Bronx stash house busted with over 400 pounds of illegal cannabis, NYPD says
According to officials, the search warrant was carried out by a joint task force between the New York City Sheriff’s Office and local law enforcement
Convicted kidnapper, killer of Brooklyn boy, 8, has died
Levi Aron, 49, was serving a sentence of 40 years to life in prison at for the killing of 8-year-old Leiby Kletzky.
Man dies after looking unwell in Rikers Island cell: Officials
There have been at least 14 in-custody deaths in New York City this year.
At least 46 people rushed to hospital from NYC’s 2 overdose prevention centers
At least 46 people from the two New York City safe-injection sites were rushed to the hospital in cardiac arrest or with life-threatening strokes or seizures
Family heartbroken after deadly Queens moped crash
A 68-year-old father of five was struck by moped driver and killed in Queens on Friday, leaving his family heartbroken right before the holidays.
Wards Island shrinks on edge, as criminally-insane patients go ‘stir crazy’ after flood, elevator...
It’s “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest” on Wards Island. For the past three months, staff at the massive Manhattan Psychiatric Center have been “nonchalantly” trudging dangerous inmates — including the “Butcher of Tompkins Square Park” — through the facility’s non-criminal side to get them some fresh air since a...
Mayor Adams’ one-time roomie stepping down from plum six-figure NYPD post, police sources say
A longtime pal of Mayor Adams who was appointed to a plum gig at the NYPD — and made nearly $300,000 last year – is retiring. Lisa White, the controversial deputy commissioner for employee relations since 2019, rented a room to Adams for four years at her Crown Heights apartment before he was elected mayor, and...
Overturned vehicle prompts emergency response on Arthur Kill Road
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — An overturned vehicle in Charleston drew an emergency response and prompted a temporary road closure on Saturday night. The incident occurred around 6:40 p.m. on Arthur Kill Road adjacent the Lowe’s Home Improvement just west of Bloomingdale Road. A white Toyota 4Runner was seen...
Controversial Appointment: Mamdani Selects Activist, Known for ‘Abolish Police’ Comment, for Important Public Safety...
This post features an OpenAI-powered summary derived from the NewsBreak users' discussions on Mamdani taps disgraced activist who said 'one day we can abolish police' to key public safety committee.
NYU students whine Washington Sq. Park’s charm left with homeless junkies — despite vagrant...
They need a lesson in common sense. New York University kids are whining that Washington Square Park has lost its charm now that the cops have evicted all the druggies and vagrants — even as one of their own was randomly attacked by a violent hobo this week near the green space. “With the local unhoused community now...
