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NYPD Car Chases Up Massively Under Mayor Adams — With Sometimes Fatal Results

Yoav Gonen, Suhail Bhat, and Harry Siegel, The City This article was originally published on Jul 5 4:45pm EDT by THE CITY NYPD car chases have skyrocketed under Mayor Eric Adams, part of a deliberate but unofficial shift in enforcement…

Likely Interim NYPD Commissioner Was Accused of Abner Louima-Related Threat

Greg B. Smith, The City This article was originally published on Jun 14 9:53pm EDT by THE CITY The high-ranking NYPD cop set to become interim police commissioner was accused in 2006 of threatening a man who’d declined to produce…

Police Commissioner Keechant Sewell Resigns

Yoav Gonen and Katie Honan, The City This article was originally published on Jun 12 6:10pm EDT by THE CITY Commissioner Keechant Sewell will step down from her role leading the New York City Police Department, the latest high-profile resignation…

If It’s Now The Safest Place On Earth, What’s With The Competing Safety Meetings?

RIOC’s chaotic communications operation may be outdoing itself with an unexplained overload of public safety meetings. Reschedules of never announced events dribble out in advisories, and PSD and NYPD may have gotten a divorce. Here’s what we know. by David…

Adams Says ‘Agitators That Came From Outside Our City’ Planted Molotov Cocktail at Protest Against Jordan Neely’s Killing

Gwynne Hogan and Katie Honan, The City This article was originally published on May 8, 10:22 pm EDT by THE CITY Police officials said they found a Molotov cocktail at the scene of demonstrations Monday night in Lower Manhattan at…

‘Eric Adams Please Give Us a Call’: Mayor Hasn’t Reached Out After Jordan Neely Killing, Family Says

Gwynne Hogan, The City This article was originally published on May 8, 2:47 pm EDT by THE CITY The family of Jordan Neely, the 30-year-old man who was killed in a crowded subway car last week after former Marine Daniel…

Jordan Neely Protest Shuts Down F Trains to Roosevelt Island

If you were unlucky, you may have found yourself stuck on an F or Q Train, deep underground, late Saturday afternoon. A Jordan Neely protest brought activists onto the tracks at the 63rd St. Station, halting subway traffic for nearly…

NYC Schools Handcuff and Haul Away Kids in Emotional Crisis

Abigail Kramer, The City This article was originally published on May 4, 6:38 am EDT by THE CITY This article was produced for ProPublica’s Local Reporting Network in partnership with THE CITY. It was almost time for school pickup when…

Anger Mounts Over Lack of Charges in the Killing of Jordan Neely

Jose Martinez and Katie Honan, The City This article was originally published on May 3, 6:05 pm EDT by THE CITY Two days after one subway rider killed another using a deadly chokehold, dozens of people gathered on a crowded…

High-Paid NYPD Official Had Deep Ties to Eric Adams — Including Shared Residence

A career 911 dispatcher and longtime friend of Mayor Eric Adams who rented a room to Adams in her Crown Heights apartment for four years now has one of the highest-paid jobs in city government, records show. In May, the…