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Politics

What crime problem? NYC is safer than its been in 25 years, NYPD stats show, despite Trump threats of federal takeover

Posted on August 13, 2025

Police in Astoria fatally shot and killed an allegedly knife-wielding man during an encounter in April. State Sen. Kristen Gonzalez and Council Member Tiffany Cában have criticized the police over the incident. Photo: Dean Moses.

QNS

Gonzalez, Cabán criticize NYPD over failing to de-escalate before fatal Astoria shooting

Police officers at scene of Brooklyn shooting holding up photo of confiscated gun

Brooklyn

Brooklyn police shooting: Suspect shot by cops was out on parole after guilty pleas to gun violence, NYPD chief rails

Posted on August 13, 2025

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Brooklyn

Brooklyn police shooting: Cops wound gunman who fired shots near apartment building

Posted on August 12, 2025

crushed vehicle and food cart after crash in Queens

Queens

Carnage in Queens: Three dead, including senior driver, after gruesome crash with food cart

Posted on August 12, 2025

Cops are looking for this suspect who allegedly assaulted an innocent bystander inside the Woodhaven Boulevard subway station for no apparent reason.

QNS

Woman attacks bystander in unprovoked assault at Woodhaven Boulevard subway station: NYPD

Suspect in shirt behind Midtown rape attempt

Midtown Manhattan

Midtown rape attempt: Man chokes out woman on street in heinous early-morning attack

Posted on August 12, 2025

Queens

Q-Teams come to Queens: NYPD unit tackling quality of life issues goes borough wide

Posted on August 11, 2025

A handful of protesters dressed as the Statue of Liberty and Lady Justice were arrested in front of Lower Manhattan’s immigration court Monday in protest of ICE.

‘Give me liberty or give me death’: Anti-ICE protesters dressed as Lady Justice, Statue of Liberty arrested outside of Manhattan Immigration court

Posted on August 11, 2025

Kevin Mares, 25, of East Elmhurst, who was fatally shot in Puerto Rico early Sunday morning, was planning on getting engaged this fall to his girlfriend of six years, Angy Arguello.

QNS

East Elmhurst man killed in shooting while visiting Puerto Rico for Bad Bunny concert

Man in white mask exiting subway turnstile after woman slashed

Lower Manhattan

Man who slashed woman during robbery aboard Lower Manhattan train faces attempted murder charges

Posted on August 10, 2025

Three firefighters were injured while battled a raging four alarm fire in a row of two-story mixed use buildings on Aug. 10 at 114-42 through 114-48 Stuphin Blvd. in South Jamaica.

QNS

Three firefighters injured while battling four-alarm South Jamaica fire: FDNY

Police officer at a Brooklyn subway station

Midtown Manhattan

Man shoved onto Midtown subway tracks in unprovoked attack, NYPD says

Posted on August 10, 2025

Brooklyn

23-year-old killed in early morning shooting on Brooklyn street: cops

Posted on August 10, 2025

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Brooklyn

Brooklyn man shot dead after party dispute: NYPD

Posted on August 10, 2025

child and pallbearers carry casket of Midtown mass shooting victim

Brooklyn

Brooklyn security guard killed in Midtown mass shooting laid to rest as a hometown hero

Posted on August 9, 2025

Police in Times Square stretch crime scene tape after stabbing

Times Square shooting: Teen in custody after gunfire near Raising Cane’s restaurant wounds three

Posted on August 9, 2025

Chaofeng Ge of Flushing was found hanging by the neck while in ICE detention in Central Pennsylvania on the morning of Tuesday, Aug. 5.

QNS

Flushing man found hanging by the neck while in ICE detention in Central Pennsylvania facility

police officer with yellow tape at crime scene where person was stabbed with blood-covered cloth on ground

Adding more police officers doesn’t mean lower crime rates, report says

Posted on August 8, 2025

As a man was detained by ICE, protestors took to the streets to denounce federal agents being at 26 Federal Plaza on Friday morning.

PHOTOS: Protesters gather to denounce federal agents at 26 Federal Plaza

Posted on August 8, 2025

Shaquan Butler was convicted of murder in the fatal beating of his 3-year-old son in the shelter for homeless families at the old Pan American Hotel in Elmhurst in November 2022.

QNS

Elmhurst man faces life in prison for murder of 3-year-old son at family shelter in old Pan American Hotel: DA

Detectives from the 83 Precinct investigate a shooting at Broadway Avenue and Kossuth Place. The victim was left in critical condition.

Brooklyn

Brooklyn shooting leaves one man critically injured

Posted on August 8, 2025

The NYPD held a career day at its police academy in Queens on Thursday for hundreds of young people involved in its summer internship program, which aims to help the most at-risk youth find meaningful career paths.

Queens

NYPD career day at Queens Police Academy aims to connect at-risk youth with professions

Posted on August 8, 2025

A view of Westchester Avenue in the Soundview neighborhood of the Bronx, where police say a masked gunman fatally shot a man outside ExoticWorld Smoke Shop on Aug. 7

Bronx

Masked gunman fatally shoots man in head outside Bronx smoke shop, police say

Posted on August 8, 2025

man bows while being dragged away by ICE agent

ICE in courts: Game of ‘justice roulette’ continues at Federal Plaza as Lander pushes for more legal funding

Posted on August 7, 2025

nypd officer in full uniform holding badge honoring Queens detective

Queens

This Queens detective now wears the badge of a 9/11 hero, keeping his uncle’s legacy alive

Posted on August 7, 2025

Two of the four suspects wanted in connection with a multi-borough necklace-snatching spree between July 9 and Aug. 2,

Group robs six people in multi-borough necklace-snatching spree: NYPD

Posted on August 7, 2025

2025 Mayor’s Race

NYC Mayor’s Race: How each candidate plans to approach policing and crime

Posted on August 7, 2025

police vehicle on darkened block at scene of crime

Queens

Queens shooting leaves man dead at public housing complex, suspect on the run

Posted on August 7, 2025

Police officer at a Brooklyn subway station

Woman slashed aboard Lower Manhattan subway train in bloody robbery: cops

Posted on August 7, 2025

Governor Kathy Hochul makes a discovery announcement.

Politics

New York change to discovery laws take effect in win for prosecutors

Posted on August 6, 2025

two men shake hands near portraits of suspects in border patrol agent shooting

Migrants accused of shooting off-duty Border Patrol agent in Manhattan hit with state charges

Posted on August 6, 2025

A DOT worker came across the skeletal remains of a human along the Jackie Robinson Parkway in Glendale on Wednesday, Aug. 6.

QNS

Human remains found along the Jackie Robinson Parkway in Glendale: NYPD

An Astoria man was sentenced in Brooklyn federal court to more than 16 years in prison for running a Mexican sex trafficking organization for nearly a decade in Queens.

QNS

Astoria leader of family-run Mexican sex trafficking organization sentenced to more than 16 years in prison: Feds

Harlem's 32nd Precinct hosted a huge bash for National Night Out.

Harlem

Harlem’s 32nd Precinct National Night Out brings residents, community groups and officers together

Posted on August 6, 2025

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Bronx Times

Grieving family of infant River Wilson alleges negligence in Bronx daycare drowning

An Elmhurst man was remanded into custody without bail on Tuesday after he was arraigned for the murder of his neighbor in a three-family home in Elmhurst on Aug. 3.

QNS

Elmhurst man charged with murder in fatal stabbing of neighbor: NYPD

a carriage horse

Midtown Manhattan

Latest Midtown fatal horse collapse renews ongoing debate over controvercial carriage industry

Posted on August 6, 2025

police vehicle on darkened block at scene of crime

Bronx

Bronx playground brawl leaves 14-year-old boy stabbed to death: cops

Posted on August 6, 2025

a police boat in in the east river by the Brooklyn Bridge.

Police investigating death of woman found floating near Brooklyn Bridge in East River

Posted on August 5, 2025

crown heights man sentenced stabbing

Brooklyn Paper

Brooklyn man sentenced for brutal 2020 break-in and stabbing: DA

police at night with car in front at scene of deadly shooting

Lower East Side

Manhattan shooting: Three wounded, three questioned in gunfire near public housing complex

Posted on August 5, 2025

City Council, advocates celebrate $50 million mental health and safety investment, call on Mayor Adams to prioritize Rikers closure

Posted on August 4, 2025

Dozens of uniformed officers released white balloons into the night sky, Friday to pay tribute to the fallen detective from the 47th precinct in the Bronx, Didarul Islam.

Bronx Times

Local precinct remembers its fallen detective in interfaith memorial

A police officer at a crime scene in Harlem.

New York City has record-low shootings so far in 2025, crime decreasing overall, mayor says

Posted on August 4, 2025

The NYPD’s new quality of life teams along the Coney Island boardwalk.

Brooklyn

Mayor Adams and NYPD expand quality of life teams across Brooklyn after successful pilot

Posted on August 4, 2025

blood on sidewalk after east flatbush shooting

Brooklyn Paper

Bloody scene: Triple shooting in Brooklyn injures three people

A 45-year-old Elmhurst man was found bleeding heavily from multiple stab wounds in a cellar stairwell in the Case Street home.

QNS

Elmhurst man found stabbed to death in cellar of Case Street home: NYPD

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permits

Permits filed for residential building with six units in Van Nest

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.

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

rally for security guard protections

‘Protect the protectors’: Hundreds rally in support of new regulations to protect security guards

Global Black Gay Men Connect's survey will remain open through November.

Survey seeks feedback from Black gay and trans respondents on long-acting PrEP