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Mayor Eric Adams named Jessica Tisch, his current Sanitation commissioner, as his new NYPD commissioner. Wednesday, Nov. 20, 2024.

Sanitation Commissioner Jessica Tisch named by Mayor Adams as new NYPD commissioner

By Ethan Stark-Miller and Robert Pozarycki

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Queens

Council Member Holden leads effort for increased NYPD patrols in District 30 parks

By Colum Motherway

Mayor Adams reacts to Manhattan stabbing spree

Manhattan stabbing spree: Mayor Adams says justice system ‘continues to fail’ after learning suspect is career criminal

By Dean Moses

FDNY firefighter battles NYC wildfire

FDNY establishes task force to tackle NYC wildfires amid ongoing drought

By Robert Pozarycki

109th Precinct

Queens

Mayor’s plan for 109th Precinct satellite annex in College Point wins praise from northeast Queens leaders

By Bill Parry

NYPD drones used to catch subway surfer

NYPD says its drones have transformed crime-fighting and saving lives over last two years

By Dean Moses

man wearing black coat who allegedly attacked a woman in Gramercy Park

Woman fights off would-be rapist in terrifying Gramercy Park attack on Sunday

By Barbara Russo-Lennon

NYPD Det. Miosotis Familia and daughter

Daughter of slain NYPD officer fights legal loophole for hero mom’s pension

By Barbara Russo-Lennon

Mayor Eric Adams

Is Donald Trump a fascist? Mayor Adams says he doesn’t believe so

By Dean Moses

Roosevelt Avenue sex workers protest in Queens

Queens

War on Roosevelt Avenue: Sex workers push back as NYPD, City Hall cracks down on prostitution and illegal vendors in Queens

By Dean Moses

Donald Trump in tent outside Bronx barber shop

Donald Trump visits Bronx barbershop, but former president doesn’t get a trim, owner says

By Dean Moses and Robert Pozarycki

Interim Police Commissioner Tom Donlon speaks about the shooting in Brooklyn on Sept. 15, 2024.

Interim NYPD Commissioner Thomas Donlon expected to resign in coming days: reports

By Ethan Stark-Miller

NYPD officers make an arrest

NYPD ‘chronically’ underreported encounters with civilians, civil rights groups say

By Barbara Russo-Lennon

Mayor Eric Adams and interim Police Commissioner Tom Donlon speak about September 2024 crime stats at an NYPD press briefing on Oct. 8, 2024.

NYC crime: NYPD reports another drop in major felonies in September, though shootings spiked

By Lloyd Mitchell and Robert Pozarycki

Ex-Adams aide Mohamed Bahi leaves courthouse after witness tampering charge

Ex-Adams admin official charged by feds for telling witnesses to lie, destroying evidence in mayor investigation

By Robert Pozarycki

Travor Nurse (top left) and Diamond Minter (bottom left) were arrested on Oct. 7, 2024 in connection with the Upper East Side assault of former Gov. David Paterson (right) and his stepson.

David Paterson assault: Two more suspects cuffed for beating former governor and his stepson on Upper East Side

By Robert Pozarycki and Dean Moses

Manhattan Assembly Member Eddie Gibbs

Assembly Member Eddie Gibbs arrested in East Harlem over role in traffic stop: sources

By Dean Moses

Shamel kelly coney island bar owner

Brooklyn

Coney Island bar owner to sue NYPD over alleged ‘shakedowns’ involving ex-police commissioner’s brother

By Dean Moses

City Council rally for housing voucher expansion case

Courts

City Council, Legal Aid Society appeal court ruling on lawsuit expanding housing voucher eligibility

By Max Parrott

Brooklyn bar owner accuses NYPD of shakedown

Brooklyn

Brooklyn bar owner says he is cooperating with feds, suing NYPD over alleged shakedown involving ex-top cop’s brother

By Dean Moses

Mayor Adams with attorney gives a thumbs up after arraignment on indictment

‘I am not guilty, Your Honor’: Mayor Adams pleads innocence at arraignment on federal corruption indictment

By Ethan Stark-Miller and Robert Pozarycki

Mayor Eric Adams surrendered himself to federal court.

Courts

Mayor Adams enters Manhattan federal court, surrenders to feds ahead of noon arraignment

By Ethan Stark-Miller, Dean Moses and Lloyd Mitchell

Indicted Mayor Adams

MAYOR ADAMS INDICTED: Feds accuse NYC’s chief executive of accepting illegal foreign donations, defrauding millions in campaign funds

By Ethan Stark-Miller, Kirstyn Brendlen, Dean Moses and Robert Pozarycki

Federal agent and police officer at Gracie Mansion

Gracie Mansion raided by feds amid reports of Mayor Adams facing indictment

By Robert Pozarycki, Dean Moses and Ethan Stark-Miller

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Governor Kathy Hochul ordered state landmarks to be lit pink, white, and light blue — the colors of the Trans Flag — in observance of Transgender Day of Visibility.

New York’s elected officials mark Transgender Day of Visibility

Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz secured a grand jury indictment against a Woodhaven man for allegedly torturing his girlfriend's cat in what she called one of the most gratuitously violent deaths ever seen in the borough.

Woodhaven man charged with animal cruelty for allegedly stretching girlfriend’s cat to death in her Glendale home: DA

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