NYPD Pledges To Step Up Security To Combat Rise In Hate Crimes
With Passover just a few weeks away, the city's top cops says they will be stepping up security outside synagogues and Jewish Community Centers.
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With Passover just a few weeks away, the city's top cops says they will be stepping up security outside synagogues and Jewish Community Centers.
Police say two men punched, kicked and cut a 35-year-old man as he was returning to his residence on Croes Avenue and Watson Avenue at around 4:50 a.m. on Feb. 24.
Every NYPD officer may soon be required to have sensitivity training for dealing with victims of sexual assault under a proposed bill.
It happened just before 3 a.m. last Tuesday at the New Way Deli on Creston Avenue and East Kingsbridge Road.
The men made off with the 32-year-old victim's transistor radio and earphones before fleeing westbound on 95th Avenue, according to police.
Police say 34-year-old Alexander Felix, of Brooklyn, is charged with second degree murder and burglary.
The 22-year-old was shot and killed as he sat in his patrol car while guarding the home of a witness in a drug case in Jamaica, Queens on Feb. 28, 1988,
Police say a man walked into the Belmont Medical & Surgical Supply Store at 14 Belmont Ave. in Brownsville just before 4:00 pm Friday and demanded money from two female store employees.
Police are investigating whether the motorcyclist was struck by a vehicle or if he hit something on his own.
Police discovered a 48-year-old female inside an apartment, unconscious and unresponsive, suffering from multiple stab wounds about her body.
NYPD Detective Rick Lee – better known as the "hipster cop" is retiring this week.
Police Commissioner James O'Neill sent an internal memo to the men and women of the NYPD, ordering them not to comply, but experts say that defiance could come at a steep cost.
Surveillance video shows the man placing the large, flat-screened television into a shopping crate on the street.
Police say the suspect displayed a black firearm and demanded money from the driver after arriving at Bruckner Boulevard and Wheeler Avenue.
Authorities say around 7:00 pm a 44-year-old male was stabbed multiple times throughout the body by a 51-year-old man at 1001 Logan Avenue.
All 36,000 NYPD officers were issued a memo Wednesday that emphasized the New York City's commitment to immigrants.
Staten Island residents have been complaining about the riders endangering both themselves and others. The NYPD caught several of the riders in the act Tuesday night.
Several teenage bicycle riders who are talented, but have been causing trouble for drivers in Staten Island, were arrested Tuesday. Charges include reckless endangerment and disorderly conduct.
It happened Feb. 2 as the 21-year-old victim was making a delivery at a building on Olinville Avenue near Britton Street in the Allerton neighborhood.
In the most recent incident, police said the suspects took a man's cell phone, wallet and a bag that had $20,000 in cash and checks.
Police say the attack happened around 4:45 a.m. in the lobby of a building on East 20th Street.
Authorities say the FDNY responded to a call at a residence on Randall Avenue in Castle Hill at around 11:30 a.m.
Police say the two men broke a window and entered the Cherry Valley Marketplace on Crescent Street in East New York at around 4:45 a.m. on Feb. 12.
Police say one of the men pulled out a firearm while the other broke open a register with a hammer and stole $300 in cash.
It happened around 2:15 a.m. last Wednesday in the area of East 194th Street and Westchester Avenue.
