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A suspected drunk driver in a Mercedes SUV plowed onto a Manhattan Valley sidewalk around 6 p.m. near Amsterdam Ave and West 109th St, killing two men (one a doorman and the other a hospital worker who was a father of triplets) and critically injuring three others. The driver was taken into custody and Collision Investigation Squad detectives are reviewing surveillance footage as the investigation continues.
Two people were killed and three others were in critical condition after a 61-year-old driver, possibly under the influence, lost control and struck pedestrians on Amsterdam Ave near 109th St in Manhattan's Upper West Side. Police say the crash appears accidental and no charges have been filed as investigators continue the probe.
Progressive lawmakers press New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani to issue clear, 30-day rules governing NYPD interactions with ICE after a Brooklyn hospital incident sparked accusations of coordination with federal agents, signaling a widening rift with his base over public-safety policy.
An explosion tore through a three-family home in Queens as NYPD officers responded to a domestic dispute, injuring several officers (eight with minor burns, one with a head laceration) and residents; one person died, the building collapsed, and 16 people were displaced as about 300 responders fought the blaze.
An early-morning five-alarm explosion and fire at a South Richmond Hill home in Queens left one person dead and several NYPD officers hospitalized; investigators say a man with bags of cannisters and a reported gas smell preceded the blast, and about 300 responders evacuated 16 residents displaced.
Mayor Zohran Mamdani vetoed a City Council measure authorizing NYPD buffer zones around schools during protests, his first veto and a move that deepens tensions with Council Speaker Julie Menin who may try to override him. He did sign a separate, narrower buffer-zone bill for houses of worship and reiterated concerns about treating all protests as security threats, as budget fights continue and state-level buffer-zone talks with Gov. Hochul unfold.
New York police are seeking the father of a six-month-old girl found unharmed in a stroller in Times Square; investigators are reviewing surveillance and canvassing locals for a photo to identify him, and the infant has been taken to a hospital. The article notes New York’s safe-surrender provisions and provides broader context with recent acts of violence nearby.
NYC Council member Chi Ossé was arrested during a Bedford-Stuyvesant eviction protest as city marshals prepared to move against a constituent amid deed-theft concerns; Ossé, a Mamdani ally, has backed eviction protections and moratoriums tied to deed theft, while colleagues and the NYPD review the incident.
New York City police opened an internal affairs investigation after videos surfaced showing two officers punching and kicking a man during an undercover drug operation in Brooklyn; the man had matched a suspect description but was later found not to be involved in the drug sale. The officers were placed on desk duty with guns and shields removed, and the Brooklyn DA later dropped the initial resisting-arrest charge. City leaders condemned the incident and called for accountability as the department reviews the footage.
Video footage circulating online shows two NYPD officers from the Narcotics Bureau repeatedly punching, kicking and dragging a man during a Brooklyn arrest. The officers were stripped of their weapons and shields, placed on desk duty, and placed under Internal Affairs investigation; Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch called the videos deeply disturbing, and Mayor Zohran Mamdani condemned them.
At NYC’s Grand Central–42nd Street station, a machete-wielding man attacked three people in a random incident. Police ordered him to drop the weapon multiple times, and he advanced toward officers, who then fatally shot him. The victims sustained non-life-threatening injuries; the suspect, Anthony Griffin, 44, had prior arrests. Transit service was disrupted briefly but resumed as investigators worked the scene.
A knife-wielding suspect stabbed three people at Grand Central Station and was shot by an NYPD officer. The victims were hospitalized in stable condition, while the suspect is in critical condition. The incident disrupted service on the 4, 5, 6 and 7 lines with delays as investigators work the scene.
A former New York Police Department officer was sentenced to 3 to 9 years in prison after throwing a cooler from a moving vehicle, an action that led to a fatal crash.
A former NYPD sergeant, Erik Duran, was sentenced to three to nine years in prison after being convicted of manslaughter for tossing a picnic cooler full of drinks at a fleeing suspect, causing the scooter crash that killed 30-year-old Eric Duprey; Duran argued he acted to protect fellow officers, but the judge rejected the justification, and the case has sparked debate over police accountability and the implications for Duprey’s family.
Former NYPD sergeant Erik Duran was sentenced to at least three years in prison for the 2023 killing of Bronx Uber delivery man Eric Duprey, after he allegedly threw a cooler at him during an undercover operation. Duran became the first NYPD officer in a decade to be found guilty of killing a civilian on duty, with a second-degree manslaughter conviction earlier this year and firing from the force. Prosecutors sought, and supporters urged, a prison term, while Duprey’s family emphasized that no sentence could truly remedy the loss.