Police & Fire Archives – Politics NY

woman in handcuffs escorted by detectives after corruption indictment

‘Classic bribery’: Former Adams aide Ingrid Lewis-Martin, power brokers at center of alleged pay-to-play schemes indicted

By Ethan Stark-Miller, Kirstyn Brendlen, Adam Daly & Dean Moses

NYPD recruits stand with right arms raised taking an oath

Blue blood infusion: NYPD welcomes largest recruit class in 9 years amid its ongoing staffing crisis

By Robert Pozarycki

NYPD officer staring at funeral for fallen cop

Bleeding blue: Why is the NYPD losing an average of 300 cops per month?

By Dean Moses

NYPD officer looking on patrol.

Crime

What crime problem? NYC is safer than its been in 25 years, NYPD stats show, despite Trump threats of federal takeover

By Dean Moses

NYC Mayor’s Race: How each candidate plans to approach policing and crime

By Shea Vance

Governor Kathy Hochul makes a discovery announcement.

Courts

New York change to discovery laws take effect in win for prosecutors

By Ajani Stella

people at grand army plaza rally for arms embargo in gaza

Brooklyn

Hundreds rally at Grand Army Plaza to call for humanitarian aid in Gaza

By Gabriele Holtermann

City Council, advocates celebrate $50 million mental health and safety investment, call on Mayor Adams to prioritize Rikers closure

By Shea Vance & Lloyd Mitchell

The NYPD’s new quality of life teams along the Coney Island boardwalk.

Brooklyn

Mayor Adams and NYPD expand quality of life teams across Brooklyn after successful pilot

By Manuela Moreyra

Council member Tiffany Cabán among 50 protesters arrested in takeover of Schumer, Gillibrand’s Midtown offices

By Dean Moses

Midtown mass shooting suspect holding M4 rifle with photo of his permit

MIDTOWN MASS SHOOTING: How Nevada gun laws helped enable a killer to wreak havoc and death in New York

By Ajani Stella

people embrace during a candlelight vigil in Bryant Park

New Yorkers gather in Bryant Park to grief Midtown mass shooting victims, vow ‘we are stronger together’

By Manuela Moreyra

People walking into Bronx home of slain officer in Midtown mass shooting

MIDTOWN MASS SHOOTING: Officer Didarul Islam’s Parkchester neighbors remember him as friendly, prayerful

By Emily Swanson

Police say they arrested the man who was allegedly caught on surveillance video setting a dog on fire in South Ozone Park. Mayoral candidate Curtis Sliwa (l.) held a press conference in South Ozone Park and coordinated a local search for the suspect.

Queens

Sliwa leads local search for suspect who burned dog in South Ozone Park, police make arrest after tip from Good Samaritan

By Dean Moses and Robert Pearl

A motorcyclist from Astoria was killed in a fatal collision in Corona after he struck a vehicle, was thrown from his bike, and was struck by a hit-and-run driver near LeFrak City, police said.

Queens

Astoria motorcyclist killed in fatal crash on Long Island Expressway near LeFrak City: NYPD

By Bill Parry

Masked guards for ICE escort immigrant

ICE in court: Feds snatch more immigrants as Lander, Williams demand safety inspection of detainment center

By Dean Moses

three men apprehended in dark ICE courtroom.

Housing & Homelessness

ICE in courts: Arrests go on in Lower Manhattan as leaked video shows immigrants detained in squalid conditions

By Dean Moses and Adam Daly

Assemblymember Stacey Pheffer Amato went to bat for members of the FDNY, volunteer firefighters and EMTs and paramedics during the legislative session.

Queens

Pheffer Amato passes legislation on behalf of the FDNY, volunteer firefighters, EMTs and paramedics

By Bill Parry

two men sitting and looking intently at something

Courts

Ex-NYPD top cop Donlon threatens $10M defamation lawsuit against Mayor Adams, retired deputy commish over ‘character assassination’

By Adam Daly

Secretary of State Kristi noem, woman with long hair and pantsuit, speaking into microphone

Noem, Homan vow ICE agent surge in NYC, slam Mayor Adams after off-duty Border Patrol shot in Manhattan park

By Dean Moses

cop on a subway platform

Heated battle over subway crime erupts at congressional hearing

By Ajani Stella

An FDNY ambulance on Parkside Avenue in Brooklyn.

FDNY EMT outrage: First responders now earn less than grocery delivery workers after NYC Council vote

By Barbara Russo-Lennon

Tom Donlon sworn in as interim NYPD commissioner in September 2024, a role he now claims in a federal lawsuit was undermined by systemic corruption and political interference

Courts

Bombshell lawsuit: Ex-Police Commissioner Tom Donlon claims Mayor Adams and NYPD leaders ran department as ‘criminal enterprise’

By Adam Daly

allerton

Housing & Homelessness

Displaced Allerton fire victims rally for third time for housing assistance and speedier repairs

By Emily Swanson

More from Around New York

permits

Permits filed for residential building with 38 units in Crotona Park East

Law enforcement officers set up barriers after a shooting at Annunciation Church, which is also home to an elementary school, in Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S. August 27, 2025.

In wake of Minneapolis shooting, White House falsely suggests link between gender-affirming care and violence

Yellow cab speeds through Times Square in New York, NY, USA.

Queens man admits to cheating-for-hire on TLC licensing exam

NY: Thousands celebrate the West Indian Day Parade.

Mayor Eric Adams, NYPD Commissioner outline security measures for J’Ouvert and West Indian American Day Parade