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The NYPD vs. FDNY basketball game took place on Jan. 26 at the Barclays Center.

Sports

NYPD and FDNY square off at Barclays Center in annual charity basketball game

Posted on January 29, 2025

Police are hunting for two gun-wielding suspects who mugged a teen boy inside a Bronx subway station on Monday in the latest act of crime in the bowels of the Big Apple.

NYC subway crime: Teen robbed at gunpoint on Bronx 6 train, cops say

Posted on January 29, 2025

Scene of Brooklyn shooting where man was killed

Brooklyn

Brooklyn shootings: Man shot dead three hours after teen slain in bloody day for borough

Posted on January 29, 2025

Scene of slashing in Manhattan court

Manhattan courtroom slashing leaves two men hospitalized, seven suspects in custody

Posted on January 28, 2025

Police are investigating a shooting in Brooklyn that left one teen dead and another injured.

Brooklyn

Cops seek suspect who fatally shot teen, injured another in Brooklyn

Posted on January 28, 2025

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Bronx Times

City confirms 2,200-bed South Bronx shelter will open in February despite opposition during heated meeting

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Brooklyn Paper

‘We are not just files’: 115 new sexual assault lawsuits filed against juvenile detention centers in New York City

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QNS

Two gunmen sought in fatal shooting of Queens Village man at Cunningham Heights complex Monday: NYPD

Additional NYPD officers in the subways

EXCLUSIVE: Inside the NYPD’s first full-fledged overnight subway surge of cops riding the trains

Posted on January 28, 2025

ICE raid in Bronx in which suspected undocumented person was arrested

Bronx

ICE raid: Bronx ‘criminal alien’ arrested on kidnapping charge as Trump Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem attends early morning sting

Posted on January 28, 2025

Manhattan subway attack suspect arrested and smiling for pushing woman into moving train

Harlem

Manhattan subway attack: Deranged man says voices in his head made him push woman into moving train

Posted on January 28, 2025

Man arrested during NYPD toll evasion operation amid congestion pricin

Brooklyn

Heavy toll: NYPD, city agencies crack down on drivers evading congestion pricing and tunnel payments

Posted on January 27, 2025

Police at scene where Brooklyn man was shot

Brooklyn man shot near apartment building in broad daylight attack: cops

Posted on January 27, 2025

Bus crash in Midtown claimed worker's life

Midtown Manhattan

Worker dies in Midtown after MTA bus crashes into boom lift

Posted on January 27, 2025

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QNS

‘Operation Frostbite’ dismantles Flushing drug trafficking ring, indicts four: DA

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Bronx Times

South Bronx shelter plan sparks outrage as residents and officials push back

A mentally disturbed man in obvious need of medical assistance was left wallowing in his own filth on a Manhattan subway on Sunday while also sending straphangers running in panic — a reminder of the city's continued struggle to address the severely mentally ill in the subway system. (Part of image blurred for content)

NYC subway riders shaken by mentally ill man’s filthy breakdown on 6 train, caught on camera

Posted on January 26, 2025

Brooklyn shooting scene

Brooklyn

Woman wounded in early-morning Brooklyn shooting near laundromat

Posted on January 26, 2025

Police at crime scene

Queens

Queens stabbing leaves man dead, teenager in custody, in dispute with family who sublet room to victim

Posted on January 26, 2025

Queens rape attempt suspect with handkerchief

Queens

Queens rape attempt: Chilling surveillance video shows suspect with handkerchief used to subdue woman

Posted on January 26, 2025

Some two hundred firefighters battled a four-alarm fire at 335 Graham Ave. in Williamsburg, Brooklyn on Jan. 25, 2025.

Brooklyn

Ferocious four-alarm Brooklyn fire leaves numerous families displaced

Posted on January 26, 2025

Rape attempt suspect in Queens

Queens

Creep in Queens who attempted to rape woman still at large

Posted on January 25, 2025

Suspect in Manhattan golf club assault at subway station

Brute hits woman’s head with golf club in Lower Manhattan subway station assault

Posted on January 25, 2025

Brooklyn police officer

Brooklyn

Brooklyn woman stabbed dead in apartment building; person of interest questioned

Posted on January 25, 2025

Brian Dowling pictured being escorted by detectives from the 81st Precinct in Bed-Stuy on Oct. 5, 2023.

Brooklyn Paper

Bed-Stuy man pleads guilty to fatal stabbing of activist Ryan Carson

Detectives from the 83 Precinct and Homicide Detectives investigate a fatal stabbing at 1124 Halsey Street in Bushwick, Brooklyn on January. 23, 2025.

Brooklyn

Suspects sought for fatally stabbing a man on Brooklyn street

Posted on January 24, 2025

The unhinged man who allegedly went on a slashing spree inside of Grand Central Station on Christmas Eve was indicted on Thursday afternoon.

Courts

Suspect in Christmas Eve slashing spree at Grand Central indicted for rampage

Posted on January 23, 2025

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QNS

Creedmoor campus killer arraigned Thursday for murder of fellow patient; NYPD reveals unexpected cause of death

Jaia Cruz, accused of fatally stabbing a postal worker in Harlem earlier this month, pleaded not guilty during a chaotic Thursday court hearing that saw some audience members ejected as emotions ran high.

Lower Manhattan

Harlem deli stabbing: Self-defense claim shocks court as transgender woman indicted for postal worker’s murder

Posted on January 23, 2025

Site of new Chinatown jail

Politics

Chinatown jail could not be completed until 2032 — five years after 2027 Rikers closure date

Posted on January 23, 2025

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Bronx Times

Rep. Torres introduces bill targeting slumlords; requires heat sensors in federally subsidized buildings

These suspects are wanted for robbing a man on the F train in Brooklyn.

Brooklyn

Group of suspects robs man on early-morning train in Brooklyn: cops

Posted on January 23, 2025

Brooklyn protesters arrested at subway station in demonstration over Robert Brooks' death

Brooklyn

Protesters storm Brooklyn subway station, wind up in handcuffs while demanding justice for Robert Brooks

Posted on January 23, 2025

NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch criticizes laws allowing dangerous criminals to remain on the streets during a press conference Wednesday.

NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch calls for laws to be changed to prevent repeat offenders from walking the streets

Posted on January 22, 2025

Mayor Eric Adams touted on Wednesday that over the course of his administration, the NYPD has taken some 20,000 illegal guns off the streets of the city as he heads into reelection season.

Mayor touts that NYPD has removed 20,000 illegal guns off city streets throughout his administration

Posted on January 22, 2025

Surveillance photos of the suspect wanted for stabbing a man on the train in Manhattan.

Suspect sought for stabbing man several times on Morningside Heights subway

Posted on January 22, 2025

Brooklyn Paper

Frozen hydrants, freezing temps challenge firefighters in Brooklyn rescue

FILE - Police at a Brooklyn crime scene

Brooklyn

Man found dead in the back of Brooklyn cab following robbery: cops

Posted on January 22, 2025

suspect who slashed upper west side tourist

Upper West Side

Suspect who allegedly slashed Upper West Side tourist last year indicted for attempted murder

Posted on January 21, 2025

Mayor Adams and NYPD Chief talk about enhanced NYC subway safety efforts

NYC subway safety: Enhanced overnight NYPD patrols begin as Mayor Adams outlines state-backed security strategy

Posted on January 21, 2025

Cops arrested 19-year-old Andrew Pashinins for shoving a man onto a Brooklyn Subway track last month.

Brooklyn

Teenager who allegedly pushed Brooklyn straphanger on to subway tracks claimed victim ‘said mean things’ about him

Posted on January 21, 2025

Jan. 6 protesters at the U.S. Capitol

Politics

These New Yorkers arrested and prosecuted for roles in Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection pardoned by President Trump

Posted on January 21, 2025

Site of deadly Queens stabbing

Queens

Patient charged in deadly stabbing at Queens psychiatric hospital

Posted on January 21, 2025

Brooklyn Paper

Firefighters tackle two-alarm fire amid arctic chill in Brooklyn

The lawsuit alleges that 1StopBedrooms charged exorbitant cancellation fees, falsely promoted “hassle-free” 30-day returns, and failed to provide refunds or exchanges for damaged products.

Brooklyn Paper

Brooklyn-based furniture store 1StopBedrooms sued by AG James over alleged consumer fraud

Firefighters battle Queens fire

Queens

Queens apartment fire leaves eight people injured, residents left in freezing cold

Posted on January 20, 2025

Subway train in Queens

Queens

Woman found dead on Queens subway train over the weekend: cops

Posted on January 20, 2025

NYPD and Brooklyn theater group collaborate

Brooklyn

NYPD, Brooklyn theater group founded after killing of Eric Garner celebrates decade partnership

Posted on January 19, 2025

More from around NYC

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New York Public Library After School program receives $10 million investment from The Gottesman Fund

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Two alleged gun traffickers held without bail for transporting weapons, drugs from Georgia to southeast Queens: DA

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Locals largely condemn proposed Coney Island casino at final public hearing

The New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene's offices in Long Island City, Queens.

Mpox cases continue to climb in New York City