
On Friday, New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani repeated plans for a new agency that would respond to mental health crises in the wake of two fatal shootings by the police.

On Friday, New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani repeated plans for a new agency that would respond to mental health crises in the wake of two fatal shootings by the police.

βNo New Yorker should have to live with drug dealers at their doorstep,β said Jay Clayton, the U.S. attorney.

Mayor Eric Adams and officials of his administration said New York City has become safer under his leadership.

Commissioner Jessica S. Tisch announced five new Police Department appointments on Thursday, including the replacement of a communications official who had sparred with the news media.

Camera footage led the police to the physical evidence at the core of their investigation, including the backpack that officers found in Central Park Friday evening.

The police said a person suspected of killing the UnitedHealthcare chief executive Brian Thompson may have left the city via a bus station in Upper Manhattan.