Yvette Clarke, a longtime congresswoman from Brooklyn’s 9th congressional district defeated multiple Democratic primary challengers this year, incuding New York City Councilman Chaim Deutsch.
Two men were arrested on Staten Island Tuesday for allegedly possessing a trove of illegal fireworks, the FDNY said.
We honked, and something must have gotten through. New York City’s mayor, Bill DeBlasio announced the creation of a new unit to fight the surge in illegal fireworks that have plagued the city for two weeks.
Mayor Bill DeBlasio has announced that alternate side parking has been reduced to only once a week, a change that has been advocated for for many years.
Two weeks after entering New York State Governor Andrew Cuomo’s Phase 1 of reopening, New York City successfully reached Phase 2. But now that we are here, what has changed? Lets take a look at what will be opening and what will not.
Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams on Sunday addressed the skyrocketing use of illegal fireworks in the city — and urged New Yorkers not to report the blasts so as to avoid “heavy-handed policing.”
New York City Councilman, Chaim Deutsch, has published a petition calling for an end to the chaos that has reigned on the streets of New York City for more than two weeks.
Twenty one people were shot last night in NYC in just 10 hours, more than the entire recorded shootings for the entire week last year.
A pair of flyers making their rounds among NYPD officers are encouraging them to call out sick July 4th — as retribution for police reform and a perceived anti-cop climate following the outrage over high-profile police killings of unarmed black men across the country.
New York City will begin phase two of reopening on Monday, Mayor Bill de Blasio said on Thursday, citing continued improvements in coronavirus data. The mayor also announced that playgrounds will reopen on Monday across the city.
The fireworks have been a bane to the Crown Heights community for a week now, in fact, they have been without stop all over Brooklyn and Queens. So what is really going on? CrownHeights.info made some inquiries, and with a little digging found the answer.
The nightly fireworks harassing Crown Heights are being done by “unknown citizens,” right? Nope, or at least not always. A Crown Heights resident caught fireworks being lit by firefighters of the FDNY in Crown Heights.
Three police officers taking out food from a Manhattan Shake Shack ingested a toxic substance Monday night, causing a scare that they had been purposefully poisoned.
In a nod to the protesters demanding reform in the NYPD, top brass have announced a plan to disband the Anti-Crime unit, which normally patrolled the city in plainclothes.
New York City Council leaders have issued a joint statement declaring their intent to back proposals slashing $1 billion from the NYPD budget.
Just days after protesters and looters took over the streets of New York City and the Mayor announced plans to cut police funding, eight people were shot in Brooklyn alone in just a few hours.
Mayor Bill de Blasio announced Sunday that he will be taking funding from the NYPD to instead support local youth groups. It was not clear how much funding was being switched or which groups would receive the extra help.
