The Cops

Tompkins Square Narc: NYPD Started 4/20 With Barricades, Left With Contact Highs

After a total lockdown of Washington Square Park, cops cleared out vendors from Tompkins Square Park just 90 minutes before 4:20 p.m.

A State Judge Just Upended the Way the NYPD Tickets Cyclists for Running Red Lights

"This decision means that police have been stopping and ticketing cyclists who've been 100 percent lawfully complying with the leading pedestrian interval law."

Mamdani Is Getting Snowballed by His Own NYPD

The situation is absurd. The stakes are real.

When NYPD Officers Are Under Frosty Attack, Snowbody Is Safe

The mayor, governor, City Council speaker, and other New York officials past and present agree: It is wrong, and not funny at all, and perhaps a crime, to throw snowballs at New York's Finest.

Does the NYPD Even Want to Follow the Constitution?

The court-appointed stop-and-frisk monitor may be starting to wonder.

Shot by the NYPD During a Mental Health Crisis, Jabez Chakraborty Now Faces Felony Charges

"DA Katz wants to put him in prison. Hasn't he suffered enough? Locking him up will destroy his life."

The NYPD Shot Jabez Chakraborty Less Than 30 Seconds After Entering His Home

"This is why officers should not be responding to medical support calls."

Adams NYPD Bigwig Kaz Daughtry Fulfills His Destiny, Joins ICE

New Yorkers Deserve to See the Forbidden Footage Dr. Phil's Son Took of the NYPD

It's every son of a conservative TV host's First Amendment right to deliver video clips that a City lawsuit claims are "harmful," and "cannot be released to the public."

Week One of Zohran Mamdani's NYPD

It's too early to expect any massive changes to the nation's largest police department—but here are a few things we've noticed so far.

What Can Zohran Mamdani Do to Change the NYPD?

Whether a conflict with the NYPD can be avoided remains to be seen, but observers that Hell Gate spoke to identified a number of modest but meaningful steps the mayor can take early in his term.