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Migrant accused of shooting two NYPD cops fired into officer's chest 'at point-blank range': prosecutor
The Venezuelan migrant accused of wounding two NYPD officers fired into one cop’s chest at “point-blank range” during a wild chase on a Queens street that saw a third Finest hop onto the shooter's...
Ex-con whose past murder rap was tossed now charged with gunning down 19-year-old less than 2 years later
A Queens ex-con whose murder conviction was tossed out by prosecutors is back behind bars -- this time charged in connection to a fatal shootout that left a 19-year-old man...
Good for Queens DA Melinda Katz as she moves to clobber squatters: More, please!
Chalk up a small victory in Gotham’s war against squatters: Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz is throwing the book at a particularly odious house thief. Lance White-Hunt and accomplice Rondie...
Queens 'Range Rover' squatter who allegedly took over $1M house cut loose without bail as lawyer blames press for 'whoop-whooped up' ordeal
Brian Rodriguez, 35, of 161st Street, faces up to 15 years in prison if he's convicted of burglary, grand larceny, criminal trespassing and the other charges authorities have hit him...
Reputed NYC gangbanger learns his fate for mistaken-identity killing of HS basketball star in 2019
Sean Brown, 21, had pleaded guilty last month to manslaughter, conspiracy and weapons charges in connection with the senseless slaying, which authorities say was a case of mistaken identity.
NYC DAs back Alvin Bragg over Arizona prosecutor who refuses to extradite Soho hotel murder suspect
Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg got a show of support from prosecutors in New York City's other four boroughs in his fight to get the suspect in a brutal Soho hotel...
Queens man forged absentee ballots in Democratic primary as part of voter fraud scheme: DA
Abdul Rahman, 32, of Floral Park, was arraigned Tuesday for allegedly requesting and submitting dozens of fraudulent absentee ballots ahead of the Democratic primary election in August 2022.
Adams vows to veto bill forcing NYPD to file reports on all encounters with public: 'It will endanger public safety'
Mayor Eric Adams vowed he would veto legislation that would force police to file millions of reports on even the most ordinary encounters with New Yorkers.
These key issues may drive turnout as New Yorkers vote for City Council, DA on Election Day
The migrant crisis and crime are likely to be at the forefront of some Big Apple voters’ minds as they head to the polls Tuesday to cast ballots for their...
LI man charged with murder of Florida resident shot 13 times outside NYC nightclub
One of the two men who allegedly pumped a combined 13 bullets into a 23-year-old Florida man outside a Queens nightclub in April was nabbed by authorities and charged with...
2 Queens deli workers indicted for allegedly choking, pummeling drunk customer who complained about food
Saber Abuhamra, 34, and Jorge Hernandez, 23, both of Queens, were indicted Friday for strangulation of James Keena at Pickles & Pies Food Market & Deli in Rockaway Park June 11.
Melinda Katz wins re-election in Queens DA race: NYC Board of Elections
Incumbent Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz easily won a second term as the borough's top prosecutor based on unofficial results from NYC's Board of Elections on Tuesday night. Katz -- a...
Tuesday primary elections feature races for Queens, Bronx District Attorneys, NYC Council
New York City residents have a final chance to go to the polls Tuesday to choose their party candidates in primary elections for district attorneys in Queens and The Bronx,...
Queens DA Katz accuses rival Daniels of breaking election law
"Ms. Daniels has been a candidate for nomination for election as District Attorney of Queens County since at least March 2, 2023. Despite this candidacy, however, there is no record...
Anti-cop Queens councilwoman pushing bill to protect sex workers
NYC Councilwoman Tiffany Cabán is pushing a new bill that would all but legitimize -- and subsidize -- the Big Apple’s illegal sex worker industry.
Adams endorses Queens DA Melinda Katz for reelection
Katz has been aligned with several of Adams’ key priorities like tackling a surge of shoplifting in the city, participating in Hizzoner’s “retail theft summit” along with the city’s four...
Progressives have eroded safety and fueled tragic cases of self-defense
Charles Foehner, the senior citizen Kew Gardens resident who shot and killed his would-be mugger early Wednesday morning, will face weapons charges and nothing more serious.
Man who shot Queens mugger arraigned on multiple gun charges, held on $50K bail
Charles Foehner, 65, was slapped with 25 counts of criminal possession of a weapon for using an unlicensed gun to fatally blast mugger Cody Gonzalez.
Queens DA candidate George Grasso slams Melinda Katz’s curbs on retail theft
"As far as I can see, for the first three years of her tenure, it was basically ignored as an issue,” the ex-NYPD commissioner said of the incumbent DA outside...
Half of Manhattan's drunk-driving cases got dismissed in 2022 due to Albany reforms
Nearly half of all drinking-and-driving offenses in Manhattan were tossed out of court last year – as dismissal rates soared over five times higher than they were before state lawmakers...