NYPD run like a ‘criminal enterprise,’ ex-commissioner says in bombshell lawsuit
The former commissioner alleges it "functions as a racketeering enterprise."
Revisiting ‘Dapper Dan: Made In Harlem A Memoir’
Who remembers when girls from Harlem, the Bronx, Brooklyn, Queens, and Staten Island donned authentic Gucci bags and real gold?. We were called B-Girl, and almost all of us wore big, gold bamboo earrings, rope chains around our necks (or a name chain), and carried Louis Vuitton bags, though we were also known as...
Police seek buff Mustang driver who allegedly mowed down 6 people in Bronx hit-run
Police are searching for a driver who allegedly went off a Bronx roadway and struck six people on the sidewalk before fleeing the scene.
Husband busted for gunning down wife, 45, in cold-blooded daylight NYC attack: cops
A 62-year-old man was busted this week for allegedly gunning down his 45-year-old wife in a cold-blooded, broad-daylight burst of violence in Queens last month, police said. Audwin Caines, who cops say is homeless, fired multiple shots at Chaneil Ramsay on 127th Avenue near 176th Street in South Jamaica around 2:30...
Driver doing donuts in NYC parking lot fatally strikes girlfriend, is arrested for negligent...
A young driver doing donuts in a Brooklyn mall parking lot lost control and fatally struck his girlfriend — landing him in jail on negligent homicide charges, police sources said Wednesday. Zachary Cando, 24, was allegedly doing the dangerous spinning trick in a luxury car at the Gateway Center lot in East New York...
Protester Who Spit On Driver Before She Hit Crowd In Fairview Arrested: Police
Giancarlo Pontecorvo, 26, of Ridgefield, who was participating in the peaceful protest on Saturday, July 12, organized by United Without Fear, first got into an altercation with an individual at 6 Anderson Ave., Fairview Police Chief Vincent Bellucci said. Pontecorvo crossed the street from the demonstration and...
BASEMENT ALERT! These New York Residents In Danger
There is a new alert that has been posted and impacts those who live below grade in portions of New York State. The weather has been interesting to say the least. This summer, we have seen just about everything from hot and humid, to cool and wet!. But the latest...
The 1991 discovery of 419 African graves that revealed Manhattan’s massive colonial-era slave cemetery
The African Burial Ground in Lower Manhattan, New York. From the late 1600s to 1794, a 6.6-acre plot in Lower Manhattan served as the final resting place for over 15,000 African people. Both free and enslaved Africans were buried in this ground outside the boundaries of New Amsterdam, the Dutch settlement that became...
Ex-NYPD Commissioner Files Explosive Suit Alleging Mayor Adams Runs NYPD as a Criminal Enterprise
Former Interim NYPD Commissioner Thomas Donlon filed an explosive federal lawsuit Wednesday, alleging that Mayor Eric Adams and department leaders function as a criminal “racketeering” enterprise. Donlon said the officials’ efforts to consolidate power and punish dissent included manipulating the department’s...
Officials Urge These New Yorkers To Stay Indoors Immediately
The air over the Hudson Valley is unsafe today. Here's which New Yorkers should stay inside. The New York State DEC has issued an Air Quality alert for the Hudson Valley and New York City. Air Quality Health Advisory Issued Wednesday for Lower Hudson Valley and New York City. The...