Crime

Police are investigating an act of anti-Semitism on the Lower East Side after several swastikas were found scribbled inside the Hillman Houses on Grand Street. The graffiti was discovered on several floors of the cooperative complex Monday, Holocaust Remembrance Day....

A federal appeals court this week overturned part of Sheldon Silver's conviction on public corruption charges, but he is still likely to go to prison. The former Lower East Side assemblyman was sentenced in 2018 to seven years in prison...

There was a violent incident in the East Broadway train station Wednesday morning. It happening around 9 a.m. According to cops, a man in his 20s was targeted by four other men who demanded money.

Randy Santos, the man accused of beating to death four homeless men in Chinatown, has pleaded not guilty. In court Monday, his lawyer signaled that an insanity defense is likely. Five men were viciously attacked with a metal pipe on...

A man was tased after allegedly thrusting a gun into the torso of a police officer during a traffic stop on Columbia Street, near Rivington Street, over the weekend. The ordeal happened Saturday at around 6 a.m. The suspect, 28-year-old Amado...

According to Manhattan's district attorney, lies by a veteran New York City detective sent at least three innocent people to prison. Two of the cases in question happened on the Lower East Side. On Wednesday, narcotics cop Joseph Franco was...

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A man was shot during an incident with police this morning near Cherry and Pike streets. He's hospitalized in critical condition. It happened around 7 a.m. No police were injured during the confrontation. The victim was rushed to Bellevue Hospital. According...

A man from the Bronx has been arrested in connection with the death of his 8-month old son on the Lower East Side this past spring. On March 22, the child's mother came home to her apartment at the Rutgers...

Kudos to this NY cop on his performance. His situation is a reminder to New Yorkers & their political leaders that NYC’s decline in the 70s & 80s began in the subways. The quality-of-life declines & warning signs are...