Friends have started a GoFundMe for the family of Kimberly Olmos, an 18 year-old who was killed in the stairwell of a NYCHA housing project in Hell’s Kitchen on Nov. 2. Police are seeking a friend who ran off on potential homicide charges. ( Photo: GoFundMe) NYPD: Teenager Shot in Head at NYCHA Building, Friend Sought for Homicide A teenage girl died of a gunshot wound to the head at the Harborview Terrace NYCHA complex, located on 10th Ave. and W. 56th... News 07 Nov 2025 | 10:49
Left: Wanted for forcible touching. Right: NYPD Chaplain Rabbi Alvin Kass ( Photos: NYPD) Woman Groped in Central Park; NYPD Chaplain Rabbi Alvin Kass Dies Given NYPD’s extensive network of surveillance camera, one doesn’t often see the work of police sketch artists anymore. While... News 03 Nov 2025 | 12:17
Annual Buczek-Hoban mass at Church of St. Elizabeth, Washington Heights, Oct. 17, 2025. ( Photo: Brian Berger) Buczek-Hoban Mass Honors Two NYPD Cops Killed on Same Night in 1988 on UWS For 37 years, they have come to Washington Heights to honor the memory of two NYPD heroes. They are the friends, family,... News 02 Nov 2025 | 10:53
Unveiling of the names at NYPD Memorial Wall, Oct. 15, 2025. ( Photo: NYPDPC Instagram) NYPD Memorial Adds 50 Names in Battery Park City Ceremony The NYPD Memorial Wall in Battery Park City stands just a few short blocks west of Ground Zero—just take Liberty Street... News 18 Oct 2025 | 12:14
Hand on heart: Pols and VIPs during pre-parade ceremony for the Dominican Day parade on Aug. 10. ( Photo: Darren McGee/Office of Governor ) Dominican Day Parade Delights Midtown Multitudes — Loudly! Hundreds of thousands of red-white-and-blue-adorned spectators and participants crowded Sixth Avenue from the 36th to 55th... News 16 Aug 2025 | 01:46
A youngster sits in the front seat of a police cruiser and gets to sound the siren at the National Night Out event staged by the 19th Precinct at St. Catherine’s Park on the UES. ( Photo: Keith J. Kelly) Kids, Politicos, and of Course Police, Mark National Night Out on the East Side Local residents were lining up at the gates of St. Catherine’s Park long before the 4pm start of the 19th Precinct’s National... News 11 Aug 2025 | 10:54
Biker handcuffed and arrested in Central Park back in May, right after the NYPD started cracking down on cyclists. Police had no info on what prompted the handcuffing, although some posters on a subreddit site where the photo appeared said the biker was later uncuffed. ( Photo: r/NYCbike) NYPD Issued Nearly 6,000 Criminal Summonses to Bikers in Qtr–but Most Get Dismissed The number of criminal summonses handed out to bikers in the latest quarter of 2025 has surged by 10 times the number handed... News 25 Jul 2025 | 05:12
NYPD Commissioner Thomas Donlon (right) attends a press conference at One Police Plaza alongside Mayor Eric Adams, Oct. 9, 2024. ( Photo: Alex Krales/THE CITY) Ex-NYPD Interim Commish Sues, Alleging Department Is Criminal Enterprise Former Interim NYPD Commissioner Thomas Donlon has filed an explosive federal lawsuit alleging that Mayor Eric Adams and... News 21 Jul 2025 | 02:04
African Burian Ground National Monument is behind both the Ted Weiss Federal Building and 26 Federal Plaza: That’s a lot of feds! ( Photo: National Park Service, Straus News markup) African Burial Ground Reopens After Unexplained Month-Long Closure Nearly four weeks after it was closed without explanation, the African National Monument Burial Ground memorial at Duane... News 14 Jul 2025 | 10:29
Sergeant Anita Moore and Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch as Moore is among honorees at NYPD Medal Day on June 12. ( Photos: NYPD) Manhattan Cop Awarded NYPD Medal of Valor for UWS Incident Unknown to most New Yorkers, NYPD held its annual Medal Day ceremony on Thursday, June 12 at the department’s Training Bureau... News 16 Jun 2025 | 02:18
Federal agents wait in the lobby of 26 Federal Plaza to detain people after immigration hearings, May 28, 2025. ( Photo: Ben Fractenberg/THE CITY) Migrants, Protesters, and a Pastor Arrested Inside and Outside Manhattan Immigration Courthouses Federal agents inside a Manhattan immigration court building on May 28 made numerous arrests of migrants and observers, including... News 02 Jun 2025 | 07:15
Vigils are regularly being held for Francisco Andres Guzman Parra, 31, who died in a fiery April 2 car crash in Inwood after being pursued by cops who identified his vehicle as stolen. His family believes that the two pursuing officers purposefully neglected to report the incident. ( Photo: Spodek Law Group) Immigrant Dies in Fiery Uptown Crash Following Cop Chase; Family Considers Lawsuit An undocumented immigrant from the Dominican Republic died in a fiery car crash in Inwood earlier this month, after reportedly... News 20 Apr 2025 | 05:30
Left: Broome Street at Wooster, where Mae Berg was attacked; Right: Berg, a costume designer, models a coat she altered, Brooklyn Bridge in background. ( Photos: Brian Berger (left) Mae Berg Design/ Instagram (right)) Horror in SoHo: Woman Stabbed by Broken-Bottle-Wielding Maniac Meagan “Mae” Berg, the 25-year-old costume designer stabbed in the neck by a broken-bottle-wielding maniac on April 7 is... News 13 Apr 2025 | 09:13
Cops had retreated outside the building at 384 Madison St. on Feb. 18 after a suspect allegedly opened fire on them as they tried to execute a search warrant. After a tense three-hour standoff, a detective and the suspect were both wounded and rushed to Bellevue Hospital. ( Photo: Brain Berger) D.A. Indicts Ex-Con Accused of Wounding NYPD Officer in Downtown Shootout A 34-year-old man who wounded a detective and fired on several other police officers as they tried to execute a search warrant... News 10 Mar 2025 | 01:36
Mayor Eric Adams (center) and Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch (left) at Bellevue to provide an update on an NYPD detective Terry Avent who was shot while trying to execute a search warrant in a NYCH Project on the Lower East Side. The suspect, who was wounded in a shootout, was arrested. ( Photo: Keith J. Kelly) Shot Cop, Suspect out of Hospital. Cop Went Home, Suspect Went to Rikers A detective who was part of team attempting to execute a search warrant in a pre-dawn raid at a Lower East Side public housing... News 26 Feb 2025 | 12:15
