Police: Man Attacks, Robs Woman In Brooklyn
Police say the suspect followed his victim into her apartment building in Fort Greene.
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Police say the suspect followed his victim into her apartment building in Fort Greene.
The men and women in blue and some others undercover will be out in full force this Saturday night in and around Times Square.
More than a dozen Muslim clerics and community figures skipped Mayor Michael Bloomberg's annual interfaith breakfast which is aimed at bringing people together.
They say that the rights of Muslims are being "flagrantly violated," adding they "cannot in good conscience appear at a public gathering with the government official who is ultimately responsible."
The imams and activists said in a letter to Mayor Michael Bloomberg that they're disturbed at his response to a series of stories detailing police department intelligence-gathering programs.
At WCBS Newsradio 880, we continue our countdown of the top 11 Tri-State Area news stories of 2011 with one that "occupied" so much our time and one neighborhood park in Lower Manhattan.
At WCBS Newsradio 880, we've been counting down the top 11 Tri-State Area news stories of 2011. Number 8, suggested by a listener on our Facebook page, is the most horrific story most of us can remember covering.
The 1,500 NYPD officers sworn-in last Thursday at Madison Square Garden are now taking part in a team building event.
Engine exhaust from cars, trucks and buses has been linked to cancer, strokes and New York City's high rate of childhood asthma. The city has tough laws to prevent drivers who sit with their vehicles running, but some say it's no more than an idle threat, because it's rarely enforced.
Felonies in New York City stayed virtually flat in the past year, up just a quarter of a percent according to NYPD statistics, but in one precinct that covers the western part of the Rockaways, crime has soared.
The NYPD is investigating the handling of a suspected DWI incident.
Christmas morning proved tragic for one woman in Brooklyn.
Police say two NYPD cops are facing charges in connection with two unrelated crashes on Friday and Saturday.
Police say the suspect entered Astro Gallery of Gems at 185 Madison Avenue and removed a green Columbian emerald from a locked display case.
All five suspect were formally arraigned. Brooklyn DA Charles Hynes said there will be no plea bargains and all five defendants will go to trial.
On a crisp and clear winter day, there was a cloud of grief hanging over Babylon on Monday as some 15,000 mourners came to honor the slain officer.
Funeral home director Charles Spencer says the loyalty shown by Figoski's fellow officers is nothing short of admirable.
The tragedy happened at 203 Underhill Avenue in Prospect Heights.
A sea of blue is descending on the Long Island community of Babylon this weekend as hundreds of police officers pay tribute to their fallen colleague, Peter Figoski, who was shot and killed last Monday while responding to a robbery in Brooklyn.
Those who turn in working guns will receive a $200 bank card, no questions asked and you do not have to give your name.
Undercover officers are taking aim at the high-tech black market, and the NYPD says its city-wide sting operation has netted 141 arrests.
NYPD Commissioner Ray Kelly announced that a scholarship fund is being established in honor of slain Officer Peter Figoski. The Police Foundation Peter Figoski Scholarship Fund will pay help for the education of his four daughters.
The company says it evacuated its premises as a precaution on Wednesday. The packages were deemed suspicious after being X-rayed.
The alleged gunman, Lamont Pride, appeared in court while being shackled and didn't speak as he faced the first-degree murder charge. His four co-defendants were also arraigned Tuesday evening.
NYPD officers from the 75th Precinct stood in solemn formation Tuesday and lowered the flag in front of Boyd Funeral home moments after bringing fellow officer Figoski's body there for a final salute.
