Major NYC Crimes On Pace For Record Low In 2015
The number of arrests so far in 2015 has fallen by about 35,000.
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The number of arrests so far in 2015 has fallen by about 35,000.
The security measures include radiation detection, checks on suspicious vehicles, hotel staffs and suspicious guests, and social media monitoring.
A college student found his way onto an unauthorized area of the Brooklyn Bridge and took a selfie this past weekend, and police said his actions were "irresponsible and illegal."
The attempted robbery took place on June 5 at 6:30 p.m. at the corner of Valentine Avenue and East 184th Street.
Cameras captured the suspect at the counter of the Santander bank on Broadway just after 2 p.m. Monday, police said.
Police are looking for three teenage girls who they said attacked two women and stole their purses in the Bronx.
The arrest comes at the same time that the NYPD is on high alert, concerned about a possible ISIS-inspired terror attack in the United States this holiday weekend.
Naji Fawaz, 35, was found in the front seat of a car with multiple gunshot wounds to the neck and torso, police said.
Bratton told a City Council committee Monday that he's against a package of nine bills that would impose new regulations on the nation's largest police department.
Police are looking for a man who they said flashed two young girls in Elmhurst, Queens.
The 21-year-old woman was taken to Elmhurst Hospital with severe head trauma, where she was pronounced dead, police said.
Police are looking for a man who they said choked a woman unconscious during an attempted rape in the Bronx.
Police described the suspect as a white female in her early 30s, about 230 pounds and with black curly hair.
More than 300 cops will focus exclusively on counterterrorism, but they won't be plucked from local precincts.
Police are looking for two men who they said stole another man's iPhone after he dropped it onto the subway tracks.
It happened just before 2:30 a.m. on Unionport Road in the Parkchester section.
An attempted murder suspect was on the run Wednesday afternoon after escaping police custody in Harlem, and a video capturing the escape has sparked a lot of questions.
Police Commissioner Bill Bratton will unveil more details of his new plan Wednesday on how to cut crime in the Big Apple, including how he'll use almost 1,300 extra cops that have been secured in the city's budget.
Mayor Bill de Blasio and Police Commissioner Bill Bratton met with urban ministers Tuesday following New York City's decision to hire nearly 1,300 new police officers as part of its $78.5 billion budget agreement.
The entire Fiscal Year 2016 budget will go to a vote before the full council later this week.
The stabbing happened at around 2:30 p.m. at 63rd Street and Lexington Avenue -- the building where convicted ponzi schemer Bernie Madoff once lived.
New York City is set to hire nearly 1,300 new police officers as part of its yearly budget agreement, Mayor Bill de Blasio said late Monday.
One woman who lives nearby said rowdy behavior is par for the course for the neighborhood.
Police are looking for a suspect who is wanted in connection with a violent sex attack in Brooklyn.
Police say Tyrelle Shaw is wanted for the attacks on four Asian women in Manhattan.
