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NYPD cordoned off the crime scene where a body was found in a children's playground in Central Park.

Washington Heights

Riverside Park murder: Police piece together how son allegedly killed his mother in gruesome fashion

Posted on July 17, 2024

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QNS

AG James announces dismantling of Queens-based ghost gun trafficking operation

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Brooklyn Paper

Council Member Susan Zhuang, others arrested at protest against Brooklyn homeless shelter

man in Brooklyn subway station wearing blue hat and orange shirt

Subway-riding thief snatches woman’s necklace on Brooklyn train

Posted on July 17, 2024

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Brooklyn Paper

Clinton Hill duo jailed for swindling $227k from 94-year-old neighbor

two men standing near bikes in Brooklyn

Man stabbed while 2 perps harass his girlfriend on Brooklyn street

Posted on July 17, 2024

a pile of illegal drugs found in the Bronx stamped with the word Playboy

Bronx

Feds, local cops find 20-pound stash of narcotics including heroin, fentanyl in Bronx apartment

Posted on July 16, 2024

Truck crash

Bronx

Bronx truck crash leaves two drivers injured: police

Posted on July 16, 2024

Courts

Sen. Bob Menendez convicted of all charges, including accepting bribes paid in cash, gold and a car

Posted on July 16, 2024

Medical Examiner's team transport body of man who leapt off Midtown hotel building

Midtown Manhattan

Man leaps to his death from swanky Midtown hotel: cops

Posted on July 16, 2024

Families mourn victims of July 4 drunk driving crash

Lower Manhattan

Families of two July 4 drunk driving crash victims raising funds online to help pay for medical and funeral expenses

Posted on July 16, 2024

Man who tried to abduct child from Queens school

Queens

Cops backtrack on report of man who tried to abduct child from Queens daycare center, investigation shows no wrong doing

Posted on July 16, 2024

Police in Brooklyn at scene where man was shot dead

Brooklyn

Man in Brooklyn shot dead during argument near dollar store: cops

Posted on July 16, 2024

Police vehicle in Brooklyn

Teen scooter rider killed in Upper East Side collision

Posted on July 15, 2024

NYPD cordoned off the crime scene where a body was found in a children's playground in Central Park.

Riverside Park death: Son charged for pushing mother to death off embankment

Posted on July 15, 2024

Police are searching for this suspect who allegedly shot a man on Kingston Avenue in Brooklyn on July 10, 2024.

Brooklyn man survives barrage of bullets as cops seek shooter

Posted on July 15, 2024

commercial stretch of a Bronx street in the daytime

Bronx

Bronx double stabbing leaves one dead, another injured

Posted on July 15, 2024

Steve Cruz

People

How ‘CopWatch Steve’ has been holding police accountable with his camera

Posted on July 15, 2024

Police investigate after man stabbed

Bronx

Bronx man killed, woman injured in double shooting outside apartment building

Posted on July 14, 2024

The family and friends of Yazmeen Williams, who was found dead in a sleeping bag in Kips Bay last week, remembered her as a loving person with lofty ambitions during a tearful vigil on Saturday night.

‘She was loved’: Manhattan vigil honors young woman murdered at apartment complex

Posted on July 14, 2024

brooklyn police officer guards crime scene after man was shot

Brooklyn

Brooklyn man shot dead at public housing complex; cops seek killer

Posted on July 14, 2024

Donald Trump with secret service agents after assassination attempt

Politics

Trump assassination attempt: Suspect identified, former president will head to Milwaukee convention as planned

Posted on July 14, 2024

Fire Commissioner Laura Kavanagh

Politics

Fire Commissioner Laura Kavanagh stepping down from post, FDNY confirms

Posted on July 13, 2024

Police at shooting scene

Killer behind deadly Tompkins Square Park shooting still at large: cops

Posted on July 13, 2024

Suspect who stabbed man in Brooklyn

Brooklyn

Brooklyn suspect violently stabbed man inside apartment building: cops

Posted on July 13, 2024

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QNS

Beaches in the Rockaways closed to swimmers Thursday afternoon after sharks were spotted at three locations: NYPD

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QNS

Chilling video of South Jamaica mom’s murder re-released in hopes of sparking new leads before case goes cold: NYPD

A man was shot in the upper right chest at 265 Kingston Avenue.

Brooklyn Paper

Police searching for gunman who left victim with multiple gunshot wounds in Brooklyn

Chad Irish, the wheelchair-bound man who allegedly killed Yazmeen Williams in Kips Bay last week and dumped her body in the trash, remained defiant on Wednesday night as he was officially charged with murder.

Alleged wheelchair-bound killer who dumped woman’s body in Kips Bay remains defiant after being charged with murder

Posted on July 11, 2024

man in the bronx wearing blue shirt, black pants

Bronx

Cops look for perp involved in Bronx Fourth of July shooting

Posted on July 11, 2024

Police arrested criminals

Brooklyn

Exclusive: JFK postal workers arrested for check-cashing scheme in Brooklyn police takedown

Posted on July 10, 2024

EMS transports 32-year-old police recruit Edgar Ordonez away, while police and officials hold their hands over their hearts.

Bronx

NYPD recruit dies in the Bronx while training days before graduation: sources

Posted on July 10, 2024

crew

QNS

NYPD searching for burglary crew that targeted nearly 30 laundromats in Queens and others in Brooklyn and the Bronx

LIC Post

Six defendants arraigned for attacking police officers in Long Island City last month: DA

Police crime scene tape.

Midtown Manhattan

Cops search for perp from bloody Midtown bar brawl

Posted on July 10, 2024

100 new US dollar bills on black background

Brooklyn Paper

Money malpractice: Ex-SUNY physician charged with grand larceny for million-dollar theft to support ‘lavish lifestyle’

Police

Unsuspecting neighbors held door for suspect as he dragged victim out of Kips Bay apartment building

Posted on July 9, 2024

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Bronx Times

Bronx Defenders union authorizes potential strike

crack

QNS

Law enforcement ghost car crackdowns continue with dozens of vehicles seized on Whitestone Bridge: MTA

Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg announces conviction of Randall's Island rapist

Washington Heights

Alleged animal abuser indicted, after tossing, burning puppy in Manhattan: DA

Posted on July 9, 2024

Courts

NYC prosecutors intend to bring new sexual assault charges against Harvey Weinstein ahead of retrial

Posted on July 9, 2024

Brooklyn

Man shot in Brooklyn during road rage incident: cops

Posted on July 9, 2024

A man was stabbed to death in Midtown on Tuesday morning in front of a hotel turned supportive housing complex, authorities said.

Midtown Manhattan

Man cuffed for stabbing fellow Times Square supportive housing resident to death: cops

Posted on July 9, 2024

Kips Bay locals brutally beat the man on Monday accused of killing a woman and dumping her body in the trash.

‘Kill him’: Kips Bay locals pummel man who allegedly killed woman and tossed her body in trash

Posted on July 8, 2024

NYPD crime scene unit members at Brooklyn shooting scene

Brooklyn

Man found stabbed to death in Brooklyn building

Posted on July 8, 2024

A human body wrapped in trash bags and covered in flies was found Friday on a Kips Bay street, police said.

Dead woman found in trash bags on Kips Bay Street was murdered: cops

Posted on July 8, 2024

Police brass say they are continuing to zero-in on criminals bringing weapons into the subway system as NYPD’s Chief of Transit rails against recidivism after three people were slashed at a Queens station last month.

Police brass say recidivism remains ongoing problem with subway crime

Posted on July 8, 2024

police photo of many wearing T-shirt and green pants wanted for assault on uptown A train

Bigot beats up man, makes anti-LGBTQ slurs aboard uptown A train

Posted on July 8, 2024

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settlement

Thousands of Bronx immigrants may be entitled to part of class action civil rights settlement

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Far Rockaway housing lottery offers five $2,800 two-bedrooms, apply by June 4

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Fish Cheeks expands to Williamsburg, bringing cultural celebrations to new nabe

Heritage of Pride's banner leads the 2024 NYC Pride march.

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