Public Safety
Posted inBrooklyn
Court papers cite more sex abuse victims, community pressure and a pattern of manipulation. But the DA and his defense team contend the Hasidic school counselor’s 50-year sentence for abusing a teen girl was unfairly long.
Posted inPublic Safety
No Criminal Charges For NYPD Officers Who Killed Win Rozario
The office of State Attorney General Letitia James says it will not prosecute the cops who shot the Queens teen as he experienced a mental health episode.
Posted inPublic Safety
NYPD Confirms Involvement in FBI Probe Targeting Volunteer Observers in Immigration Court
An FBI document referred to activists at immigration courts as “anarchist violent extremist actors” and cited a "sensitive source with excellent access” to an encrypted chat.
Posted inCity Life, Courts, Public Safety
Out of the Spotlight, Actors Teach Child Welfare Workers How to Balance Safety With Sensitivity
Child protection rookies learn how to engage helpfully with families in crisis, with help from performers who have turned civil service training sessions into a long-running engagement.
Posted inPublic Safety
The ‘Godmother’ of Weed vs. Her Uncle, the DEA Agent
Cannabis officials courted a rising pot star to join New York’s legal market. Then a stunning police raid upended everything and shattered her family.
Posted inICE
VIDEO: Federal Agents Bust Into Queens Apartment, Pointing Guns at Mother and Her Four Kids
The agents came looking for a relative who no longer lived there and didn't show a warrant or identify themselves. Days later, the children are terrified to leave their parents' sides.
Posted inICE
Comptroller Brad Lander Seeks Federal Trial for Protest Outside ICE Holding Area
Other officials arrested while protesting at 26 Federal Plaza in September will have their federal charges dropped if they avoid arrest inside a federal building for six months.
Posted inNYPD
Dozens of Electeds Call on Tisch to OK Disciplinary Proceeding Against Cop in Fatal Shooting
The pressure from officials — and from the family members of the victim, Delrawn Small — come as the NYPD commissioner is talking to Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani about staying on.
Posted inCourts, Public Safety
New Yorkers Fill Gun Classes as Concealed Carry Applications Surge
Would-be gun owners seeking a concealed carry permit are required to take a safety training course, but with few rules on how they are taught, gun aficionados have stepped in to run them.
Posted inJails and Prisons
Rikers Detainee Found Dead With 121 Pills as Oversight Board Cites Mass Failures
A new oversight report on 2025 jail deaths reveals officers ignored medical emergencies, falsified records and allowed drugs to circulate freely behind bars.

