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Gun violence drops in August — but still at nearly double pre-pandemic levels
Shootings in NYC plummeted in August compared to the same time last year -- and officials say that proves the city has "turned a corner."
NYPD's Shea expresses outrage over 'horrific' subway attacks
NYPD commissioner Dermot Shea expressed outrage over soft-on-crime bail reform laws that allowed a disturbed man to allegedly slug a deaf straphanger.
Commissioner Shea: I met with Michael K. Williams to 'collaborate' this year
Police Commissioner Dermot Shea said Tuesday that he met earlier this year with actor Michael K. Williams -- who died this week -- and discussed efforts to “collaborate” with the...
New York's maskless: Top NYPD cops flout COVID-19 mask rule
Shea and Chief of Patrol Juanita Holmes were among several cops who went maskless as they posed with teens in an auditorium at One Police Plaza.
Shootings down, gun busts up last month in NYC: NYPD
Shootings dropped by 35 percent while gun busts were significantly up last month compared to last year, NYPD Dermot Shea said Thursday.
De Blasio a no-show at Police Commissioner Shea's 'cop shot' briefing
Mayor de Blasio was absent at the NYPD’s early-morning news conference Saturday about the shooting of a police lieutenant in the Bronx, and City Hall did not offer an explanation...
NYPD cop assigned to combat gun violence shot by known gang member: police
An NYPD lieutenant assigned to thwart gun violence in the Bronx was shot in the ankle after a long struggle with a well-known gang banger, Commissioner Dermot Shea said.
Shea says he '100 percent' supports vaccine-or-test mandate for NYC workers
Police Commissioner Dermot Shea said Tuesday that he “100 percent” supports the city’s new COVID-19 vaccination-or-test mandate for all city workers -- but believes the NYPD's inoculation rate is higher...
NYPD's top cop speaks out as 175 illegal motorbikes taken off the road
Cops swept up 175 dirt bikes and ATVs off Big Apple streets over the weekend, arresting dozens of riders and writing hundreds of summonses, police said.
Eric Garner suit won't feature testimony from de Blasio, top NYPD officials
A spokesman for the city Law Department said in an e-mail to The Post on Friday that the de Blasio administration is "pleased" with the court's ruling.
Soaring crime but the fewest people in prison since 1946: Progressives' upside-down view of NYC crime
A decrease in arrests might reflect a falling crime rate, but the release en masse of prisoners came at a moment when murders and shootings were rising more quickly in...
NYPD top cop again blames shooting surge on bail reform amid 'gun emergency'
The NYPD sounded the alarm long before Gov. Andrew Cuomo declared a statewide “gun emergency," top cop Dermot Shea said.
Shootings dip in June but have yet to return to pre-pandemic levels
New York City officials made some headway in June in curbing the surging gun violence — though shootings still have not returned to pre-pandemic levels, NYPD data released Tuesday shows.
Critics demand answers as to why accused Bronx gang shooter was on the streets
Critics on Saturday demand why accused gangbanger Michael Lopez, who open fire on two terrified children in the Bronx, was inexplicably set free after a knifepoint robbery.
NYPD head Dermot Shea reassures synagogue: 'We will not tolerate hate'
NYPD Commissioner Dermot Shea reassured worshippers at an Upper East Side synagogue that cops have "never tolerated hate" and never will in a Sabbath message delivered amid a wae of...
NYPD to have 'excess of officers' on standby amid Derek Chauvin sentencing
Police Commissioner Dermot Shea said he doesn’t “anticipate any problems” in the Big Apple when Derek Chauvin is sentenced Friday in the murder of George Floyd.
Shea jokes that NYPD should recruit Times Square hoverboarder
Commissioner Dermot Shea said the Times Square hoverboarder may not have had permission for the mind-blowing stunt — but joked his flying skills could earn him a spot with the...
Shocking video captures broad-daylight assault of off-duty NYPD cop
New video captures the moment an off-duty NYPD officer is attacked by three men, one of whom clobbered him with a broomstick this week outside a Bronx deli.
NYPD's Shea finally shows up to a de Blasio presser -- for the first time in months
NYPD Commissioner Dermot Shea on Wednesday finally made an appearance at a mayoral press conference, as Mayor Bill de Blasio has struggled to offer new solutions to the Big Apple's...
Top cop rips 'abhorrent' Washington Square Park mayhem after de Blasio shrugs it off
Police Commissioner Dermot Shea slammed the mayhem and violence overrunning Washington Square Park as “abhorrent behavior” that shouldn’t be acceptable anywhere.