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Bahar Ostadan covers the NYPD and public safety. Got a tip? Email [email protected] or message Bahar on Signal at 646-740-7335.
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Mayor Adams names former prosecutor, NYPD official as deputy mayor for public safety
Chauncey Parker is replacing Phil Banks, who resigned after FBI agents raided his home.
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Bahar Ostadan
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Elizabeth Kim
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Hundreds of Columbia students walk out as NYC campuses brace for Oct. 7 protests
Pro-Palestinian group Within Our Lifetime has several demonstrations planned across the city, including one at Washington Square Park in the heart of NYU’s campus.
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Jessica Gould
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Bahar Ostadan
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NYPD heightens security measures for Oct. 7 anniversary
It’s part of a larger effort by New York City police around the Jewish High Holy Days.
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Bahar Ostadan
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NYPD arrests East Harlem state Assemblymember Eddie Gibbs
Police said the lawmaker was arrested on Thursday while intervening in a traffic stop near his office.
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Bahar Ostadan
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Charles Lane
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NYC facing 425 lawsuits over claims of child sexual abuse in juvenile jails
The allegations date from as far back as the 1960s to recent years.
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Bahar Ostadan
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Manhattan DA seizes phones of Mayor Adams' top adviser, feds serve her a subpoena
Ingrid Lewis-Martin, a close confidant of Adams, had her phone taken the same day Adams pleaded not guilty to an indictment on federal corruption charges.
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Elizabeth Kim
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Bahar Ostadan
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Giulia Heyward
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David Brand
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Mayor Adams pleads not guilty at first court appearance in historic corruption case
Mayor Eric Adams has vowed to fight the charges.
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David Brand
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Samantha Max
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Bahar Ostadan
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Mayor Adams, who ran on law and order, vows to fight Turkish bribery charges
Mayor Eric Adams is alleged to have secretly solicited money from foreigners for his campaign.
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David Brand
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Elizabeth Kim
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Bahar Ostadan
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NYPD releases body camera footage of police subway shooting in Brooklyn that injured 4
Calls for police to release video footage of the chaotic incident had grown all week.
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Bahar Ostadan
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Brittany Kriegstein
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Giulia Heyward
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Another Mayor Adams aide comes under federal scrutiny as officials visit her home and family
Officials visited the Brooklyn residence of Molly Schaeffer, who oversees migrant services, and the building where her parents live.
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Elizabeth Kim
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Bahar Ostadan
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NYPD to release footage of police shooting at Brooklyn subway stop in days, officials say
Authorities say the violent encounter took less than three minutes to unfold.
By
Charles Lane
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Bahar Ostadan
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Brooklyn DA plans charges in fare evasion case that ended in police shooting: source
The suspect, Derell Mickles, could face charges of attempted assault of a police officer and two counts of fare evasion.
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Bahar Ostadan
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