Brooklyn NY

On April 24, 2026, an on-duty NYPD officer was arrested and charged after video reportedly showed him repeatedly punching a man at the 149th Street–Grand Concourse subway station in the Bronx. The officer, identified by prosecutors as 33-year-old Joseph DeMaio, was arraigned in Bronx Criminal Court, where he pleaded not guilty. He was released on his own recognizance while the...

A Manhattan jury has convicted 24-year-old Orsen Reyes in a brutal Midtown subway attack that prosecutors say left a 48-year-old commuter with a traumatic brain injury and facial fractures. The assault unfolded in the early hours of Dec. 30, 2024, on the northbound C-train platform at the 50th Street station, according to prosecutors. Reyes was found guilty on April...

According to FDNY, the fire was caused by lithium-ion batteries, many of which were discarded into hazmat material bins left at the scene.

Two bank parking lots along Northern Boulevard in immigrant-dense Queens have become staging points for Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) operations, prompting protests and vocal pushback from local community members. As ICE seeks new permanent parking spots to house its fleet of cars in New York City, residents and elected officials in Queens have initiated […] The post ICE’s Use of Bank Parking Lots...

A high-stakes class-action fight over what counts as a basic education for students in ultra-Orthodox yeshivas has jumped from budget negotiations in Albany to a Brooklyn courtroom, pulling a long-simmering debate back into public view. Plaintiffs argue that changes tucked into last year’s state budget watered down rules meant to guarantee instruction in English, math, science and civics for children...

The Queens DA announced the arrest of Asil Assaidi, who allegedly helped wreak havoc during a drag racing street takeover involving more than 100 vehicles.

Brooklyn resident Marquise Byfield, 16, was shot several times in East New York on Friday afternoon, police say. He succumbed to his injuries.

NEW YORK - An arrest has been made in the deadly shooting of a 15-year-old boy in Queens earlier this month, police said. Police say Zahir Davis, 18, was arrested on April 24 at around 9:20 p.m. within the 113th Precinct and charged with murder. The arrest is connected to...

Amtrak suspended service between New York and Boston on Friday after the train tracks running through Cranston were forced to close by an "apparent structural issue."

Parents at a Bronx elementary school are calling for more NYPD officers as Mayor Mamdani moves to cut police funding and cancel thousands of hires