<!–   –> <!– –> Oct 5, 2020 Following recent outbreaks in various Brooklyn and Queens neighborhoods, Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D-N.Y.) announced that schools in these ZIP codes will be closed for in-person learning starting on Tuesday, the New York Post reports. During the same Monday press conference, Cuomo said that the state government would […]

A teenager was killed and two others were injured in a shooting incident outside a Brooklyn park on Sunday evening, police said. The three teen victims, all male, were shot before 6:40 p.m. Sunday outside George Walker Jr. Park, on Vermont St. at Jamaica Ave. in Cypress Hills, according to police. A boy, 16, was […]

Hundreds of protesters honked their horns Monday night outside of Gracie Mansion after New York City residents became fed up with late night firework displays. Citizens revolt in #NYCagainst fireworks disrupting their sleep every night and no action by @NYCMayor .Honking car parade outside Mayor’s residence at Gracie Mansion. pic.twitter.com/kPupejH1j1 — ben eisenberger (@uhel) June […]

A driver in New York City expressed outrage over the results of standstill traffic during a George Floyd protest occurring in Brooklyn on Friday. “Continue filing in,” said one protester with a microphone. “Block every single street. Block every single street.” Protesters took to the streets immediately after being informed to do so, which led […]

A video of what appears to be a massive crowd congregating outside a Brooklyn building and twerking on top of cars went viral over the weekend, causing the police to investigate. The New York Police Department (NYPD) is now looking into the video, which went viral on Snapchat over the weekend. The video shows people […]

The New York City Board of Elections on Tuesday admitted that nearly 100,000 Brooklyn voters received absentee ballot return envelopes with the wrong address and names labeled on them. CNN reports: Valerie Vazquez-Diaz, a spokesperson for the board, told CNN the issue affected 99,477 voters. She blamed a third-party vendor, Phoenix Graphics, which had been contracted to print […]

NYPD officials said two Bronx men were arrested after anti-police activists disrupted a peaceful march and attacked police officers in Brooklyn. Shayborn Banks, 25, was arrested and charged with assaulting a lieutenant, the department said, along with Quran Campbell, 25, who was charged with assaulting three officers, CBS NY reported. NYPD Chief of Department Terence Monahan […]

Nikole Hannah-Jones, the lead writer for the New York Times’ “1619 Project,” caught backlash Sunday for telling people to “read” a conspiracy theory about the use of fireworks being an attack by the government “on Black and Brown communities.” Hannah-Jones’ “1619 Project” suggests America’s “true founding” was when the first slaves arrived in 1619 and “aims to […]

June 4 (UPI) — Protests nationwide have become more peaceful since Minnesota authorities charged all four officers involved in the death of George Floyd, but violence continued in some cities — including New York City, where three officers were badly injured by an armed assailant. The New York City Police Department said early Thursday three […]

Police in New York City are searching for suspects who engaged in a shootout in a Brooklyn apartment building lobby last month. The New York Police Department (NYPD) said on Sept. 4 that the incident happened at around 1 am. on Aug. 25 in the Marlboro Houses in Brooklyn’s Gravesend neighborhood. A group of men can […]

Former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee just shut down Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) after she made some “astonishing” comments about the increasing crime rate in New York City. “There’s a big difference between shoplifting and cold-blooded murder and for her not to know the difference is frankly astonishing,” Huckabee said while appearing on the Fox News show “America’s Newsroom” on […]

A feisty 74-year-old great-grandmother is being hailed as a hero after she helped police officers catch a looter who had climbed through her window. The New York Post reported that Kevin Bullock climbed through the window of the woman, who identified herself only as Joyce, after bashing a cop in the head with a glass […]

Two police officers were shot and another was stabbed in Brooklyn on June 3 during a violent confrontation with a knife-wielding suspect in the evening, the New York Police Department said. In a press conference on Wednesday, NYPD Commissioner Dermot Shea said he had visited Kings County Hospital to see the victims and they are expected to make […]

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo is publishing a book on the COVID-19 pandemic, which ravaged nursing homes in his state and killed more than 32,000 people statewide. It’s uncertain if this is Cuomo’s way of telling his side of the story but the failure by New York state leadership to mitigate the spread of the […]

A viral Facebook post shared more than 15,000 times claims to show a subway attack connected to the Black Lives Matter movement. Verdict: False The incident in the video occurred in October 2019. There is no evidence the attack was related to the Black Lives Matter movement. Fact Check: New York City has seen numerous […]

Seven people were struck by gunfire in three different Brooklyn neighborhoods over a 10-minute span on Monday night, as New York City experiences an uptick in violence, according to authorities. Two men were shot in the leg at 10:40 p.m., another man was shot five minutes later and a woman and three men were hit […]

Protesters and rioters took tumbles during Friday evening’s protests around the country, videos captured and posted online reveal. During riots in Brooklyn, New York, over the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis, Minnesota, a rioter was standing in the road when a New York City Police Department (NYPD) vehicle opened its car door to shove […]