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Queens

Adams calls for new gun violence task force after Queens mass shooting

By Dean Moses

Health

EXCLUSIVE: Criminal justice activists press NYC for real end to solitary confinement in jails

By Dean Moses

Locked out: Manhattan criminal justice protesters say they’re blocked from stop-and-frisk reform

By Dean Moses

Health

City Hall protest over NYC homeless relocations leads to 11 arrests

By Dean Moses

Police officers recount horrors from the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol

By Richard Cowan and Sarah N. Lynch, Reuters

Councilman proposes legislation to curb illegal dirt bike use and drag racing

By Jason Cohen

Brooklyn

Man shot dead near Cuomo’s press conference on gun violence

By Aidan Graham

Queens

‘Keep your word!’: Advocates for Chanel Lewis rally in Queens demanding DA Katz reopen murder case

By Dean Moses

Queens

Virtual town hall with Queens congresswoman addresses creative approaches to community safety

By Julia Moro

Queens

Queens officials say ‘thank you’ to local crossing guards during honorary breakfast

By Julia Moro

Brooklyn

Myrie, Richardson sue NYPD for civil rights violations at Floyd protests

By Ben Brachfeld

Schumer wants feds to better target gun trafficking to help combat NYC shootings

By Kevin Duggan

Queens

Construction underway on borough-based jail in Kew Gardens

By Bill Parry

Queens

Schumer, Queens pols rally for a safer summer amid rising crime

By Kevin Duggan

Health

Protesters demand the $1B defund the NYPD promise be kept

By Dean Moses

NYPD to crack down on counterfeit license plates, hoping to prevent more violent crimes

By: Ariel Pacheco

Safe Summer NYC initiative will refurbish 15 basketball courts at NYCHA complexes

By: Ariel Pacheco

Queens

Springfield Gardens gun buyback event takes 79 firearms off Queens streets

By Gabriele Holtermann

NYPD partners with ATF in effort to get illegal guns off New York City streets

By Ariel Pacheco

Queens

‘We need action now’: de Blasio and mayoral hopefuls react to Queens boy’s fatal shooting

By Robert Pozarycki

Mayhem in May: NYPD reports 22% crime spike and 73% shooting surge

By Robert Pozarycki

Queens

Queens firefighters among the honored at FDNY Medal Day in Flushing Meadows Corona Park

By Bill Parry

Climate activists cuffed at Downtown protest over Public Renewables Act

By Gabriele Holtermann

Mayoral candidate Maya Wiley warns Lynch: ‘There is a new sheriff in town’

By Dean Moses

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Locals blast proposed Crown Heights development at City Planning hearing