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Levi Aron, 49, was serving a sentence of 40 years to life in prison at for the killing of 8-year-old Leiby Kletzky.

There have been at least 14 in-custody deaths in New York City this year.

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

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...

New York has no plans to change hepatitis B vaccine guidance after a Centers for Disease Control advisory panel voted to stop recommending a first dose for newborns.

A TikTok creator is warning other women in Bergen County to stay aware of their surroundings after what she calls a scary encounter with a possible trafficker.

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...

"It was disturbingly easy for me to fall into this world. It started with small, seemingly harmless choices."

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.

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...