NYPD launching new unit to handle surge in car thefts
The NYPD is enacting initiatives to end the spike, adding Kia, Hyundai and Honda are the biggest targets.
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The NYPD is enacting initiatives to end the spike, adding Kia, Hyundai and Honda are the biggest targets.
CBS New York investigative reporter Tim McNicholas spoke to police about their new approach to ending a problem that has increased over the last few years.
Police said it all started just before 3 p.m. A suspect was taken into custody.
Video shows the suspect trying desperately to flee the scene. Eventually, he jumped off the overpass of the FDR before police captured him. CBS New York's Ali Bauman has the story.
Police say a manhunt is on for two men who were seen riding a scooter before one got off and opened fire. CBS New York's Alecia Reid reports.
Friends and family not only want an arrest, but are questioning officials over why these tragedies keep repeating.
The violence erupted on the FDR Drive on Tuesday afternoon. CBS New York's Ali Bauman has the latest.
The crime happened on Saturday night at Veterans Convenience on Veterans Road in Rossville.
The NYPD wants your help finding the man they say bashed a woman in the head with a rock in broad daylight.
Sam Khateeb, 35, was shot in the chest on Saturday night inside Manor Deli and Convenience.
Police said Thomas Abreu killed 86-year-old Hamod Saeidi during a shooting rampage in Brooklyn and Queens, CBS New York's Jessica Moore reports.
A shooting on Staten Island left a 35-year-old man dead and police are trying to find the gunman.
One man was killed and another is in critical condition after police said a man on a scooter went on a shooting spree, CBS2's Christina Fan reports.
Hannah Kliger spoke with Acting NYPD Commissioner Edward Caban and the two officers in an exclusive interview.
The acting NYPD commissioner personally thanked two officers who saved a man's life on the subway tracks in Brooklyn. CBS New York's Hannah Kliger spoke exclusively with the commissioner and those officers.
Around 4:20 p.m. Friday, police said the child had been found safe.
Mayor Eric Adams has displayed a wallet-sized photo of Officer Robert Venable multiple times since taking office.
There was a nearly 17% drop in shooting incidents.
Amid a rash of gun violence across New York City, the NYPD is offering some hopeful news.
The NYPD says a CVS employee stabbed a man to death inside the store early Thursday.
Police said they took two persons of interest into custody for the Fordham Heights shooting.
A ceremony was held at the 46th Precinct in the Bronx, where the 12-year veteran was assigned.
Wednesday marks six years since NYPD Detective Miosotis Familia was shot and killed on the job in the Bronx. Read more: https://cbsloc.al/44u4gwd
Police say an 18-year-old was shot in the leg and died at around 2:30 a.m. Wednesday in Fordham Heights.
Body camera video shows the officers jump into action and climb down onto the tracks at the Utica Avenue station.
