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QNS

Headless body found floating in Jamaica Bay on Friday identified as 46-year-old Ozone Park man: NYPD

A man sadly lost his life after apparently jumping from an Upper East Side apartment building.

Upper East Side

Man leaps to his death in Upper East Side: cops

Posted on November 13, 2023

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Brooklyn

Man kills woman as part of ‘lovers’ quarrel’ in Brooklyn, then shoots himself: NYPD

Posted on July 21, 2023

Man leaps to death off Manhattan Bridge

Lower Manhattan

Man takes fatal jump off Manhattan Bridge, landing on FDR Drive: cops

Posted on May 14, 2023

NYPD

Burden of the badge: Staten Island cop takes own life, adding to disturbing suicide trend

Posted on March 2, 2023

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QNS

NYPD officer found dead outside Queens park in apparent suicide

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QNS

Police officer jumps to his death from LeFrak City building: NYPD

‘Power Rangers’ star Jason David Frank dies at 49

Posted on November 20, 2022

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Upper West Side

Subway tragedy: Man apparently throws himself in front of Upper West Side train, cops say

Posted on November 2, 2022

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Gay City News

Council bill would require schools to distribute suicide prevention resources

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PoliticsNY

NY Lawmakers on the Move, July 18, 2022

Kips Bay suicide

Midtown Manhattan

Kips Bay man falls to his death from building in apparent suicide

Posted on May 17, 2022

FILE PHOTO: Miss USA, Cheslie Kryst competes in the Miss Universe pageant at Tyler Perry Studios in Atlanta

Former Miss USA dies at 30 after apparently jumping from building – media

Posted on January 31, 2022

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Man leaps from Murray Hill high-rise to his death on Lexington Avenue

Posted on November 29, 2021

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Lower Manhattan

Rikers wrath: Families, advocates demand mayor immediately reduce prison population

Posted on August 31, 2021

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Queens

High-ranking NYPD official takes his own life near Queens park: reports

Posted on April 6, 2021

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Brooklyn

Mother and her two daughters slain in apparent Brooklyn murder-suicide

Posted on April 6, 2021

Lower Manhattan

Family court officer fatally shoots himself while on duty in Manhattan

Posted on March 1, 2021

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Hell’s Kitchen

Mom and daughter plunge to deaths from top of Hell’s Kitchen building: NYPD

Posted on January 11, 2021

traffic safety

Family of man who committed suicide in Manhattan jail seeks justice

Posted on December 3, 2020

A registered nurse walks out of a hospital during the outbreak of Coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in the Manhattan borough of New York City

Anxiety and depression spiked in NYC at height of COVID-19 pandemic

Posted on September 22, 2020

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Queens

NYPD detective commits suicide in Middle Village home: Police

Posted on February 17, 2020

Opioid Deaths

Health

Most US opioid overdose deaths accidental, 4% are suicide

Posted on December 17, 2019

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News

As Epstein died, guards allegedly shopped online and slept

Posted on November 20, 2019

A man who allegedly assaulted an on-duty postal worker in a Bronx apartment building died after going into cardiac arrest, police said.

News

Grisly murder-suicide in Harlem as man kills wife and daughter, then himself

Posted on November 7, 2019

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News

Epidemic of NY cop suicides spurs free counseling program

Posted on October 25, 2019

More from around NYC

roads to success

CM Riley, Roads to Success and AIMHIGH sponsoring 40 Bronx youths to attend financial empowerment conference

Jackie Robinson of the Brooklyn Dodgers was the first African-American to play in the major leagues.

Jackie Robinson’s ties to Queens go beyond the parkway bearing his name: Our Neighborhood, The Way it Was

NY: A Night at Niblo’s Garden – Green-Wood Cemetery

Green-Wood Cemetery honors William Niblo with sold-out Victorian spectacle

US Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. listens at a Make Oklahoma Healthy Again kickoff event at the Oklahoma State Capitol in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, U.S. June 26, 2025.

RFK abruptly cancels meeting of task force responsible for determining preventive services