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Participants at the Feb. 23, 2025 rally in Central Park proudly waved Israeli flags and carried posters with the pictures, names, and ages of the hostages still in Hamas captivity.

New York leads the nation in reported antisemitic incidents in 2024: ADL

By Barbara Russo-Lennon

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Bronx district leader and Board of Elections employee pleads guilty to conspiracy charges

By Emily Swanson

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Courts

Sarah Palin arrives for start of retrial in ongoing battle against the New York Times

By Dean Moses

NYPD Harbor Unit combs helicopter crash site in Hudson River

Hudson River helicopter crash: Schumer demands tougher FAA regulations while ripping company that chartered doomed flight

By Dean Moses

Former Congress Member George Santos outside U.S. District Court in Central Islip, LI on Aug. 19, 2024 after pleading guilty to fraud charges.

Courts

George Santos, expelled Congressman, should serve 8 years in prison for fraud, identity theft: feds

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Columbia University protesters chain selves to gate

More unrest at Columbia University: Students chain selves to gate in protest of Mahmoud Khalil ICE detainment

By Dean Moses

NYPD transgender cops celebrate Day of Visibility and demonstrate the city’s blue line has many colors

By Dean Moses

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Queens

NYPD staffing crisis: Pheffer Amato’s legislation aims to restore 20-year retirement and enhance retention

By Athena Dawson

Kaz Daughtry standing with arms crossed

Who is Kaz Daughtry? Meet the city’s new deputy mayor for public safety

By Dean Moses

A ghost gun seized during an investigation in NYC.

Manhattan DA calls on 3D printing companies to deter creation of ghost guns

By Emily Davenport

Crime

‘PATH’ of progress? Mayor Adams says homeless outreach teams have cleaned up subways – though riders are unconvinced

By Dean Moses

Protesters in Mahmoud Khalil case march in front of The Trump building in Manhattan

More protests in Manhattan over Columbia University pro-Palestine protester Mahmoud Khalil’s detainment as case heads to New Jersey

By Dean Moses

Independent Rikers Commission unveils a comprehensive plan to shutting down the contentious Rikers Island Jail known for its lack of public safety measurements.

‘Dysfunction, violence and neglect’: Independent Rikers Commission release new blueprint for island jail’s closure

By Jada Camille

Dozens of advocates gathered outside the Bronx County Court to protest Governor Kathy Hochul's efforts to roll back discovery reform laws named for late Bronx teen, Kalief Browder.

Protesters rally outside Bronx courthouse against Hochul’s proposed changes to discovery reform law

By Sadie Brown

Photo of Times Square street gang TDA subset

Crime

Trump, Tren de Aragua, and NYPD’s ongoing battle against the infamous gang in New York

By Dean Moses

Pro-Palestine protesters were arrested after occupying Trump Tower on March 13.

Nearly 100 arrested after pro-Palestine protesters take over Trump Tower in support of Mahmoud Khalil

By Emily Davenport & Dean Moses

Mayor Adams with shotgun at NYPD announcement about illegal firearms seizures

Brooklyn

Mayor Adams rails against critics while touting record illegal gun seizures in Brooklyn: ‘The numbers don’t lie; your noise lies’

By Dean Moses

Brooklyn gang shooting takedown

NYC crime: February sees sharp drop in felonies, and a historic decrease in shootings during first two months of 2025

By Barbara Russo-Lennon

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Housing & Homelessness

Guardian Angels begin regular patrol of new migrant shelter site

By Emily Swanson

NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch speaking about college credit requirements

NYPD hiring: Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch reduces college credit requirements to recruit more officers

By Dean Moses

Protesters against NYPD gang database at City Hall

Advocates call for NYPD gang database to be abolished as police brass call it an instrumental tool: ‘This is about oppression’

By Dean Moses

The formerly incarcerated and the families of those still behind bars rallied in Midtown and Albany on Thursday to demand a deep culture reset in prisons and jails in the aftermath of the Robert Brooks beating as Governor Hochul announced the arrest of staff involved in the caught on video attack.

Midtown rally seeks prison culture reform as Hochul announces charges against guards in inmate Robert Brooks’ prison murder

By Dean Moses

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Queens

CM Williams pushes for DOI oversight of FDNY amid discrimination concerns

By Athena Dawson

US Attorney Danielle Sassoon

US Attorney Danielle Sassoon resigns as top Manhattan prosecutor days after Trump’s DOJ orders Mayor Adams indictment dropped

By Robert Pozarycki

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Think you overpaid for a used car in the Bronx? The city may owe you money

Books on display at Hive Mind Books, a queer-focused bookstore in Brooklyn.

Queer bookstore Hive Mind Books builds community in Brooklyn

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City Council bans ‘forever chemicals’ in FDNY equipment with Ariola-backed legislation

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Man arrested for alleged antisemitic assault in Crown Heights