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Pericles Salas Becomes Fourth NYC-Area Cabbie Shot, Killed In 4 months

AP | Posted 10.16.2009 | New York


YONKERS, N.Y. — A cab driver has been shot and killed in Yonkers, the fourth fatal cabbie shooting in the New York City area in four months. Yo...

Unmarked Cop Car Runs Red Light, Hits Queens Pedestrian

New York Daily News | By Joe Jackson and John Lauinger | Posted 09.28.2009 | New York


An unmarked cop car blew through a red light "like a bat out of hell" Thursday and smashed into a pedestrian crossing treacherous Queens Blvd. - launc...

World Trade Center Steel Beam Returns To Ground Zero

AP | KAREN MATTHEWS | Posted 09.24.2009 | New York


NEW YORK — It became a makeshift memorial to the victims of the Sept. 11 attacks. Now a massive steel column has been returned to ground zero as...

NYPD Sets Stop-And-Frisks Record In 2008

Norman Siegel | Posted 09.17.2009 | New York


Norman Siegel

In 2008 the NYPD set a new record with 531,159 stop-and-frisks. During the first three months of 2009 they were on pace to shatter that record. This was happening even as the news media was focused on the arrest of Professor Gates.

Kevin Bishop, Subway Masturbator, Arrested, Claims His "Private Parts Fell Out"

Posted 09.14.2009 | New York


The mystery subway pervert has been caught. Kevin Bishop, a 44-year-old grandfather with 64 arrests on his record, was collared by police Thursday af...

Hudson River Crash Air Traffic Controller Failed To Warn Plane That Helicopter Was In Its Path

AP | JOAN LOWY | Posted 09.14.2009 | New York


WASHINGTON (AP) - An air traffic controller making a personal phone call initially failed to warn a small plane of other aircraft in its path and then...

Hudson River Helicopter, Plane Crash: Controller Was On Phone During Collision

AP | JOAN LOWY | Posted 09.14.2009 | New York


WASHINGTON — A personal phone call and the absence of a supervisor during last week's collision over New York's Hudson River has led to two air ...

Media Gets Off On Train Masturbator (Pick Your Favorite Headline!)

Huffington Post | David Weiner | Posted 09.13.2009 | New York


When one of the top stories is a subway flasher, it's practically a field day for the local media. Here's a quick rub- er, rundown of the wit that is...

Subway Flasher "Not A Police Matter": Cop

Posted 09.13.2009 | New York


A quick-thinking subway rider was able to snap a picture of the man she says exposed himself on the train, but was given the brushoff by a cop when sh...

Bratton Versus Kelly: The Real Deal

Len Levitt | Posted 09.11.2009 | New York


Len Levitt

It's proving to be quite a homecoming for Bill Bratton.

Divers Search Bottom Of The Hudson River, Can Barely See

AP | TOM HAYS | Posted 09.11.2009 | New York


NEW YORK — It's an eerie underwater world that few people will ever see – an unforgiving morass of mud, rocks and collapsed pilings from o...

Preventing Another Horror On The Hudson

Dan Collins | Posted 09.11.2009 | New York


Dan Collins

"See and avoid" sounds like a reasonable approach if you're trying to avoid gopher holes during a walk in the garden. For aircraft in New York City, I think we could use something a little more foolproof.

Helicopter Crashes In New York History (PHOTOS)

Posted 09.10.2009 | New York


This past weekend's crash between a sightseeing helicopter and a small airplane is a terrible reminder of just how highly trafficked New York's airspa...

Hudson River Crash: Man's Body Found In Plane Wreckage

AP | TOM HAYS and VICTOR EPSTEIN | Posted 09.10.2009 | New York


HOBOKEN, N.J. — Hudson River divers on Monday found the wreckage of a small plane and one of two victims missing following a midair collision wi...

Hudson Crash Pilot Who Radioed Warning: Plane Like Missile

AP | Posted 09.10.2009 | New York


NEW YORK — The pilot who radioed a desperate, last-minute warning says a plane that struck a helicopter over the Hudson River "looked like a cru...

Hudson River Crash Victims Include Three Teenagers

AP | Posted 09.09.2009 | New York


HOBOKEN (AP) --The nine victims presumed dead in the midair crash of a tourist helicopter and plane above the Hudson River include five Italian touris...

Hudson River Crash: Seven Bodies Recovered

AP | GEOFF MULVIHILL | Posted 09.09.2009 | New York


HOBOKEN, N.J. — Divers pulled a helicopter and four more bodies out of the murky Hudson River on Sunday in their search for victims, wreckage an...

Helicopter, Plane Collision Exposes Crowded Airspace Over Hudson River

AP | DAVID B. CARUSO | Posted 09.09.2009 | New York


NEW YORK — Flying a small plane above the Hudson River can feel like ducking into a crowded, urban canyon – with towering skyscrapers on e...

A Death In the Family

Sherman Yellen | Posted 09.09.2009 | Living


Sherman Yellen

After John's cancer appeared and many of his fellow first responders began to die of 9/11 related illnesses, he became an activist. He died yesterday after a three year battle with cancer.

Helicopter, Plane Crash Over Hudson River, Killing 9 (VIDEO)

AP/Huffington Post | VERENA DOBNIK | Posted 09.08.2009 | New York


UPDATE: Fox news talks with three eyewitness and shows the first images of the crash. NEW YORK -- A small plane collided with a sightseeing he...

The Demise of The Shack

Len Levitt | Posted 09.03.2009 | New York


Len Levitt

More than symbolism is involved in last week's transfer -- on Police Commissioner Ray Kelly's order -- of reporters from the second-floor warren inside Police Plaza, known as The Shack.

Cop Gets $3.25 Million For Getting Shot By Fellow Cop

AP | Posted 08.21.2009 | New York


NEW YORK (AP) -- A former New York City police sergeant shot in the back by a fellow officer during a drug bust has settled a lawsuit against the cit...

Queens Cop, Eric Turetsky, Accused Of Mooching Off Dunkin' Donuts

New York Post | Larry Celona, Perry Chiaramonte and Lorena Mongelli | Posted 08.20.2009 | New York


Time to take the doughnuts. A Queens cop has been helping himself to doughnuts and coffee at a Rockaways Dunkin' Donuts -- even jumping behind the co...

Manhattan Hit And Run Sends Woman 10-15 Feet In The Air (VIDEO)

AP | Posted 08.20.2009 | New York


UPDATE: ABC News is reporting the woman was killed by the hit and run driver: --- Earlier: AP - A woman is in critical condition after be...

Heroin Chic: Drugs Making Big Return

Huffington Post | David Weiner | Posted 08.19.2009 | New York


Call it the retro-trend gone awry, but heroin and designer drugs rarely seen since the 60s and 70s are on the rise across the city. Coming on the h...