Mayor Bill de Blasio (right), Police Commissioner James O’Neill and Schools Chancellor Carmen Fariña today announced that the 2016-17 school year was the safest school year on record, with an 18 percent decrease in major crime since the 2014-15 school year. Continue Reading →
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Top Cop Comes To Harlem Church To Tout A Union Of NYPD And Community
The NY Daily News reports that the city’s top cop continued a community outreach campaign Wednesday in an appearance at Riverside Church in Morningside Heights. Continue Reading →
Trafficking Ring Brought At Least 86 Guns Into Harlem NY From Virginia
Four members of a gun trafficking ring that has smuggled at least 86 firearms into New York City from Virginia were indicted Monday, according to the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office. Continue Reading →
Crack Bust Nets 17 Arrests At East Harlem’s AK Houses
Seventeen members of a gang responsible for selling crack at an East Harlem affordable housing development have been arrested following a 10-month investigation dubbed “Operation Insomnia.” Continue Reading →
What We Know About Ahmad Khan Rahami, The Chelsea Explosion Suspect
Ahmad Khan Rahami, 28, the lead suspect in last weekend’s series of nonfatal bombings in New Jersey and New York City, was a native of Afghanistan who grew up in the U.S. but made a couple recent trips back to the Middle East, where investigators now believe he may have been radicalized, various law enforcement sources told source. Continue Reading →
HW Pick: The Chelsea Explosion, A Homemade Device Explodes (Update)
A street-corner Chelsea explosion that law enforcement sources said was caused by an intentionally detonated improvised device in the busy Chelsea neighborhood of Manhattan sent shrapnel flying into pedestrians Saturday night, injuring at least 29 people, including one person believed to be in serious condition. Continue Reading →