On March 25, 2026, police arrested a Bronx man in connection with a July 3, 2025 crash in Melrose that left six people injured after a Mustang jumped the curb. Arraignment is pending in Bronx Criminal Court.

FDNY crews fought a major building fire in Belmont at East 184th Street and Bassford Avenue as thick smoke spread and city officials urged residents to close windows.

The New York attorney general has opened a review into the death of Marcus Burks after a Newburgh crash; family says bodycam shows him pleading "I can't breathe."

Mayor Zohran Mamdani said a person in custody died on Rikers Island and that the Department of Correction is investigating. Advocates and monitors say the death reinforces calls to close Rikers.

A New York City man was arraigned after prosecutors say he raped a "physically helpless" woman aboard his boat at New Rochelle Municipal Marina. He’s due back in court next month.

An overnight fire tore through a Kingsbridge Heights home on Creston Avenue; nearly 80 first responders fought the blaze and no injuries were reported.

Tenants in Morrisania say the building's elevator has been out for nearly seven months, leaving elderly and disabled neighbors effectively stuck inside. City records show violations and unpaid penalties.

A citywide program has opened NYC Scholarship Accounts for tens of thousands of Bronx students, each seeded with $100 to jump-start college or career training savings. Families must activate accounts to view funds and claim rewards.

An ex-boyfriend was arrested in the Bronx and charged in the Dec. 23, 2025 slaying of Basilisa Negron in Harlem.

State police say an I‑684 traffic stop in Lewisboro uncovered an electronically operated hidden compartment holding roughly 2 kg of cocaine and fentanyl; two NYC men were arrested.

Three men were arrested after a Jan. 31 knifepoint robbery in Spring Valley that left a man injured and two gold chains taken.

NYT reporting ties earlier agency warnings to a July 2025 ATM cash-out that pulled roughly $17 million from SYEP payroll cards, raising fresh oversight questions.

Two teenage boys were stabbed Tuesday near 1575 Grand Concourse; police detained two persons of interest and the victims were taken to BronxCare and are expected to recover.