New York City crime

U.S. 01/23/22, 16:12

A grandmother from Long Island, New York, is being praised for putting up a video trap and assisting in the capture of a suspected fraudster. Jean Ebbert, 73, told NBC New York on Saturday that she received an unusual phone call this week from a man claiming to be her grandson ...

U.S. 01/10/22, 19:44

On Friday, Jan. 7, the New York judge rejected Andrew Cuomo's only criminal case at the prosecutor's request. According to Judge Holly Trexler, the district attorney has "unfettered discretion" in deciding whether or not to prosecute the matter. “A court may not and should not interfere with discretion of a district attorney," ...

New York 12/10/21, 21:00

New York City Mayor-elect Eric Adams on Thursday, Dec. 9, repeated his warning that his city will not allow Black Lives Matter protesters to mess there. ''We're not going to surrender to those who are saying we're going to burn down New York. Not my city,'' Adams said at a Police ...

New York 11/03/21, 17:01

America's highest court began deciding whether to strike down New York's gun permit law on Nov. 3. The U.S. Supreme Court heard different arguments about whether the Empire State's prohibition on carrying concealed firearms in public violates the Second Amendment. The regulation, which took effect in 1913, requires gun owners to apply ...

New York 10/08/21, 02:40

Thanks to bail reform, a subway shover was free on assault charges at the Times Square subway station after a group of pro-crime legislators requested to stop demanding bail entirely to alleviate tensions at Rikers Island. Anthonia Egegbara, a mentally ill woman, was locked up on $100,000 bail on Monday, Oct. ...

New York 10/04/21, 16:58

A bronze-colored sculpture was once again vandalized in New York City on Oct. 3. Authorities are searching for a suspect who defaced the George Floyd memorial at Union Square abound 10 a.m. New York Police Department is examining surveillance footage that allegedly shows a skateboarder splashing the sculpture with gray paint and ...

New York 07/26/21, 01:31

A large group of teenagers allegedly attacked an off-duty New York City firefighter on July 23. At about 9:55 p.m. the 44-year-old took his Labradoodle dog called Dylan for a walk in Juniper Valley Park, when a crowd of children approached him. "There were at least 100 kids … [and] I was ...

New York 07/25/21, 21:59

An elderly New Yorker became hospitalized after four suspects beat her with a saucepan on July 20. The group also helped themselves to $22 from her purse and even took her walker. New York Police Department (NYPD) is searching for three females and one male, who allegedly attacked a disabled 61-year-old ...

New York 07/22/21, 18:21

A New Yorker is clinging to life after a suspected subway robbery went wrong on July 17. Than Htwe spent the weekend having brain surgery after a man allegedly grabbed her son's bookbag about 9:40 a.m., outside the N station at Broadway and Canal Street. The son, Kyaw Zaw Hein, lost balance ...

New York 07/06/21, 23:37

New York City Council seemingly caused a new hate crime wave after reducing funding for its law enforcement service. New York Police Department (NYPD) data shows that hate crimes jumped 139% in the Big Apple since 2021. The New York Post revealed 320 suspected hate attacks as of June 27, up from ...

U.S. 06/20/21, 16:13

New York district attorneys will not send to prison any of those accused of looting and vandalizing businesses in Manhattan and the Bronx during protests over the death of George Floyd despite investigations and evidence presented by police, because they are 'overworked'. The death in custody of a black man from ...

U.S. 02/22/21, 17:41

Former President Donald Trump is continuing to fight against what he calls the "continuation of the greatest political Witch Hunt in the history of our Country" after the Supreme Court decision that refused to stop the handover of his tax records to a New York prosecutor. The ongoing investigation into his ...

New York 07/22/20, 15:44

Companies located in New York's financial district are opting for a mass withdrawal from the city, with several reasons encouraging them to move their offices. The new economic and social landscape unleashed by the spread of the CCP virus is causing drastic changes and reorganizations of all kinds. New York City ...

New York 07/15/20, 17:12

Black community leaders in New York City are calling on the mayor to have the plainclothes Anti-Crime Unit reinstated in the city. The call comes amid a major escalation in the number of people killed by gun violence, which resulted in the death of a 1-year-old girl two days ago.  Brooklyn Borough ...