Tag: Police Department (NYC)

Man Shot in Head at Brooklyn Subway Station

A man was shot in the head at the Hoyt-Schermerhorn subway station in Downtown Brooklyn on Thursday evening, the authorities said. A fight broke out on a moving A train as it was approaching the station, Lincoln Restler, the City Council member who represents the area, said. One man had a gun. The other man […]

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Police Officers Used Stun Gun on Migrant Holding Toddler, Video Shows

New York City officials are investigating a confrontation at a city-run shelter in Queens where police officers struck and used a stun gun on a Venezuelan migrant while he was holding his 1-year-old son. Video footage obtained by The New York Times shows two police officers, who had been called to the shelter over a […]

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Public Workers Joined Ring That Stole IDs of Homeless People, D.A. Says

Eighteen people, including nine public employees, engaged in a broad criminal conspiracy that included the manufacture of ghost guns, burglary and defrauding a state pandemic relief program, according to four indictments filed Thursday by the Manhattan district attorney. The defendants include five employees of New York City’s Department of Homeless Services, a letter carrier for […]

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The Disappearance of Mayor Adams

Halfway through Eric Adams’s term as mayor of New York, many of the headlines he generates aren’t about the city; they’re about his personal problems. The F.B.I. raided the home of his chief campaign fund-raiser. Agents seized his cellphones and iPad. Government officials are looking into whether he received illegal campaign donations from foreigners. These […]

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Teenager Is in Custody in Connection With Subway Station Shooting

A teenager was taken into custody on Thursday in connection with a shooting at a Bronx subway station earlier this week that killed one person and injured five others, a law enforcement official said. The shooting took place during the afternoon rush hour on Monday at the Mount Eden Avenue subway station in the Bronx. […]

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‘Migrant Crime Wave’ Not Supported by Data, Despite High-Profile Cases

In the past month, the New York Police Department has described alarming crimes involving young men living in the city’s migrant shelters. A 15-year-old boy, the police said, shot at an officer in Times Square and hit a tourist. Two officers were kicked and punched on West 42nd Street. A Venezuelan man oversaw a ring […]

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A Plush Dog, Samurai Sword and 42,439 Guns: Inside an N.Y.P.D. Basement

In the office of the Manhattan Property Clerk, evidence and lost items arrive by the tens of thousands. A small band of officers and civilians has to manage never-ending pressure. Feb. 14, 2024 Charmain Carryl moved with purpose through the dim, cavernous room. She turned down a shadowy aisle of rolling library stacks and scanned […]

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15-Year-Old Arrested in Times Square Shooting That Injured a Tourist

A 15-year-old boy was arrested on Friday, accused of shooting a Brazilian tourist in Times Square the night before and then firing twice at a police officer while fleeing the scene, officials said. The arrest came about an hour after the police said at a news conference that they were seeking the teenager, Jesus Alejandro […]

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Plan Reining In Police Response to Protests Can Go Ahead, Judge Rules

New York City can go ahead with an agreement to overhaul how the Police Department handles demonstrations, a federal judge ruled on Wednesday, rejecting arguments from the police officers’ union that the changes would endanger officers and the public. The judge, Colleen McMahon of U.S. District Court in Manhattan, said in her ruling that the […]

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Columbia Limited On-Campus Protests, So Students Took to the Streets

The steps in front of Low Memorial Library at Columbia University have been the site of major campus protests since the 1960s. But when pro-Palestinian demonstrators tried to organize a rally there last Thursday, the area was barricaded off. When the students instead joined a rally on the streets outside of campus the next day, […]

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Grand Jury to Hear Evidence in Times Square Assault on Police Officers

The Manhattan district attorney, Alvin L. Bragg, will convene a grand jury on Tuesday to hear evidence against a group of men caught on video last month assaulting police officers in Times Square, he said in a statement. Mr. Bragg faced criticism when his office did not seek bail for most of the seven men […]

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NYPD Stops Act: What to Know About the Law Requiring More Data

The New York City Council last week required police officers to record the race, age and gender of most people they approach, overriding Mayor Eric Adams’s veto and establishing a law that its supporters say will give a fuller picture of whom officers are stopping during investigations. The law, known as the How Many Stops […]

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NYPD Removes Robot from Times Square Subway

The New York Police Department robot sat motionless like a sad Wall-E on Friday morning, gathering dust inside an empty storefront within New York City’s busiest subway station. No longer were its cameras scanning straphangers traversing Times Square. No longer were subway riders pressing its help button, if ever they had. New York City has […]

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Mayor Adams Clashes With City Council Speaker on NYC’s Path

As Mayor Eric Adams battles low poll ratings, a federal investigation and potential challengers to his re-election in New York City, a Democratic ally has emerged as an unexpected adversary: Adrienne Adams, the City Council speaker. Ms. Adams, who shares many of the mayor’s moderate stances, has become one of his most powerful and vocal […]

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City Council Is Poised to Defy Eric Adams on 2 Criminal Justice Bills

The New York City Council is expected to override Mayor Eric Adams’s veto of two criminal justice bills on Tuesday, delivering what would be a major defeat to Mr. Adams and his administration’s emphasis on strengthening law enforcement efforts. The bills, which would force police officers to document more of their interactions with the public […]

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Mayor Adams Vetoes Police Transparency and Solitary Confinement Bills

After a failed and unusually protracted effort to convince the New York City Council to rescind a bill requiring the police to document more of their interactions with the public, Mayor Eric Adams vetoed the legislation Friday, arguing that it would harm public safety. “We cannot handcuff the police,” Mr. Adams said at a news […]

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An Idealistic Cop, a Forbidden Ticket and a Police Career on the Brink

A red Mazda sped past a police officer’s unmarked car stationed at a tree-lined Staten Island intersection. The officer inside, Mathew Bianchi, clocked the Mazda at well over the limit and prepared to make a stop at a nearby streetlight. But the car blew through a red light. Bianchi turned on his siren. Behind the […]

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Secret Synagogue Tunnel Sets Off Altercation That Leads to 9 Arrests

A decades-old fight about the direction of one of New York’s most prominent Hasidic Jewish groups tipped into chaos this week, when a faction of the group clashed with the police over a tunnel that had secretly been built to the movement’s main synagogue, one of the most significant religious sites in the city. The […]

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The N.Y.P.D. Dance Team Walks the Beat and Feels It Too

Officer Lauren Pagán looked at the line of dancers in the overheated cafeteria at a Queens high school on a recent Monday night and frowned. They were gyrating through moves choreographed to “Mamacita,” a pulsating, Reggaeton-inflected song by the Black Eyed Peas and Ozuna. She had told the dancers to count to eight as they […]

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Homicides and Shootings Fell in New York City as Felony Assaults Rose

Overall crime fell slightly in New York City last year compared with 2022, though the number of felony assaults and car thefts remained stubbornly high, the police said on Wednesday. The city saw significant drops in the number of shootings and murders, as well as in robberies, burglaries, sexual assaults and grand larcenies — all […]

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N.Y.C. Officials Reassure Revelers Ahead of New Year’s Eve Festivities

New York officials on Friday tried to reassure people planning to take in Times Square on New Year’s Eve that there were “no specific credible threats” against Sunday’s festivities. The Police Department is preparing for hundreds of thousands of attendees at the annual ball drop in Times Square and will deploy thousands of officers, including […]

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Grenades, Bikes and Guns: Can a Magnet Fisherman Find Fame?

James Kane was not afraid of the grenade. Not even a little bit. But he was feeling a rush of adrenaline. After all, finding an antique weapon in Sheepshead Bay was a big deal for someone who desperately wants to be noticed. A YouTube video of a grenade being pulled from the water along the […]

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Former N.Y.P.D. Officer Is Charged With Child Sex Offenses

A former New York City police officer was indicted in federal court in Brooklyn on Thursday on charges of coercing a boy to engage in sex and soliciting explicit sexual conversations and nude photographs from boys. The former officer, Christopher Terranova, 34, met one of his victims by using a Police Department database to obtain […]

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The Real Story Behind Shane MacGowan’s ‘Boys of the N.Y.P.D. Choir’

Shane MacGowan’s timeless love letter to New York announces itself from a cockeyed vantage — “It was Christmas Eve, babe, in the drunk tank” — before name-checking the city’s many riches: Frank Sinatra, Broadway, cars big as bars and rivers of gold. “Fairytale of New York” also immortalizes a specific group of people doing a […]

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Jonathan Majors, Film Career in the Balance, Faces Trial in Assault Case

An actor who was on the precipice of superstardom when Manhattan prosecutors accused him of assaulting his then-girlfriend is set to go on trial Wednesday, seeking to keep his career alive in an unusual proceeding that is expected to attract national attention. The actor, Jonathan Majors, was charged in March with misdemeanor assault and harassment. […]

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5-Year-Old Boy and Parents Are Stabbed to Death in Bronx Apartment

A 5-year-old boy and his mother were found fatally stabbed in their Bronx apartment on Sunday, and the boy’s father was found stabbed to death in the hallway. All three members of the family — Jonathan Rivera, 38; his partner, Hanoi Peralta, 33; and their son, Kayden — were pronounced dead early Sunday morning in […]

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William Casey, Who Uncovered Police Corruption, Dies at 78

William M. Casey, a former New York City deputy police chief who was the unheralded hero of the “Dirty 30” corruption investigation that ensnared one-sixth of the officers assigned to a West Harlem precinct, died on Nov. 9 at his home in Pleasantville, N.Y. He was 78. The cause was complications of a stroke and […]

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How 1.2 Million Marijuana Arrests Will Shape New York’s Legal Market

For young Black men like Justin Sullivan, growing up in Harlem in the 2000s came with regular harassment from the police, making it risky to use marijuana. But when he started making white friends who also smoked weed, he learned that they were not under the same scrutiny. “That’s when I started seeing how I […]

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How 1.2 Million Marijuana Arrests Will Shape New York’s Legal Market

For young Black men like Justin Sullivan, growing up in Harlem in the 2000s came with regular harassment from the police, making it risky to use marijuana. But when he started making white friends who also smoked weed, he learned that they were not under the same scrutiny. “That’s when I started seeing how I […]

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Proposed NYPD Budget Cuts Lead to Distress and Skepticism

Soon after Mayor Eric Adams said he would enact a hiring freeze at the Police Department, the alarming texts began to circulate. Festooned with red siren emojis and replete with speculation, they warned rank-and-file officers that many might be transferred back to patrol and that buyouts and demotions were coming. Police unions called the proposed […]

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