Crime and Public Safety

"Never thought we'd have to say this, but DON'T PAINT SQUIRRELS!" the NYSDEC said after multiple squirrels painted red were spotted in a Putnam County town.

A mini-school bus was overturned on the Long Island Expressway Tuesday morning.

The NYPD says it removed more than 6,000 illegal guns of New York City's streets in 2023.

In a letter to parents, school leaders say there was an “unfortunate incident" involving two students.

Ten people were hospitalized after a reported carbon monoxide leak in the Woodhaven section of Queens, the FDNY said.

Christopher Miller was being treated while in NYPD custody when he left his room and fled out a side door of Bellevue Hospital in Kips Bay near E. 28th St. and FDR Drive, police said.

Bragg initially said that his office wanted to make sure the right people would be charged with the attack, now the DA says the evidence is clear.

The attorney for two Gilgo Beach victims' families is questioning prosecutors' conclusions about one client's death and the suspected killer's wife's whereabouts during the murders.

An 83-year-old man has been hospitalized in critical condition after a hit-and-run in Brooklyn on Saturday, according to police.