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Ex-Obama staffer smiles at perp walk following his arrest for anti-Islamic tirade

Ex-Obama staffer busted for harassing Manhattan halal vendors in anti-Islamic tirade smiles during perp walk

By Dean Moses

NYPD brass testify at police radio encryption hearing

Over and out? NYPD evades media access questions at City Council hearing on police radio encryption

By Dean Moses

Videos obtained by ProPublica and THE CITY show Detective Manuel Cordova, top left, Officer Omar Habib, right, and Detective Fabio Nunez, bottom left, using chokeholds. Obtained by ProPublica and THE CITY

Courts

NYC ban on police chokeholds upheld by state’s highest court

By Ethan Stark-Miller

An NYPD officer uses radio

Over and out? State bill would thwart NYPD radio encryption plan and protect public access to transmissions

By Todd Maisel

Brooklyn

Mayor Eric Adams and NYPD officials tout crime reduction success, launch new initiative to support at-risk residents

By Dean Moses

NYPD officers on patrol

Blue exodus? Mass NYPD retirements loom over alleged ‘inhumane’ work hours

By Dean Moses

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NYPD reports alarming 135% spike in NYC hate crimes in October amid Israel-Hamas conflict

By Ben Brachfeld

U.S. Capitol

Man with gun arrested in park near US Capitol

By Associated Press

Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg and a host of elected officials announced on Monday new legislation that would expand Hate Crime charges as biased attacks continue to rise in the Big Apple.

Crime

Fighting hate: Manhattan pols push expanded charges, closed legal loopholes to combat bias crime spike

By Dean Moses

Marijuana growing in a greenhouse

High crimes: NY state seizes over $6M of marijuana from illegal shops in October

By Ben Brachfeld

Crime

‘Arrest Eric Adams’: Climate protesters cuffed outside of City Hall amidst FBI raid on mayor’s campaign fundraiser

By Dean Moses

Trump Fraud Lawsuit

Courts

Donald Trump’s sons Don Jr. and Eric will testify at fraud trial that threatens the family’s empire

By Michael E. Sisak, AP

Louis Molina as correction commissioner

Molina departs as NYC correction boss, becomes assistant deputy mayor for public safety

By Robert Pozarycki

Senator Kirsten Gillibrand announces effort to fight antisemitic and Islamophobic hate crimes

Fighting antisemitism and Islamophobia: Gillibrand eyes federal collaboration, financial aid to help stop hate crimes

By Max Parrott

War in Israel: Massive Grand Central Station rush hour protest leads to arrests as protesters seek Middle East ceasefire following terrorist attacks

By Dean Moses

George Santos

George Santos faces arraignment on new fraud indictment in New York

By Associated Press

Maine mass shooter holding pointing assault rifle at bowling alley

Massacre in Maine: At least 16 dead, communities on lockdown as mass shooter remains at large

By David Sharp, AP

transgender rights

Transgender rights activists demand fair treatment from NY State Sheriffs

By Aidan Graham

Donald Trump in court

Courts

Donald Trump in court: Defendant tries to leverage fraud trial for attention as Republican presidential front-runner

By Michael R. Sisak and Jill Colvin, AP

Officers of the 79th police precinct at the scene of a shooting in Bedford-Stuyvesant.

Brooklyn

Bed-Stuy shooting leaves teenager wounded: NYPD

By Isabel Song Beer

Trump Fraud Lawsuit

With Donald Trump back at civil fraud trial, accountant testifies after key witness Michael Cohen postpones

By Michael R. Sisak & Jennifer Peltz, AP

A Rikers Island corrections officer

Queens

Rikers Island secret lounge and supply stash built by Correction Department blasted by Legal Aid Society as ‘lawless’

By Max Parrott

Flushing

Queens

NYPD’S 109th Precinct talks reduced crime rates in Flushing, address residents’ concerns during community council meeting

By Rachel Butler

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Brooklyn

Fighting crime through youth programing: Saturday Night Lights returns for fall season

By Dean Moses and Loyd Mitchell

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Governor Kathy Hochul.

Hochul approves protections for LGBTQ and HIV-positive long-term care facility residents

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Maspeth man charged in fatal collision that killed 3-year-old boy in Flushing on Wednesday: NYPD

Volunteers outside united order of tents

‘Supporting those who support others’: Brooklyn nonprofits team up to beautify Bed-Stuy’s historic United Order of Tents