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A store Connecticut that had recently been robbed three times has changed its mask policy to prevent further crimes.

Denver’s STAR pilot program recognizes that a mental health worker and a paramedic may be better suited to respond to some 911 calls than police.

Police say the victim was filming a TikTok video when a man walked up to him, said anti-gay slurs and punched the victim in the face.

NBC New York’s Checkey Beckford reports.

Just days before he was supposed to start playing professional basketball overseas, Aswad Thomas was shot twice in his back, ending his career. Today, he is managing director of Crime Survivors for Safety and Justice, and working to mobilize other crime victims to use their votes this November to push for services like trauma recovery centers and criminal justice reforms.

A mugger dressed like a ninja learned an important lesson: Don’t mess with a mom.

An 8-year-old girl was shot in the abdomen inside an apartment in the South Bronx, according to the NYPD.

Police are looking for a group of teens who they said shoved the groundskeeper of a Queens golf course to the ground days before the 79-year-old died. William “Bill” Hinchey was pronounced dead three days after he was knocked over at the Forest Park Golf Course in Woodhaven on Sept. 8. Police said Hinchey was trying to shoo off a…

Police searching for a group of teens responsible for pushing an elderly man to the ground who later died. NBC New York’s Ida Siegal reports.

Former-New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani, along with Manhattan GOP Chairwoman Andrea Catsimatidis and other Republican leaders, unveiled a new two-year plan to revive New York City. In a press conference Wednesday morning, Giuliani announced the plan aimed at addressing the spike in gun violence and, what the group described as in a press release ahead of the conference, “the…

Rudy Giuliani says the DeBlasio Administration has reversed years of progress in NYC, as he puts forth his own two-year plan for recovery. Mayor DeBlasio responds that Giuliani is “unhinged.” News 4 Government Affairs Reporter Melissa Russo reports.

Former Mayor Rudy Giuliani and local GOP officials outlined plans to revive New York City.

A disturbing video released by the NYPD on Monday shows a customer in a deli simply pouring coffee before a man stabbed him in the neck. Police say they’re searching for that man who then went on to stab a 67-year-old employee at the MSK Deli on 164th Street in Queens on Saturday, which remains shuttered more than 48 hours…

NBC New York’s Checkey Beckford reports.

Police are searching for a man who they say punched a New York City judge while she was on her way to court earlier this week. The suspect was riding on his bike when he hit criminal court Judge Phyllis Chu in the face on Monday morning after she got off the Staten Island Ferry and was on her way…

Police Release Photo of Suspect Who Punched Judge on Way to Court

The wave of violence in the Big Apple continues to rear its ugly head, as New York City saw an increase in overall crime last month compared to the same time in 2019, according to the latest NYPD statistics. For the month of August 2020, there was a 166% increase in the number of shooting incidents across the city compared…

NBC New York’s Checkey Beckford reports.

Starting Tuesday through at least Labor Day, the NYPD will have overtime available to increase shifts which will result in hundreds of more officers on the streets across the city amid a surge in summer gun violence. NBC New York’s Ray Villeda reports.

Police in New York City are searching for a suspect who beat a 66-year-old man with a bottle last weekend. The random attack occurred on Aug. 23 in the middle of the streets in broad daylight at West 129th Street and Convent Avenue, according to police. Surveillance video released by police shows the suspect running behind the victim with a…