The NYPD swore in 968 new officers on Tuesday, Commissioner Jessica S. Tisch wrote. Recruits will enter field training before precinct assignments across the city.

A 30-year-old woman was shot in the lower leg Monday near City Point in Downtown Brooklyn and was taken to Brooklyn Methodist; she is expected to recover.

New cameras and brighter lights are now up at Williamsbridge Oval Park after months of pressure following a fatal stabbing. Neighbors say it’s a start but want more before summer.

Bullets struck a Brownsville building on Dumont Avenue Monday night while a mother and children were home; police say property was damaged but no one was hurt.

Lawmakers and advocates rallied in Albany to press for a $244M state package to restore benefits for excluded immigrants and shore up SNAP programs.

A new mapping analysis shows many NYC school attendance lines mirror 1930s redlining maps, locking low‑income Black and Latino students out of top public elementary schools.

Eastchester police and state wildlife officials warned after coyotes were reported approaching or attacking dogs near Twin Lakes Park. Officials urge supervising pets and securing attractants.

Steven Roth is selling the former Alexander’s site in Rego Park to Northwell Health for about $235.5M, pumping a vacant retail block and 1,200‑space garage into the state's biggest health system.

A Manhattan jury found Camby Wilson guilty on all counts in the 2022 East Harlem liquor-store killing of Shaquell Gainey, prosecutors announced March 9.

Shell has agreed to sell Houston-based Jiffy Lube International to Monomoy Capital Partners for about $1.3 billion, a deal that keeps Pennzoil supplying the chain. The acquisition pairs the franchisor with a PE operator that says it will invest behind stores and franchisees.

Dalan Real Estate filed March 6, 2026 foreclosure suits against Steve Croman, alleging defaults on four mortgages tied to nine Manhattan rental buildings.

City Council marked a long‑sought package expanding vendor licenses, creating a vendor assistance office and moving many vending offenses out of the criminal system.

A broken water‑heater vent allegedly filled a Valley Stream home with carbon monoxide, sending seven people to the hospital and leaving two women critically ill.