Crime & Safety stories in New York

Mayor Zohran Mamdani on Friday announced the creation of New York City’s first Office of Deed Theft Prevention, after a week in which Council Member Chi Ossé’s arrest at a Brooklyn eviction protest thrust deed theft and displacement back into the spotlight.  The mayor, however, stopped short of endo

Ben Pasternak, 26 — whose plant-based business Simulate was once valued at $250 million — was arrested Tuesday on allegations that he assaulted his ex, influencer Evelyn Ha.

Mom Lucinda Arroyo, of East Harlem, fears her daughter will be re-traumatized by young people who see the sick assault as “entertainment.”

A $40 million plan to remake MacArthur Park is colliding head-on with a raw, street-level reality and mayoral hopeful Spencer Pratt is lighting the fuse.

I can’t find anything online. Stumbled across a roller hockey rink in Smithtown but me and my friends nearly got arrested just for being there (not from Smithtown and it was after dark so our fault, just didn’t know the rules is all) and I rather not cause issues or get in trouble.

Heartpounding drone footage shows a car thief hanging beneath San Francisco's Bay Bridge as he tried to evade police earlier this month.

Police in Pineville, Louisiana, are investigating a local restaurant after officers found a deer believed to be roadkill stored in a freezer with food.

The incident happened at the 149th Street-Grand Concourse station in December 2024, according to prosecutors. Body camera footage showed the on-duty officer punching a man at the 149th Street-Grand Concourse station, prosecutors say. [ more › ]

A protest against the eviction of the longtime residents of a Bed-Stuy brownstone turned into a chaotic scene Wednesday morning, where more than a dozen police and sheriff’s officers clashed with local residents, resulting in the violent arrest of the local council member and other neighbors trying

A Wawa customer was arrested in Cumberland County after he was accused of assaulting two people with a sugar container in a bizarre fight.

NEW YORK CITY (PIX11) -- A woman fighting eviction from the home her family has lived in for 60 years has drawn community support and outrage in Brooklyn. Carmella Charrington and her family say they've been victims of attempted deed theft to take their family's brownstone at 200 Jefferson Ave. in B

With the Justice Department ending its investigation into Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell, whose term ends in May, this move might potentially expedite a confirmation vote by the Senate for Kevin Warsh.

A Syosset father and son were arrested Wednesday, April 22, for allegedly being in possession of explosives-making chemicals that were found when police were investigating the son on suspicion of graffitiing a swastika at a school, according to the Nassau County Police Department. Police said they

A man riding an unregistered motorized bicycle without a valid license struck and killed a 72-year-old pedestrian in Kearny earlier this year, authorities said.Miguel Aguilar, 44, of Harrison, was charged Thursday with causing death while driving suspended, the Hudson County Prosecutor’s Office said

Krista McNally has more on the driver's arraignment on Friday.

Justin Quilty A Seymour police officer who was the president of the department’s union has been charged with misappropriating more than $32,000 in union dues for the past two years. Justin Quilty, 35, of Milford, faces one count of larceny in the first degree. He was arrested by Connecticut State Po

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Eric Swalwell paid a hotshot Los Angeles lawyer a staggering sum to defend him against sexual assault allegations.

A New Rochelle homeowner claims that a Yonkers contractor he hired for a nearly $500,000 home renovations project diverted the down payment and failed to complete the work. Anil A. Thomas accused ABA Quality Construction and company president Salim Aba and administrator Devis Plaku of fraud, in a co

The Nassau County Police Department said it had arrested 35 people, 15 of whom were connected to gangs, at a Tuesday, April 21, press conference.  County Executive Bruce Blakeman said this was part of a police initiative to target gang activity, with arrests beginning on April 15. He said the peopl

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We can see the Statue of Liberty again. From Battery Park. Without a fence in the way. The feds freed up about 150 feet of space at the eastern end of Battery Park The U.S. Park Police had installed a seven-foot wire fence in March, citing security during shoreline construction. The fence blo

An Ocean County man was sentenced Thursday to 10 years in prison for the attempted murder of his 71-year-old mother in Toms River, authorities said.Joseph Cavallaro, 45, of Manchester, attacked the woman with a cane on June 27, 2025, leaving her with a fractured skull, broken ribs and other injuries

A Bergen County man was charged Wednesday with attempting to sexually assault a woman in a local residence, authorities said.

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Hugs were shared and tears were shed as victims of crime and their families gathered at the College of Staten Island’s Center for the Arts in Willowbrook Thursday evening for a candlelight vigil marking National Crime Victims’ Rights Week.

A Farmingdale man was fatally struck by a Long Island Rail Road train the evening of Monday, April 20, according to the Metropolitan Transportation Authority Police Department. Cameron William Zappolo, 21, was reported to be on the tracks at the Merritts Road crossing east of the Bethpage Station w

Former Jericho Elementary School Parent Teacher Association Treasurer Jodi Scarlatos was charged with grand larceny on Wednesday, April 22, for allegedly stealing more than $50,000 from the association over three years, according to the Suffolk County District Attorney’s Office. “Parent Teacher Ass

Mayor Zohran Mamdani will veto a controversial bill approved by the City Council last month instructing the police department to establish anti-protest “buffer zones” around schools and educational institutions, THE CITY has learned. A related bill calling for security perimeters around houses of

A 36-year-old New Jersey woman who stabbed a man in the lower abdomen with a hunting knife during a domestic dispute in Edison last year has been arrested in Ohio, authorities said. Dawn Burge was taken into custody by U.S. Marshals on Wednesday at a business in the 500 block of Griswold Road in Ely

Ncodjigui Sanogo, a security guard at Queens College, and co-defendant Mouhamadou Sylla have been indicted for selling 38 illegal firearms to undercover officers. The sales occurred during a long-term investigation, with one transaction happening while Sanogo was on duty and in uniform.