Challah left, Alvin Kass right: His kippah, or yarmulke, is embroidered “Rabbi Dr. A. Kass, Chief Chaplain.” ( Photo: Ellen Dubin / Jewish Theological Seminary) NYPD Chaplain Dr. Rabbi Alvin Kass Remembered There’s this thing about observant Jews and dying. You’re here, like 89-year-old NYPD Chaplain Dr. Rabbi Alvin Kass, one... News 17 Nov 2025 | 01:30
Left: Drena De Niro and son Leandro De Niro-Rodriguez. Right: Akira Stein ( Photos: Drena De Niro, Chris Stein Instagram) 5 Alleged Fentanyl Dealers Indicted for 3 Teen Deaths The fight against the scourge of fentanyl and the death merchants who sell it took one small step forward with the recent... News 10 Nov 2025 | 11:38
Tarek Bazrouk in an NYPD surveillance photo. ( Photo: NYPD) Man, 20, Sentenced to 17 Months Prison for 3 Antisemitic Assaults Hate crimes don’t pay was the lesson a 20-year-old man, Tarek Bazrouk, learned recently when he was sentenced to 17 months... News 09 Nov 2025 | 04:43
A grim-faced Governor Kathy Hochul (at mic), flanked by NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch (left) and MTA Chairman and CEO Janno Leiber (second from right), demanding that Homeland Security disburse the $34 million earmarked for counterterrorism in the MTA. Of the 21 applicants for the funds, the MTA was the only one that the feds held back. ( Photo: MTA) Hochul Demands Trump Admin Restore $34 Million in Anti-Terror Funds for the MTA Tense and unsmiling, Governor Kathy Hochul spoke at a 25-minute MTA press conference on Oct. 9, calling on Kristi Noem’s... News 12 Oct 2025 | 11:18
Jamel McGriff, wanted in connection with the double homicide of an elderly couple in Queens, frequently targeted Manhattan stores, including most recently an armed robbery at a Central Harlem GameStop store and a failed robbery in a Chelsea Verizon store. ( Photo: NYPD) Murder Suspect Stalked Manhattan Before Killing Two in Queens; Nabbed in Times Sq. In the weeks before a 42-year-old ex-con robbed and killed a husband and wife inside their home in Bellerose, Queens, on... News 14 Sep 2025 | 11:16
Final salute for Police Officer Didarul Islam from (left to right) Gov. Kathy Hochul, Mayor Eric Adams, NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch, Deputy Mayor Kaz Daughtry, and NYPD top brass in the Bronx on July 31. ( Photo: NYC Mayor’s photography office) City in Mourning for Four Victims of Midtown Massacre A yellow balloon with the handwritten note “LOVE ONE ANOTHER” twisted in the wind at the growing makeshift memorial outside... News 04 Aug 2025 | 01:24
Police officers on the scene on July 28 as word began filtering out that among the fatalities was a brother police officer later identified as officer Didarul Islam. The gunman also killed three civilians and wounded several others before taking his own life on the 33rd floor of 345 Park Ave. in midtown Manhattan. ( Photo: Keith J. Kelly) Midtown Masacre: Five Dead including 1 NYPD Officer, 3 Civilians and Crazed Gun Man A lone gunman armed with an automatic rifle killed four people including an NYPD officer and three civilians before taking... News 01 Aug 2025 | 11:30
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
“Wrong Way” bike signs were recently installed along Amsterdam Avenue on the UWS. ( Photo: Michael Oreskes) ‘Wrong Way’ Signs Go Up Along More Protected Bike Lanes Residents say they have noticed new “Wrong Way” signs going up along protected bike lanes on the Amsterdam Avenue recently.... News 20 Jul 2025 | 08:21
Two e-bikers run a red light as a Traffic Officer faces the other way on intersection of W. 34th and 8th Ave. The quality of life pilot program included the seizure of 185 e-bikes, mopeds, and scooters in the first 60 days, the NYPD said. ( Photo: Samuel Kingsland) NYPD Extends Quality of Life Pilot Program Across all of Manhattan Mayor Eric Adams and NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch, announced that as of July 14, the quality of life pilot program that... News 14 Jul 2025 | 02:19
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
Gay Officers Action League protest the exclusion of gay NYPD officers near start of Heritage of Pride Parade, June 29. ( Photo: Gay Officers Action League) 100s of Thousands Celebrate Pride Weekend, Cops Present yet Excluded Pride Month 2025 came to an often rousing, sometimes raucous, and in parts contentious conclusion on the weekend of June... News 03 Jul 2025 | 12:16
A marcher is carried away by police officers at an anti-ICE protest in Lower Manhattan, June 10, 2025. ( Photo: Alex Krales/THE CITY) NYPD Arrests Dozens as Thousands of New Yorkers Join L.A. in Protesting ICE Raids Thousands of New Yorkers flooded the streets of Lower Manhattan the evening of June 10 protesting the Trump administration’s... News 11 Jun 2025 | 11:36
Police and firefighters responding to the scene of a fatal shooting in the Times Square area on the evening of June 4. One person was killed. A second homicide had been reported in Chelsea a short distance away only 90 minutes earlier. ( Photo: Citizen App) Two Shootings, Two Dead on West Side; Police Hunt for Suspects Two separate shootings occurred in Manhattan just hours apart on the night of June 4. Police responded first to a 911 call... News 06 Jun 2025 | 01:23
Hundreds of bike protestors started a rally at Union Square on May 30 to protest the NYPD’s recent criminalization drive against bikers. ( Photo: Christian Spencer) Cyclists Protest NYPD Criminalization Push Against Bikers for Traffic Infractions Cyclists Demand ‘Hands Off Our Bikes!’ as They Flood Manhattan Streets Protesting NYPD Crackdown on Undocumented Delivery... News 03 Jun 2025 | 06:49
