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Two teenagers were shot, one of whom was grazed in the head by a bullet, as gunfire erupted not far from a Brooklyn high school, officials said.

Police said a man pulled a gun on another man and demanded his watch, and at some point a shot was fired. No one was injured, police said.

The man charged with trying to murder a Long Island police officer by stabbing him in the leg during a traffic stop pleaded guilty in the attack, and will spend 16 years in prison.

A Long Island woman was indicted for allegedly running over a 15-year-old boy with her car twice for apparently targeting her son earlier that day, Suffolk County District Attorney Raymond Tierney announced Monday. Jennifer Nelson, 35, was indicted and arraigned on one count of attempted murder in the second degree, one count of assault in the firs...

The two high-ranking uniformed members of the FDNY asked to resign their appointed posts in protest of the demotions of three staff chiefs, FDNY sources tell News 4. Chief of Department John Hodgens and Chief of Fire Operations John Esposito asked to resign after FDNY Commissioner Laura Kavanagh told Luis Martinez, the chief of staff, to inform Ass...

New York City, which once had the nation’s strictest workplace vaccination rules for COVID-19, is ending one of its last such mandates, saying it will no longer require the shots for municipal employees including police officers, firefighters and teachers. The vaccine mandate, which led to the firing of hundreds of city workers who declined to get ...

A Florida man was sentenced to decades behind bars for the murder of a Bronx woman in 2000, according to Bronx District Attorney’s Office. Christopher Gonzalez, 41, of Naples, Florida, was sentenced Friday to 20 years to life in prison, Bronx District Attorney Darcel Clark said. He initially pleaded guilty to second-degree murder on Dec. 21, ...

It’s been days since a New Jersey councilwoman was found shot inside her SUV, and with no clear motive or suspect, police are pleading with local residents to turn over any potential evidence. The Sayreville Police Department is asking the tenants of the Harbor Club and La Mer developments to come forward with any video footage they may have....

A wild scene unfolded in Brooklyn over the weekend when an off-duty NYPD officer, in a suspected booze-fueled trip, fired his gun at a bystander after crashing into several parked cars. The chaos unfolded around 2 a.m. Saturday in Bed-Stuy. Sources said officers responded near Tompkins Avenue and Vernon Avenue for a 911 call of shots fired. Witness...

The Danny Meyer-founded chain calls its latest specialty menu an effort to bring an ingredient traditionally found in fine dining restaurants to the masses.

A discovery on a Long Island beach is bringing two families from two states together: A missing memorial bench honoring a Connecticut couple who passed away was found in Setauket, Long Island. The bench apparently spent months floating across the Long Island Sound before it washed up. NBC New York’s Pei-Sze Cheng reports.

MSG Entertainment announced that the company has lifted the policy preventing employees at firms involved in lawsuits against the company from attending any shows. Sarah Wallce reports.

The off-duty NYPD officer, a married father of two, was shot in the head Saturday night in Brooklyn while trying to buy a car, officials said. NBC New York’s Marc Santia reports.