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A Brooklyn man on July 24 was sentenced to 38 years in prison for violently attacking his former girlfriend, causing serious injuries including a slashing to her face and multiple stab wounds at her workplace in Downtown Brooklyn. Rakien “Rakeem” Figueroa, 43, of East New York, was convicted March 24...

Two men were fatally shot early Monday morning outside a residential building in the Bronx, marking a deadly start to the week in the 45th Precinct. Police responded to a… The post A quiet Bronx street turned into a crime scene after two young men were gunned down in a brazen early morning attack first appeared on...

Officers found a 42-year-old man with a gunshot wound to his stomach at the scene.

It took two Suffolk County police officers to pull off a police dog that had jumped on the back of a dark-skinned bystander at a […] ‘Trained Their Dogs to Attack Black Men’: New York Police Department Faces Accusations of Racial Profiling After K-9 Makes a Beeline for Dark-Skinned Bystander in Viral Video

A New York National Guard member has been arrested on charges of selling contraband to state prison inmates at Collins Correctional Facility in Erie County.

The eye-opening racial disparities in the admissions process to some of New York City’s most prestigious public schools has resulted in a call to a change to the admission process. Eight out of 781 students admitted to Manhattan’s Stuyvesant High School being Black showcases the vast racial disparities students...

In 1977, Shayna Glassman's father lived in apartment 6E at 35 Pine Street in Yonkers, N.Y. His direct upstairs neighbor was a young postal worker named David Berkowitz.

A maniac who stabbed a beloved Brooklyn deli worker appeared “hell-bent” after an earlier scuffle with the frightened father — despite his own mother’s screams for him to stop, witnesses said Saturday. The fight at the NY Deli & Mini Market Corp. at the corner of Hegeman and Van Siclen avenues in East New York broke...

New York City Councilwoman Inna Vernikov has expressed concern over Democratic Socialist Zohran Mamdani’s mayoral bid, claiming it has fueled fears of rising instability in New York City. She noted that some constituents are considering leaving the city due to his campaign. Mamdani’s candidacy has also faced strong...

New York, US: Chaos erupted on a busy New York street this afternoon as two men brandishing machetes clashed in a violent and terrifying altercation, leaving bystanders shaken and sparking renewed calls for stronger police presence across the city. A Scene of Panic Unfolds. Shoppers, commuters, and families found...