About 50 anti-Trump protesters were arrested before the president’s address to diplomats and world leaders on Tuesday morning, according to an organizer of the demonstration. Source: New York Times
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NYPD Used Excessive Force in Fatal Shooting of Queens Man, Board Says
By Gotham Rex on September 12, 2025
Win Rozario, 19, was having a mental health crisis when he called 911 seeking help. A police oversight board found that the officers who responded abused their authority. Source: New York Times
17-Year-Old Died a Week After Being Shot at Bronx Basketball Tournament
By Gotham Rex on September 11, 2025
Anthonaya Campbell of Hartford, Conn., was the second person to die after an outburst of violence in a park. The Bronx district attorney is seeking charges against four people. 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
Man Charged in Connection With Fatal Shooting of Woman, 69, in Harlem
By Gotham Rex on September 5, 2025
Faisil McCants, 18, was charged with armed robbery and the use of a machine gun in last week’s incident, which left Robin Wright, a bystander, dead. 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
They Dispense Street Justice in NYC, One Defaced License Plate at a Time
By Gotham Rex on December 17, 2022
Scofflaws are tampering with tags, costing New York agencies more than $100 million a year in missed payments and fines. A group of citizen enforcers is coming to the city’s rescue. 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
When a Violent Race Riot in Washington Square Park Roiled New York City
By Gotham Rex on December 10, 2022
Four decades ago, a bat-wielding mob raged through Washington Square Park, leaving dozens injured and one dead. The violence lasted only 10 minutes, but the repercussions persist today. Source: New York Times