Civic leader, public servant James Clark dies at 87
July 23, 2026
Bay Ridge civic leader James Clark, a longtime public servant and community advocate, has died at age 87 after decades of service.
Bay Ridge civic leader James Clark, a longtime public servant and community advocate, has died at age 87 after decades of service.
STATE ATTORNEY GENERAL Letitia James’ Office of Special Investigation on Friday released its report on the death of Royston Bacchus.
A VENEZUELAN MAN and his wife have filed a lawsuit in Brooklyn federal court against the city and six police officers over a violent arrest.
Members of the New York State Unified Court System and its fraternal organizations and unions joined the Brooklyn Cyclones for Courts Night.
TWO POLICE OFFICERS were injured on Saturday while trying to break up a drag-racing “street takeover” in Sheepshead Bay.
A MANHATTAN MAN was sentenced on Friday to up to four years by Brooklyn Supreme Court Justice Christopher Robles.
A man robbed a 31-year-old passenger at knifepoint aboard an N train approaching the 86th Street station in Gravesend.
The plainclothes detectives, assigned to the Brooklyn North narcotics unit, mistook the man for an accomplice of an alleged crack dealer.
According to court records, Brown’s arrest was in connection with an incident which took place on March 13.
POLICE ARE ASKING the public’s help in finding a person suspected of pushing a 71-year-old woman to the ground and injuring her.
The driver struck the NYPD vehicle repeatedly before fleeing; the pursuit ended at Homecrest Avenue and Williams Court
At around 7:20 a.m. on April 12, police requested EMS to respond to the courthouse for an unconscious 33-year-old female prisoner.
Video of the collision shows the cruiser slamming into the Subaru’s passenger-side front door with enough force to flip the SUV.
The victim called police in September 2025 to report that a man had been stalking her for a two-year period, from August 2023 to August 2025.
The June 12, 2025, arson caused more than $800,000 in damage and occurred two days before scheduled weekend protests.
They were also charged with shooting Kaori Patterson-Moore’s 2-year-old brother, who was grazed by a bullet in the same incident.
Their conversations were preserved on dashcam audio and video recordings recovered from the vehicle they drove from Pennsylvania to Manhattan.
As officers approached, the car suddenly accelerated into two police cars, then reversed into a uniformed officer, who was injured in the leg.
Matthew Rodriguez, 18, was apprehended in Pennsylvania by New York Police Department detectives working with U.S. Marshals, the NYPD said.
The driver of a white Infiniti was pulled over at around 8 p.m. on Saturday, at Broadway and Wallabout Street, but then pulled away.
A judge declined to dismiss charges against a Queens man shot by police during a mental health crisis, allowing the case to move forward.
NYC recorded 54 murders in the first three months of 2026, the fewest for any opening quarter in recorded history.
The horrifying incident took place when a man riding on the back of a moped fired at a group of adults and children in East Williamsburg.
He was arraigned April 1 before Judge Craig Brown in Orange County Court and released on $40,000 bond with a $20,000 cash alternative.
“We are all so happy for him and his family. We have been so lucky as a community to have had so many great leaders in our precinct.”
The assailant fled on foot; police described the suspect as wearing a ski mask, blue hooded sweatshirt, gray jeans and multicolored Jordans.
Police say the incident took place on March 9 around 4:30 a.m. in front of the mosque, located on State Street near Clinton Street.
A 25-year-old woman was stabbed in the abdomen, a 23-year-old man in the torso and a 26-year-old woman in the back and buttocks.
The target of the plot was Bay Ridge native Nerdeen Kiswani, an outspoken Palestinian activist who co-founded the group Within Our Lifetime.
This year, the NYPD has seized 1,054 guns: 305 in Brooklyn, 251 in the Bronx, 240 in Manhattan, 194 in Queens and 64 on Staten Island.
The assistant agents underwent just eight weeks of training, and some are fresh high school graduates, as young as 18 years old.
Police arrested Bairon Hernandez on March 10 after seeking the public’s help in identifying the attacker, who was captured on video.
AN OFF-DUTY detective was arrested Tuesday around 8:30 p.m. Det. Paul Hoppinthal, 33, was charged with assault and harassment.
Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez said the series of unprovoked attacks were against three Muslim people.
The victim was approached by the man, who engaged him in a verbal dispute. He then displayed a hammer, and struck him on his head.
NYC police are still issuing criminal summonses to street vendors despite a new law requiring civil charges for most vending violations.