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9 alleged Brooklyn gang members arrested as part of NYPD takedown effort
The NYPD says it conducted more than 40 gang takedowns so far this year, which resulted in over 300 arrests and 230 illegal ...
Ackman backs Adams to stop socialist Mamdani, calls on Cuomo to drop out
Billionaire businessman Bill Ackman has endorsed New York City Mayor Eric Adams to defeat socialist Zohran Mamdani and called ...
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Mayor Adams takes swipe at rival as NYPD reports crime continues to fall
Mayor Eric Adams credited his experience, and not, in his words, an “experiment,” for the city’s ongoing drop in crime, in ...
Eric Adams educational qualification: How a dyslexic student turned NYPD captain and broke ranks for an independent mayoral run
Eric Adams, New York City's first Black mayor and former NYPD captain, has launched his reelection campaign as an independent ...
NYPD widow Leanne Simonsen from LI sues husband's killers for money received through class-action claim, court documents show
The wrongful-death lawsuit against the two men comes after the inmates were awarded a combined $367,500 from New York City as ...
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Tisch overrules NYPD judge, clears officer who killed unarmed man during Bronx traffic stop
NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch overruled a departmental judge’s recommendation and cleared an officer who fatally shot an ...
Crime dips in NYC — aside from a spike in historically ‘underreported’ offense, new NYPD stats show
NYPD and city officials said major crimes, including murder, shootings and transit crimes, have dipped in the Big Apple, with rapes as the only statistical outlier.
NYPD Commissioner Tisch doubles down against Pride March ban on gay cops in uniform: ‘PR stunt’
In a strongly worded letter to Pride March organizer Heritage of Pride, the NYPD top cop demanded it change its stance on ...