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NYPD detectives at a crime scene

Manhattan woman stabbed dead in front of apartment building during domestic dispute: cops

Posted on May 20, 2024

firefighters putting out a house fire on Staten Island

Courts

Here’s why four FDNY firefighters critically injured in Staten Island blaze are suing NYC

Posted on May 20, 2024

Demonstrator arrested at Brooklyn protest

Brooklyn

Brooklyn protest fallout: Mayor Adams says there will be review of NYPD actions, Public Advocate Williams condemns ‘aggression’

Posted on May 20, 2024

photos of houses in day time in the Bronx

Bronx

Bronx double shooting leaves one man dead, another injuried

Posted on May 20, 2024

Police at scene of Brooklyn shooting

Brooklyn woman shot at bus stop as probe continues into deadly weekend shootings

Posted on May 20, 2024

Pro-Palestine protester handcuffed by cops in Brooklyn

Brooklyn

Brooklyn pols concerned about ‘aggressive response’ by NYPD after videos of arrests at pro-Palestine march

Posted on May 19, 2024

Crime scene unit members in Brooklyn check shooting scene

Brooklyn

Man in Brooklyn shot dead in borough’s second homicide in five hours: cops

Posted on May 19, 2024

Bronx armed robbers who shot man

Bronx

Four Bronx robbers ambush man, shoot him while trying to steal fanny pack: cops

Posted on May 19, 2024

Silhouette of Brooklyn firefighter battling blaze

Brooklyn

Two-alarm Brooklyn fire displaces more than a dozen apartment residents

Posted on May 19, 2024

Police at shooting scene

Brooklyn

Brooklyn double shooting leaves man dead, another wounded in precinct with soaring murder, shooting rates

Posted on May 19, 2024

Man in hooded sweatshirt who groped girl in Brooklyn

Brooklyn

Brooklyn creep groped 9-year-old girl on street as she walked to school

Posted on May 18, 2024

A police officer at a crime scene.

Man in Manhattan stabbed, critically wounded in early morning attack

Posted on May 18, 2024

Cops cuff homeless man who suckered punched actor Steve Buscemi

Posted on May 17, 2024

Police cuffed Friday 19-year-old Henry Thomas who allegedly gunned down a 16-year-old boy outside a school in Soho last week, authorities said.

Soho

Babyface teen cuffed for fatal shooting of 16-year-old boy outside Manhattan school

Posted on May 17, 2024

brooklyn supreme court contractor bushwick wall collapse

Brooklyn Paper

Contractor convicted of criminally-negligent manslaughter after 5-year-old killed by crumbling wall

Courts

Judge considers dismissing indictment against Alec Baldwin in fatal shooting of cinematographer

Posted on May 17, 2024

Police from the 48th Precinct are searching for the crook who slashed a man after having engaged in a dispute while on board a BX15 bus in Belmont on April 27.

Bronx Times

Man slashed in Belmont following dispute with passenger on BX15 bus: NYPD

Southbound 5 trains pass through the Gun Hill Road subway station in the Bronx on Tuesday, July 25, 2023.

Bronx Times

Bronx cops save man who fell into train tracks after medical episode

City Council Speaker Adrienne Adams.

Politics

‘Not a good look’: Speaker Adams says cops tell her they’re ’embarassed’ by NYPD brass’ social media use

Posted on May 16, 2024

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Politics

Candid cameras: NYC retail shops can start sharing security footage directly with NYPD under pilot

Posted on May 16, 2024

men in suits at a podium discussing social workers at NYPD police stations in NYC

Politics

Why City Council members want to put a social worker in every NYPD precinct

Posted on May 16, 2024

The scene of a six-car wreck on the Gowanus Expressway

One dead in six-car pileup on Gowanus Expressway

Posted on May 16, 2024

Brooklyn intersection in the daytime showing buildings and cars

Brooklyn

Creep grabbed woman’s butt in Brooklyn apartment building: cops

Posted on May 16, 2024

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EXCLUSIVE | One-on-one with DA Bragg on battling sex crimes and domestic violence in Manhattan

Posted on May 16, 2024

Police at Queens shooting scene

Queens

Queens girl, 12, recovering after being shot during melee; gunman still at large

Posted on May 16, 2024

On May 10, Saint Barnabas Health System — in conjunction with the NYPD Sports Unit, Giants linebacker Kayvon Thibodeaux and the New York City Board of Education — hosted its second annual “Youth Football Camp” at Lehman College.

Bronx Times

‘A day they will always remember’: NFL stars head to the Bronx for annual youth football camp

Necklace thief suspect in Manhattan

Queens

Necklace thief targets women in Queens and Manhattan: cops

Posted on May 15, 2024

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

Randall’s Island rapist convicted of brutal attacks on two females during pre-pandemic summer: DA

Posted on May 15, 2024

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Courts

DoorDash agrees to landmark settlement over discriminatory hiring practices

Posted on May 15, 2024

Courts

The jurors in Trump’s hush money trial are getting a front row seat to history — most of the time

Posted on May 15, 2024

Inside the CUNY Graduate Center occupation, the latest pro-Palestine college demonstration in New York

Posted on May 15, 2024

Parents attend orientation for NYPD Summer Youth Police Academy

NYPD launches Summer Youth Police Academy to help keep young New Yorkers away from crime

Posted on May 15, 2024

FDNY Commissioner Laura Kavanagh speaks about firefighter recruitment campaign to boost diversity

FDNY says ‘All Heroes Welcome’ in new recruitment campaign aiming to diversify firefighter ranks

Posted on May 14, 2024

exterior of school in Manhattan that had an assault

Hell’s Kitchen

Manhattan high school stabbing: Two students attack each other during brawl, police say

Posted on May 14, 2024

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1 in 5 NYC Asian Americans have been assaulted: New database helps raise awareness about AAPI hate in the city

Posted on May 14, 2024

east river near bushwick inlet park

Brooklyn Paper

Police recover body from East River near Bushwick Inlet Park after man reportedly dove into water

An officer at a crime scene

Bronx neighborhood saw two violent slashings hours apart: cops

Posted on May 14, 2024

Fentanyl, cocaine and cash that was seized from a Bronx apartment displayed on a table

Bronx

Bronx arrest warrant leads cops to 25-pound stash of fentanyl and cocaine in apartment

Posted on May 13, 2024

Suspect involved in East Harlem rape attempt at Verizon store

East Harlem rape attempt: Man attacks young Verizon worker inside store in brazen daytime incident

Posted on May 13, 2024

Alleged Queens squatter Brian Rodriguez walking with mother in court

Courts

New York’s most infamous squatter has Queens criminal case adjourned until July

Posted on May 13, 2024

outside of a building in Harlem, Manhattan

Person in custody following deadly stabbing in Manhattan on Mother’s Day

Posted on May 13, 2024

intersection of Rutland Road and E. 98 Street in Brooklyn

Teen in Brooklyn hit with attempted murder charges for shooting up stores

Posted on May 13, 2024

Queens doctor as auxiliary cop

People

The good doctor: Queens man does double duty as ER physician and auxiliary cop

Posted on May 13, 2024

Steve Buscemi recovering after being punched in random Manhattan attack

Posted on May 12, 2024

Firefighters battle Mother's Day fire on roof of Harlem building

Harlem

Mother’s Day Harlem fire rips through apartment building, injures three residents: FDNY

Posted on May 12, 2024

Mother’s Day on Rikers Island: New kid-friendly visitation space opens with help of a Manhattan museum

Posted on May 12, 2024

Queens subway slashing suspect carrying Grubhub bag

Queens

Queens subway slasher with Grubhub bag slices woman on E train: cops

Posted on May 12, 2024

Police say they are searching for a gunman who fired wildly into a Brooklyn Street on Saturday night, hospitalizing a bystander.

Brooklyn

Brooklyn bystander wounded in random shooting: cops

Posted on May 12, 2024

More from around NYC

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Manhattan man sentenced to 6 years for running over NYPD officer in Bronx after high-speed chase

Boris Production

Boris Production ends 30-year run with storewide closing sale in Forest Hills

cypress hills park shooting

Two teens shot in Cypress Hills park in Brooklyn’s third double shooting in as many days

A picture depicting the late Pope Francis and Pope Leo XIV prior to his election is displayed as Bishop Edinson Edgardo Farfan Cordova speaks during a press conference, following the election of Pope Leo XIV, in Chiclayo, Peru, May 9, 2025.

Thoughts on popes, old and new — and their surprises on LGBTQ issues