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Man in white mask exiting subway turnstile after woman slashed

Lower Manhattan

Man who slashed woman during robbery aboard Lower Manhattan train faces attempted murder charges

Posted on August 10, 2025

Three firefighters were injured while battled a raging four alarm fire in a row of two-story mixed use buildings on Aug. 10 at 114-42 through 114-48 Stuphin Blvd. in South Jamaica.

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Three firefighters injured while battling four-alarm South Jamaica fire: FDNY

Police officer at a Brooklyn subway station

Midtown Manhattan

Man shoved onto Midtown subway tracks in unprovoked attack, NYPD says

Posted on August 10, 2025

Brooklyn

23-year-old killed in early morning shooting on Brooklyn street: cops

Posted on August 10, 2025

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Brooklyn

Brooklyn man shot dead after party dispute: NYPD

Posted on August 10, 2025

child and pallbearers carry casket of Midtown mass shooting victim

Brooklyn

Brooklyn security guard killed in Midtown mass shooting laid to rest as a hometown hero

Posted on August 9, 2025

Police in Times Square stretch crime scene tape after stabbing

Times Square shooting: Teen in custody after gunfire near Raising Cane’s restaurant wounds three

Posted on August 9, 2025

Chaofeng Ge of Flushing was found hanging by the neck while in ICE detention in Central Pennsylvania on the morning of Tuesday, Aug. 5.

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Flushing man found hanging by the neck while in ICE detention in Central Pennsylvania facility

police officer with yellow tape at crime scene where person was stabbed with blood-covered cloth on ground

Adding more police officers doesn’t mean lower crime rates, report says

Posted on August 8, 2025

As a man was detained by ICE, protestors took to the streets to denounce federal agents being at 26 Federal Plaza on Friday morning.

PHOTOS: Protesters gather to denounce federal agents at 26 Federal Plaza

Posted on August 8, 2025

Shaquan Butler was convicted of murder in the fatal beating of his 3-year-old son in the shelter for homeless families at the old Pan American Hotel in Elmhurst in November 2022.

QNS

Elmhurst man faces life in prison for murder of 3-year-old son at family shelter in old Pan American Hotel: DA

Detectives from the 83 Precinct investigate a shooting at Broadway Avenue and Kossuth Place. The victim was left in critical condition.

Brooklyn

Brooklyn shooting leaves one man critically injured

Posted on August 8, 2025

The NYPD held a career day at its police academy in Queens on Thursday for hundreds of young people involved in its summer internship program, which aims to help the most at-risk youth find meaningful career paths.

Queens

NYPD career day at Queens Police Academy aims to connect at-risk youth with professions

Posted on August 8, 2025

A view of Westchester Avenue in the Soundview neighborhood of the Bronx, where police say a masked gunman fatally shot a man outside ExoticWorld Smoke Shop on Aug. 7

Bronx

Masked gunman fatally shoots man in head outside Bronx smoke shop, police say

Posted on August 8, 2025

man bows while being dragged away by ICE agent

ICE in courts: Game of ‘justice roulette’ continues at Federal Plaza as Lander pushes for more legal funding

Posted on August 7, 2025

nypd officer in full uniform holding badge honoring Queens detective

Queens

This Queens detective now wears the badge of a 9/11 hero, keeping his uncle’s legacy alive

Posted on August 7, 2025

Two of the four suspects wanted in connection with a multi-borough necklace-snatching spree between July 9 and Aug. 2,

Group robs six people in multi-borough necklace-snatching spree: NYPD

Posted on August 7, 2025

2025 Mayor’s Race

NYC Mayor’s Race: How each candidate plans to approach policing and crime

Posted on August 7, 2025

police vehicle on darkened block at scene of crime

Queens

Queens shooting leaves man dead at public housing complex, suspect on the run

Posted on August 7, 2025

Police officer at a Brooklyn subway station

Woman slashed aboard Lower Manhattan subway train in bloody robbery: cops

Posted on August 7, 2025

Governor Kathy Hochul makes a discovery announcement.

Politics

New York change to discovery laws take effect in win for prosecutors

Posted on August 6, 2025

two men shake hands near portraits of suspects in border patrol agent shooting

Migrants accused of shooting off-duty Border Patrol agent in Manhattan hit with state charges

Posted on August 6, 2025

A DOT worker came across the skeletal remains of a human along the Jackie Robinson Parkway in Glendale on Wednesday, Aug. 6.

QNS

Human remains found along the Jackie Robinson Parkway in Glendale: NYPD

An Astoria man was sentenced in Brooklyn federal court to more than 16 years in prison for running a Mexican sex trafficking organization for nearly a decade in Queens.

QNS

Astoria leader of family-run Mexican sex trafficking organization sentenced to more than 16 years in prison: Feds

Harlem's 32nd Precinct hosted a huge bash for National Night Out.

Harlem

Harlem’s 32nd Precinct National Night Out brings residents, community groups and officers together

Posted on August 6, 2025

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Bronx Times

Grieving family of infant River Wilson alleges negligence in Bronx daycare drowning

An Elmhurst man was remanded into custody without bail on Tuesday after he was arraigned for the murder of his neighbor in a three-family home in Elmhurst on Aug. 3.

QNS

Elmhurst man charged with murder in fatal stabbing of neighbor: NYPD

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Midtown Manhattan

Latest Midtown fatal horse collapse renews ongoing debate over controvercial carriage industry

Posted on August 6, 2025

police vehicle on darkened block at scene of crime

Bronx

Bronx playground brawl leaves 14-year-old boy stabbed to death: cops

Posted on August 6, 2025

a police boat in in the east river by the Brooklyn Bridge.

Police investigating death of woman found floating near Brooklyn Bridge in East River

Posted on August 5, 2025

crown heights man sentenced stabbing

Brooklyn Paper

Brooklyn man sentenced for brutal 2020 break-in and stabbing: DA

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

Lower East Side

Manhattan shooting: Three wounded, three questioned in gunfire near public housing complex

Posted on August 5, 2025

City Council, advocates celebrate $50 million mental health and safety investment, call on Mayor Adams to prioritize Rikers closure

Posted on August 4, 2025

Dozens of uniformed officers released white balloons into the night sky, Friday to pay tribute to the fallen detective from the 47th precinct in the Bronx, Didarul Islam.

Bronx Times

Local precinct remembers its fallen detective in interfaith memorial

A police officer at a crime scene in Harlem.

New York City has record-low shootings so far in 2025, crime decreasing overall, mayor says

Posted on August 4, 2025

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

Brooklyn

Mayor Adams and NYPD expand quality of life teams across Brooklyn after successful pilot

Posted on August 4, 2025

blood on sidewalk after east flatbush shooting

Brooklyn Paper

Bloody scene: Triple shooting in Brooklyn injures three people

A 45-year-old Elmhurst man was found bleeding heavily from multiple stab wounds in a cellar stairwell in the Case Street home.

QNS

Elmhurst man found stabbed to death in cellar of Case Street home: NYPD

Midtown Manhattan

What is NYPD paid detail? Inside the off-duty program Officer Islam was working when killed in Midtown mass shooting

Posted on August 3, 2025

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Brooklyn

Man fatally shot, another wounded at Brooklyn late-night party

Posted on August 3, 2025

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Bronx

Bronx man accused of torturing girlfriend to death arrested after neighbor pursuit

Posted on August 3, 2025

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

Bronx

Man in Bronx shot dead at public housing complex in neighborhood’s third murder this week

Posted on August 2, 2025

police officers stand on sidewalk in front off yellow police tape at Brooklyn store where man was stabbed dead

Brooklyn

Murders in Brooklyn: Bodega worker stabbed dead in store, man shot in separate incidents

Posted on August 2, 2025

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QNS

More than $2.5M worth of marijuana confiscated during raids in Maspeth, Long Island City: DA

Midtown Manhattan

Council member Tiffany Cabán among 50 protesters arrested in takeover of Schumer, Gillibrand’s Midtown offices

Posted on August 1, 2025

a protester getting arrested in Midtown.

Five pro-Palestine protesters in custody after chaining themselves to UN’s Permanent Mission of Egypt building in Midtown

Posted on August 1, 2025

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Harlem

Police investigating death of man found stabbed in his legs in Harlem

Posted on August 1, 2025

A firefighter works to beat the heat as temps were in the mid 90's during an afternoon blaze in the lower East side on Monday, July, 28.

Lower East Side

Fire rips through Lower East Side building rooftop

Posted on August 1, 2025

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permits

Permits filed for 6-story residential building with 20 units in Foxhurst

Queens leaders rally in solidarity with immigrant communities amid TPS rollbacks

coney island casino

Proposed Coney Island casino could bring heavy traffic, overwhelm parking, according to environmental impact study

“Went Up the Hill,” directed by Samuel Van Grinsven, opens Aug. 15 at the IFC Center.

Q&A: Filmmaker Samuel Van Grinsven on the making of queer ghost story ‘Went Up The Hill’