Eric Adams points to historic crime drop
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"Crime and violence reductions are historic," NYPD Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch said during a press briefing.
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Adams announced Thursday he is running for reelection as an independent.
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That means the Mayor cannot be retried on the same charges.
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New York Mayor Adams to Run for Reelection
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Mayor Eric Adams is opting out of New York City’s Democratic primary and running for reelection as an independent — embarking on a narrow path as he further isolates himself from the city’s dominant ...
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New York City Mayor Eric Adams will skip the Democratic primary and run for reelection as an independent, he announced the day after a federal judge dismissed the corruption case against him.
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“I firmly believe that this city is better served by truly independent leadership, not leaders pulled at by the extremists at the far left or the far right, but instead those rooted in the common mid...
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Overall, major crime was down 11% in the first three months of 2025 compared to the same period a year ago, led by a drop of nearly 35% in homicides, a decline of nearly 23% in robberies as well as dip of 13.7% percent in grand larceny, the latest NYPD statistics revealed.
The number of shootings in the first three months of 2025 was the lowest since 1994, but rape numbers were up and more children were shot, according to police statistics.
New York City saw a 23% decrease in shootings and an 18% drop in subway crime for the first three months of the year compared to the same period last year, according to the
Crime reduction efforts also were seen in the city’s public housing developments, where overall crime fell by 11% for the year’s first quarter, NYPD statistics show, and the NYPD’s Hate Crime Task Force saw a 10% decline in the number of bias-related incidents in the first quarter of 2025.
Graffiti was etched onto walls of the room, at a university library, and prayer mats kept there had been soaked in urine.
The fugitive leader of a violent Ecuadorian gang that relied on hitmen, bribes and military weapons to do business has been indicted in New York City on charges he imported thousands of pounds of cocaine into the United States,
JOHNSON CITY, N.Y. (WBNG) -- On April 4, the New York State Police Bureau of Criminal Investigations at Endwell arrested a Johnson City resident for possessing child pornography and suspected illegal illicit substances.
Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy sounds off on New York Gov. Kathy Hochul on X, claiming criminals are "terrorizing" New York City subway riders.
U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy is calling for a federal review of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, suggesting possible inefficiencies.
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