Zohran Mamdani, the Democratic mayoral nominee in New York City, received messages calling him a terrorist and telling him he was unwelcome in the U.S. Source: New York Times
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N.Y.P.D. Officers Face Misconduct Charges in Fatal Shooting of Win Rozario
By Gotham Rex on September 18, 2025
Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch’s decision to bring departmental charges against the two officers follows a finding that they used excessive force against the man, Win Rozario. Source: New York Times
Mamdani Says He Will Apologize for Calling the N.Y.P.D. Racist in 2020
By Gotham Rex on September 11, 2025
Zohran Mamdani, a democratic socialist who won the mayoral primary, said the department was racist and homophobic in a social media post. Source: New York Times
Police Arrest Suspect in Death of Queens Couple in Burning House
By Gotham Rex on September 10, 2025
The arrested man is Jamel McGriff, 42. Investigators believe he killed a couple in their 70s, one of whom was found tied to a pole. Source: New York Times
Disciplinary Charges Dismissed Against Top New York Police Official Jeffrey Maddrey
By Gotham Rex on August 20, 2024
An oversight board had recommended that Jeffrey Maddrey, the chief of department, be punished for interfering with an arrest. Commissioner Edward Caban dismissed the case. Source: New York Times
Woman Accusing Eric Adams of Assault Wrote About It Years Ago, Filing Says
By Gotham Rex on August 19, 2024
A former Transit Police Department colleague of the mayor said she told seven people years ago that he had sexually assaulted her in 1993, according to new court filings. Source: New York Times
Man Is Arrested in Queens Stabbing Spree, Officials Say
By Gotham Rex on January 18, 2024
The man was charged with attempted murder after a citywide manhunt. The authorities said he randomly attacked people with a hunting knife. Source: New York Times
Joseph Esposito, Longtime N.Y.P.D. Chief, Is Dead at 73
By Gotham Rex on January 18, 2024
For more than 12 years, he oversaw the city’s response to some of its most challenging disasters. He later led New York’s emergency management agency. Source: New York Times
George Floyd Protesters to Receive $13 Million From New York
By Gotham Rex on July 20, 2023
The city settled a major class-action lawsuit that said unlawful police tactics had violated the rights of more than 1,000 people who protested after Mr. Floyd’s killing. Source: New York Times
Police Officers May No Longer Hold People to Check for Warrants
By Gotham Rex on December 16, 2022
A settlement filed Friday will bar N.Y.P.D. officers from detaining people at length as they check databases for reasons to arrest them. Source: New York Times
‘Nightmare’ Warehouse Fire Erases Evidence in Many Unsolved Cases
By Gotham Rex on December 14, 2022
Lawyers say evidence in cold cases and bids for exoneration disappeared or was ruined when a Police Department storage facility in Brooklyn went up in flames. Source: New York Times
Why Police Officers Are Leaving: Low Pay, Overwork and High Costs
By Gotham Rex on December 14, 2022
The New York Police Department is being raided by other departments across the country, for good reason. Also, Governor Hochul gets to pick the state’s top judge. Source: New York Times
Fire Erupts at an NYPD Evidence Center in Brooklyn
By Gotham Rex on December 13, 2022
A three-alarm fire led to the collapse of a portion of a warehouse compound in Red Hook. Much of the evidence kept there may be destroyed, according to officials. Source: New York Times
Subway Station Clerks To Step Out From Booths Into New Role
By Gotham Rex on December 13, 2022
The M.T.A. workers, who once sold tokens to transit riders, will now provide roaming customer service in subway stations. Source: New York Times
Police Seek 18-Year-Old Man After Teen Girl Is Fatally Stabbed in Harlem
By Gotham Rex on December 12, 2022
Saniyah Lawrence, 16, was found in an apartment, mortally wounded after an argument. She was one of a series of teenage homicide victims this year. Source: New York Times