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Police investigate scene in Bronx where teen was shot

Bronx

Teen shot at Bronx public housing complex; cops seek suspect

Posted on September 27, 2025

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.

QNS

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

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QNS

South Jamaica teen held without bail for allegedly shooting 13-year-old boy to death in Cambria Heights: DA

Federal prosecutors allege that Mr. Jafferakos exploited minors he met through the church-run basketball league, and he was ordered detained by a magistrate judge on Thursday

Brooklyn

Brooklyn basketball coach arrested for allegedly paying minors to make sexual videos

Posted on September 26, 2025

‘Protect the protectors’: Hundreds rally as security guard legislation introduced

Posted on September 26, 2025

A St. Albans cyclist was struck and killed after allegedly riding through a red light in Cambria Heights, according to the NYPD.

QNS

St. Albans cyclist struck and killed by driver after failing to stop at red light in Cambria Heights: NYPD

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ICE supervisor relieved of duties after shoving weeping mother to floor in NYC immigration court

Posted on September 26, 2025

Roscoe Danielson was convicted of murder on Sept. 25 for killing his mother and brother in the home they shared and dumping his brother's corpse in a garbage bag at the curb.

QNS

East Elmhurst man found guilty of killing mother, brother in family home in 2023: DA

Surveillance images released by the NYPD show suspects wanted in connection with the Sept. 19, 2025, beating of a 66-year-old man outside 1789 Flatbush Ave. in Brooklyn

Brooklyn

Man, 66, beaten after confronting smoking teens in Brooklyn: NYPD

Posted on September 26, 2025

Queens medical examiner team loading human remains into van

Queens

Human remains found in Queens park belonged to unknown woman missing arms, legs: NYPD

Posted on September 25, 2025

The FDNY battled a three-alarm fire at the H Mart on Union Street in Flushing and inspectors from the city's Department of Building issued a full vacate order due to the fire damage.

QNS

FDNY battles 3-alarm fire at H Mart’s flagship store in Flushing, DOB issues full vacate order

Christopher Ward was arrested Wednesday and charged in Manhattan federal court

Courts

Queens first grade teacher federally charged with possessing, distributing child sex abuse images

Posted on September 25, 2025

Police say they have identified the shooter as 16-year-old Jason Sykes, who goes by the nickname Flex and is known to cause trouble in the area. Police say he is being hunted by the Regional Fugitive Task Force.

Queens

Teen identified as shooter who gunned down 13-year-old boy in Queens: NYPD

Posted on September 25, 2025

A Richmond Hill man is charged with attempted murder for an unprovoked stabbing of a 25-year-old man on a 7 train at the Mets-Willets Point subway station on Sept. 22.

QNS

Richmond Hill man charged with attempted murder for unprovoked 7 train stabbing in Corona: DA

The NYPD released photos of a second suspect wanted in connection with the fatal shooting of 34-year-old Kelvin Mosquea in the Bronx on Aug. 26.

Bronx

Cops seek second suspect in fatal shooting of Bronx man outside his home

Posted on September 25, 2025

Police officers investigate Penn Station police shooting

Penn Station police shooting: Homeless man wounded in alleged robbery attempt of off-duty cops charged

Posted on September 25, 2025

police at Penn Station near scene of police shooting

Police shooting at Penn Station after off-duty cop involved in robbery, sources say

Posted on September 24, 2025

A 13-year-old Springfield Gardens boy who was shot in the head at a Cambria Heights Dunkin’ Donuts parking lot on Sept. 22 died two days later, according to authorities.

QNS

Springfield Gardens boy dies two days after gunman shot him in the head in Cambria Heights: NYPD

A driver was arrested after a horrific hit-and-run in Midtown left a woman decapitated.

Midtown Manhattan

Horrific Midtown hit-and-run crash leaves woman decapitated; suspect drove van with novelty plate, cops said

Posted on September 24, 2025

Cops are looking for this suspect, who allegedly assaulted a 74-year-old woman on board a bus on Main Street in Flushing on the morning of Sept. 6.

QNS

Senior woman assaulted by a fellow rider on bus on Main Street in Flushing: NYPD

Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg

Woman charged with killing 3 men using fentanyl-laced drugs, Manhattan DA says

Posted on September 24, 2025

FILE - A man in custody was found dead in his cell at the George R. Vierno Center at Rikers Island on Saturday, Aug. 23.

2025 Mayor’s Race

amNY Your Vote: Where does the next NYC mayor stand on the future of Rikers Island?

Posted on September 24, 2025

Saint Thomas Church, a historic Episcopal landmark at West 53rd Street and Fifth Avenue in Midtown Manhattan.

Midtown Manhattan

J.P. Morgan employee reported being sexually assaulted at Saint Thomas Church in Midtown, then the diocese retaliated, lawsuit claims

Posted on September 24, 2025

firefighter in Brooklyn looks up at scene where man was found dead

Brooklyn

Man dies in Brooklyn after being set on fire and falling from rooftop: sources

Posted on September 24, 2025

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Homeless man busted for allegedly sucker-punching cop onto Manhattan subway tracks during dispute: NYPD

Posted on September 24, 2025

An NYPD officer on the beat

Bleeding blue: Why active NYPD cops say police response times for New Yorkers in need are getting longer

Posted on September 23, 2025

Sanitation workers discovered the skeletal remains of a dead woman in a trash bag at the edge of Idlewild Park in Rosedale. The Office of the Chief Medical Examiner will determine her cause of death.

QNS

Sanitation workers find skeletal remains of dead woman alongside Idlewild Park in Rosedale: NYPD

Protesters unfurl banner against drilling at protest during UN General Assembly

Midtown Manhattan

UN General Assembly: Protests against Trump stymie Midtown traffic, lead to dozens of arrests

Posted on September 23, 2025

bronx shooting suspects riding bikes at intersection where shooting occurred

Bronx

Bronx shooting: Teen suspects on Citi Bikes sought for wounding woman at intersection

Posted on September 23, 2025

The Secret Service said Tuesday it had dismantled a vast network of electronic devices in the New York metropolitan area that officials say posed an imminent threat to senior U.S. government officials and the city’s telecommunications infrastructure as the United Nations General Assembly convenes in Manhattan.

Secret Service says it foiled possible cyberattacks in dismantling illegal telecom network in NYC area

Posted on September 23, 2025

suspect in Midtown shooting near mexican day parade escorted by detectives handcuffed

‘My bad,’ Midtown shooting suspect says after being charged with wounding 17-year-old girl at Mexican Day Parade

Posted on September 22, 2025

Shaquan Butler was sentenced to 32 years to life in prison for the murder 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 sentenced for beating 3-year-old son to death in shelter at old Pan American Hotel: DA

NYPD commissioner speaking about in-custody deaths into microphone at city council hearing

NYPD watchdog investigates series of in-custody deaths as criminal justice advocates demand more reform

Posted on September 22, 2025

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QNS

Urgent manhunt underway for alleged gunman who shot 13-year-old boy in head in Cambria Heights: NYPD

7 train arriving at a station

7 train stabbing: Man attacked in late-night assault in Queens

Posted on September 22, 2025

Police at crime scene near Mexican Day Parade in Midtown

Midtown Manhattan

Minute of mayhem: Teen girl shot, man stabbed near Mexican Day Parade route in Midtown

Posted on September 21, 2025

FDNY firetruck at scene of crash in Brooklyn

Brooklyn

Firefighters racing to emergency collide with moped driver in Brooklyn, sending him to hospital

Posted on September 21, 2025

NYPD transit chief examines map while preparing security for the UN General Assembly

UN General Assembly: NYPD surging cops into transit ahead of worldwide summit, but asks riders to keep eye out for threats

Posted on September 21, 2025

Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz.

Queens

Queens DA: Motorist arraigned after hit-and-run collision that left on-duty construction worker dead on Nassau Expressway

Posted on September 21, 2025

REMEMBER – 1

Queens

Detective Mary ‘Mae’ Foley Way: A trailblazing female cop who hunted Nazis and took on the mob finally gets recognition in Queens

Posted on September 21, 2025

police officer near crime scene tape in Manhattan

Man stabbed to death on Manhattan street: cops

Posted on September 21, 2025

suspect in Bronx murder escorted by police detectives in handcuffs

Bronx

Boyfriend of Bronx woman stabbed to death in park charged with her murder after alleged robbery ruse

Posted on September 20, 2025

police officer stands at scene where man was shot

Bronx

Bronx man shot dead steps away from his home in early-morning attack: cops

Posted on September 20, 2025

As students at Cardozo High were getting used to increased security on their Bayside campus, their 16-year-old classmate was being criminally charged for bringing a loaded gun to school and making terroristic threats.

QNS

Cardozo High School student criminally charged with gun possession and making terroristic threats: DA

A highway construction worker from the Bronx was struck and killed by a hit-and-run driver while directing traffic around the Van Wyck Expressway project on Friday, Sept. 19. A South Ozone Park man was later arrested nearby.

QNS

Woman killed by hit-and-run driver while directing traffic around Van Wyck Expressway construction project: NYPD

Mayor Eric Adams thanked the FBI for contacting the NYPD with news of a student with a gun threatening to shoot up Cardozo High School in Bayside.

QNS

Heightened security at Cardozo High School after student was busted for bringing loaded gun onto Bayside campus: NYPD

Police from the 70th Precinct investigate a fatal shooting at 85 Crooke Avenue on Sept 17..

Brooklyn

21-year-old charged with murder of Brooklyn man outside his home: NYPD

Posted on September 19, 2025

elected officials arrested by ICE agents in federal court

Brad Lander, Jumaane Williams and 13 other NYC elected officials arrested by feds at immigration court sit-in

Posted on September 18, 2025

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permits

Permits filed for residential building with six units in Van Nest

An unidentified woman stands before unfinished homes in the Liberty Park section of Glendale following a February 1926 snowstorm.

Glendale neighborhoods that grew out of historic picnic parks: Our Neighborhood, The Way it Was

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