NYPD “laser focused” on recruitment after shedding thousands of officers
The NYPD welcomed more than 1,000 recruits into the academy over the summer. Community leaders say, however, thousands more officers are needed to keep crime down.
NYPD Chief of Dept. John Chell set to retire, seek disability pension: sources
NYPD Chief of Department John Chell is expected to put in his retirement papers as early as Wednesday – and is seeking a disability pension, law enforcement sources said. Chell is exiting the department after serving as the highest ranking uniformed officer since the start of the year and helping oversee a notable...
Shakeem Clarke Fatally Shot Jamaal George: Prosecutor
At 5 a.m., Sunday, Sept. 28, officers responded to Union Street and Martin Luther King Jr. Drive and found Jamaal George, a 27-year-old Jersey City man with a gunshot wound to the upper body, Acting Hudson County Prosecutor Wayne Mello said. George was transported to Jersey City Medical Center where he was pronounced...
NYPD sketch depicts autistic boy, 11, reported missing — even as mom denies having...
A new NYPD sketch depicts the 11-year-old autistic boy reported missing from his Brooklyn apartment – whose mother has bizarrely denied the existence of the child, according to law enforcement sources. The drawing – released by the NYPD Saturday night – shows Jacob Pritchett, who was last reported living with his mom...
Boy, 17, busted with loaded handgun tucked inside waistband at NYC high school: cops
A 17-year-old boy with a loaded handgun tucked inside his waistband was busted at his Brooklyn high school Monday morning, authorities said. The teen was packing the loaded 9 mm handgun inside East Brooklyn High School on Kings Highway near East 96th Street in Flatbush just before 10 a.m., cops and sources said. This...
45-year-old Sanitation worker decapitated by girlfriend’s teenage son in NYC home: cops, sources
A New York City Sanitation worker who was nearing retirement was allegedly decapitated by his girlfriend’s troubled teenage son inside a Staten Island home Monday, according to cops and sources. Police responded to a shocking 911 call of a man stabbed — and reportedly decapitated — inside a Cary Avenue home in West...
25 Things Southerners Will Never Understand About New Yorkers
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Man Steals Slice Of Pizza From Party At Fort Lee Restaurant, Kicks Officers: Cops
The incident happened around 1:12 p.m. Monday, Sept. 29 at Baggio’s Restaurant Pizzeria on Main Street, where Leonel Carranza took a slice of pizza from an open tray during a private party and refused to leave when asked by staff, according to Fort Lee Deputy Police Chief Edward Young.
Nigerians Paint New York in Green and White at Independence Day Parade & Carnival
In a display of vibrant patriotism, thousands of Nigerians and friends of Nigeria transformed midtown Manhattan into a spectacle of colour, music and unity on Saturday as they marked the 2025 Nigeria Independence Day Parade and Carnival. The procession, which stretched from East 38th Street to East 24th Street along...
Sliwa vows to slash $10B from schools budget, ‘all being spent on bureaucracy’
“I’m the only candidate, GOP candidate, the one to slash taxes, corporate tax, income tax, especially the property tax, which a mayor does hold sway over,” Sliwa said in a Bloomberg Radio interview Monday.
