Mayor De Blasio Promotes Plan For Struggling NYC Schools
Mayor Bill de Blasio promoted his plan to boost the performance of struggling schools by providing extra support during a visit to a Queens high school Thursday.
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Mayor Bill de Blasio promoted his plan to boost the performance of struggling schools by providing extra support during a visit to a Queens high school Thursday.
Police Commissioner Bill Bratton told reporters Thursday he feels optimistic the NYPD will be getting more cops in the next city budget.
An 18-year-old woman was approached by three unknown individuals who demanded she hand over her cell phone as she tried to get into her building, police said.
Sgt. Francis "Buddy'' Murnane was weeks away from his 63rd birthday when he died Sunday after an apparent heart attack at his home.
Police have released the name of a suspect wanted in connection with a shooting in Harlem on Monday night that left two people injured.
An inspector in the NYPD Volunteer Auxiliary has been suspended after being charged with computer hacking, and illegally running checks on more than 6,000 license plates.
Yehuda Katz allegedly installed a hidden camera in the traffic safety office in the 70th Precinct station house and a device that would allow him to access a computer there remotely.
Police are looking for two burglary suspects who they said targeted a home in Queens.
Police were investigating a shooting that took place in front of a grocery store in Harlem on Monday night.
A man has been hit with federal charges, after allegedly admitting that he pointed a laser pointer at a police helicopter at LaGuardia Airport.
Last week, the publication Capital New York reported that computers operating on the NYPD's network had been used to alter Wikipedia pages containing details of controversial cases.
The technology is called Shot Spotter and it works like a GPS triangulation system, using antennas and coordinates to identify the location and direction the gunfire comes from.
Police are searching for three men in connection with an assault and robbery of two people in the Bronx.
A report claims computers operating on the New York Police Department's network at its One Police Plaza headquarters have been used to alter Wikipedia pages containing details of controversial cases involving Eric Garner, Sean Bell and Amadou Diallo.
The suspect has struck at least nine times since January, police said.
Police have arrested a man they said groped two young girls in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn.
The mother of Sean Bell – an unarmed man who was shot and killed by NYPD detectives in 2006 – called on Gov. Andrew Cuomo Thursday to establish a special prosecutor's office under the attorney general to investigate such cases.
The search continues for an alleged gunman wanted in connection with a shooting that left a woman dead on a Bronx sidewalk.
Exhaust coming from cars idling all around the city has one council member hoping to put an end to it, with the help of everyday citizens.
There are concerns in Brooklyn after someone reported seeing two more Jewish institutions being photographed by two men in the neighborhood, Assemblyman Dov Hikind said Monday.
The NYPD has asked the public for help in identifying and locating a suspect wanted in connection with a series of truck burglaries in Midtown North.
An alleged wrong-way driver accused of causing a crash that killed an off-duty NYPD police detective had a blood alcohol content above the legal limit at the time of the incident, authorities said Monday.
Carmen Riley was taken back into police custody on Saturday around 7 p.m. near Jamaica Avenue and Nichols Avenue in Brooklyn, police said.
Authorities said they were called to the East River at 23rd Street Sunday afternoon by someone who reported the body to 911.
