Crime
Posted inLabor
Two Queens-based construction firms subcontracted to rebuild the Hunts Point Playground agreed to pay more than $600,000 in restitution and penalties to 24 workers who were paid below the prevailing wage.
Posted inZohran Mamdani
Will Mamdani Tame the NYPD?
One hundred days into Zohran Mamdani’s mayoralty, crime is down, the police union is suspicious, the DSA is impatient — and key promises are unfulfilled.
Posted inPolitics
Ex-NYPD Sergeant and 3 Others Arrested in Bribery Probe Linked to City Council
The corruption investigation involves one member of the City Council and a top aide to Gov. Kathy Hochul, according to a report and documents.
Posted inJails and Prisons
The Revolving Door Between Rikers and City Hospitals
Jail clinicians sometimes send people in crisis to city hospitals — only for them to be returned to Rikers Island within hours.
Posted inNYPD
Most 911 Calls Routed to NYPD Tagged as Unrelated to Crime, Study Finds
The Vera Institute analyzed more than 3.6 million calls made in 2025 and found only 42% were categorized by dispatchers as crime related. The NYPD disputed the group’s analysis.
Posted inNYPD, Zohran Mamdani
Bomb-Throwing Teenagers Pledged Support to ISIS: Feds
The two men drove to New York from Pennsylvania to join a counter-protest against an anti-Islam group led by pardoned Jan. 6 attacker Jake Lang.
Posted inNYPD
How the City’s Mental Health System Failed Jabez Chakraborty
In the weeks before their son was shot by NYPD officers, the Chakraborty family did everything they could to get him treatment. They were forsaken at every turn.
Posted inPublic Safety
The State of Crime in New York City, 2025
What happened in 2025 and what it bodes for 2026
Posted inTHE CITY gets action
Ex-NYPD Official Indicted for Accepting Bribes From Tech Exec in Scheme First Reported by THE CITY
Prosecutors say NYPD’s Kevin Taylor accepted $70,000 in cash and trips to the Bahamas and Las Vegas in exchange for helping Saferwatch try to land an $11 million contract for panic buttons in schools.
Posted inEric Adams, Manhattan
Ingrid Lewis-Martin Accepted Diamond Earrings to Help Developers Dodge Inspections, New Filings Allege
The court documents also reveal that a top buildings department official was concerned that the hotel development Lewis-Martin pushed through was, in fact, unsafe.

