NYPD commissioner’s exit: ‘Right time’ after tense summer
November 5, 2019 GMTNEW YORK (AP) — New York City's police commissioner, who has found himself caught at times between loyalty to his officers and demands from the public and politicians for greater police accountability, announced Monday that he is retiring...
For the 2nd time this year, NYPD gunfire kills 1 of its own
October 1, 2019 GMTNEW YORK (AP) — For the second time this year, a New York City police officer has been killed by friendly fire...
Feds: Man plotted NYC knife attack in name of Islamic State
August 30, 2019 GMTNEW YORK (AP) — A 19-year-old New York City man accused of plotting a knife attack on behalf of the Islamic State group told undercover agents he wanted to record the bloodshed on video in hopes of inspiring others to commit attacks, federal prosecutors said Friday...
Police union wants mayor, commish out over Garner firing
August 28, 2019 GMTNEW YORK (AP) — New York City's largest police union says the mayor and police commissioner should lose their jobs over the firing last week of an officer in the 2014 chokehold death of Eric Garner...
Where Garner died, changes in policing win little applause
August 22, 2019 GMTNEW YORK (AP) — A police cruiser constantly sits a few feet from a small floral memorial to Eric Garner on the Staten Island sidewalk where he spent his dying moments five years ago...
Police supervisor to lose vacation days over Garner death
August 21, 2019 GMTNEW YORK (AP) — A police sergeant accused of failing to properly supervise officers involved in the 2014 death of Eric Garner has agreed to give up about four weeks of vacation time to settle her internal disciplinary case, a police official said Wednesday...
The Latest: Mayor says justice served in firing of officer
August 20, 2019 GMTNEW YORK (AP) — The Latest on developments in the Eric Garner case (all times local):
NYPD fires officer 5 years after Garner’s chokehold death
August 19, 2019 GMTNEW YORK (AP) — After five years of investigations and protests, the New York City Police Department on Monday fired an officer involved in the 2014 chokehold death of Eric Garner, the black man whose dying gasps of "I can't breathe" gave voice to a national debate over race and police use of force...
Police departments confront ‘epidemic’ in officer suicides
August 15, 2019 GMTNEW YORK (AP) — A rash of suicides by police officers has shaken the New York Police Department, leading the commissioner to declare a mental health emergency and highlighting the problem of untreated depression among law enforcement officers nationwide...
The Latest: Officer’s lawyer: He’ll fight to keep his job
August 2, 2019 GMTNEW YORK (AP) — The Latest on an administrative judge's recommendation in the Eric Garner case (all times local):...
NYC police seek 2 shooters in Brooklyn playground shooting
July 29, 2019 GMTNEW YORK (AP) — A popular community festival was coming to a close when gunfire erupted in a Brooklyn neighborhood, leaving one man dead, another person in critical condition and 10 others wounded, authorities said Sunday as they searched for two shooters they believe were involved...
Funeral held for detective who fought for 9/11 victims
July 3, 2019 GMTNEW YORK (AP) — A former police detective who fought until his final days for the extension of health benefits for Sept...
Man sought guns, grenades for Times Square attack, feds say
June 7, 2019 GMTNEW YORK (AP) — A New York City college student accused of plotting a terrorist attack on Times Square spent months trying to stockpile guns and grenades, heaped praise on the Islamic State group and Osama bin Laden, and feared being known as the "Looney Tunes Terrorist" if his glasses fell off and he couldn't shoot straight, federal prosecutors said Friday...
NYPD leader says officers bludgeoned 2 men in self-defense
January 11, 2019 GMTNEW YORK (AP) — New York City's police commissioner on Friday praised officers who were recorded bludgeoning two people with batons, saying the officers were defending themselves after being attacked by a man who had a history of getting into fights with police and then filing lawsuits over the altercations.
NYPD ousts sex crimes chief who led Weinstein investigation
November 16, 2018 GMTNEW YORK (AP) — The police commander who led the effort to arrest Harvey Weinstein has been removed as the chief of New York City's special victims division, part of a shake-up that was months in the making after a city watchdog found the unit was stretched too thin to properly investigate sexual assault cases...
The Latest: Costumed revelers kick off NYC Halloween parade
October 31, 2018 GMTNEW YORK (AP) — The Latest on Halloween security a year after a deadly truck attack in New York City (all times local):...
Police beef up security for UN gathering, Trump visit
September 22, 2018 GMTNEW YORK (AP) — Authorities in New York City are facing a security and logistical challenge of epic proportions with the coming arrival of President Donald Trump and other world leaders for the United Nations General Assembly...
Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar joins St Patrick’s Parade
March 18, 2018 GMTNEW YORK (AP) — Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar joined along as Manhattan's Fifth Avenue came alive with the sound of bagpipes, trumpets and lots of green Saturday at the 257th running of New York City's St...
In terror-wary NYC, security tight for Thanksgiving parade
November 23, 2017 GMTNEW YORK (AP) — Sand-filled sanitation trucks and police sharpshooters will mix with glittering floats and giant balloons at a Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade that comes in a year of terrible mass shootings and not even a month after a deadly truck attack in lower Manhattan...
Police look into what prompted deadly ambush of officer
July 6, 2017 GMTNEW YORK (AP) — At the start of her midnight shift, Officer Miosotis Familia was in a New York Police Department mobile command post, writing in her notebook, when a gunman strode toward her...
Officer’s killer had ranted about police killing and abusing
July 5, 2017 GMTNEW YORK (AP) — A killer who strode up to a mobile police command post and put a bullet in an officer's head Wednesday had ranted in a Facebook video last September about law officers killing and abusing people and warned them to leave him alone or "we gonna do something...
Backlash over plans to honor Puerto Rican militant at parade
May 22, 2017 GMTNEW YORK (AP) — Organizers of New York City's Puerto Rican Day parade are sticking with their decision to honor a freed militant who once embraced armed resistance to U.S. rule of Puerto Rico, despite a promised boycott by Hispanic police officers and criticism from salsa star Willie Colon...