Police & Fire Heartbreaking testimony from EMS leaders at City Council hearing as union pushes for better pay, end to staffing crisis By Sadie Brown
Police & Fire Summer of cops: NYPD set to use 12-hour shifts and spend nearly $100 million in overtime to secure a historic season of events, Tisch says By Sadie Brown
Police & Fire City Council leaders press top cop Tisch about coordination with Mamdani over ‘Office of Community Safety’ By Sadie Brown
The Bronx City Council makes unified push for increased FDNY staffing following several deadly Bronx fires By Emily Swanson
Queens CM Ariola welcomes City Council move to restore funding for fifth firefighters at 86 engine companies across NYC By Shane O’Brien
Courts Unrestrained? New York’s highest court weighs whether lawyers can use special petition to get the incarcerated out of shackles in hospitals By Isabella Gallo
Police & Fire EXCLUSIVE: Hochul campaign mocks Blakeman’s ‘armed MAGA militia’ in new attack ad By Sadie Brown
Queens Queens rally denounces antisemitism after swastikas scrawled over Forest Hills and Rego Park By Dean Moses
Queens CM Wong, Krishnan demand immediate action on Elmhurst nightclub following series of violent incidents By Paulina Albarracin
Queens Jewish community leaders, elected officials gather in Forest Hills to condemn recent spate of antisemitic attacks By Shane O’Brien & Bill Parry
Police & Fire Protest over Israeli real estate event at Manhattan synagogue tests NYPD perimeter strategy as officer hospitalized, demonstrators pepper-sprayed By Adam Daly
Queens Chuck Park, candidate for Congress in Queens, arrested during May Day protest By Renee DeLorenzo
Queens CM Wong fumes after Bronx man gets released after arraignment for taking part in chaotic street takeover in Middle Village By Bill Parry
Queens CM Wong denounces Middle Village street takeover at NYPD 104th Precinct Community Council meeting amid neighborhood concerns By Paulina Albarracin
Queens Law enforcement sources scoff at DHS complaint that city rejected ICE hold on alleged Maspeth killer arsonist By Bill Parry
Queens G-COP welcomes 104th Precinct’s new commanding officer, calls for recovery of radio access By Paulina Albarracin
Police & Fire MAMDANI’S FIRST 100 DAYS: NYPD insiders say mayor falls short in police support By Dean Moses & Robert Pozarycki
Police & Fire Hochul aims to reduce gun violence in NYC with $5 million HOPE grant to community groups By Sadie Brown
Queens Decomposing human remains found under the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway in Jackson Heights: NYPD By Bill Parry
Police & Fire MAMDANI’S FIRST 100 DAYS: Tisch distances mayor from NYPD hate-crime reporting change as overall crime falls in his first quarter By Adam Daly
Police & Fire Department of Correction pushes for more staff, overtime in $1.4B budget as advocates call for downsize in borough-based jails move By Isabella Gallo
Queens Elected officials call for Maspeth Firehouse to be designated official city landmark ahead of 25th anniversary of 9/11 By Shane O’Brien
Queens DA Katz urges Queens homeowners to protect against deed theft during Astoria public safety meeting By Shane O’Brien
Bronx Times ‘Be yourself. Live in your truth’ Solera, the only gay nightclub in the Bronx, officially opens
Gay City News ‘State of Firsts’ Q&A: Filmmaker Chase Joynt recalls capturing Sarah McBride’s historic rise to Congress
QNS Forest Hills man pleads guilty to attempted murder in brutal beating of elderly deli worker in Woodside: DA
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