3+ day, 9+ hour ago   (519+ words) New York is a city of hundreds of skyscrapers and tall buildings, with emergency officials always keeping a watchful eye on possible threats, including drones. FDNY Deputy Assistant Chief Paul Miller oversees the department’s Center for Terrorism and Disaster Preparedness....

3+ day, 14+ hour ago   (365+ words) The city's chief technology officer was grilled by City Council members Wednesday over an August 911 outage that left nearly 1,700 emergency calls unable to connect. The outage occurred Aug. 18 at the Bronx Public Safety Answering Center, one of the city’s two…...

6+ day, 4+ hour ago   (167+ words) A 58-year-old man was fatally struck by an MTA bus in Brooklyn on Saturday night, police said. The man was struck around 8 p.m. on Nostrand Avenue, near Clarendon Road, in East Flatbush, according to the NYPD. Police said the MTA bus…...

1+ week, 36+ min ago   (1870+ words) The call came in for all Port Authority police officers to go back to the police desk. Will Jimeno, who had just graduated from the academy eight months earlier, knew something seriously wrong must be happening. At that time, many…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (1049+ words) Judge William Sullivan declared the mistrial on the seventh day of deliberations after jurors sent a note saying: “It is with a heavy heart that we report we are unable to come to a unanimous decision and will not be…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (573+ words) CBS NFL analyst and former Dallas Cowboys quarterback Tony Romo has pleaded no contest to a charge of operating while intoxicated and has issued a statement apologizing for the actions that led to his July arrest. Romo was arrested July…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (890+ words) does not remember Sept. 11, 2001. But it’s a day that changed her life forever. She learned later that she was sitting with her dad in their basement that morning, watching a VCR tape of "Winnie-the-Pooh." They were effectively cut off from…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (409+ words) The jurors began discussing the case Thursday in Plymouth County Superior Court after hearing testimony from more than 70 prosecution witnesses, including her then-husband, and 10 defense witnesses over five weeks. The jury is slated to resume deliberations on Tuesday. While Clancy…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (518+ words) Inside a Staten Island courthouse, lawyers for the city squared off Monday against opponents of the new tax on luxury second homes. Homeowners argued the city hurt them by exposing their personal information online but city attorneys all but told…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (305+ words) The NYPD promotion ceremony Monday recognized an officer whose police journey has been marked by an unimaginable loss and generations of commitment to public service. Joseph Vigiano Jr. was just 8 years old when both his father and uncle were killed…...