A shocking attack in the New York City subway has raised new fears about rider safety. Police say 18-year-old Manhattan resident Hiram Carrero allegedly set a sleeping homeless man on fire in a No. 3 train car around 3 a.m. The incident happened near Times Square/Penn Station. The 56-year-old victim suffered serious burns but is…
Less Than 22 Months After the Arrests—Which Were the Largest Number of Federal Bribery Charges on a Single Day in Department of Justice History—All 70 Charged Defendants Have Pled Guilty or Were Convicted at Trial for Accepting Cash Payments United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Jay Clayton, Commissioner of the New York…
New York Attorney General Letitia James’ Office of Special Investigation (OSI) has launched a probe into the November 13, 2025, death of a civilian in Manhattan following an encounter with NYPD officers, triggered by multiple 911 reports of a man with a gun; at around 7:20 p.m. on Madison Avenue, officers confronted the suspect who…
Eight Car Insurance Companies’ Poor Cybersecurity Allowed Hackers to Steal Driver’s License Numbers to Fraudulently Obtain Unemployment BenefitsAG James Has Secured More Than $20 Million from 10 Car Insurance Companies for Data Security Failures Impacting Approximately One Million New Yorkers; AG James Encourages Companies to Follow OAG’s Guidance to Protect Consumers’ Personal Data – New York…
Mayor Eric Adams and NYPD Commissioner Jessica S. Tisch announced third-quarter crime stats showing seven consecutive quarters of declining major crime since January 2024, with six of seven index categories down. Shooting incidents fell 15.6% in Q3 (-29.7% in September) and victims hit record lows, aided by 4,100 illegal guns seized this year and nearly…
New York City Mayor Eric Adams has announced a significant expansion of the Commercial Driver’s License (CDL) training program for justice-involved individuals, set to grow 15-fold in 2026, training 300 New Yorkers. Partnering with Emerge Career, the program has already proven successful, with every 2025 graduate securing high-paying CDL jobs with salaries between $78,000 and…