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EMTs respond to fire in Brooklyn

Brooklyn

Man found on fire in Brooklyn bought gasoline and a lighter moments earlier: sources

Posted on March 25, 2025

Prosecutors allege that instead of investing client's funds in business opportunities, Likhtenstein used the money for personal expenses and to make partial payments to earlier victims of the Ponzi scheme.

Brooklyn Paper

Brooklyn financial advisor allegedly scammed 10 clients out of $1.24M in Ponzi Scheme: DA

Subway creep in Brooklyn subway station

Subway creep in Brooklyn stalked and groped woman in station and on street: cops

Posted on March 25, 2025

ice agent

QNS

Flushing man arrested for impersonating ICE agent in visa fraud scheme: Feds

Manhattan woman convicted of beating, torturing autistic teen

Manhattan woman gets 20 years in prison for beating, waterboarding autistic teen cousin to death

Posted on March 24, 2025

Brooklyn cab driver shot in early morning robbery

Brooklyn

‘The luckiest man alive’: Brooklyn cab driver recounts moment he was shot in the face during robbery

Posted on March 24, 2025

fort totten

QNS

Woman’s body pulled from East River near Fort Totten identified as Whitestone resident: NYPD

Police at scene in Brooklyn where person was shot

Brooklyn

Brooklyn livery cab driver shot in the face following argument with passenger: cops

Posted on March 24, 2025

Suspect in Brooklyn bodega shooting

Brooklyn

Brooklyn bodega shooting: Suspect sought for wounding teen inside store

Posted on March 24, 2025

Image of Bronx brute who attacked woman

Bronx

Bronx brute breaks woman’s nose in unprovoked random attack: cops

Posted on March 23, 2025

Staten Island firefighter pours water on fire

Fast-moving Staten Island house fire leaves firefighters injured

Posted on March 23, 2025

Image of Manhattan parking scofflaw accused of punching traffic agent

Manhattan parking scofflaw who punched traffic agent had more than 750 violations in 6 years

Posted on March 22, 2025

Brooklyn criminal court exterior

Brooklyn

Brooklyn man found dead in criminal court had hearings delayed multiple times: records

Posted on March 22, 2025

Suspect in Chinatown murder escorted by police officers in handcuffs

NYC Neighborhoods

Chinatown murder: Second suspect who shot woman dead in apartment building cuffed in South Carolina

Posted on March 21, 2025

bronx

Bronx Times

Teen’s accused killer ruled unfit: Judge sends Bronx stab suspect to psych ward

Suspect in Queens sex crime spree escorted by cops out of precinct

Queens

Queens sex crime spree: Suspect convicted of raping Brooklyn girl 18 years ago cuffed for lewd acts months after being paroled

Posted on March 20, 2025

Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg on sentencing of Donald Trump

Courts

Man sentenced to 8 years for deadly Manhattan nightclub druggings in robbery scheme: Bragg

Posted on March 20, 2025

‘PATH’ of progress? Mayor Adams says homeless outreach teams have cleaned up subways – though riders are unconvinced

Posted on March 20, 2025

Rikers Island

Woman dies in custody at embattled Rikers Island; NYC’s fourth in-custody death in a month

Posted on March 20, 2025

Mother of Brooklyn man shot dead weeps at vigil

Brooklyn

A year after Brooklyn teen was shot dead outside home, his family asks: Why hasn’t his killer been found?

Posted on March 20, 2025

Former ‘Jeopardy!’ champion and Brooklyn private school teacher Winston Nguyen pleaded guilty earlier this month to soliciting sexually explicit images of children

Brooklyn Paper

Ex-Brooklyn Heights teacher jailed for 7 years after coaxing teens to send sexual images

Police investigate shooting in Brooklyn

Two men shot in Brooklyn as cops look for suspected shooters

Posted on March 20, 2025

brownsville NYCHA fire

Brooklyn Paper

Fire at NYCHA’s Brownsville Houses leaves 13 people injured

Protesters in Mahmoud Khalil case march in front of The Trump building in Manhattan

Politics

More protests in Manhattan over Columbia University pro-Palestine protester Mahmoud Khalil’s detainment as case heads to New Jersey

Posted on March 20, 2025

Suspect sought for Queens subway assault on F line

Queens subway assault: Unhinged woman attacks 7-year-old boy, threatens him and mom with knife

Posted on March 20, 2025

Independent Rikers Commission unveils a comprehensive plan to shutting down the contentious Rikers Island Jail known for its lack of public safety measurements.

Politics

‘Dysfunction, violence and neglect’: Independent Rikers Commission release new blueprint for island jail’s closure

Posted on March 19, 2025

harlem slash

Harlem deli worker stabbed in the neck as masked attacker attempted to steal a cake

Posted on March 19, 2025

Disgraced Manhattan teacher looks up at attorney after guilty plea

No jail for Manhattan teacher who pleaded guilty to criminal charges after photographing boy in school bathroom

Posted on March 19, 2025

Brooklyn police at scene where man was shot

Brooklyn

Man shot in neck across from Brooklyn’s Prospect Park: cops

Posted on March 19, 2025

Iranian journalist Masih Alinejad at court after testifying against would-be assassins

Courts

Iranian journalist faces would-be assassins in court after they allegedly tried to murder her in Brooklyn

Posted on March 18, 2025

rikers

Bronx Times

Rikers officer sentenced to probation for failing to help inmate in suicide attempt: Bronx DA

111th

QNS

Third incident on 7 line in five days as man hit by train at 111th Street station in Corona Tuesday

Queens medical examiner photo

Queens

Queens mechanic found dead inside auto body shop: police

Posted on March 18, 2025

Luigi Mangione, the alleged Midtown assassin accused of fatally shooting UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson in front of a hotel earlier this month, appeared in Supreme Court Monday where he pleaded not guilty murder charges.

Luigi Mangione case: Alleged Midtown assassin’s next federal court appearance pushed back to April

Posted on March 18, 2025

Brooklyn Paper

Dialing in: Brooklyn-based start-up Good Call uses tech to ensure legal support at arrest

Suspect in Bronx subway assault

Bronx

Bronx subway assault: Man wanted for shoving woman off 1 train and onto platform

Posted on March 18, 2025

FDNY captain with American flags ahead of St. Patrick's Day parade

FDNY continues solemn St. Patrick’s Day tradition honoring firefighters lost during 9/11: ‘We continue to suffer’

Posted on March 17, 2025

Police investigate Manhattan scene where young man was stabbed

Young man stabbed during Manhattan melee involving group of youths: cops

Posted on March 17, 2025

File image: The alleged suspect reportedly followed the female jogger before attempting to rape her.

Brooklyn Paper

Suspect charged in daylight attempted rape of jogger at Shirley Chisholm State Park: DA

murray hill

QNS

Elderly woman fatally struck in Murray Hill hit-and-run, driver sought: NYPD

Dozens of advocates gathered outside the Bronx County Court to protest Governor Kathy Hochul's efforts to roll back discovery reform laws named for late Bronx teen, Kalief Browder.

Bronx Times

Protesters rally outside Bronx courthouse against Hochul’s proposed changes to discovery reform law

Firefighters at scene of Brooklyn fire where firefighter suffered cardiac arrest

Brooklyn

Brooklyn firefighter still in critical condition after suffering cardiac arrest during blaze

Posted on March 17, 2025

Photo of Times Square street gang TDA subset

Politics

Trump, Tren de Aragua, and NYPD’s ongoing battle against the infamous gang in New York

Posted on March 16, 2025

Collage of suspects involved in Manhattan subway assault

Police continue search for 9 youths who beat straphanger on Lower Manhattan train over $15

Posted on March 16, 2025

Police officer in Times Square investigating arson attack

Man set on fire in heinous Times Square arson attack expect to survive: cops

Posted on March 16, 2025

Two people were found dead inside a Queens home on Saturday afternoon, police reported.

Queens

Queens tragedy: Cops find man fatally shot near dead woman inside home

Posted on March 15, 2025

Brooklyn murder scene

Brooklyn

Man stabbed to death steps away from Brooklyn’s Barclays Center

Posted on March 15, 2025

The NYPD is looking for a suspect who stabbed a man, pictured with a black motorized scooter, in Brooklyn during a fight.

Brooklyn

Suspect sought for stabbing man and pushing him into traffic in Brooklyn

Posted on March 14, 2025

More from around NYC

estela

Food Market to occupy retail space at Estela mixed-use property in Mott Haven

slash

Southeast Queens man gets 25 years to life in prison for murdering his older brother in 2022: DA

NY: Mental Maternal Healthcare Announcement

New Perinatal Mental Health program aims to combat Brooklyn’s high maternal death rate

“Pink Narcissus,” directed by James Bidgood, screens April 7 at BAM and opens April 11 at the Metrograph.

Q&A: Kelly McKaig revisits James Bidgood’s ‘Pink Narcissus’