Investigations

Four years ago, an explosive went off in one of New York City’s biggest tourist attractions. No one has claimed responsibility for the blast that left a college student without much of his leg. Chris Glorioso reports.

Ghislaine Maxwell, the British socialite and heiress who became a confidante of disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein and was later implicated in his alleged sexual crimes, has been arrested by the FBI. She was arrested in Bradford, New Hampshire, around 8:30 a.m. Thursday on charges she conspired with Epstein to sexually abuse minors. She was found ...

The longtime confidante of Jeffrey Epstein was arrested at an isolated New Hampshire estate, and charged with allegedly helping Epstein recruit girls as young as 14 for sex, and also allegedly joining in on the abuse herself. NBC New York’s Jonathan Dienst reports.

A Passaic County judge issued a temporary injunction Tuesday to keep Paterson Councilman-elect Alex Mendez from taking office, just days after Mendez was hit with election fraud charges. Mendez has refused all calls, from the governor down, to step aside and said the “politically powerful” were trying to interfere with the will of Hispa...

Paterson Mayor Andre Sayegh responded to a tweet from President Donald Trump sent late Sunday night where the president used the city’s recent voter fraud allegations to argue against vote-by-mail elections. “The last thing Paterson needs is for Donald Trump to tweet about us. It goes to show how much this last election was compromised,...

A new report on multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children ruled out one of three deaths previously associated with MIS-C in New York by health officials. The New England Journal of Medicine released its findings Monday on a study of 99 young patients reported to meet New York’s definition of MIS-C between a two month period ending May 10....

One day after New Jersey’s governor called for him to step aside, Paterson Councilman-elect Alex Mendez said the “politically powerful” were trying to interfere with the will of Hispanic voters. In a statement Saturday, Mendez said the criminal charges alleging he had engaged in voter fraud “…are just desperate attempt...

A family on Staten Island says their car was seized by NYPD officers with no paperwork and little explanation, raising concerns the family’s son was racially profiled. Joelyn Alves took cellphone video of her black Mercedes being towed on the orders of Staten Island cops because, she says, without evidence no one would believe their story. Th...

The governor said that Alex Mendez and Michael Jackson refusing to step down “undermines the public’s sacred trust in democracy”; both council members have said they will plead not guilty

In one case, the NYPD estimated it would take more than four months to share disciplinary histories of about 100 officers named in excessive force lawsuits

A Paterson, New Jersey, councilman and a councilman-elect in the same city, along with two other men, face voting fraud charges in connection with the May 12 special election, the state attorney general’s office said Thursday. Councilmember Michael Jackson, who serves as the council’s vice president, and councilman-elect Alex Mende...

Lawsuits by four officers charge racial discrimination and retaliation by the department. The I-Team’s Sarah Wallace reports.

As funding is debated, the NYPD faces increases in gun violence, bail reform and calls for changes in policing. The I-Team’s chief investigative reporter Jonathan Dienst reports.