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Queens

Queens lawmakers memorialize late NYPD Detective Anastasios Tsakos with Long Island Expressway renaming

By Carlotta Mohamed

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Health

Hochul pledges to seize more weapons under ‘red flag’ laws, battle domestic terrorism following Buffalo shooting

By Isabel Song Beer

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‘I am going to be living in pain the rest of my life’: Family, pols demand justice after Bronx child Kyhara Tay shot dead

By Dean Moses

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Another Rikers Island inmate dies less than a day after NYC and feds agree to reform plan

By Robert Pozarycki

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Queens

Queens lawmakers introduce legislation mandating life imprisonment without parole when the murder victim is a cop

By Bill Parry

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Health

‘How many more people have to die’: Activists demand Justice Department intervention at Rikers

By Isabel Song Beer

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Legal expert calls on Hochul for new legislation supporting minors in police custody

By Isabel Song Beer

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Same shift, different days: Advocates accuse city of homeless encampment sweep bias for redeploying NYPD officers and DHS agents over and over again

By Dean Moses

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Buffalo supermarket shooter sought Black neighborhood in act of hateful terror, official says

By Carolyn Thompson and Michael Balsamo, AP

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Health

Mayor Adams appoints Rikers Island task force to address crisis of neglect and death

By Isabel Song Beer

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A tale of two sweeps: Lower Manhattan homeless encampments end with vastly different fates

By Dean Moses

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Adams, NYPD call for Polymer80 license to be revoked amidst flood of ghost guns

By Dean Moses

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Queens

Queens council members call for expanded mental health services to ensure public safety

By Julia Moro

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Courts

Latest Rikers Island inmate suicide resulted from lack of supervision, city report finds as federal takeover looms

By Aidan Graham

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Another Rikers Island inmate dies in custody amid looming threat of federal takeover

By Robert Pozarycki

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‘I can’t keep doing this’: East Village homeless residents left cuffed and displaced after latest sweep

By Dean Moses

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Queens

South Queens lawmakers to honor fallen firefighter Timothy Klein with state resolution

By Bill Parry

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Brooklyn

A tale of two siblings: Brooklyn woman sees hope, homeless brother sees despair, in Adams’ effort to end homelessness

By Wes Parnell

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Malliotakis secures $2.9 million in federal funds for NYPD

By Jessica Parks

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‘I feel pretty safe, but I’m careful’: NYC straphangers speak out on subway safety after recent shootings

By Dean Moses

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Barking up the wrong tree: Protester cuffed after attempting to halt East Side seawall project by climbing tree

By Dean Moses

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AG James to state law enforcement agencies: Don’t let landlords use you to violate tenant rights

By Dean Moses

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Torres and gun safety advocates announce new federal push to curb ghost guns

By Jason Cohen

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Queens

Jamaica shooting near bar leaves man with bullet in his neck

By Robert Pozarycki

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George Diaz Jr. off the ballot and out of the state’s District 81 Assembly primary due to invalid signatures

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Deborah Glick’s long fight for abortion rights

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Lawmakers, activists rally outside National Grid HQ, urging action on climate laws before end of legislative session