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They've drunk the decarceration Kool-Aid — and they're convinced that jails do more harm than good. Yet the facts prove them wrong.

In naming former NYPD Detective Jeffrey Garcia to the post, Adams said his mission would be to boost nightclubs and be the ...

New Yorkers, distressed about continuing crime and disorder, are cheering Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch’s plans to crack down — but it looks like the city’s Democratic establishment is itching to ...

There's trouble ahead for New Yorkers distressed about crime levels. New York City's Democratic establishment, including ...

The NYPD leader has spent her career quietly fixing intractable problems — what happens when the biggest one is the mayor?

Three people were killed in car crashes in Brooklyn in just three days last week, according to the NYPD. One pedestrian and two passengers died in three separate incidents in East New York, Downtown ...

Michael T. Kelly, NYPD, from the Hell’s Kitchen section of Manhattan. Over the next many years, through Jackson Heights and Bellerose Terrace, they juggled work and family raising five children ...

The NYPD is launching a three-pronged effort to beef up the dwindling ranks of New York’s Finest, including reinstating a timed-run requirement and a reduced college credit condition.

The NYPD has reduced the number of college credits required to join the force, Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch announced Wednesday. Incoming recruits only need 24 college credits, a steep drop ...

In an effort to address a “hiring crisis,” the NYPD is rolling out a three-part plan aimed at recruiting more candidates and modernizing education requirements, NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch ...

New York will be getting a new “Quality of Life” division to clamp down on aggressive panhandlers, open air drug use and homelessness plaguing the Big Apple’s streets and subways ...