A Manhattan jury heard testimony this week in a murder‑for‑hire case accusing Daniel Sikkema of arranging the 2024 killing of Chelsea gallerist Brent Sikkema. Prosecutors say payments and location data tie the defendant to the slaying in Rio de Janeiro.

Apparent human skeletal remains were discovered near Tudor Park’s playground in Ozone Park; the NYPD and the medical examiner have closed the scene and are investigating.

NYPD Crime Stoppers posted surveillance after an April 30 assault on a southbound A train at 190th Street. Authorities are asking anyone with information to call with tips.

State police say troopers found an AR‑15, a shotgun and other firearms in a Wallkill home after a domestic dispute; the 74‑year‑old faces multiple weapons counts.

A 21-year-old Westchester man was found dead after his kayak overturned on the Schroon River near Warrensburg. State police say rescue teams searched before locating him Monday evening.

State police say a Somers man staged a shooting; troopers seized stolen firearms, psilocybin and suspected narcotics at his home. He was arraigned and remanded.

A Shrub Oak International School employee was charged after police say he abused a student with disabilities last November; the arrest renews scrutiny of the Mohegan Lake campus.

A Bronx father has filed a $50M wrongful‑death suit against Meta, NYC and ACS, saying Instagram threats and oversight failures preceded his daughter’s 2024 killing. The case lands as courts intensify scrutiny of social platforms.

A Pennsylvania man was sentenced to 80 years after pleading guilty to aggravated sexual abuse and child exploitation in New York and Texas.

A 25-year-old West Babylon man was arrested May 11 and charged with murder and robbery in the December 2024 Deer Park carjacking that killed 65‑year‑old Donald Klune.

City Hall has sued to shut 57 Star Beauty Shop, alleging undercover buys and online ads show a sex-for-pay operation near Billionaires' Row; the owner denies the claims.

Prosecutors say Joseph Makhani used forged deeds and shell companies to seize two Harlem brownstones, leaving at least one elderly owner displaced. The long-running case is now moving through state court.

A dual Canadian‑American man pleaded guilty in federal court for his role in a smuggling operation that ended with a Romanian family dying in the St. Lawrence River. The plea follows a years‑long, cross‑border probe of an Akwesasne‑based ring.