Protesters Occupy Area Outside City Hall Demanding $1 Billion Cut From NYPD Budget
After four weeks of daily marches for police reform, protesters have now planted their feet outside City Hall.
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After four weeks of daily marches for police reform, protesters have now planted their feet outside City Hall.
The coronavirus pandemic has impacted every part of New York City's legal system and it has affected people all over the city emotionally.
According to the NYPD, there were 125 shooting incidents in the first three weeks of June alone.
Police said the man was seen on video standing behind a tree and pointing a laser at the chopper.
New York City neighborhoods have been rocked by the blasts for days, and the number of 311 calls has skyrocketed.
A shocking video circulating on Twitter shows the city's fireworks problem taking a dangerous and cruel twist.
There has been a dramatic spike in illegal fireworks. The number of 911 calls is 10 times higher than last year.
A 72-year old man and a 50-year-old woman were found in the basement of an apartment building on West 87th Street near West End Avenue.
NYPD Commissioner Dermot Shea says he took swift action this weekend against an officer who put a man in an apparent chokehold.
Police said there were a total of 28 shootings with 38 victims in 72 hours over the weekend.
An arrest in Queens is causing outrage.
A 73-year-old woman is recovering after police say she was attacked at a subway station in the Bronx.
Police say it happened inside the store at 892 East Tremont Avenue around 11:45 a.m. on Sunday, June 14.
Police say it happened on Wednesday, June 17 near 1138 East 229th Drive. Police say an unknown man opened fire on a 25-year-old victim, who was shot in the face.
Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams and Council Member Robert Cornegy are calling on the city to allocate resources to address the rise in illegal fireworks being set off.
Six shootings happened in the Bronx, and four took place in Brooklyn. There were two more in Queens and one in Manhattan.
In a push for education funding, students are demanding the city move money from the NYPD to public schools.
The NYPD is asking for help identifying a man on surveillance video connected to a robbery on a subway in the Bronx.
Earlier this week, Police Commissioner Dermot Shea reportedly told The Associated Press he would be willing to scale back the department's role in schools and traffic enforcement.
The city's budget is due in two weeks and the council is looking to cut $1 billion from the NYPD's funding.
The NYPD says its summer all-out initiative is in effect this year, which will have hundreds of officers patrolling neighborhoods that have had upticks in crime.
The City Council passed a package of police reforms on Thursday. Some of the legislation lingered for years, only to get fast tracked amid the protests.
The NYPD is looking for a man caught on camera breaking into a church in the Bronx.
Police are trying to track down a man caught on camera attacking a 66-year-old woman at a subway station. It happened around 2 p.m. on Sunday, May 31 at the Euclid Avenue A/C station in Brooklyn.
Police said Rozier had refused to wear a face covering on the subway, and then allegedly hit an officer.
