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Lone wolf attacks remain a concern amid Fourth of July weekend: NYPD

Posted on July 2, 2025

Woman walking in baby oil shower outside courthouse

Lower Manhattan

Diddy trial spectacle: Baby oil, boobs and mice cause crazy chaos outside Lower Manhattan courthouse

Posted on July 2, 2025

Sean Diddy Combs in tuxedo

Courts

Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs found guilty of prostitution charges, acquitted of more serious felonies

Posted on July 2, 2025

Police officers in NYPD vests examine scene where person was shot

Two men shot near Harlem gay bar; shooter remains at large, cops say

Posted on July 2, 2025

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DMV road test scam: Examiners gave licenses to unqualified drivers for cash bribes, Staten Island DA says

Posted on July 2, 2025

Police at scene of crime in Times Square

Times Square pepper-spray attack: Two cops injured in random assault

Posted on July 2, 2025

Man and woman holding form while walking inside immigration court

Brooklyn

Love in the time of ICE raids: Newlyweds face immigration court judge in Lower Manhattan hoping to stay together

Posted on July 2, 2025

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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

Surveillance images released by the NYPD show two women wanted in connection with the June 28 assault of an MTA employee at the New Lots Avenue subway station in Brooklyn.

Brooklyn

MTA worker ‘visciously’ beaten by fare evaders in Brooklyn subway, police say

Posted on July 1, 2025

Sean "Diddy" Combs and his attorney Marc Agnifilo discuss with other defense lawyers on how to respond to a new note sent by jurors, during Combs' sex trafficking trial in New York City, New York, U.S., July 1, 2025 in this courtroom sketch.

Courts

Jury reaches verdict on some counts at Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs’ sex trafficking trial

Posted on July 1, 2025

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QNS

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

Silhouette of police officer standing in doorway of crime scene

Bronx

Bronx man cuffed for allegedly stabbing girlfriend to death while 2-year-old niece was home

Posted on July 1, 2025

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Greenwich Village

Bear spray attack: Suspect caught for wounding 50 people in post-Pride assault at Washington Square Park

Posted on June 30, 2025

suspect in beige prison clothes with officer smirking during arraignment

Courts

Man who allegedly beat pregnant woman with pipe in Manhattan grins at arraignment

Posted on June 30, 2025

us post office building with cars parked in front in Brooklyn

Brooklyn

Gunman holds woman at gunpoint in Brooklyn post office, caught after moped wreck: sources

Posted on June 30, 2025

Police officers talking on walkie-talkies and investigating scene of shooting near Stonewall Inn.

Stonewall shooting: Teen girl allegedly tried to shoot male before being critically wounded by fellow gang member, cops say

Posted on June 30, 2025

Man in suit looks at crime scene with blood and napkins on sidewalk

Greenwich Village

Stonewall shooting: Two teen girls shot near historic Village inn during Pride celebrations

Posted on June 30, 2025

Police commissioner and groups of plain-clothed officers under pride flag

NYPD fumes over gay officers’ group’s ‘disgraceful’ exclusion from Pride March

Posted on June 29, 2025

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Bronx Times

Private funeral for toddler Montrell Wiliams draws calls for NYPD accountability

Two officers at crime scene with camera taking images in front of police car

Brooklyn

Man shot dead in Brooklyn following text message converstion, cops say

Posted on June 29, 2025

police vehicle on darkened block at scene of crime

Bronx

Woman stabbed to death in the Bronx; boyfriend sought for slaying, police sources said

Posted on June 29, 2025

police officers and detectives people standing around at ngiht with police car warning lights glowing in background

Brooklyn

Brooklyn shooting near high school leaves two young men wounded: NYPD

Posted on June 28, 2025

man with mask on face walking near subway turnstile

Queens

Queens creep sought for early-morning rape attempt on woman near park

Posted on June 28, 2025

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Queens

Queens pervert cuffed for offering 13-year-old girl $100 for sex act

Posted on June 27, 2025

Police released surveillance images of the suspects wanted in connection with a knifepoint carjacking in the Melrose section of the Bronx.

Bronx

Duo wanted in Bronx knifepoint carjacking sparked by fender bender, NYPD says

Posted on June 27, 2025

Police released these surveillance images of two suspects wanted in connection with the theft of a senior’s debit card and more than $6,000 in unauthorized charges.

Upper East Side senior robbed of $6K in ATM scam: NYPD

Posted on June 27, 2025

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Bronx Times

Bronx man indicted for murder after allegedly throwing 2-year-old son into Bronx River

Suspect in pepper spray attack on mom and baby in Queens subway station arrested and escorted. by cops

Queens

Alleged pepper spraying perp who attacked mom and baby on Queens subway train gets locked up

Posted on June 26, 2025

ICE agents arrest immigrants in Manhattan

ICE hardens: Masked agents intimidate reporters while seizing more immigrants at Lower Manhattan court

Posted on June 26, 2025

Police at Queens crime scene where man was stabbed to death

Queens

Man stabbed to death during early morning Queens brawl

Posted on June 26, 2025

Queens child predator at large

Queens

Queens sicko attempts to offer 13-year-old girl $100 for sexual encounter: police

Posted on June 26, 2025

Scene where woman was shot dead in Brooklyn

Brooklyn murder: Woman shot and killed in middle of a crosswalk

Posted on June 26, 2025

Alleged Brooklyn arson suspect

Brooklyn

Brooklyn arsonist wanted: NYPD ups reward to $30,000 for capture of suspect who set police vehicles ablaze

Posted on June 25, 2025

Bronx suspect smiles after being accused of stomping cop in face

Bronx

Man who stomped on NYPD officer’s face during Bronx robbery did it because he was a cop: PBA

Posted on June 25, 2025

Suspected Manhattan subway creep who kissed woman's feet arrested with black eye

Alleged feet-kissing Manhattan subway creep sports black eye during perp walk for lewd behavior

Posted on June 24, 2025

Mayor Eric Adams speaking

Queens

Mayor Adams blames ‘illegal migrants’ for crime spike on Queens’ Roosevelt Avenue, praises feds for gang takedown

Posted on June 24, 2025

fire

QNS

Displaced tenants still locked out 18 months after Queens fire as lawmakers push accountability bill

bedford avenue bike crash

Brooklyn Paper

Driver hits and injures father-and-son on bikes in Bed-Stuy near at-risk Bedford Avenue bike lane

NYPD officer leaves shooting scene in Bronx

Bronx

Bronx shooting: Man killed near Deegan Expressway

Posted on June 24, 2025

Family members of Win Rozario grieve at rally following police shooting

Queens

Family of slain Queens teen Win Rozario sues NYPD for shooting him dead during mental health crisis

Posted on June 23, 2025

Police at scene in Queens where woman was shot dead

Queens

Woman fatally shot in Queens in broad daylight: cops

Posted on June 23, 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

Medical examiner loads body into van in Brooklyn

Brooklyn

Man found dead in Brooklyn apartment suffering blunt force trauma to face

Posted on June 23, 2025

Scene where man was stabbed at Brooklyn laundromat

Brooklyn

Man stabbed dead, son slashed during fight at Brooklyn laundromat: cops

Posted on June 23, 2025

Medical examiner loads body into van in Brooklyn

Knife-wielding suspect stabs man to death in Brooklyn after prior argument: cops

Posted on June 22, 2025

Scooter on ground at scene in Brooklyn where boy was shot

Brooklyn

15-year-old boy shot while riding scooter in Brooklyn

Posted on June 22, 2025

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NYPD deploying additional resources after Trump strikes Iran

Posted on June 22, 2025

Correction Department bus heading to Rikers Island

Rikers Island sees two more inmate deaths in 78 minutes – prompting more investigations and outrage

Posted on June 21, 2025

More from around NYC

bronx

Bronx High School of Science student receives $10K prize for academic excellence and community service

far rockaway

Far Rockaway’s St. John’s Episcopal Hospital awarded national certification for laboratory excellence

St. Ann and the Holy Trinity Church Photo Courtesy New York Landmarks Conservancy

Brooklyn Heights’ St. Ann & the Holy Trinity Church awarded $45,000 Sacred Sites grant for restoration

Miss Simone is the focus of the forthcoming documentary "Miss Simone & The Queens of Stonewall."

Film screening spotlights forthcoming documentary ‘Miss Simone & The Queens of Stonewall’