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NYPD vehicles line the perimeter of a courthouse. The deaths come as Commissioner Jessica Tisch ramps up low-level crime arrests despite criticism that they criminalize poverty. [ more › ]

The mayor's office said the raid was part of an ongoing violent crime initiative with the U.S. Attorney's office.

Videos allegedly captured a New York City subway operator allowing minors to take an aboveground train out on an illegal joyride — in a stunt transit leaders blasted as “reckless.” Two clips posted to social media allegedly show the same subway operator allowing children to man an MTA train in broad daylight. “Go,...

New York commuters aren’t imagining things: Though the MTA is trying to gloss over the facts, it was another rotten summer for the subways. Data the agency released last week show an increase in major incidents underground, longer wait times and more delays caused by system disrepair. The 138 incidents that delayed...

Firefighters responded to the Sterling Place building around 10:48 a.m. The third-floor fire was placed under control by 11:26 a.m.

The family of 17-year-old Anthonaya Campbell, a victim of last Sunday's mass shooting in Haffen Park, is calling for the transfer of Campbell to another hospital.

For the second time this summer, the NYPD and the Department of Sanitation conducted an e-bike sweep targeting delivery workers, also known as deliveristas. However, unlike the operation on July 30, which focused on the NE corridor at 11th Street, the Aug. 28 enforcement expanded to First Avenue, where officers...

ORIENT, NY(WFSB) - 7 staff members were hospitalized after an incident on Plum Island in New York. According to the Department of Homeland Security, there was an incident this morning at the Plum Island Animal Disease Center. “During a routine operation, several staff complained of eye irritation,” a DHS...

Police identified the victim as Jontay Davis, from the Bronx.

The NYPD is searching for an armed assailant who slashed a subway rider on a Brooklyn A train last week, releasing a photo of the suspect Tuesday to aid the investigation.