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Gateway Tunnel work site

Courts

Gateway Tunnel: Federal judge partially tosses suit from commission, opens door for feds to claw money back from rail project

By Ethan Stark-Miller & Isabella Gallo

Members of the Bomb Squad and the FBI investigate a suspicious device on the Upper East Side a day after the Gracie Mansion attempted bombing on March 7, 2026.

Gracie Mansion terror plot: Mamdani urges broad rejection of violence as another bomb scare rattles Upper East Side

By Shea Vance

pols at Columbia University demand release of footage of student's arrest by ICE agents

ICE at Columbia University: Pols demand surveillance, NYPD bodycam footage of student’s arrest

By Dean Moses

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Queens

CM Ariola holds hearing on FDNY response delays due to DOT street changes

By Patrick Stachniak

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Columbia student detained by ICE released following Mamdani’s direct appeal to Trump

By Shea Vance

Opinion | When courtrooms undermine public defenders, everyone suffers

By Orayne Williams

Privacy advocates urge Mamdani to use his mayoral powers and scale back the NYPD’s surveillance programs

By Adam Daly

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NYPD releases images of teens who pelted cops with snowballs in Washington Square Park as outrage grows over unruly mob

By Dean Moses

Last migrant shelter site in New York city

City to close last migrant shelter as Mamdani seeks to end crisis-era shelter and Rikers policies

By Adam Daly

Police bodycam footage of man wounded in Queens police shooting

Queens

Queens man shot by NYPD during mental health crisis indicted on assault charge

By Adam Daly

Police bodycam footage of man wounded in Queens police shooting

Queens

Queens police shooting: NYPD releases bodycam footage of cop opening fire on man in mental health crisis

By Dean Moses and Adam Daly

Officers outside the Chakraborty family home on Jan. 26 following the shooting of 22-year-old Jabez

Queens

Queens police shooting of man in mental health crisis shows need for ‘Community Safety’ reform, Mamdani says

By Adam Daly & Dean Moses

NYPD officer at scene of NYC crime murder

NYC CRIME: Murders and shootings plummet to record-lows in January – but NYPD says rape and antisemitic crimes are up

By Barbara Russo-Lennon

ICE agent at Federal Plaza in New York

Hochul moves to ban ICE from deputizing New York police, calls it a move to stop Trump ‘tyranny’

By Shea Vance

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Subway crime dipped 4% in 2025 compared to the previous year; December saw slight uptick: NYPD

By Ethan Stark-Miller

city council

Queens

Wong, Ariola appointed to City Council committees for latest term

By Patrick Stachniak

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Queens

Queens Community Board 5 talks affordable housing legislation, local events and more at January meeting

By Patrick Stachniak

police officers on duty

Crime

EXCLUSIVE | Internal police union memo claims CCRB member tasked with investigating cops is ‘flagrant anti-police activist’

By Dean Moses

New York Young Republicans Gala

Courts

NY Young Republicans airing dirty laundry out in court after controversial holiday gala fallout

By Adam Daly

Anthony Herbert, former Adams administration official, leaves federal court in Manhattan after pleading not guilty to bribery, kickback, and fraud charges, Jan. 13, 2026

Ex-Adams official Anthony Herbert pleads not guilty to bribery, city contract and funeral fraud charges

By Adam Daly

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Queens

Malba resident fights child custody battle after false flag police report

By Patrick Stachniak

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Queens

CM Wong starts tenure with traffic enforcement push in Maspeth, Middle Village and Glendale

By Patrick Stachniak

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Queens

‘It’s really heartbreaking’: Ridgewood rallies to help victims of five-alarm Madison Street fire

By Patrick Stachniak

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‘Justice came — but fear remains’ Maduro’s capture sparks mixed emotions among Venezuelans in New York

By Emily Swanson

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State Sen. John Liu addresses students at P.S. 159Q as part of Civics Week. Photo via State Sen. John Liu.

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