Police & Fire Archives – Politics NY

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

Fernández and Bailey host community vigil for George Floyd

By Jason Cohen

Brooklyn

‘It is unacceptable’: Mayor vows city will avenge anti-Semitic hate crimes in Brooklyn

By Dean Moses

A 24-hour problem: Public advocate calls for an end to ‘lazy subway safety’ policies

By Dean Moses

De Blasio praises NYPD while crime continues to soar

By Ariel Pacheco

Transit union stands alongside mayoral candidate Adams in seeking more safety in subways

By Mark Hallum

Queens

De Blasio to expand violence interrupter program to Queens precinct

By Ariama C. Long

Watch Edwin Raymond: Candidate for NYC Council District 40 (Brooklyn)

By Skye Ostreicher

Queens

Jackson Heights Council candidate introduces proposal for city response to help vacated tenants

By Bill Parry

Brooklyn

A taste of justice: Brooklyn protest celebrates Chauvin conviction

By Gabriele Holtermann

‘Guilty on all counts’: Chauvin verdict brings precarious sense of justice to New Yorkers

By Mark Hallum

City Government

A hopefully ‘Safe Summer NYC’ as de Blasio rolls out public safety plans

By Ariama C. Long

De Blasio, Chief Harrison say NYPD will be ready for Chauvin verdict protests

By Robert Pozarycki

Incarcerated New Yorkers deserve their right to vote, Public Advocate Williams says

By Dean Moses

More from Around New York

Bronx Times Reporter: June 25, 2021

Queer Sprinter Sha’Carri Richardson Blazes Competition at US Olympic Trials

TimesLedger: June 25, 2021

Park Slope Courier: June 25, 2021