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NEW YORK — In the past month, the New York City Police Department has described alarming crimes involving young men living in the city’s migrant shelters. A 15-year-old boy, police said, shot at an officer in Times Square and hit a tourist. Two officers were kicked and punched on West 42nd Street. A Venezuelan man oversaw a ring of criminals who rode mopeds and snatched purses and cellphones from more than 60 people, most of them women walking alone. During an early-morning police raid last week

In the Police Department, the rank and file is hearing rumors of buyouts and demotions, but many see the mayor’s plan to shrink the department as a political tactic.

The judge cited Lauren Pazienza's "inability to take responsibility for her actions" for sentencing her to 8 1/2 years in prison

Night clubgoers just went out to have a good time in New York City, then woke up confused and in strange places, finding themselves in cold back seats or on cold floors – or they weren't waking up at all. Now, the families of three of the slain victims – Katie Gallagher, Julio Ramirez and John Umberger – are sharing their stories and looking back on the investigations in interviews with ABC News' "Nightline." Gallagher, a 35-year-old fashion designer, died last July after she was allegedly drugged outside her apartment in what police say was an attemp...

Department Advocate Amy Litwin was fired on Aug. 7, three days after newly-named Police Commissioner Edward Caban announced the departures of "several" senior members of the NYPD's executive team.