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The suspect, Kemoy Royal, has been charged in a lengthy criminal complaint out of the Bronx.

Thieves behind a brazen robbery have made off with a religious artifact valued at over $2 million after cutting it out of a Catholic church in Brooklyn.

New York City raised its COVID alert level to medium on Monday as cases surpassed a rate of 200 per 100,000 people in the five boroughs, health officials said.

Mayor Eric Adams, a former New York City police captain, took office this year with a central focus on making the city feel safe and trying to return it to some sense of normalcy post-pandemic. But the first 3 1/2 months of his administration have been beset by a string of high-profile violent incidents, with Tuesday’s shooting on a subway…

Frank James, the man accused of opening fire in a Brooklyn subway station on Tuesday, was transferred to federal custody.

The NYPD revealed the city’s crime statistics for the month of March, announcing an overall crime index increase of 36.5% compared to the same time last year, but a dip in homicides. Overall index crime increased by 36.5% in March 2022, compared to the same period a year ago (9,873 v. 7,232). This increase, according to the NYPD, is driven…

The NYPD will address new crime statistics. Romney Smith reports.

The NYPD is searching for a trio it says punched a man in the face and robbed him onboard a 7 train in Sunnyside, Queens, last month. Police received a report that on March 16, shortly before 11 p.m., a 44-year-old man was on a Manhattan-bound 7 train at the 52 Street Station when he was approached by three unidentified…

The video, obtained exclusively by NBC New York, shows a group of people attacking the girl, with witnesses seen standing around and watching the attack, recording with their smartphones — one even applauded.

The NYPD is searching for a trio they said beat a 13-year-old girl and stole her sneakers and cellphone during a robbery in the Fordham Heights section of the Bronx earlier this week.

The NYPD is searching for a trio they said beat a 13-year-old girl and stole her sneakers and cellphone during a robbery in the Fordham Heights section of the Bronx earlier this week. Police say that on Tuesday, shortly before 3:30 p.m. on Valentine Avenue, teen girl was approached from behind by three unidentified individuals. According to the NYPD, the…

NYC said that it was focusing its efforts to make the subways safer on six lines in particular, as mental health teams pair up with police to tackle crime and homelessness. NBC New York’s Erica Byfield reports.

Romney Smith reports.

New York City experienced a 38.5% increase in overall major crimes last month compared to the same time period last year, according to the latest statistics shared by the NYPD. For the month of January 2022, the city reported 9,566 overall incidents under the major index crime categories compared to the 6,905 cases in January 2021. According to the NYPD,…

President Joe Biden is outlining his administration’s strategy to confront surging gun violence and bloodshed in an address Thursday.

Major crimes in New York City are up 38% so far this year versus last, as a dip in murders was offset by huge increases in virtually every other key category tracked by the NYPD.

A teenage fast-food cashier shot to death in Manhattan. A woman pushed to her death in front of a subway train in Times Square. An 11-month-old girl wounded by a stray bullet in the Bronx. Two police officers killed in Harlem. A string of headline-making violence in New York City has frayed nerves and become a rolling trauma for Mayor…

Friends and family to gather at St. Patrick’s Cathedral for the final salute to fallen NYPD officer, Wilbert Mora. Romney Smith Reports.

NBC New York’s Jonathan Dienst breaks down the latest proposals from Mayor Eric Adams in the fight against gun violence in NYC.