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Mayor Eric Adams and Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch sought to make reality the perception Monday in rolling out crime statistics demonstrating an overall crime decline in 2024 — even though many New Yorkers still don't feel safe. Hizzoner and the top cop said on Jan. 6 that murder, robbery, burglary, grand larceny all dropped last year, though felony assaults continued to be higher than normal. On top of that, they also stressed the ongoing problem with repeat offenders responsible for crime citywide. They noted that the ongoing issues plaguing the city’s safety landscape can largely be attributed to the “revolving door” of the criminal justice system, which they argue has been perpetuated by legislative changes enacted in 2020. “Last month, a career criminal with 17 prior arrests committed a brazen robbery at gunpoint, injuring both a police officer and an innocent bystander,” Tisch said. “This individual had repeatedly been released, demonstrating a clear failure within our system to keep repeat offenders off the streets.”

NYC crime: Mayor Adams and Police Commissioner Tisch tout felony drops in 2024 while battling public perception of an unsafe city

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Man gets 15 years for deadly stabbing at Times Square Dave & Buster’s

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Brooklyn Paper

Cops searching for serial arson suspect after three fires in Brooklyn

Brooklyn Paper

Two-alarm blaze displaces 14 people, 2 dogs in Brooklyn: FDNY

Firefighter approaching flames in Brooklyn three-alarm fire

Brooklyn

Brooklyn three-alarm fire tears into homes, leaves two people injured: FDNY

Posted on January 6, 2025

A homeless man with over 50 prior arrests has been charged with stabbing a man aboard a Lower Manhattan subway on New Year’s Day, police said.

Man arrested for New Year’s Day subway stabbing in Manhattan had over 50 prior arrests: cops

Posted on January 5, 2025

Police investigate Brooklyn scene where man was shot

Brooklyn

Man shot dead in Brooklyn apartment building lobby: cops

Posted on January 5, 2025

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Queens

Queens mass shooting: Four suspected shooters behind carnage that left 10 people wounded near event hall still at large

Posted on January 4, 2025

Police investigate a crime scene

NYC murders: Bronx man shot dead at apartment building in precinct’s second homicide in first three days of 2025

Posted on January 4, 2025

Police at scene of Lower Manhattan stabbing

NYC Neighborhoods

Arrest made in East Harlem triple stabbing that left Bronx teenager dead

Posted on January 4, 2025

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Brooklyn Paper

Co-creator of Bed-Stuy Aquarium sentenced to prison for attempted murder

Cops are looking for a creep who attacked and sexually assaulted a woman in Brooklyn on Thursday.

Brooklyn

Suspect sought for attacking and sexually assaulting woman in Brooklyn

Posted on January 3, 2025

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Brooklyn Paper

Police seek gunman in teen shooting near Brooklyn school

Probationary firefighters graduate from Queens College on Dec. 27. Photo: FDNY Flickr.

QNS

New York’s Bravest: FDNY graduates 289 probationary firefighters at Queens College

Woman accused of stabbing postal worker dead in Harlem

Harlem deli murder: Woman accused of stabbing postal worker dead over sandwich order

Posted on January 3, 2025

Police at stabbing scene in Manhattan

NYC Neighborhoods

Harlem man arrested for slashing senior dead in first NYC homicide of 2025

Posted on January 2, 2025

Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg

Courts

Man in Manhattan indicted for slashing ex-girlfriend, shoving her into train tracks in front of her children

Posted on January 2, 2025

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QNS

Autopsy finds Middle Village infant died from ketamine overdose in 2023, case deemed a homicide investigation: NYPD

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Brooklyn Paper

17-year-old shot in Brooklyn, steps from local high school

Former NYPD Chief of Department Jeffrey Maddrey

Politics

Ex-NYPD top uniformed cop Maddrey’s home raided by federal agents: Commissioner Tisch

Posted on January 2, 2025

Site of New Orleans terror attack

New Orleans terror attack: NYC on alert as probe continues into deadly Bourbon Street rampage on New Year’s Day

Posted on January 2, 2025

A 6 train at Pelham Bay Park station in the Bronx.

Bronx

MTA worker stabbed in the Bronx while on duty at subway station

Posted on January 2, 2025

Officers from Brooklyn's 75th Precinct investigate their first shooting of 2025 on Wednesday night, Jan. 1, that left a man wounded in a barber shop on Stanley Avenue in East New York.

Brooklyn

Brooklyn barber shop shooting leaves man wounded: NYPD

Posted on January 2, 2025

Police at the scene of a reported mass shooting in Queens on Jan. 1, 2025.

Queens

Queens mass shooting: Search continues for four gunmen who shot 10 people at gang-related event

Posted on January 2, 2025

Police at NYC murders scene

First NYC murders of 2025: Man in Harlem fatally slashed, Bronx man shot dead

Posted on January 1, 2025

Police at crime scene

Brooklyn

Four men in Brooklyn shot and pistol-whipped in violent attack at home: cops

Posted on January 1, 2025

A police arresting a man.

Suspect in Manhattan subway shoving on New Year’s Eve booked for attempted murder

Posted on January 1, 2025

The One Train at the station

New Year’s Eve horror: Man fighting for life after being shoved onto Manhattan subway track, suspect in custody

Posted on December 31, 2024

Cops say the alleged suspect was last seen on Dec. 14 wearing a blue jacket and a dark colored hooded sweatshirt. He also had a black and white bandana.

Brooklyn Paper

Suspect sought in knife-point robbery of teen aboard Q train: NYPD

An F train at the Coney Island-Stillwell Avenue station, where a woman was burned to death in a horrific attack on Dec. 22, 2024.

Brooklyn

Woman burned to death in Brooklyn subway arson attack identified

Posted on December 31, 2024

New Yorkers protest murder of Robert Brooks

Protesters outside Hochul’s Midtown office issue ultimatum over Robert Brooks’ killing in prison: Arrest suspects, or we’ll ‘shut state down’

Posted on December 31, 2024

A police officer at a shooting scene

Bronx

Bronx man shot dead at store just down the block from his home: cops

Posted on December 31, 2024

Six people were shot in the Bronx during a gang related firefight on Dec. 30, 2024, sources familiar with the incident reported.

Bronx

Six people shot in Bronx, mother used as human shield during “targeted” attack, cops say

Posted on December 30, 2024

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Brooklyn Paper

Firefighters rescue one person, one canine companion from all-hands fire in Brooklyn

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QNS

DNA testing identifies Queens cold case victim after 33 years: DA

Although police brass say there is no credible threat facing New Year celebrations in Times Square this week, they charge that they remain on heightened alert since the Oct. 6 terror attacks.

New Year’s Eve: NYPD on heightened alert for Times Square celebration due to Middle East tensions

Posted on December 30, 2024

FILE - Police at a Brooklyn crime scene

Brooklyn

Teenage boy in Brooklyn stabbed multiple times during park brawl: cops

Posted on December 30, 2024

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Bronx Times

Infant found in tote bag in Bronx; police release video of woman who allegedly abandoned child

FILE - Transit police at scene of subway slashing

Midtown straphanger slashed in neck during subway station argument: cops

Posted on December 30, 2024

Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch hastily replaced NYPD Chief of Internal Affairs Miguel Iglesias late Saturday night amidst sexual misconduct accusations that rocked the department and saw former Chief of Department Jeffrey Maddrey hand in his resignation.

Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch praised by predecessor amid sweeping staff changes at NYPD

Posted on December 29, 2024

Guardian Angels Founder Curtis Sliwa with a homeless man on board a subway train at the Coney Island-Stillwell Avenue station on Dec. 29, 2024.

Brooklyn

Guardian Angels resume subway patrols following subway arson attack as founder Curtis Sliwa questions transit safety

Posted on December 29, 2024

A fast-moving Queens fire on Dec. 29, 2024 left one person critically injured and more than 20 people and pets homeless, Fire Department officials said.

Queens

Queens house fire leaves resident critically injured, 21 others displaced: FDNY

Posted on December 29, 2024

NYPD vehicle in Manhattan

Cop arrested in Manhattan, suspended for allegedly raping his wife: sources

Posted on December 29, 2024

The suspect behind a violent stabbing in Queens on Dec. 9, 2024.

Queens

Queens stabbing suspect sought weeks after violent attack that left man seriously wounded

Posted on December 29, 2024

FILE - Police at a shooting scene

NYC Neighborhoods

Man shot dead outside Manhattan apartment building: cops

Posted on December 28, 2024

The 34th Street-Penn Station subway platform

Senior man found on fire at Penn Station, hospitalized with severe burns: cops

Posted on December 28, 2024

A fire broke out this morning at the Bank of America Bryant Park Winter Village.

Fire breaks out at Bryant Park Winter Village, marking second holiday market blaze in two weeks

Posted on December 27, 2024

Hacker stealing password and identity, computer crime.

Brooklyn Paper

Brooklyn DA cracks down on crypto scams targeting Russian community

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U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to reporters aboard Air Force One before arriving at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland, U.S., January 27, 2025.

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