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State police have arrested more than a dozen people in what officials are calling the largest criminal vape enforcement action in New York history. Dubbed Operation Vapers’ Dozen, the statewide sweep targeted 12 online vape distributors accused of illegally shipping flavored e-cigarettes and other vapor products...

A cyclist riding in an East Harlem bike lane on Wednesday evening was slashed during a road rage dispute, police said. East 97th Street and First Avenue

Make your contribution now and help Gothamist thrive in 2025. Donate today. A Brooklyn man who died in NYPD custody at the Kings County courthouse Friday was visibly ill and had asked to go to the hospital hours earlier but never made it, according to his lawyer, sister and law enforcement officials.

The decomposed body of an unidentified man was found floating in a polluted waterway in Queens Thursday morning, cops said. The man – whose age was not immediately known – was discovered face-down in the Newtown Creek just off Malt Drive in Long Island City around 8:40 a.m., police said. Small Canadian First Nation...

Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch touted the NYPD’s gang database as key in combating the rising gang violence in the Bronx — a tool that Democratic front-runner Zohran Mamdani has vowed to abolish. “Much of the violence of what we’ve seen over the last few weeks in the Bronx is gang-related — we know who the gang...

Police say the grandmother was caught in the crossfire of an apparent gang-related dispute.

NYC Correction Commissioner Lynelle Maginley-Lidde said every aspect of the incident will be investigated.

Manhattan District Attorney Alvin L. Bragg, Jr., has announced the indictment of 58-year-old Victor Solis on charges stemming from a violent stabbing at a West Harlem subway station this past July. Solis is facing one count of attempted murder in the second degree, one count of assault in the first degree, and two...

Lieutenant Joe LaPointe has served the FDNY as the officer in charge of special ceremonies like graduations and funerals for decades.

Over a platter of tuna rolls on Wednesday night near Grand Central Terminal, a top New York executive’s phone wouldn’t stop ringing. “Have you heard the same rumor that I’ve heard about Adams?” he asked another power broker.