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Police & Fire

NYC Mayor’s Race: Cuomo pledges to scrap Rikers closure plan, build new facilities on island instead of boro-based jails

By Ethan Stark-Miller
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Police & Fire

$187M cut in New York counterterrorism funding reversed after bipartisan appeals to Trump

By Adam Daly
Under the proposed cuts, the NYPD faced a projected $100 million reduction
Police & Fire

Judge temporarily blocks Trump from cutting counterterrorism funds to NYC

By Adam Daly
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Police & Fire

Law enforcement champion access to NYCHA video surveillance ahead of City Council oversight hearing on lack of transparency

By Dean Moses
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Police & Fire

amNY Your Vote: Where does the next NYC mayor stand on the future of Rikers Island?

By Claude Solnik, Adam Daly and Robert Pozarycki
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Police & Fire

Bleeding blue: Why active NYPD cops say police response times for New Yorkers in need are getting longer

By Dean Moses
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Immigration

Brad Lander, Jumaane Williams and 13 other NYC elected officials arrested by feds at immigration court sit-in

By Ethan Stark-Miller & Dean Moses
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Police & Fire

Queens DA charges Texas man with hate crimes for making terroristic threats against Zohran Mamdani

By Ethan Stark-Miller & Dean Moses
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The Bronx

Community Board 10 tackles scourge of illegally-parked ‘ghost’ cars

By Emily Swanson
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The Bronx

Fireworks at second hearing on Bally’s Casino plan for Throggs Neck as Marmorato voices concerns over hecklers

By Emily Swanson
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Police & Fire

Ex-top cop Donlon’s lawyer urges Trump Justice Department to take over NYPD, citing alleged ‘corruption’

By Dean Moses
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Police & Fire

ICE office on Rikers Island remains closed, for now, after state court strikes down Mayor Adams’ executive order

By Shane O’Brien
Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch
Police & Fire

NYPD Commissioner Tisch says she is ‘revolted’ by thought of possible Trump federal takeover in NYC

By Dean Moses
A 2019 city law requires Rikers to close by 2027, but advocates renewed calls for its immediate shutdown after another man died in custody there on Wednesday
Health

Another Rikers Island death: Man succumbs after reported seizure; third in-custody death at facility in two weeks

By Adam Daly
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The Bronx

Former Bronx Assembly District leader and Board of Elections employee gets two years in federal prison for extortion and bribery

By Emily Swanson
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The Bronx

Torres introduces River’s Law to ban swimming pools at residential daycares after tot’s deadly drowning

By Emily Swanson
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Police & Fire

‘Classic bribery’: Former Adams aide Ingrid Lewis-Martin, power brokers at center of alleged pay-to-play schemes indicted

By Ethan Stark-Miller, Kirstyn Brendlen, Adam Daly & Dean Moses
NYPD recruits stand with right arms raised taking an oath
Police & Fire

Blue blood infusion: NYPD welcomes largest recruit class in 9 years amid its ongoing staffing crisis

By Robert Pozarycki
NYPD officer staring at funeral for fallen cop
Police & Fire

Bleeding blue: Why is the NYPD losing an average of 300 cops per month?

By Dean Moses
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Crime

What crime problem? NYC is safer than its been in 25 years, NYPD stats show, despite Trump threats of federal takeover

By Dean Moses
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Police & Fire

NYC Mayor’s Race: How each candidate plans to approach policing and crime

By Shea Vance
Governor Kathy Hochul makes a discovery announcement.
Courts

New York change to discovery laws take effect in win for prosecutors

By Ajani Stella
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Brooklyn

Hundreds rally at Grand Army Plaza to call for humanitarian aid in Gaza

By Gabriele Holtermann
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City Council, advocates celebrate $50 million mental health and safety investment, call on Mayor Adams to prioritize Rikers closure

By Shea Vance & Lloyd Mitchell

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