Sep. 4, 2025 By Dean Moses A dozen reputed street gang members who rained bullets across southeast Queens over a terrifying year have been charged in a major takedown that Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz, Mayor Eric Adams and NYPD Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch announced on Thursday. Dubbed “Operation Buzzkill,” the effort saw the…
Aug. 28, 2025 By Barbara Russo-Lennon A typical weekday in NYC starts with the buzz of an alarm clock, leaving the house on time and battling the sounds of honking horns before tackling a seemingly never-ending to-do list. But a ride on a Queens express bus offers a quiet reprieve within that hectic morning…
Aug. 25, 2025 By Dean Moses The NYPD’s Quality of Life Team apprehended an alleged dog abuser in Queens on Sunday, one day after a Good Samaritan stopped him from tying up a pooch with duct tape and attempting to dump it in a park, police reported. amNewYork spoke with a 30-year-old woman, who…
Aug. 22, 2025 Adam Daly, Dean Moses & Athena Dawson An NYPD detective was wounded by “friendly fire” Friday morning in Queens while responding to a carjacking in progress by a “violent, predicate felon,” law enforcement officials said. The detective, a 12-year veteran assigned to Queens South Narcotics, was struck once in the right…
Aug. 20, 2025 By Ethan Stark-Miller Ingrid Lewis-Martin, Mayor Eric Adams’ longtime confidante and former chief adviser, will appear in Manhattan state court on Thursday to face new charges, her attorney confirmed to amNewYork. Arthur Aidala, Lewis-Martin’s lawyer, told amNewYork that Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s office “refused to provide any details” of the forthcoming charges.…
Aug. 20, 2025 By Robert Pozarycki The NYPD got a much-needed infusion of blue blood Wednesday when it formally accepted nearly 1,100 police recruits — the largest class of future officers inaugurated in nine years. Mayor Eric Adams and Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch swore in the new class of recruits during a ceremony at…
Aug. 19, 2025 By Dean Moses New York’s Finest swore an oath to protect the city, but many say they didn’t sign up for all this. Law enforcement sources are sounding the alarm, charging that the NYPD is losing cops at record levels to other departments, not only leaving the city woefully unprotected but…
Aug. 15, 2025 By Ethan Stark-Miller Queens Borough President Donovan Richards on Friday endorsed Democratic mayoral nominee Zohran Mamdani in the November general election, urging other prominent Democrats who have been “sitting on the fence” to “meet this moment” and get behind his campaign. The Queens Beep, during a Friday news conference in Richmond…
Aug. 13, 2025 By Dean Moses Queens saw a night of bloodshed on Tuesday after two men were murdered in separate incidents just over an hour apart, police reported. According to police sources, the first incident unfolded inside an Ozone Park home located near the corner of 103rd Street and 101st Avenue at around…
Aug. 12, 2025 By Ethan Stark-Miller The latest Siena College poll had more good news for Democratic mayoral nominee Zohran Mamdani in the November general election — and some troubling early news for Gov. Kathy Hochul in her 2026 re-election campaign. Results of the survey, released Tuesday, found that Mamdani, a democratic socialist, continues…