New York's film and TV industry thriving amid pandemic

Production of TV shows and movies continues to ramp up to meet viewers' demand for fresh content. And New York City is benefitting.

After recent subway assaults, volunteers offer to walk residents to safety

After hearing about a slew of recent attacks on women at the Morgan Avenue subway station, Peter Kerre started SafeWalks NYC. This is what it does.

NYPD officer to face disciplinary charges in 2016 road rage shooting

The NYPD will bring disciplinary charges against an officer who killed a man in a 2016 road rage shooting, officials announced.

Two fires erupt within hours of each other at Brooklyn church

Fire officials are looking into what sparked at least two blazes that drew firefighters to a Brooklyn church twice within about five hours.

NYPD makes 9 arrests at protest calling for cop who drew gun to be fired

At least nine people were arrested in Brooklyn on Saturday as protesters gathered calling for the firing of a police officer who allegedly pulled a gun on an individual at another demonstration.

NYPD: Woman steals postal truck, slams into cars in Brooklyn

The NYPD says that a 21-year-old woman is under arrest after allegedly stealing a postal truck and going on a joyride, slamming into over a dozen parked cars in Bedford-Stuyvesant.

NYPD to help vaccinate residents of public housing

Police officers will vaccinate NYCHA residents who are 65 and older and who have registered for appointments.

Vaccine surplus hoax spurs rush to Brooklyn site

New Yorkers lined the sidewalks and cars jammed the streets near a Brooklyn coronavirus vaccine site after false rumors spread of extra doses available to the general public.

FBI arrests fur-wearing son of Brooklyn judge on Capitol riot charges

Federal agents have arrested the son of a New York judge on charges that he was among the protesters who stormed the U.S. Capitol, the FBI said on Tuesday.

Elderly man dead, 4-year-old girl injured in knife attack

 A 79-year-old man was fatally stabbed and two people including a 4-year-old were slashed in what police said were attacks by a family member.

Child, 4, dead, another critically injured in Brooklyn hit-and-run

A four-year-old child was killed and a six-year-old child was critically injured in a hit-and-run in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn, said police.

NYPD searching for pair of E-bike thieves in Brooklyn

The NYPD is searching for a pair of suspects in connection to the theft of several E-bikes in Borough Park.

First NYC baby of 2021 born at Coney Island Hospital

The first baby born in New York City in 2021 was welcomed into the world at Coney Island Hospital, announced NYC Health + Hospitals.

Faith leaders around the world who died in 2020

There were many religious leaders — some admired worldwide, others beloved only locally — who died in 2020.

Suspects shoot man inside Brooklyn deli

The NYPD wants to find two men who opened fire on a customer inside a Brooklyn deli striking him in the hip.

NYPD: Cop shot man who rushed at officers

A police officer shot and wounded a man who rushed at officers but did not have a gun, according to Chief of Department Terence Monahan.

Woman slashed in head in random Brooklyn attack

Police in New York City were looking for help in identifying a man in a wanted attack on a woman on a Brooklyn sidewalk.

NY police probing health provider's vaccine distribution

Police and health officials were probing whether a New York health care provider violated state guidelines in the distribution of COVID-19 vaccines.