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Brooklyn

Brooklyn beatdown: Suspect sought for violently attacking man after car crash

Posted on July 12, 2025

A view of Third Avenue under the Gowanus Expressway in Sunset Park, Brooklyn where two pedestrians were killed in a hit-and-run.

Brooklyn

Staten Island man booked in deadly Brooklyn hit-and-run that killed two pedestrians

Posted on July 12, 2025

Relatives of Allan Feliz and supporters marched from NYPD headquarters to City Hall on Friday, calling on Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch to fire the officer who fatally shot Feliz during a 2019 traffic stop in the Bronx.

‘A slap to the face’: Family urges NYPD Commissioner to reverse decision letting officer who killed Bronx man stay on force

Posted on July 11, 2025

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Bronx Times

Displaced Allerton fire victims rally for third time for housing assistance and speedier repairs

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Bronx

Police charge suspect they say fatally stabbed teen and injured another during wild Bronx brawl

Posted on July 11, 2025

William Blount, 60, was found guilty of following Rothschild down the steps of the Queens Plaza subway station on February 24, 2022, before kicking her and then brutally bashing her skull with a hammer some 13 times before making off with her bag.

Queens

Violent felon sentenced to 25 years to life for brutal Queens hammer attack that left victim asking ‘Why me?’

Posted on July 10, 2025

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QNS

Deadly Belt Parkway crash claims lives of Springfield Gardens man and Manhattan mother: NYPD

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Brooklyn Paper

Lucchese crime family captain sentenced to 21 months in prison for long-running illegal gambling biz

A police officer at a Brooklyn shooting scene

NYPD says 31 cops were never qualified to serve, judge temporarily blocks orders for resignations

Posted on July 10, 2025

Police have identified the Bronx teen who died in custody over the weekend as 18-year-old Saniyah Cheatham, but have so far given few details about the circumstances around her death.

Bronx Times

Bronx teen dies in police custody in Longwood

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Brooklyn Paper

June saw significant decline in major felonies and shootings in Brooklyn

Norma Nazario pictured before attending her late son’s high school graduation ceremony, where she accepted his diploma in his honor. (Right) The most recent portrait of Zackery, who died in 2023 while subway surfing at the age of 15.

Her 15-year-old son died subway surfing. Now this Alphabet City mother is taking TikTok and Instagram to court

Posted on July 9, 2025

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Brooklyn Paper

Judge moves to allow removal of Bedford Avenue bike lane, despite warnings from DOT

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QNS

Grandmother is NYC’s first lithium-ion battery fire fatality of 2025 after Flushing pizzeria blaze: FDNY

The family of a man faithfully shot by police during a Bronx traffic stop in 2019 are calling upon Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch to reconsider allowing the cop who pulled the trigger to keep his job.

Family weeps after Police Commissioner Tisch says she won’t fire cop who shot man during Bronx traffic stop

Posted on July 9, 2025

Cops are observed giving chest compressions to the gunshot victims.

Bronx

One dead, second injured in Bronx double shooting: cops

Posted on July 8, 2025

Dozens of masked ICE agents were back in immigration court on Tuesday rapidly vanishing immigrants from their legally mandated court hearings and leaving devastated families in their wake.

‘Where is my daddy?’: ICE separates more families in Lower Manhattan

Posted on July 8, 2025

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Courts

Barnard pledges to tackle antisemitism, discrimination in lawsuit settlement

Posted on July 8, 2025

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QNS

Duo on moped rob 23 people in multi-borough chain-snatching spree: NYPD

A view of Washington Square Park, where a stabbing occurred Monday evening following a dispute between two Brooklyn men, according to police

Greenwich Village

Brooklyn man stabbed with own knife during Washington Square Park altercation: sources

Posted on July 8, 2025

NYPD brass with Mayor Eric Adams and Police Commissioner Edward Caban

Courts

Four former NYPD chiefs say they were forced out after exposing misconduct tied to Mayor Adams’ allies: lawsuits

Posted on July 8, 2025

A homeless man was charged Monday evening in the attempted kidnapping of a six-year-old boy in Coney Island.

Brooklyn

Man charged in Coney Island attempted kidnapping of 6-year-old boy

Posted on July 8, 2025

Police at crime scene in Queens

Bronx

77-year-old Bronx woman found murdered, husband questioned

Posted on July 7, 2025

A view of Stillwell and Surf avenues in Brooklyn’s Coney Island. Police are investigating an alleged attempted abduction of a 6-year-old boy at the intersection on July 6

Brooklyn

Man accused of trying to snatch 6-year-old from Brooklyn street: NYPD

Posted on July 7, 2025

Drone white color flying close-up. taken from below while the sky is clear. 3D Render.

NYPD seeks authority from feds to take down illegal drones

Posted on July 7, 2025

Police are on the hunt for a masked man who scaled a Staten Island apartment building before breaking into a residence and making off with $180,000 in cash.

Staten Island burglar breaks into apartment and makes off with $180,000 inheritance

Posted on July 7, 2025

Bronx mother Tamara Rowe, who was allegedly stabbed to death by her boyfriend during a horrific case of domestic violence last month, is being remembered as a devoted mother of two.

Bronx

‘She was more than how she died’: Bronx mother mourned after brutal killing

Posted on July 7, 2025

This man is wanted for pleasuring himself in front of a teen on a Brooklyn bus.

Brooklyn

Brooklyn bus rider pleasures himself in front of teen: cops

Posted on July 7, 2025

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Bronx

Bronx shooting leaves man critical after bullet passes from neck to head: sources

Posted on July 7, 2025

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Bronx

Police hunt for gunman who shattered man’s femur during Bronx July 4 cookout

Posted on July 7, 2025

NYPD harbor boat with two officers on deck patrolling murky waters of East River

Queens

Man’s decomposing body found aboard boat in the Newtown Creek: NYPD

Posted on July 6, 2025

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

Queens

Queens bar stabbing: Six men sought for attacking victim in early-morning assault

Posted on July 6, 2025

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Queens

Queens stabbing: Man dead, two others hospitalized in early-morning bloodshed

Posted on July 5, 2025

Brooklyn

Brooklyn murder: Man shot dead near closed school, police search for killer

Posted on July 5, 2025

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Brooklyn

Young Brooklyn gang members indicted for terrorizing neighborhood: ‘Their actions endangered entire communities’

Posted on July 4, 2025

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‘Violent theatre of disappearance’: Pols witness aggressive ICE arrests at federal court

Posted on July 3, 2025

Brooklyn

Fourth of July: NYPD Chief of Department John Chell talks ‘all-hands-on-deck’ approach to Macy’s Fireworks Extravaganza security

Posted on July 3, 2025

Detectives investigate a shooting that left a man fatally wounded at 627 Rockaway Parkway

Brooklyn

Man fatally shot in chest outside Brooklyn home, police say

Posted on July 3, 2025

fleet of helicopters flying through blue sky above New York skyline and fireworks spectators

Lone wolf attacks remain a concern amid Fourth of July weekend: NYPD

Posted on July 2, 2025

Woman walking in baby oil shower outside courthouse

Lower Manhattan

Diddy trial spectacle: Baby oil, boobs and mice cause crazy chaos outside Lower Manhattan courthouse

Posted on July 2, 2025

Sean Diddy Combs in tuxedo

Courts

Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs found guilty of prostitution charges, acquitted of more serious felonies

Posted on July 2, 2025

Police officers in NYPD vests examine scene where person was shot

Two men shot near Harlem gay bar; shooter remains at large, cops say

Posted on July 2, 2025

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DMV road test scam: Examiners gave licenses to unqualified drivers for cash bribes, Staten Island DA says

Posted on July 2, 2025

Police at scene of crime in Times Square

Times Square pepper-spray attack: Two cops injured in random assault

Posted on July 2, 2025

Man and woman holding form while walking inside immigration court

Brooklyn

Love in the time of ICE raids: Newlyweds face immigration court judge in Lower Manhattan hoping to stay together

Posted on July 2, 2025

man in suit standing in front of American flag next to bar chart on screen above

Politics

‘Crime is down’ in historic fashion, Mayor Adams and NYPD say in summing up the first six months of 2025

Posted on July 1, 2025

Surveillance images released by the NYPD show two women wanted in connection with the June 28 assault of an MTA employee at the New Lots Avenue subway station in Brooklyn.

Brooklyn

MTA worker ‘visciously’ beaten by fare evaders in Brooklyn subway, police say

Posted on July 1, 2025

Sean "Diddy" Combs and his attorney Marc Agnifilo discuss with other defense lawyers on how to respond to a new note sent by jurors, during Combs' sex trafficking trial in New York City, New York, U.S., July 1, 2025 in this courtroom sketch.

Courts

Jury reaches verdict on some counts at Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs’ sex trafficking trial

Posted on July 1, 2025

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NYPL After School at Kingsbridge Library. Credit_ NYPL_Jonathan Blanc

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

Spring houses, like this one in Pennsylvania, were a common sight around Queens before the borough had a network of underground pipes hooked to reservoirs providing clean water to residents.

Finding clean water in early days of Greater Ridgewood area wasn’t easy: Our Neighborhood, The Way it Was

the coney casino

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.

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