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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

Bronx street gang members engage in shooting

Bronx

‘The Bronx is bleeding’: 16 charged in major street gang takedown as DA Clark, Tisch rail against Raise the Age Law changes

Posted on June 23, 2025

NYPD Quality of Life teams at work on the Coney Island boardwalk

The Q-team: New NYPD Quality of Life unit in Brooklyn has responded to over 10,000 complaints since April, and is set to go citywide

Posted on June 19, 2025

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NYPD’s new Quality of Life Division to go citywide by Labor Day

Posted on June 16, 2025

Mopeds crushed and on fire under bulldozer

Crush and burn: NYC officials destroy hundreds of illegal mopeds as part of fiery crackdown

Posted on June 12, 2025

Manhattan's 28th Precinct has seen a recent spike in gang violence.

Harlem

Harlem-based precinct dealing with spike in gang violence despite special patrol in area

Posted on June 12, 2025

NYPD commissioner and Espaillat holding check for camera funding

NYPD to install more cameras around Upper Manhattan with security funding from Espaillat

Posted on June 9, 2025

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‘The ship is turning’: NYPD Chief of Department Chell explains how cops are stopping shootings citywide

Posted on June 5, 2025

Mayor Adams and bodega workers speak about panic buttons

500 NYC bodegas getting panic buttons with direct police link to help fight crime, Mayor Adams says

Posted on May 4, 2025

Police officer in Times Square investigating arson attack

Midtown Manhattan

FIRST ON amNY | Three teens arrested for attacking cops in Times Square during brawl, Mayor Eric Adams says

Posted on May 4, 2025

A member of the legal aid society sues the NYPD over gang database

Lawsuit seeking to end NYPD’s gang database says list leaves Black and Brown New Yorkers afraid for their safety

Posted on April 30, 2025

Harlem grandmother and business owner killed in shootout

Harlem

Harlem grandmother killed by shooter’s stray bullet remembered as local business pioneer

Posted on April 24, 2025

Mayor Adams and Trump border czar Homan at street gang bust announcement

Politics

Latest NYC street gang bust sees Mayor Adams double down on cooperation with Trump ‘border czar’ Homan: ‘I know the side I am on’

Posted on April 22, 2025

NYPD transit cops riding train in Manhattan

Homeless man in Manhattan arrested for subway assault has rap sheet filled with 120 arrests over 23 years: sources

Posted on April 9, 2025

Gang members in Manhattan gun violence indictment escorted by cops

Two gangs, 16 suspects, 21 shootings: How NYPD and DA Bragg built massive Manhattan gun violence indictment

Posted on April 8, 2025

Suspect in Queens sex crime spree escorted by cops out of precinct

Queens

Queens sex crime spree: Suspect convicted of raping Brooklyn girl 18 years ago cuffed for lewd acts months after being paroled

Posted on March 20, 2025

Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg on sentencing of Donald Trump

Courts

Man sentenced to 8 years for deadly Manhattan nightclub druggings in robbery scheme: Bragg

Posted on March 20, 2025

Erratic man walking streets of Manhattan following release from jail

EXCLUSIVE: Disturbed man who terrorized Manhattan community with violent outburst back on the streets menacing pedestrians

Posted on March 13, 2025

Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch charged on Thursday that the city’s subway system is not a “homeless shelter” as she announced that she is directing cops to address quality of life issues underground.

‘Not a homeless shelter’: Police Commissioner unveils new subway plan to address crime and quality of life issues

Posted on January 30, 2025

NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch speaks about recidivists

Courts

NYPD Commissioner Tisch pushes to change discovery law to keep recidivists behind bars, rails against DAs for lack of prosecution

Posted on January 30, 2025

Man arrested during NYPD toll evasion operation amid congestion pricin

Brooklyn

Heavy toll: NYPD, city agencies crack down on drivers evading congestion pricing and tunnel payments

Posted on January 27, 2025

Mayor Eric Adams

Politics

FIRST ON amNY: Mayor Adams expected to unveil $163 million investment to curb youth crime at state of the city address

Posted on January 9, 2025

Guardian Angels Founder Curtis Sliwa with a homeless man on board a subway train at the Coney Island-Stillwell Avenue station on Dec. 29, 2024.

Brooklyn

Guardian Angels resume subway patrols following subway arson attack as founder Curtis Sliwa questions transit safety

Posted on December 29, 2024

Suspect in Manhattan who went on violent rampage

EXCLUSIVE | Manhattan community afraid man who allegedly went on violent rampage at laundromat may soon be free to cause more harm

Posted on December 8, 2024

Face of Midtown assassin

Midtown assassin: NYPD retraces steps of gunman who executed healthcare CEO Brian Thompson, recover backpack in Central Park

Posted on December 6, 2024

Governor Kathy Hochul and Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz unveiled on Tuesday a takedown of suspects allegedly responsible for $2 million in stolen retail goods.

Queens

Fashion police: Queens couple busted for stealing and dealing $2 million in hot retail merchandise ahead of Black Friday

Posted on November 26, 2024

Slain robbery suspect in Queens shootout with cops

Queens

Queens shootout: Slain robbery suspect who shot cop had violent rap sheet four decades long

Posted on November 20, 2024

Mayor Adams reacts to Manhattan stabbing spree

Manhattan stabbing spree: Mayor Adams says justice system ‘continues to fail’ after learning suspect is career criminal

Posted on November 18, 2024

Police respond to teenage shooting in nyc

Courts

Why are so many teens being shot to death in New York City? NYPD blames legal loopholes

Posted on November 17, 2024

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Times Square safe despite ‘Little Devils’ street gang activity, NYPD brass stresses in effort to dispel public fear

Posted on October 23, 2024

Times Square and members of street gang

Midtown Manhattan

Times Square’s ‘Little Devils’: Street gang subset causing mayhem in Midtown, NYPD chief says

Posted on October 15, 2024

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Cops searching for perv who fondled a girl’s buttocks on Manhattan 6 train

Posted on September 26, 2024

Mayor Adams speaks about subway shooting

Politics

Mayor Eric Adams indicted on federal criminal charges, reports say

Posted on September 26, 2024

Police at crime scene

Sheriff’s office find trap door and squalid conditions inside Manhattan smoke shop

Posted on August 11, 2024

NYPD officer on patrol in Brooklyn neighborhood plagued by gun violence

Brooklyn

NYPD adds more cops to Brooklyn’s ‘Bullet Town’ to curb summer gun violence and build relationships

Posted on July 2, 2024

A 4 train enters a station in Manhattan

Manhattan subway shooter held on million-dollar bail for wild incident on 4 train sparked by brawl with ex-girlfriend

Posted on June 24, 2024

Subway rider stopped by NYPD for fare evasion

Subway crime: NYPD touts huge turnaround nearly six months after major crime spike underground

Posted on June 23, 2024

Manhattan subway station slashing location

Manhattan subway slashing: Man attacked on station stairwell following argument, cops say

Posted on June 15, 2024

Courts

Trump trial: Closing arguments begin Tuesday morning. Here’s what to expect.

Posted on May 28, 2024

Upper East Side crime scene

East Harlem stabbing following dispute leaves man dead: cops

Posted on May 26, 2024

Manhattan vandals behind antisemitic attack at restaurant

Chelsea

Another act of hate: Manhattan restaurant hit by vandals with antisemitic graffiti

Posted on May 22, 2024

Bullet markers at Brooklyn police shooting scene

Brooklyn

Brooklyn police shooting: Cops kill fleeing gunman in hail of bullets, NYPD says

Posted on May 12, 2024

Suspect who killed Queens man over parking spot

Queens

Queens cops looking for brute who killed man over parking spot

Posted on May 11, 2024

man in blue shirt, black pants wearing backpack wanted for assault in Manhattan

Cops search for Manhattan brute who sucker-punched senior in random attack

Posted on May 9, 2024

Harlem crime scene

NYC crime: NYPD reports big drops in street and transit felonies in April

Posted on May 7, 2024

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Bronx police probe death of man found with body trauma inside residence

Posted on May 6, 2024

Police huddled at scene of Queens shooting

Queens

Queens baby shower shooting: Police identify murder victim as search continues for killer who wounded three others

Posted on May 5, 2024

Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg

4 indicted in Manhattan child sex trafficking ring: DA Bragg

Posted on May 2, 2024

More from around NYC

Following seven rounds of ranked choice voting, Chief of Staff to Deputy Speaker Diana Ayala, who is term-limited, won the democratic primary to represent district 08 on the New York City Council.

Elsie Encarnacion wins primary to succeed Diana Ayala in City Council District 8

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California man found shot to death in car near Aqueduct Racetrack on Sunday: NYPD

brooklyn da manslaughter exoneration

Brooklyn man exonerated for decades-old manslaughter charge after reinvestigation pokes holes in conviction

Advocates gather at City Hall on May 22 to seek millions in funding in the city budget to support trans New Yorkers.

‘Historic win’: LGBTQ groups, lawmakers praise city budget for funding trans health, LGBTQ initiatives