Renderings of the soon-to-be under construction Chinatown Jail. ( Photo: NYC DDC) Chinatown Jail Construction Starting Soon, Will Continue for Years To make an omelette, the hoary apothegm goes, you have to break few eggs. And so it will be with the Chinatown Jail, whose... News 01 Feb 2026 | 03:43
Wanted for Forcible Touching in Kips Bay 7-Eleven, Jan. 14, 2026. ( Photos: NYPD) Shooter of New York Jets Player Indicted; Forcible Touching in Kips Bay Manhattan’s properly very serious District Attorney Alvin L. Bragg, Jr., isn’t a man for irony, at least not publicly, but... News 29 Jan 2026 | 01:52
Gunman in anime backpack holds weapon on Poké people, Jan. 14. 2026. ( Photo: Poké Court) Meatpacking Pokémon Shop Carries On After Armed Robbery The popular Meatpacking District Pokémon shop Poké Court where an armed robbery occured during an in-store event on Jan.... News 28 Jan 2026 | 11:07
Police on the scene of a stabbing on E. 14th St. near Ave. A on the evening of June 23, 2024, when a dispute among three homeless individuals resulted in a confrontation in which one person was killed and two others were injured. Alejandro Piedra who was arrested shortly after the stabbing, has now pleaded guilty to one count of murder. ( Photo: Keith J. Kelly) Man Pleads Guilty to Murder in June ‘24 East Village Stabbing Alejandro Piedra, 31, pleaded guilty to fatally stabbing 38-year-old Clemson Cockfield and injuring two others in the East... News 26 Jan 2026 | 11:47
Mayor Zohran Mamdani appointed Tricia Shimamura on High Bridge in the Bronx. ( Photo: Kara McCurdy/Mayor’s Photo Office.) Shimamura Rising: Manhattan Boss Parkie Named NYC Parks Commissioner Manhattan parks watchers got a welcome surprise on Saturday January 17, when Mayor Zohran Mamdani announced the appointment... News 26 Jan 2026 | 09:43
Wanted for stabbing a teen boy near 285 St. Nicholas Ave., Jan. 12, 2026. ( Photos: NYPD) Gang of Five Stabs Teen in Broad Daylight; Burglary in East Harlem However one might wish it otherwise, crime reporters expect bad things to happen in the crepuscular and nighttime hours.... News 26 Jan 2026 | 07:57
Wanted for robbing a senior woman in West Harlem Beauty spa, Jan 1., 2026. ( Photos: NYPD) Manslaughter Plea in Fatal Car Crash; Senior Robbed in Beauty Spa The case of the horrific fatal car crash that killed husband-to-be Kirk Walker, and his cousin, Rob McLaurin, on the Henry... 26 Jan 2026 | 12:59
Ex-Mayor Adams aide Tony Herbert outside Manhattan federal courthouse following his bribery indictment, ( Photos: Chrislejohnnyc Instagram) Ex-Mayor Adams Aide Anthony ‘Tony’ Herbert Indicted for Bribery Mayor Eric Adams’s former Citywide Public Housing Liaison Anthony “Tony” Hebert Herbert is facing trouble from a trifecta... News 19 Jan 2026 | 03:00
Chez Nick, one of the glories of Restaurant Week on the Upper East Side. ( Photo: Chez Nick Instagram) Restaurant Week Takes Upper East & West Sides—for 23 Days! What’s big, brassy, beauteous, and a no-holds-barred invitation to strap on the ol’ feed bag? That’s right, gastronauts and... News 19 Jan 2026 | 02:38
Wanted for robbery spree in the Midtown South and 13th precincts ( Photos: NYPD) Midtown Mayhem: Multiple Stabbings & a Robbery Spree As if the recent spate of sharpened-blade violence weren’t enough—including one man stabbed in the leg outside a Starbucks,... News 19 Jan 2026 | 02:20
Left: Wanted for subway stabbing. Right: Wanted for hate crime. ( Photos: NYPD) Subway Stabbing on Lex Avenue Line; Jewish Hate Crime on 60th St. A 57-year-old female was stabbed in the head after a verbal dispute with an unidentified individual while aboard a southbound... News 12 Jan 2026 | 01:02
At the Detective Steven McDonald Memorial Mass, the McDonald family and Police Commissioner Tisch (center). ( Photo: Detective’s Endowment Association) NYPD Detective Steven McDonald Memorial Mass Held at St. Pat’s The annual memorial mass for NYPD Detective Steven McDonald was held at St. Patrick’s Cathedral on Saturday, Jan. 10, 2026.... Voices 12 Jan 2026 | 11:55
Sig Sauer Air Pistol recovered at West Village shooting scene. Inset: Sig Sauer M17 9mm handgun. ( Photos: NYPD, Sig Sauer; Straus News markup) NYPD: Man Shot Dead in West Village After Pointing Imitation Gun at Cops The second NYPD-involved shooting to occur under the new Mamdani administration occurred in the West Village on Thursday... News 12 Jan 2026 | 10:04
Mayor Mamdani and DOT Commissioner Mike Flynn at the Williamsburg Bridge, Jan. 6, 2026. ( Photo: Brian Berger) Williamsburg ‘Bump’ Begone! Mamdani Hails Bridge Bike Lane Fix Have you heard about the Williamsburg “Bump”? It’s not a new dance craze, cocktail, cannabis strain or trendy underground... News 10 Jan 2026 | 07:50
A Monroe Street entrance to Knickerbocker Village. ( Photo: Brian Berger) Lower East Side Murder Suspect Caught! It Was Matricide New facts have emerged about the dreadful Dec. 19, 2025, murder of 76-year-old Zhu Hou in her Knickerbocker Village apartment... 05 Jan 2026 | 10:57
