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A distressed man shut down service on the Williamsburg Bridge on Friday morning.

Brooklyn Paper

Man in distress shuts down traffic on Williamsburg Bridge: NYPD

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Brooklyn Paper

NYPD tow truck driver arrested after fatally striking 7-year-old boy in Fort Greene

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QNS

Investigation into discovery of human remains at Hillcrest bank reclassified as homicide: NYPD

Nation

Amid massive search for mass killing suspect, Maine residents remain behind locked doors

Posted on October 27, 2023

Queens

George Santos faces arraignment on new fraud indictment in New York

Posted on October 27, 2023

The suspect (left) allegedly harassed the victim near the Utica Ave/Flatlands Ave bus stop in Brooklyn on Tuesday morning in a hate crime.

Police investigating anti-LGBTQ hate crime aboard Brooklyn bus

Posted on October 26, 2023

Students, faculty, parents, and police are at odds over an alleged antisemitic incident that took place inside Cooper Union College on Oct. 26.

Tensions fly over differing accounts of Cooper Union protest that left Jewish students ‘captive’

Posted on October 26, 2023

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Brooklyn Paper

7-year-old boy hit and killed by NYPD tow truck in Fort Greene

Police outside Brooklyn deli near where man was shot

Brooklyn

Man in Brooklyn shot in groin at street corner; suspects at large, police say

Posted on October 26, 2023

Politics

Massacre in Maine: At least 16 dead, communities on lockdown as mass shooter remains at large

Posted on October 26, 2023

Courts

Trump is fined $10,000 over a comment he made outside court in his New York civil fraud trial

Posted on October 25, 2023

According to the investigation, officer Grace Rosa Baez, 37, and Cesar Martinez, 43, who lived in Yonkers, had “numerous conversations” about wholesale narcotics trafficking.

Bronx Times

Bronx cop, boyfriend arrested in Yonkers on fentanyl and heroin distribution charges

Brooklyn

War in Israel | 233 protesters in New York City arrested in 17 days, NYPD says

Posted on October 25, 2023

Mexzzarella Pizza, located at 553 Soundview Ave., was the site of an alleged drug trafficking scheme.

Bronx Times

‘Cooking up more than just pizza’: Three arrested as feds seize $4M worth of drugs out of Soundview pizzeria

Harlem

SEE IT: Hero cop in Manhattan weeps after daring rescue of suicidal man from Riverside Drive overpass

Posted on October 25, 2023

Courts

Donald Trump’s lawyers question Michael Cohen in the former president’s civil business fraud trial

Posted on October 25, 2023

Elmhurst

QNS

Shirtless youth smashes R train rider with chair at Elmhurst subway station: NYPD

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Brooklyn Paper

18-year-old arrested in connection to Sumner Houses murder: NYPD

Israel

War in Israel | Hate crimes surge in NYC amidst Middle Eastern conflict

Posted on October 25, 2023

Arts & Entertainment

New report from PEN America documents vast book bannings in US prisons

Posted on October 25, 2023

Midtown hate crime suspect Christopher D'Aguiar arrested and escorted by police

Hater locked up: Alleged bigot in Midtown assault cuffed for punching woman ‘because she is Jewish’

Posted on October 24, 2023

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Brooklyn Paper

East New York apartment fire injures 12, with 2 in serious condition: FDNY

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QNS

‘A pillar of our community’: Candlelight vigil commemorates beloved school crossing guard who died in the line of duty

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QNS

Moped-riding crooks sought in pair of chain-snatching incidents in Ridgewood, Richmond Hill: NYPD

Malayshia Ervin (left Detective Samantha Villacis reunited on Oct. 23.

Brooklyn

Brooklyn cops help homeless couple deliver baby on the side of Ocean Parkway

Posted on October 24, 2023

170 York Avenue in Crown Heights, Brooklyn.

Brooklyn

Man fatally shot in stairwell of Brooklyn apartment building: cops

Posted on October 24, 2023

Charlie Benaim has been posted in Israel for the past 16 years where he has served as the NYPD liaison between the region and the Big Apple.

Israel

War in Israel | NYPD Liaison stationed in Middle East talks counterterrorism

Posted on October 23, 2023

transgender rights

Transgender rights activists demand fair treatment from NY State Sheriffs

Posted on October 23, 2023

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QNS

Cops seek six suspects in Kew Gardens Hills home invasion that left resident critically injured

firefighter with e-bike on scene of fire

Brooklyn Paper

Fire breaks out in Sunset Park storage facility where ‘hundreds’ of e-bikes and batteries were kept: FDNY

Officer Ramon Santos fought to have his friend Officer Richard Lopez remembered with a street renaming in the Bronx

Bronx

Richard Lopez Way: How one Bronx cop fought to have his friend remembered following 9/‌11-related cancer death

Posted on October 23, 2023

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Brooklyn

Man found dead in Brooklyn with apparent injuries from falling: cops

Posted on October 23, 2023

This man is wanted for shooting another man outside a gentleman's club in Queens.

Queens

Cops seek shooter who injured man outside Queens gentleman’s club

Posted on October 23, 2023

Police are searching for a woman who kicked and yelled slurs at another woman on a 7 train in Queens.

Cops searching for woman who kicked, yelled slurs at victim on 7 train in Queens

Posted on October 22, 2023

Bronx shooting suspect on scooter

Bronx

Bronx scooter-riding gunman who shot teen still at large: cops

Posted on October 22, 2023

Politics

Donald Trump in court: Defendant tries to leverage fraud trial for attention as Republican presidential front-runner

Posted on October 21, 2023

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Brooklyn

Pair cuffed in Brooklyn hate crime linked to Israel-Hamas conflict; seven other suspects sought, NYPD reports

Posted on October 21, 2023

Queens murder suicide victim wheeled out by medical examiner's team

Queens

Queens couple found shot dead in apparent murder-suicide: NYPD

Posted on October 21, 2023

Council Members Kevin Riley (center) and Carmen De La Rosa (left) at rally to close Rikers Island in City Hall Park, which a new commission will study.

New commission formed to update plan to close Rikers by 2027

Posted on October 20, 2023

Quincy James Davis allegedly killed a 26-year-old woman and injured her 35-year-old boyfriend following a dispute over a parking spot in the parking lot of a Bedford-Stuyvesant Home Depot.

Man indicted for murder in dispute over parking spot in Brooklyn

Posted on October 20, 2023

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Brooklyn Paper

Bed-Stuy man charged with murder for killing of activist Ryan Carson: DA

NYPD Counterterrorism Unit patrols the area outside of the Jacob Javits Center during this weekend’s New York Comic Con, looking to stop hate crimes.

NYC remains on high alert as hate crimes rise in wake of Israel–Hamas conflict

Posted on October 20, 2023

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QNS

Manhattan man charged with hate crime assault in South Richmond Hill attack: NYPD

Woodhaven

QNS

School crossing guard killed after getting fatally struck by dump truck driver near Woodhaven/‌Ozone Park border: NYPD

Midtown subway shoving suspect Sabir Jones

Midtown Manhattan

Midtown subway shove suspect awaiting extradition from New Jersey following arrest: NYPD

Posted on October 20, 2023

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Brooklyn Paper

City backtracks on key commitments for new 15-story, 1,040-bed Boerum Hill jail, locals say

Queens

QNS

Four members of Queens-based prostitution ring convicted of sex trafficking of young girls: Feds

Police in Queens at the scene of a shooting

Queens

Gunman wounds man in Queens neighborhood’s second shooting in as many days: NYPD

Posted on October 19, 2023

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KORA in Sunnyside crowned Queens’ best bakery by the Queens Chamber of Commerce

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Affordable housing lottery opens at Williamsburg Wharf waterfront tower

Andry Hernandez Romero, who was held for months in an El Salvador prison after the US alleged he was a member of the Tren de Aragua gang, talks with friends at his home following his release, in Tachira, Venezuela July 23, 2025.

Andry Hernández Romero, gay asylum seeker, released from notorious prison in El Salvador