Crime

A classic billboard of a pink cat sat atop an Atlantic Avenue tire shop in 2018.

Crime

The Terrible Truth About Sherita, Brooklyn’s Beloved Billboard Dinosaur

May 19, 2025, 5:01 a.m.May 19, 2025, 12:55 p.m.

The vanished icon of Atlantic Ave. was the relic of a secretive family who grabbed buildings from immigrant owners across the booming borough.

MTA Chief Security Officer Michael Kemper speaks at an agency board meeting in Lower Manhattan.

Subway

‘Not a Game’: MTA Brass Counter Trump Insults and Threats With Facts and Figures

March 26, 2025, 5:38 p.m.March 26, 2025, 5:59 p.m.

Using a “professional, fact-based approach,” transit officials highlighted that felonies in the subway system last year were down — while acknowledging that assaults have risen in the past six years.

Trees cover a street in Bed-Stuy, Brooklyn. Nov. 10, 2021.

Parks Department

Growing Concern: Parks Dept. Gives Multi-Million Dollar Tree-Planting Job to Contractor Facing Federal Time

March 20, 2025, 5:28 p.m.March 21, 2025, 11:56 a.m.

Griffin’s Landscaping has two active contracts with the city totaling $15 million and three contracts for $25 million. Its owner, Glenn Griffin, faces up to five years in prison on bribery and illegal dumping charges.

FAQ NYC

LISTEN: A Plan to Make Subways Feel Safe Again

March 17, 2025, 7:22 p.m.March 17, 2025, 7:24 p.m.

Vital City founder Liz Glazer talks with co-host Harry Siegel about her group’s ambitious new memo on What To Do (and Not To Do) About Subway Safety — and why the answer isn’t gun detection technology, surging officers into the system or more fare-evasion enforcement. She digs into why assaults have replaced robberies as the […]

Former Exodus Transitional Community CEO Julio Medina walks out of Brooklyn Federal Court after being arraigned on corruption charges.

Crime

Feds Charge Exodus Founder and Adams Fundraiser With COVID Hotel Corruption Scheme

Feb. 13, 2025, 1:34 p.m.Feb. 13, 2025, 6:15 p.m.

Julio Medina, the founder of Exodus Transitional Community, allegedly received millions in kickbacks and bribes for steering business to firms run by Weihong Hu, a fundraiser for mayors Adams and de Blasio.

Criminal Justice

Model Prisoner Seeks Holiday Mercy from Gov. Hochul

Dec. 24, 2024, 12:21 p.m.Dec. 24, 2024, 1:27 p.m.

Tayden Townsley has served nearly three decades for a murder he committed when he was 19. He’s not eligible for parole until 2037.

Mohamed Bahi walks out of the gold colored front doors of 500 Pearl street. The address can be seen on the left of the frame.

Eric Adams

Feds Charge Mayoral Aide Mohamed Bahi with Interfering in Probe of Adams Straw Donor Scheme

Oct. 8, 2024, 2:12 p.m.Oct. 9, 2024, 6:20 p.m.

Mohamed Bahi, who resigned Monday, allegedly solicited illegal straw donations from an Uzbeki businessman, then told them to lie to the FBI about doing so, saying Adams expected as much.

A Department of Correction van at the entrance to Rikers Island from Queens, Sept. 13, 2021.

Jails

Most Recent Detainee to Die on Rikers Sought Medical Care the Day Before His Death

Aug. 23, 2024, 4:31 p.m.Aug. 26, 2024, 12:28 p.m.

The 63-year-old was seen by a medical professional and sent back to his housing unit on Monday.

Maria Zenaida Rada displays a pictures of Arturo Jose Rodriguez-Marcano, who was fatally shot in a park near the Hall Street migrant shelter.

Courts

Brooklyn DA Hits Former Parks Worker With Hate Crime Charge in Migrant Killing

Aug. 21, 2024, 6:12 p.m.Aug. 22, 2024, 12:13 p.m.

Prosecutors allege Elijah Mitchell murdered Arturo Jose Rodriguez-Marcano because of an angry confrontation days earlier and a simmering animosity towards the city’s “new arrivals.”

People speak with clerks at Bronx Housing Court.

How to New York

How to Find Your Rap Sheet and Seal Your Criminal Record in New York

May 29, 2024, 5:00 a.m.May 24, 2024, 3:57 p.m.

Millions of records may be automatically cleared under the Clean Slate Act, starting in the fall. Legal experts say it’s a good time to find and understand your official criminal history.

Crime

The Terrible Truth About Sherita, Brooklyn’s Beloved Billboard Dinosaur

‘Not a Game’: MTA Brass Counter Trump Insults and Threats With Facts and Figures

Growing Concern: Parks Dept. Gives Multi-Million Dollar Tree-Planting Job to Contractor Facing Federal Time

LISTEN: A Plan to Make Subways Feel Safe Again

Feds Charge Exodus Founder and Adams Fundraiser With COVID Hotel Corruption Scheme

Model Prisoner Seeks Holiday Mercy from Gov. Hochul

Feds Charge Mayoral Aide Mohamed Bahi with Interfering in Probe of Adams Straw Donor Scheme

Most Recent Detainee to Die on Rikers Sought Medical Care the Day Before His Death

Brooklyn DA Hits Former Parks Worker With Hate Crime Charge in Migrant Killing

How to Find Your Rap Sheet and Seal Your Criminal Record in New York

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