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Fire Commissioner Laura Kavanagh

Fire Commissioner Laura Kavanagh stepping down from post, FDNY confirms

By Robert Pozarycki

Pols, advocates in New York seek mask ban, comparing protesters’ use of face coverings to KKK hoods

By Dean Moses

Blood on the sidewalk of East Village after stabbing

Mayhem in the East Village: Murder suspect booked as pols denounce conditions of ‘open air drug market’

By Dean Moses

Crime

Subway crime: NYPD touts huge turnaround nearly six months after major crime spike underground

By Dean Moses

NYPD officer responds to ShotSpotter

Crime

Lander audit alleges NYPD ShotSpotter program is inaccurate and wastes cops’ time

By Dean Moses

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Brooklyn

Pulpit to prison! ‘Bling Blishop’ Lamor Whitehead sentenced to nine years in prison for fraud, extortion and false statements

By Jada Camille

DA Bragg announces charges against white supremacist dealing guns in prison

Courts

White supremacist tied to Buffalo mass shooter busted for dealing guns while behind bars: DA Bragg

By Dean Moses

Protester dressed as orca arrested in Lower Manhattan

Whale of a protest: 33 climate activists dressed as orcas cuffed at Lower Manhattan demonstration

By Dean Moses

A NYPD Officer's Vertex Standard radio sits in a protective case.

Over and out? Police radio encryption bill left in limbo after failing to pass both houses in Albany

By Todd Maisel

NYPD officers use radio

Over and out? ‘Keep Police Radio Public Act’ faces uncertain future as NYPD encryption moves ahead

By Todd Maisel

Israel woman and flag marching at Salute to Israel Parade

Bittersweet Salute to Israel Parade focuses on four words: Bring the hostages home

By Dean Moses and Gabriele Holtermann

The NYPD is going all-in on drone pilot program for shootings and life-threatening emergencies

By Dean Moses

Mayor Eric Adams announces the city will build a new training facility for its public safety agencies. Friday, May 31, 2024.

Adams debuts plan to build new training facility for NYC’s various public safety agencies

By Ethan Stark-Miller

Trump verdict reaction: Devotees pray, opponents cheer – and convicted ex-president calls the whole thing ‘rigged’

By Dean Moses

Donald Trump supporters and opponents clash in Manhattan

Courts

As the Trump jury deliberates, his followers and detractors feud outside the Manhattan courthouse

By Dean Moses

City Council Speaker Adrienne Adams.

‘Not a good look’: Speaker Adams says cops tell her they’re ’embarassed’ by NYPD brass’ social media use

By Ethan Stark-Miller

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Candid cameras: NYC retail shops can start sharing security footage directly with NYPD under pilot

By Mac Sorensen and Robert Pozarycki

men in suits at a podium discussing social workers at NYPD police stations in NYC

Why City Council members want to put a social worker in every NYPD precinct

By Barbara Russo-Lennon

Family members of Win Rozario grieve at rally following police shooting

‘Treated like criminals’: Family of Queens teen Win Rozario demand justice weeks after cops shot him to death

By Dean Moses

Queens shooting scene

NYC crime: NYPD reports big drops in street and transit felonies in April

By Dean Moses

Israeli flag at Brooklyn synagogue

NYC bomb threats at synagogues still under investigation; feds provide $400 million toward security at houses of worship

By Dean Moses

Protester at Columbia University waves Palestine flag

Columbia University cancels school-wide commencement ceremony after protests

By Dean Moses

NYPD Chief of Patrol John Chell

City Council seeks probe into NYPD brass’ ‘intimidating and dangerous’ social media activity

By Robert Pozarycki

Students march in protest over Palestine

Chalk pleas and arguments with opponents: Inside another college campus pro-Palestine protest in Manhattan

By Dean Moses

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James Anthony finally has a dance party to call his own: Unspeakable Joy.

DJ James Anthony brings down the house with Unspeakable Joy

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Housing lottery closing soon for three units in Forest Hills, rent starts at $2,475

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2026 Spark Prize spotlight: Asiyah Women’s Center supports survivors of intimate partner violence