought for groping women on board trains

Posted on September 28, 2025

Police investigate scene in Bronx where teen was shot

Bronx

Teen shot at Bronx public housing complex; cops seek suspect

Posted on September 27, 2025

Police at the scene in Jamaica, where a shootout between police and an armed robbery suspect on Nov. 19, 2024 ended with the perpetrator dead and an officer wounded.

QNS

No charges against NYPD officers involved in fatal 2024 shootout with career criminal in Jamaica: AG

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QNS

South Jamaica teen held without bail for allegedly shooting 13-year-old boy to death in Cambria Heights: DA

Federal prosecutors allege that Mr. Jafferakos exploited minors he met through the church-run basketball league, and he was ordered detained by a magistrate judge on Thursday

Brooklyn

Brooklyn basketball coach arrested for allegedly paying minors to make sexual videos

Posted on September 26, 2025

‘Protect the protectors’: Hundreds rally as security guard legislation introduced

Posted on September 26, 2025

A St. Albans cyclist was struck and killed after allegedly riding through a red light in Cambria Heights, according to the NYPD.

QNS

St. Albans cyclist struck and killed by driver after failing to stop at red light in Cambria Heights: NYPD

ICE agent who shoved mother at Federal Plaza

ICE supervisor relieved of duties after shoving weeping mother to floor in NYC immigration court

Posted on September 26, 2025

Roscoe Danielson was convicted of murder on Sept. 25 for killing his mother and brother in the home they shared and dumping his brother's corpse in a garbage bag at the curb.

QNS

East Elmhurst man found guilty of killing mother, brother in family home in 2023: DA

Surveillance images released by the NYPD show suspects wanted in connection with the Sept. 19, 2025, beating of a 66-year-old man outside 1789 Flatbush Ave. in Brooklyn

Brooklyn

Man, 66, beaten after confronting smoking teens in Brooklyn: NYPD

Posted on September 26, 2025

Queens medical examiner team loading human remains into van

Queens

Human remains found in Queens park belonged to unknown woman missing arms, legs: NYPD

Posted on September 25, 2025

The FDNY battled a three-alarm fire at the H Mart on Union Street in Flushing and inspectors from the city's Department of Building issued a full vacate order due to the fire damage.

QNS

FDNY battles 3-alarm fire at H Mart’s flagship store in Flushing, DOB issues full vacate order

Christopher Ward was arrested Wednesday and charged in Manhattan federal court

Courts

Queens first grade teacher federally charged with possessing, distributing child sex abuse images

Posted on September 25, 2025

Police say they have identified the shooter as 16-year-old Jason Sykes, who goes by the nickname Flex and is known to cause trouble in the area. Police say he is being hunted by the Regional Fugitive Task Force.

Queens

Teen identified as shooter who gunned down 13-year-old boy in Queens: NYPD

Posted on September 25, 2025

A Richmond Hill man is charged with attempted murder for an unprovoked stabbing of a 25-year-old man on a 7 train at the Mets-Willets Point subway station on Sept. 22.

QNS

Richmond Hill man charged with attempted murder for unprovoked 7 train stabbing in Corona: DA

More from around NYC

Residents at Mitchel Houses in Mott Haven told the Bronx Times that they aren't able to cook, and at times don't have hot water following a partial collapse of one of the residential buildings due to a boiler explosion. Now U.S. Representative Ritchie Torres is calling on NYCHA to prioritize converting the complex to all-electric.

Ritchie Torres calls on NYCHA to convert Mitchel Houses to electric energy, residents agree

housing

Queens council members rally against Mayor Adams’ affordable housing ballot proposals

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Brooklyn Paper’s 2025 General Election Voter Guide: How and where to vote, who’s on the ballot, and more

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