NYPD Investigating 4 New Subway Attacks, Including 2 At Times Square Station
The victims were either punched or slashed. The assaults are raising more questions about safety in the Big Apple's underground.
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The victims were either punched or slashed. The assaults are raising more questions about safety in the Big Apple's underground.
A big point of contention is the department's overtime budget, which it has already surpassed for this year.
There have already been 200 more shootings this year than at the same time in 2020.
The community leaders will help police determine which cases should be investigated as hate crimes when the suspect's motivation is unclear.
The incident started early Saturday morning when police pulled over a 44-year-old man for running a red light in the area of Claredon Road and East 45th Street.
There are calls to put an end to the violence after a 5-year-old was hit by a stray bullet in Brooklyn on Monday. The little girl was the latest victim in a surge of gun violence in the city.
Enrollment opens Wednesday to sign up for the test in June.
The low-level offenses the public can report include lost property, petit larceny, and misdemeanor criminal mischief and graffiti.
The proposals include efforts to decriminalize poverty, recognize historical and modern day racialized policing, provide transparency and accountability and more.
As we celebrate Women's History Month, CBS2 is looking at women's roles in law enforcement.
New York City is taking steps to combat hate crimes following a series of random attacks on Asian New Yorkers.
The NYPD is rolling out a new campaign to combat a big rise in graffiti across the city. But since there's no budget for it, the department is asking New Yorkers for help.
Police arrested and charged a Brooklyn man with murder Sunday after a series of subway stabbings.
It happened around 8 a.m. at 174th Street and Southern Boulevard 2 train station.
Police Commissioner Dermot Shea tweeted Saturday saying the officer has already been disciplined at the department investigates.
Some New Yorkers are growing more concerned about a nightmarish rash of subway shoving incidents and the curtailment of NYPD involvement in dealing with emotionally disturbed people.
The NYPD will provide the review board, commonly called the CCRB, more timely access to an officer's employment history to review their case.
When the next precinct commander position opens, the precinct council will receive three to five candidates to interview and then provide feedback to the commissioner, who will still make the final decision.
"I think more people need to start asking this: what the heck is going on with the firearms in New York City this year? What has changed? One thing I know is that the cops are always out there courageously doing their jobs," Shea said.
NYPD Commissioner Dermot Shea says the officer was struck one time in the lower back below his bulletproof vest.
The mayor showed off a 57-page document titled the "NYPD Disciplinary System Penalty Guidelines," or more simply the "Matrix."
Arrests are continuing following the Capitol riots last week. Now some off-duty police officers around the country and members of the military are being looked into for their attendance.
In a tweet, the NYPD said the commissioner is "doing well."
It has been a year like no other for the nation's largest police department, and its 44th commissioner, Dermot Shea.
The report found the NYPD was not prepared to deal with the protests and that excessive force helped ramp up the tension in the streets.
