Aug. 17, 2025 By Robert Pozarycki Transit police are on the hunt for the young woman who attacked a male straphanger with pepper spray on board an L train in Queens earlier this month. The NYPD released images on Sunday of the suspect behind the painful attack that occurred on board a Manhattan-bound L…
Aug. 17, 2025 By Gabriele Holtermann and Barbara Russo-Lennon NYC mayoral candidates reacted with anger and frustration following a mass shooting at a Brooklyn restaurant and club early on Sunday morning that left three people dead and multiple other victims injured. The tragic incident at Taste of the City, located near Prospect Park in…
Aug. 12, 2025 By Shane O’Brien Assembly Member Sam Berger announced $200,000 in capital funding for the NYPD’s 109th Precinct during the precinct’s National Night Out event at Bowne Playground last week. The funding will go toward the purchase of new vehicles and essential public safety equipment, which Berger said will strengthen public safety…
Jul. 23, 2025 amNewYork Over the weekend, an off-duty Border Patrol agent visiting Fort Washington Park in Manhattan was shot in the face in an apparent attempted robbery. The agent, who thankfully survived the encounter, managed to shoot his attacker, who was later taken into custody by police. Police later revealed that the suspect…
Jul. 12, 2025 By Lloyd Mitchell & Robert Pozarycki Queens detectives are searching for the suspect who shot and killed a man on a residential block early on Saturday morning. Police said the deadly shooting occurred at about 8:12 a.m. on July 12 near the corner of 110th Avenue and Liverpool Street in South…
Jun. 10, 2025 By Mayor Eric Adams This National Gun Violence Awareness Month, where we honor and remember victims of gun crimes, our administration is making good on our promise to eradicate gun violence. From day one, we have worked to create safer streets, safer subways, and a safer city for all New York…
March 28, 2025 By Bill Parry A Corona man was arrested on Wednesday morning after he turned himself in at the 107th Precinct in Fresh Meadows for assaulting a grandmother during a random attack inside a Jackson Heights subway station on the night of Saturday, March 1. Hector Cajamarca, 24, of Corona Avenue, was arraigned… Read more »
Mar. 28, 2025 By Colum Motherway Council Member Robert Holden is raising concerns over the proposed construction of a large-scale lithium-ion battery energy storage facility at 64-30 69th Place in Middle Village, directly across from PS/IS 128. The site is in a densely populated residential neighborhood and is situated next to an animal hospital,…
Mar. 26, 2025 By Shane O’Brien The City Council approved a legislative package Wednesday afternoon to reduce the number of scaffolding structures on New York City streets. The package of five bills takes aim at the temporary steel and wooden scaffolding structures – known as scaffolding sheds – that line and darken thousands of…
Mar. 14, 2025 By Shane O’Brien Mayor Eric Adams marked the fifth anniversary of the first confirmed COVID-19 death in the five boroughs of New York City by visiting NYC Health + Hospitals/Elmhurst and paying tribute to city healthcare workers, first responders, essential workers, and the 46,000 New Yorkers who lost their lives during…