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Suspected gang members caught in Queens police operation Buzzkill

Queens

‘Buzzkill’ for Queens street gang: 12 suspects indicted for series of shootings that terrorized neighborhoods

Posted on September 4, 2025

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Guns be gone! NYPD, mayor tout more than 3,000 firearms seized citywide, but warn of 3D technology

Posted on July 27, 2025

Guns found on Brooklyn man caught urinating in subway station

Brooklyn

Man caught urinating in Brooklyn subway station allegedly found with two guns and ammo on him: cops

Posted on May 28, 2025

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Brooklyn Paper

Teen fighting for life after Brooklyn headshot, days after other fatal shooting

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Opinion

Op-Ed | Getting 20,000 illegal guns off our streets for a safer city

Posted on January 28, 2025

Mayor Eric Adams touted on Wednesday that over the course of his administration, the NYPD has taken some 20,000 illegal guns off the streets of the city as he heads into reelection season.

Mayor touts that NYPD has removed 20,000 illegal guns off city streets throughout his administration

Posted on January 22, 2025

Guns, parts, and ammunition Seized from Moore’s apartment.

Courts

Harlem man indicted for selling guns to undercover cop: DA

Posted on December 4, 2024

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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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Health

Councilmember Bottcher wants to require NYC gun stores to display graphic images as health warning

Posted on September 12, 2024

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Brooklyn Paper

‘A strong step forward’: Brooklyn sees historic low in gun violence this summer, DA reports

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QNS

AG James announces dismantling of Queens-based ghost gun trafficking operation

NYPD Chief of Patrol John Chell said he believes the Bronx squatters who were busted for firearms and drugs last week would have shot at cops if one of them hadn’t been disarmed.

Bronx

Police believe Bronx squatter bust where guns, drugs were found could have ended tragically without quick action

Posted on April 4, 2024

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Bronx

Two Bronx squatters found with guns, drugs and criminal histories set free following arraignment, leaving police official irate

Posted on April 2, 2024

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Brooklyn Paper

Four men plead guilty to conspiring to traffic firearms into Brooklyn

trafficking

QNS

Nine members of Far Rockaway drug trafficking gang busted following lengthy undercover operation: DA

Brooklyn woman charged with weapons trafficking

Brooklyn Paper

Brooklyn woman charged with weapons trafficking, pushing drugs throughout the borough

Two of the suspects in the home invasion in Staten Island on Monday.

Woman and child assaulted by gun-wielding home invaders in Staten Island

Posted on December 19, 2023

Stockpile of guns seized from Bronx home

Bronx

Bronx man cuffed for storing stockpile of guns in home: cops

Posted on December 17, 2023

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Police release photos of suspects who fired shots during Union Square robbery

Posted on December 10, 2023

The shooting took place near 217 W. 116th St. in Harlem on Wednesday night.

Gunman kills 32-year-old in Harlem: NYPD

Posted on November 16, 2023

Governor Kathy Hochul speaks about New York concealed carry law

Politics

Gun laws: Tougher New York concealed carry regulations take effect across Empire State

Posted on September 14, 2023

Two convicted murder suspects sentenced for killing Harlem rapper A$AP Press, former member of hip-hop collective

Posted on September 8, 2023

City officials at gun violence media roundtable

What we learned about NYC’s Gun Violence Prevention Blueprint: Media roundtable with task force co-chairs

Posted on August 11, 2023

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New York

One man is dead, another wounded in shooting in Washington Heights: NYPD

Posted on August 7, 2023

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Here’s how New York City plans to lift its youth and students out from gun violence: Gun Violence Prevention Blueprint

Posted on August 2, 2023

Nation

US sets frightful record for the deadliest six months of mass killings

Posted on July 14, 2023

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Ghost guns indictment: Washington Heights man allegedly built weapons, threatened to kill former girlfriend, DA Bragg says

Posted on June 23, 2023

Crime Scene Police Tape

Bronx

Two dead in separate Saturday night Bronx shootings: cops

Posted on June 18, 2023

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Brooklyn Paper

Brooklyn photographer Jon Henry receives international recognition for book exploring Black mothers’ fears of police violence

Three men were shot outside of 1787 West Farms Road in the Bronx

Bronx

Cops seek gunman behind shooting of three men, one fatally, in the Bronx

Posted on June 12, 2023

A police officer at a crime scene.

Health

Op-ed | How Medicaid can help prevent gun violence

Posted on June 7, 2023

Brooklyn

Woman shot dead in Brooklyn home, person of interest in custody

Posted on May 7, 2023

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LIC Post

Man shot at Queensbridge Houses NYCHA complex Thursday, suspect remains at large: NYPD

Politics

Biden expected to sign new executive order on gun control

Posted on March 14, 2023

Massive inter-agency bust

Brooklyn

Massive inter-agency bust takes down Brooklyn gun and drug trafficking ring

Posted on January 11, 2023

NYPD use of ShotSpotter under question

Invasion of privacy? Legal Aid Society, NYPD in row over ShotSpotter sensor usage

Posted on December 18, 2022

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Manhattan DA seeks ‘red flag’ gun ban for comptroller employee

Posted on December 14, 2022

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Politics

Gillibrand calls upon feds to implement advisory for financial institutions to report suspicious gun purchases

Posted on December 4, 2022

9mm Handgun for Teacher

Op-Ed

Op-Ed | Armed teachers have no place in our classrooms

Posted on November 3, 2022

News

‘Devastating’: Mass shootings obscure daily U.S. gun toll

Posted on September 2, 2022

Politics

Time to take charge: NYC officials want credit card companies’ help in tracking gun buyers

Posted on August 30, 2022

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Bronx

NYPD cracks down on illegal gun crime, makes 57 arrests in three days

Posted on August 16, 2022

News

After Supreme Court ruling, it’s open season on US gun laws

Posted on August 5, 2022

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QNS

Five arrested for involvement in gun trafficking ring from Tennessee to Queens

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Opinion

Op-Ed | We must do everything we can to curb gun violence

Posted on July 18, 2022

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PoliticsNY

Hochul comes to Brownsville, gives more funding to violence interrupter programs

Community Conversation on Public Safety

Harlem

Mayor Adams holds gun violence roundtable in Harlem

Posted on July 12, 2022

Politics

Gun bill on road to passage as Senate overcomes GOP delays

Posted on June 23, 2022

More from around NYC

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Fernandez provides $25k legislative award to Throggs Neck group to help raise awareness on dangers of fentanyl

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Rents continued climbing across the board Queens in year-over-year in August 2025: report

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88th Precinct: Sword-wielding burglar breaks into Fort Greene restaurant

Mayor Eric Adams speaks during a press conference at City Hall.

Mayor Adams pledges to ‘change’ student bathroom policy