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Police & Fire

Retired NYC cops, firefighters, and teachers ride to Albany in ‘life or death’ healthcare fight

By Dean Moses
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Queens

Mayor Adams marks one year of ‘Padlock to Protect’ with pizza and progress in Queens

By Bill Parry
Jail cells on Rikers Island
Police & Fire

With Rikers Island in federal receivership, what’s next for the troubled facility?

By Adam Daly
A jail on Rikers Island.
Police & Fire

Rikers Island goes into federal receivership as judge appoints manager to oversee city jail, end civil rights abuses

By Robert Pozarycki, Ethan Stark-Miller & Adam Daly
Mayor Adams wearing sunglasses while speaking about housing investments
Police & Fire

Mayor Adams applauds new state budget that expands involuntary commitment powers for those with mental illness

By Barbara Russo-Lennon
Correction officers union and public advocate dispute Rikers Island conditions
Queens

War of words at Rikers Island: Public advocate, correction officer union boss clash over conditions at jails

By Dean Moses
Mayor Adams and bodega workers speak about panic buttons
Crime

500 NYC bodegas getting panic buttons with direct police link to help fight crime, Mayor Adams says

By Dean Moses
NYPD officer Miosotis Familia in uniform
Police & Fire

Slain NYPD cop’s daughter continues fight for mother’s death benefits — and to keep her legacy alive

By Barbara Russo-Lennon
Mayor Eric Adams speaks at NYPD briefing
Police & Fire

FIRST ON amNY: NYPD’s recruitment changes bring hundreds of new academy candidates amid staffing crisis

By Dean Moses
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Police & Fire

Trump Tower shut down after climate protester spray paints over president’s ’45’ sign

By Dean Moses
Mayor Adams and Trump border czar Homan at street gang bust announcement
Police & Fire

Latest NYC street gang bust sees Mayor Adams double down on cooperation with Trump ‘border czar’ Homan: ‘I know the side I am on’

By Dean Moses
Participants at the Feb. 23, 2025 rally in Central Park proudly waved Israeli flags and carried posters with the pictures, names, and ages of the hostages still in Hamas captivity.
Education

New York leads the nation in reported antisemitic incidents in 2024: ADL

By Barbara Russo-Lennon
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The Bronx

Bronx district leader and Board of Elections employee pleads guilty to conspiracy charges

By Emily Swanson
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Courts

Sarah Palin arrives for start of retrial in ongoing battle against the New York Times

By Dean Moses
NYPD Harbor Unit combs helicopter crash site in Hudson River
Police & Fire

Hudson River helicopter crash: Schumer demands tougher FAA regulations while ripping company that chartered doomed flight

By Dean Moses
Former Congress Member George Santos outside U.S. District Court in Central Islip, LI on Aug. 19, 2024 after pleading guilty to fraud charges.
Courts

George Santos, expelled Congressman, should serve 8 years in prison for fraud, identity theft: feds

amNewYork and Reuters
Columbia University protesters chain selves to gate
Police & Fire

More unrest at Columbia University: Students chain selves to gate in protest of Mahmoud Khalil ICE detainment

By Dean Moses
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Police & Fire

NYPD transgender cops celebrate Day of Visibility and demonstrate the city’s blue line has many colors

By Dean Moses
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Queens

NYPD staffing crisis: Pheffer Amato’s legislation aims to restore 20-year retirement and enhance retention

By Athena Dawson
Kaz Daughtry standing with arms crossed
Police & Fire

Who is Kaz Daughtry? Meet the city’s new deputy mayor for public safety 

By Dean Moses
A ghost gun seized during an investigation in NYC.
Police & Fire

Manhattan DA calls on 3D printing companies to deter creation of ghost guns

By Emily Davenport
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Crime

‘PATH’ of progress? Mayor Adams says homeless outreach teams have cleaned up subways – though riders are unconvinced

By Dean Moses
Protesters in Mahmoud Khalil case march in front of The Trump building in Manhattan
Police & Fire

More protests in Manhattan over Columbia University pro-Palestine protester Mahmoud Khalil’s detainment as case heads to New Jersey

By Dean Moses
Independent Rikers Commission unveils a comprehensive plan to shutting down the contentious Rikers Island Jail known for its lack of public safety measurements.
Police & Fire

‘Dysfunction, violence and neglect’: Independent Rikers Commission release new blueprint for island jail’s closure

By Jada Camille

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