NYPD Crime Stoppers posted a wanted alert after a 15‑year‑old reported being forcibly touched on a Bx5 bus near Story and Metcalf; tips may qualify for a reward.

A 12-year-old boy was grabbed and punched by a man on an electric scooter in Flushing on June 18; police released images of the rider and are asking for tips.

Nassau County police published a countywide schedule of licensed fireworks displays and reminded residents that consumer fireworks are illegal in the county. Officials included safety tips and reporting numbers.

Dave Portnoy told Fox News he might run for New York City mayor and wondered aloud whether he could win. The comment revived talk about his Barstool Fund and One Bite influence in the city.

An Irondequoit activist was arrested and accused of sending about $30,000 in cryptocurrency to the Palestine Islamic Jihad, federal authorities say.

Victor Willis, founding lead singer of the Village People and co‑writer of "Y.M.C.A.", has died at 74 after a brief illness. The band and family have requested privacy.

Aaron Corey, held on unrelated child‑pornography charges, was hit with new federal counts after prosecutors say he tried to hire killers to abduct and 'woodchipper' FBI agents and a prosecutor.

A Stony Brook study finds blood‑based molecular signatures linking PTSD in 9/11 responders to faster biological aging and higher chronic‑disease risk.

Manhattan prosecutors are pushing a state bill and asking City Hall for money to stand up a crypto‑forensics unit after investigators tracked large dark‑web listings. The move could reshape enforcement and licensing in New York.

At a U.N. pledging meeting in New York, António Guterres warned UNRWA is close to a "breaking point" as a $100M shortfall forces cuts to schools, clinics and food aid.

A Yonkers man was convicted after prosecutors say surveillance showed him shoot a man on a Bronx sidewalk. He faces up to 15 years; sentencing is pending.

Federal agents located a Rochester man at a New York hotel after he criticized ICE; how he was found remains unclear and civil‑liberties groups are watching.

A 4-year-old injured in a June 17 Southern State Parkway crash in Hempstead died June 24, authorities say. State police are searching for a black vehicle that fled the scene.