NYC inspector general criticizes NYPD's handling of George Floyd protests
The NYPD resorted to aggressive disorder control methods that stoked tensions, the city's inspector general said.
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The NYPD resorted to aggressive disorder control methods that stoked tensions, the city's inspector general said.
First lady Chirlane McCray said NYPD officers will be "relieved" of responsibilities they should have never have been asked to handle.
The investigation comes after the New York City Council's Oversight and Investigations Division released a report linking Deputy Inspector James Kobel to vulgar posts spanning more than a year.
A Brooklyn police officer was suspended for using his car speaker to voice his support for President Trump, and another officer was caught removing PPE from activists outside of a polling station. Gothamist reporter Sydney Pereira joined CBSN to shed light on the two incidents and how the largest police union in New York City is continuing to support President Trump.
Video shows the officer use the speaker in his patrol car to say "Trump 2020," which violates NYPD policy on publicly expressing political views.
A new Human Rights Watch report claims New York City police officers deliberately assaulted protesters in the Bronx earlier this summer. Human Rights Watch acting director of crisis and conflict Ida Sawyer joined CBSN to explain what happened in Mott Haven.
Surveillance cameras captured the attack on the 67-year-old "Honey I Shrunk the Kids" and "Ghostbusters" actor.
An NYPD officer faces a variety of charges for allegedly acting as an agent of the Chinese government. Prosecutors say Baimadajie Angwang was in regular contact with a member of the Chinese consulate and provided intelligence on ethnic Tibetans in New York City. CBS New York's Kevin Rincon reports.
According to prosecutors, Baimadajie Angwang, 33, was reporting on the activity of Tibetan immigrants in New York City.
A responding NYPD missing persons detective sergeant during the September 11th attacks is sharing his story. Keith Taylor spoke on CBSN with what he remembers from the day, and his message to Americans now.
A car drove through a group of Black Lives Matter protesters, who were demonstrating in New York City's Times Square over the death of a Black man, Daniel Prude, following an encounter with police in Rochester, New York. The New York Police Department is investigating the Times Square incident. Early reports say no one was injured.
NYPD's chief of crime control strategies says the agency is coping with the lowest number of cops on the street in six years.
When Bill Bratton was the New York Police Department Commissioner in the 1990's, John Miller was his chief spokesman. Now that Bratton is returning to his old job, Miller will also return, but this time as his deputy commissioner for intelligence. Bratton and Miller talk to the "CBS This Morning" co-hosts about their challenges.
About one million people are expected to pack New York City’s Times Square for New Year’s Eve and those celebrating in Manhattan will face bitter cold and heightened security. Elaine Quijano reports.
A Metro-North commuter train derailed in the Bronx early Sunday morning, overturning several of the train's cars. The FDNY has reported there are multiple injuries, although the exact number and their severity is still not clear. Janelle Burrell from CBS 2 News reports.
A New York City grand jury indicted 11 motorcyclists - including an undercover NYPD officer - following a vicious road rage attack. Police say the bikers swarmed around an SUV driver after the driver bumped into one that slowed down in front of it. Anthony Mason reports.
The New York City Police Department is being sued by a former police chief over allegations she was discriminated against because she's a woman. Lori Pollock sits down with Michelle Miller to talk about why she's speaking out after 33 years in the NYPD.
Lori Pollock filed a lawsuit against the NYPD citing conditions that prevent women from advancing.
Lori Pollock has suffered mental anguish, extreme stress, humiliation and damage to her reputation, the lawsuit says.
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio signed a measure allowing the disciplinary records of NYPD officers accused of abuses to be made public. Greg B. Smith, of the nonprofit news outlet The City, obtained some of those records, and he joined CBSN to explain what they show and why police unions have fought to keep them from the public eye.
Actress Spencer Grammer says she was trying to calm an agitated man when she and her friend were stabbed.
At least four officers were hurt, including Chief of Department Terence Monahan, and 37 people were arrested, police said.
The violence continued into the July 4th weekend, as the NYPD reported 44 shooting incidents.
Gun violence in New York City "spiked significantly" during the month of June compared to the same time last year, officials say. One of the most recent victims was a teenager in Queens. CBS New York's John Dias reports.
Money would be deferred to the city's chronically underfunded public housing system and to youth programs, the mayor said Monday.