Over 1,000 NYPD misconduct suits were disposed of in New York City courts last year, the most since 2019. All together, the cases cost taxpayers over $117 million, marking the fourth year running where misconduct payouts topped $100 million.
Read MoreLocals in Northern Queens are once again calling for the city to meet their demands for a new police precinct in their community after it went unmentioned in the mayor’s preliminary budget released earlier this month.
Read MoreA new lawsuit alleges that the NYPD has been practicing a new form of stop and frisk, pulling over and searching Black and Latino drivers at a disproportionate rate, most prominently in parts of Southeast Queens.
Read MoreA man who cops claimed was emotionally disturbed was shot by NYPD officers in Briarwood on Monday.
Read MoreA trio of Queens elected officials are asking for a full investigation into a police shooting that left a 29-year-old man dead in Far Rockaway over the weekend.
Read MoreOver a dozen people who allegedly helped run an open-air drug market near a troubled stretch in Queens were indicted on felony charges this week.
Read MoreAttorney General Letitia James’ office will not bring charges against the two NYPD officers who shot and killed Queens teenager Win Rozario in his family’s home last year while he was allegedly in the throes of a mental health crisis.
Read MoreAn NYPD officer recently violated the city’s sanctuary city law and gaps in the department’s policies leave it vulnerable to similar violations in the future, a new report from the New York City Department of Investigation found.
Read MoreA Queens community board is calling on the Adams administration to make good on a pledge to explore bringing a new police precinct to Northern Queens before they leave office.
Read MoreHundreds of pages detailing secretive contracts the NYPD held with surveillance technology firms were released for the first time this week, five years after the City Council passed a law requiring the department to report their use of the tech.
Read MoreThe NYPD’s wide-reaching surveillance apparatus is unconstitutionally spying on New Yorkers, a new federal suit alleges.
Read MoreBanners promoting the white nationalist group Patriot Front were hung from several overpasses along a major road over the weekend in Queens, the most diverse county in the United States.
Read MoreForest Hills Stadium violated the city’s noise laws multiple times during the three-day music festival All Things Go over the weekend, which ended in a disaster when the venue abruptly cut off the festival’s headliner before the end of her set.
Read MoreAllegations against NYPD officers for excessive and unnecessary force have increased significantly in the last two years under Mayor Eric Adams, a new report from the comptroller’s office finds.
Read MoreThe city’s Department of Investigation is looking into the recent spate of deaths of New Yorkers while in the NYPD’s custody, police officials said during a City Council hearing on Monday.
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