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cop on a subway platform

Bigoted robber on Manhattan subway train threatens to call ICE on victim

Posted on August 31, 2025

Jail cells on Rikers Island

Bronx murder suspect dies on Rikers Island — facility’s second in-custody death in one week

Posted on August 31, 2025

lanes of the hutchinson river parkway in the bronx

Bronx

Teen shot in the legs on Hutchinson River Parkway in the Bronx: NYPD

Posted on August 31, 2025

subway train in the bronx stopped at platform

Bronx

Bronx subway stabbing: Three questioned for attacking man on board 6 train

Posted on August 30, 2025

Medical examiner loads body into van in Bronx

Brooklyn

NYPD investigates death of man found in Brooklyn court holding cell a day after his petit larceny arrest

Posted on August 30, 2025

cop at shooting scene with police tape stretched across street

Bronx

Latest shooting in the Bronx leaves three men wounded, suspects at large

Posted on August 30, 2025

A view of 380 Convent Ave. in West Harlem, where police say a 30-year-old man was fatally stabbed following an argument early Friday

Man fatally stabbed on Harlem street after argument with group, police say

Posted on August 29, 2025

Mayor Eric Adams speaking with people in the Bronx after rash of shootings

Bronx

Mayor Adams pledges more cops and violence interrupters amid uptick in Bronx shootings

Posted on August 29, 2025

nypd officers in blue on subway platform with yellow crime scene tape stretched

Bronx

Bronx subway station sees two violent assaults just four hours apart: cops

Posted on August 28, 2025

Brooklyn brute accused of assaulting 3-year-old girl.l

Brooklyn

Police searching for brute who assaulted 3-year-old girl in Brooklyn

Posted on August 28, 2025

Victim of harlem shooting with walker she used near where she was shot

Senior shot dead with stray bullet in Harlem; friend helplessly watched her die

Posted on August 27, 2025

Police walk through area near shooting rampage scene in the Bronx

Bronx

Bronx shooting rampage leaves man dead, two others wounded and suspect in custody

Posted on August 27, 2025

Convicted rapist of transgender woman in Manhattan walks in handcuffs.

Convicted Manhattan rapist gets 12 years in prison, feels wrath of his transgender victim at sentencing hearing

Posted on August 27, 2025

a street intersection during the day in the Bronx

Man fatally shot in the back in the Bronx; suspect at large

Posted on August 26, 2025

Police officer enters building in Brooklyn where shooting occurred

Brooklyn

Brooklyn shooting at apartment building leaves woman seriously wounded

Posted on August 26, 2025

Intersection where deadly Bronx hit-and-run occurred

Bronx

Woman found dead in the Bronx after hit-and-run: cops

Posted on August 26, 2025

officers applaud wounded cop as he leaves hospital after being hit with friendly fire

Queens

NYPD detective shot by ‘friendly fire’ while responding to Queens carjacking released from hospital as suspect is charged

Posted on August 25, 2025

90 Sands Street in DUMBO, Brooklyn, a supportive and affordable housing building where a man was found dead Monday morning.

Brooklyn

Man found dead with head trauma at Brooklyn site where supportive housing is located, police say

Posted on August 25, 2025

Suspected dog abuser taping canine in park

Queens

NYPD Quality of Life Team cuffs man who allegedly duct-taped dogs in Queens park

Posted on August 25, 2025

police at night with car in front at scene of deadly shooting

Bronx

Two teens among four charged in Bronx basketball court shooting that killed one and injured three

Posted on August 25, 2025

Deputy Chief of the NYPD Intelligence Division Courtney Nilan shows amNewYork two different kinds of ghost guns.

‘New Second Amendment:’ How the NYPD, Manhattan DA are fighting radical online ghost gun manufacturers

Posted on August 24, 2025

Queens

Exclusive: Family of Queens bartender demands answers after she was set on fire and severely burned during lounge show

Posted on August 24, 2025

NYPD Police car

Queens

Man fatally struck by NYPD cruiser while lying on the ground near US Open remains unidentified

Posted on August 24, 2025

NYPD officers at the scene of a shooting

Bronx

One dead, four injured in shooting at Bronx basketball game: cops

Posted on August 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.

Inmate found dead in cell at Rikers Island: DOC

Posted on August 23, 2025

Red and blue flashing police lights at a crime scene.

Bronx

Bronx man found shot in the neck at neighborhood intersection: NYPD

Posted on August 23, 2025

A man stole a yellow cab in Kips Bay on Thursday night, taking it on a joyride and colliding with a cyclist in a hit-and-run before abandoning the vehicle, authorities said.

Man steals yellow cab in Manhattan before colliding with cyclist in hit-and-run, cops say

Posted on August 22, 2025

Law enforcement shut down an illegal cannabis operation out of Mott Haven on Thursday, seizing about 2,000 lbs of cannabis products and arresting 11 people.

Bronx Times

NYC Sheriffs bust massive Bronx illegal cannabis operation for the second time, seize $5 million in product

Surveillance images released by the NYPD on Aug. 21 show three of six suspects wanted in connection with a July 4 robbery in Brooklyn

Brooklyn

Group of six beat man with iron stick, steal $800 in Brooklyn robbery: NYPD

Posted on August 21, 2025

arrested Ingrid Lewis-Martin talks to reporter after her arrest

Former Adams aide Ingrid Lewis-Martin ‘feeling good’ despite latest corruption indictment

Posted on August 21, 2025

gina argento broadway stages bribery

Brooklyn Paper

Broadway Stages owners allegedly bribed city official to scuttle McGuinness Boulevard redesign

woman in handcuffs escorted by detectives after corruption indictment

Politics

‘Classic bribery’: Former Adams aide Ingrid Lewis-Martin, power brokers at center of alleged pay-to-play schemes indicted

Posted on August 21, 2025

suspect accused of shooting border patrol agent bows before camera

Men accused of shooting Border Patrol agent in Manhattan park arraigned on state attempted murder charges

Posted on August 20, 2025

Cops are looking for the suspect who allegedly stole a wallet dropped by a younger man as he passed through the turnstile at the Broadway/North Boulevard station in Woodside.

QNS

Suspect snatches cash-packed wallet from man at R train station in Woodside: NYPD

ICE agents in federal plaza apprehending immigrants

Lower Manhattan

ICE arrests appear to slow at Lower Manhattan immigration court – but masked agents still stalk the halls

Posted on August 20, 2025

NYPD recruits stand with right arms raised taking an oath

Blue blood infusion: NYPD welcomes largest recruit class in 9 years amid its ongoing staffing crisis

Posted on August 20, 2025

police at night with car in front at scene of deadly shooting

Bronx

Man in federal prison charged with 2017 stray bullet slaying of beloved Bronx mother

Posted on August 20, 2025

Suspects behind assault at Bronx laundromat where man was stabbed

Bronx

Bronx man stabbed, beaten at laundromat after argument over restroom key: cops

Posted on August 20, 2025

ICE agent in court with Superman patch on his vest

Lower Manhattan

Are ICE agents in Lower Manhattan courts wearing Superman patches to support pro-Trump actor Dean Cain?

Posted on August 19, 2025

NYPD officer staring at funeral for fallen cop

Bleeding blue: Why is the NYPD losing an average of 300 cops per month?

Posted on August 19, 2025

Police at scene where man was stabbed in Brooklyn

Bronx

Man stabbed to death in the Bronx after argument: Cops

Posted on August 19, 2025

portrait of slain officer didarul islam

Bronx Times

Two online fundraisers for family of slain officer Didarul Islam generate nearly $500,000

Moonrocks at 46-06 Utopia Parway in Flushing was shuttered along with five other illegal cannabis dispensaries across the borough, Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced Aug. 18.

QNS

Six illegal cannabis storefronts padlocked, hundreds of pounds of illicit marijuana products seized across Queens: DA

The NYPD’s new quality of life teams along the Coney Island boardwalk.

Quality of Life policing gets expanded city-wide

Posted on August 18, 2025

woman in tears at scene of mass shooting in Brooklyn

Brooklyn

Brooklyn mass shooting: Two men killed in rampage identified as gunmen who began the mayhem

Posted on August 18, 2025

Police in Times Square examine suspicious package left behind near station.

Times Square scare: Cops clear area after man leaves suspicious package outside of NYPD station

Posted on August 18, 2025

sketch artist in ICE immigration court draws ICE agent

The art of bearing witness: How one sketch artist is capturing the ICE arrests in NYC immigration court

Posted on August 18, 2025

cops on scene of east new york shooting

Brooklyn Paper

Man shot in Brooklyn hours after mass shooting injures 12

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