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One year ago, parts of New York City felt out of control as crowds of looters were seen smashing storefront after storefront. The mayhem continued night after night from late May into June. At one point, there was even a so-called “looting dance party” on the streets of SoHo. The mobs seemingly pillaged at will. Many were caught on tape,...

A Shake Shack manager has filed a lawsuit against police unions and New York City police officers who claimed last year that they were deliberately poisoned by the burger chain’s employees.

The man suspected of opening fire in Times Square earlier in May, injuring three people including a 4-year-old girl, was returned to New York to face charges after fleeing to Florida with his girlfriend in the aftermath of the shooting.

The bill would change the police use-of-force law “from one of simple necessity to one of absolute last resort,” James’ office said in a press release.

The passenger faces federal charges for allegedly attacking a flight attendant several times aboard Sunday’s flight to NYC.

Police said a 61-year-old Asian man, not yet identified, was thrown to the ground near 3rd Avenue and East 125th Street around 8:30 p.m. The suspect allegedly struck the man, then proceeded to repeatedly kick the victim in his head. Video tweeted out by the NYPD appears to show the moments the attacker stomped on the victim’s head. Police...

A traffic stop in Brooklyn turned violent Saturday morning when a driver pulled over for running a red light hurled a Molotov cocktail at police, the NYPD said.

A man from Ohio has been arrested after being found with an unloaded semi-automatic rifle, ammunition and a gas mask in a bag, a senior law enforcement official tells News 4.

A retired NYPD cop is the latest to face criminal charges in connection to the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol.

A vicious beating aboard a New York City subway left a 68-year-old man bloodied and the witness that came to his aid says the attack was racially motivated.

A New York City police officer who’s been arrested twice for alleged brutality was arrested again Sunday after police on Long Island say he fired a pistol into the Atlantic Ocean while off duty.

A vicious beating aboard a New York City subway left a 68-year-old man bloodied and the witness that came to his aid says the attack was racially motivated.

Many New York City police discipline records can be made public over the objections of unions, an appeals court ruled Tuesday. The ruling by the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Manhattan upheld a decision last year by Judge Katherine Polk Failla. Unions had opposed a new state transparency law on the grounds that it would unfairly taint...

While the pandemic’s long-lasting impact has affected public health and the economy, the Asian-American community has also experienced the fallout of COVID-19 – being unfairly blamed for the pandemic and becoming the target of discrimination and violence.

Talk about an epic, ice cream fail! A man who allegedly stole at least eight pints of ice cream from a Manhattan business ended up clinging to the side of a building during his unsuccessful getaway, prompting police to come to his rescue, according to the NYPD. “After stealing 8 pints of Häagen-Dazs from a local business, this man’s...

He did it for the clout, but this YouTuber now has a criminal record and possibly put his future in doubt

New York Attorney General Letitia James is suing the New York City Police Department over the handling of last year’s protests against police brutality and racism. Former assistant New Jersey Attorney General Shavar Jeffries joined LX News to explain why the lawsuit is so important and how it might improve police accountability.

New York Attorney General Tish James sued the NYPD on Thursday, seeking to install a federal monitor to oversee the department following allegedly widespread civil rights abuses last summer. James’ action will reignite the debate over how the department handled the George Floyd protests that rocked the city last year. Last month the city’s Department of Investigation released a...

The head of the NYPD’s workplace discrimination office has opted to retire days after having been suspended without pay for 30 days after investigators say he posted hateful messages to a website where cops air grievances anonymously. Deputy Inspector James Kobel was relieved of his command in early November after he was accused of penning attacks on Black and Jewish…

The scathing 111-page report says “public trust is at a low ebb” and that the police department needs major structural changes to restore that trust.