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Mayor Adams in prayer circle at Brooklyn church

Brooklyn

Mayor Adams speaks in his ‘Job moment’ at Brooklyn churches – and receives pastors’ prayers amid admin probes

By Dean Moses and Ethan Stark-Miller

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NYPD brass speaks out on right-wing news outlet amid federal probe involving Caban, crumbling media relations

By Dean Moses and Robert Pozarycki

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Why, robot? Adams admin still hasn’t found new use for K5 police droid, nearly a year after piloting it

By Ethan Stark-Miller

NY: Shooting West Indian Day Parade

Brooklyn parade mass shooting: Mayor Adams lauds NYPD response to march despite deadly gun violence

By Ethan Stark-Miller

NYPD officer on radio

Crime

Over and out? NYPD says that some police radio channels will not be encrypted, and remain open to public

By Dean Moses

Over and out? Bronx police radios silenced in latest encryption rollout as local journalists fear apocalyptic end to NYC crime reporting

By Dean Moses

Mayor Eric Adams appoints Robert Tucker as New York City's 35th FDNY commissioner. Monday, Aug. 12, 2024.

Private security exec Robert Tucker tapped as NYC’s 35th Fire Commissioner

By Ethan Stark-Miller

EMS Station 40 in Sunset Park unveiled its new mural honoring EMS workers lost in the line of duty and the community.

Brooklyn

Sunset Park’s ‘Dragon’s Den’ unveils mural as elected officials demand EMT pay parity

By Gabriele Holtermann

Crime

Violence-plagued East Village intersection with illegal market getting major boost in NYPD security

By Dean Moses

NYC crime: Brooklyn detectives investigate shooting scene

NYC crime: July sees overall felonies drop, though murder rate ticks upward

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illegal smoke shops

Queens

Over 195 illegal smoke shops shut down in Queens since May, hundreds throughout the five boroughs

By Anthony Medina

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‘Padlock to Protect’ shuts down more than 750 illegal cannabis vendors citywide: Mayor Adams

By Dean Moses

Woman mourns at Sonya Massey vigil in Greenwich Village

Greenwich Village vigil for Sonya Massey brings tearful rebuke of police brutality

By Dean Moses

A corrections officer in a NYC jail

Mayor Adams ‘state of emergency’ in NYC jails blocks parts of City Council-approved solitary confinement law

By Robert Pozarycki and Dean Moses

FDNY ad

EXCLUSIVE | FDNY unveils ad campaign to combat lithium-ion battery fires

By Dean Moses

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Brooklyn

Mayor holds back on condemnation after Council Member Susan Zhuang’s arrest for alleged assault on NYPD officer

By Ethan Stark-Miller

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Brooklyn

Council Member Susan Zhuang, others arrested at protest against Brooklyn homeless shelter

By Kirstyn Brendlen

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

More from Around New York

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Year-in-Review: Bronx takes bold steps toward future with housing reforms and Metro-North expansion

Outside of the US Supreme Court on Dec. 4.

Year in review: What changed for LGBTQ rights in 2024

This Verizon telephone exchange building on Fairview Avenue in Ridgewood has been connecting callers around the community for generations.

Ringing up some Queens telephone history: Our Neighborhood, The Way it Was

Frequent flare-up: Firefighters battle blaze at Gobbler Auto Parts in East Flatbush