Brooklyn reports a 29% drop in homicides and a significant decrease in shootings and victims in the first half of 2025.

Brownsville and Crown Heights saw notable drops in homicides and shootings, according to the Brooklyn District Attorney.

A California man was found shot to death in a vehicle parked in front of an Ozone Park house on the afternoon of Sunday, June ...

Two people were shot near the historic Stonewall Inn in Greenwich Village Sunday night following the Big Apple’s Pride parade ...

Three people are dead — a 36-year-old woman, a 17-year-old boy and a 14-year-old boy — in separate gun incidents in three ...

A Manhattan mom whose 15-year-old son died while subway surfing can move forward with a lawsuit against the social media ...

ALBANY — It was the evening of June 26 when Sabrina Dominique learned her younger brother, a University at Albany graduate ...

Brian Kendall, who spent 16 years behind bars after police wrongly arrested him for a Brooklyn candy store video game room slaying — even though he was the one who flagged down a cop car after the ...

Black mayors are proving that talent, vision, and a relentless focus on evidence-based policy—not tokenism—are transforming communities.

Police have released surveillance images of the gunman who allegedly shot and wounded a man in the Bronx during a July 4th cookout. According to police sources, the incident unfolded just after ...

While cable news pundits and national newspapers often fixate on urban dysfunction, Black mayors across America are ...

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