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Police charge man who scaled Union Square statue for ‘world peace’

Posted on May 16, 2025

Cops at scene of Soho stabbing between panhandlers

Soho

Soho stabbing: Panhandlers’ argument leads to bloody assault near subway station

Posted on May 15, 2025

Taxi cab drivers robbed and sprayed with pepper spray

NYC taxi drivers fuming and fearful after crew of youths target them with pepper spray in robbery pattern

Posted on May 15, 2025

retired NYC workers hold signs demanding protection of their healthcare plans

Politics

Retired NYC cops, firefighters, and teachers ride to Albany in ‘life or death’ healthcare fight

Posted on May 15, 2025

The FDNY will welcome in 326 new firefighters after they graduated from the FDNY fire academy on Wednesday, May 14.

FDNY legacies among new graduating New York City firefighter class

Posted on May 15, 2025

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Suspects flee on Citi Bikes after Bronx shooting that left 15-year-old wounded: cops

Posted on May 15, 2025

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QNS

Mayor Adams marks one year of ‘Padlock to Protect’ with pizza and progress in Queens

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Bronx

Family of Bronx teen killed by stray bullet says they want to keep her memory alive as funeral date is set

Posted on May 14, 2025

police at a crime scene after a man was fatally stabbed in Brooklyn

Brooklyn

Queens man arrested after deadly stabbing on MTA bus in Brooklyn

Posted on May 14, 2025

Alleged Manhattan subway corpse rape suspect indicted, seated and looking menacing

Manhattan subway corpse rapist will be prosecuted ‘to fullest extent’ on sex assault indictment, DA Bragg says

Posted on May 14, 2025

Suspect in the Bronx who attempted to shoot woman dead

Brush with death: Bronx woman left traumatized after stranger tried to shoot her in the head on street

Posted on May 14, 2025

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Brooklyn Paper

Brooklyn man gets 12 years for shooting unarmed victim in dispute: DA

Cops at scene of Queens shooting

Bronx

Latest Bronx stray bullet shooting leaves 15-year-old boy wounded days after teen girl slain

Posted on May 14, 2025

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Two men shot outside of Brooklyn methadone clinic

Posted on May 14, 2025

Jail cells on Rikers Island

Politics

With Rikers Island in federal receivership, what’s next for the troubled facility?

Posted on May 14, 2025

Scene of Brooklyn police shooting

Brooklyn

Brooklyn police shooting: Knife-wielding man shot dead following domestic dispute

Posted on May 13, 2025

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New York City man cuffed for harassing and attacking gay couple in Flatiron

Posted on May 13, 2025

flowers at Bronx site where girl was shot and killed with stray bullet

Bronx

Bronx teen murdered: 14-year-old suspect cuffed for stray bullet killing of girl who yearned to be nurse

Posted on May 13, 2025

A jail on Rikers Island.

Rikers Island goes into federal receivership as judge appoints manager to oversee city jail, end civil rights abuses

Posted on May 13, 2025

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QNS

Animal cruelty investigation underway after 40 dogs found in cramped Forest Hills apartment

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Bronx

Teenage girl shot dead outside Bronx high school after schoolyard brawl: cops

Posted on May 12, 2025

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Bronx

The wrong man: Bronx native left devastated after judge denies exoneration following 30-year legal battle

Posted on May 12, 2025

Man holds up photo of victim of police-involved shooting

Mothers of NYC police-involved shooting victims urge top cop Tisch to fire lieutenant behind 2019 killing

Posted on May 12, 2025

The victim, 31-year-old Fode Bamba, was pronounced dead at St. Barnabas Hospital, according to the NYPD.

Bronx

Man, 20, arrested in fatal Mother’s Day stabbing in the Bronx: NYPD

Posted on May 12, 2025

suspect wearing gray shirt and blue jeans who allegedly attacked a man on a Brookylyn bus

Brooklyn

70-year-old man struck in the face by stranger on Brooklyn bus

Posted on May 12, 2025

Police investigate after man stabbed

Wild Manhattan brawl ends with stabbing that leaves man critically wounded

Posted on May 12, 2025

Scene where Staten Island cops were fired upon by gunman

Staten Island cops hospitalized after gunman opens fire on them during traffic stop

Posted on May 12, 2025

police at a crime scene after a man was fatally stabbed in Brooklyn

Brooklyn

Brooklyn shuttle bus stabbing leaves man dead in horrific daytime attack

Posted on May 11, 2025

Police at crime scene in SoHo

Queens

Queens cops seek suspect behind deadly stabbing at street corner

Posted on May 11, 2025

Police investigate double shooting scene in the Bronx

Bronx

Double shooting in the Bronx leaves man dead, woman wounded: cops

Posted on May 11, 2025

Hero officer with dog adopted after East River rescue

NYPD cop who saved dog from cold waters of East River adopts pup to ‘bring my baby home’

Posted on May 11, 2025

Queens rape suspect accused of sexually abusing girl

Queens

Queens rape suspect accused of repeatedly abusing 14-year-old girl at church may have other victims: cops

Posted on May 10, 2025

Cops at scene of Queens shooting

Lower Manhattan

Man shot dead at Lower Manhattan public housing complex near NYPD headquarters

Posted on May 10, 2025

The NYPD released Surveillance images of two of the alleged suspects wanted in connection with the May 5 shooting.

Bronx

Bronx cops seek five suspects after 20-year-old shot in hip during dispute

Posted on May 9, 2025

Surveillance footage shows the four alleged suspects involved in a series of robberies and assaults targeting cab drivers across Manhattan and Queens.

Cops seek alleged passenger robbery crew after 19 cab drivers targeted across Manhattan

Posted on May 9, 2025

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Bronx

Driver who allegedly killed beloved Bronx football coach during pileup turns himself in

Posted on May 8, 2025

Queens

A police cadet stabbed in Queens achieves dream of becoming NYPD officer two years later: ‘I never saw myself as being a hero’

Posted on May 8, 2025

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Politics

Mayor Adams applauds new state budget that expands involuntary commitment powers for those with mental illness

Posted on May 8, 2025

Police arrest Columbia University protesters

Columbia University turmoil: Secretary of State Rubio threatens to deport protesters after 80 arrests for occupying library

Posted on May 8, 2025

Midtown protesters clash with conservative gala attendees honoring Trump-loving billionaire

Midtown protesters rage on outside posh conservative think tank’s gala saluting billionaire who backed Trump; three arrested

Posted on May 8, 2025

Police officer in Times Square investigating arson attack

NYPD says crime dropped in April, but murders and shootings increased for the month

Posted on May 7, 2025

Animal rights activists protest pigeon poaching in NYC

All ‘fowled’ up: Animal rights activists sound the alarm over NYC pigeon poaching after bird-napper’s arrest

Posted on May 7, 2025

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Brooklyn

‘Boardwalk Empire’ actor Michael Pitt arrested in Brooklyn on various sex abuse charges

Posted on May 7, 2025

Cops at scene of Queens shooting

Brooklyn

Shooting at Brooklyn nail salon leaves man wounded, perp on run: cops

Posted on May 7, 2025

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Photos

Photo Perspective: Months of New York protests captured on film

Posted on May 7, 2025

Police are searching for a green-haired psycho who physically and verbally assaulted a 73-year-old woman aboard a Midtown train last week.

Midtown Manhattan

Green-haired psycho in Midtown assaults and menaces 73-year-old straphanger: cops

Posted on May 7, 2025

Suspects in Times Square assault on cops

Times Square assault on cops: Tisch says controversial gang database leads to more arrests

Posted on May 6, 2025

suspects, both wearing black jackets, who allegedlty damaged train doors

Mask-wearing vandals in the Bronx go on subway door demolition derby: cops

Posted on May 6, 2025

More from around NYC

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Bronx and UK barbers swap shops

Bowlers at the now-defunct Woodhaven Lanes, which closed in May 2008.

Rolling the bowling ball down memory lane in greater Ridgewood: Our Neighborhood, The Way it Was

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Cops search for man who assaulted bus driver with wrench in Red Hook

Fans enjoy Pride Night at Citi Field in 2023.

New York City’s pro sports teams gear up for Pride Month