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During a surge in violent crimes last year aimed particularly at Asian-Americans, then-Mayor Bill de Blasio launched a stop-the-hate campaign to highlight the discriminatory attacks As he did throughout his eight-year term, de Blasio offered sharp wo

A man accused of stabbing a 20-year-old woman at an East New York subway station has struck again, stabbing a 77-year-old woman, according to police. The unprovoked attack unfolded just after 8 a.m.

A woman’s dismembered torso was found inside a shopping cart in Brooklyn early Thursday, cops said. A passerby made the disturbing discovery around 1:45 a.m. at the corner of Pennsylvania and Atlantic avenues in Cypress Hills, authorities said.

he head of the MTA is sounding off after a man accused of smearing feces on a woman in a random attack at a Bronx subway station and who is facing charges in at least three other incidents is back on the streets.

A heartbroken teenage dad whose 1-year-old daughter and girlfriend perished in a Brooklyn fire said his whole world changed when tragedy struck their home.

Plant entrepreneur Robert Jeffrey, aka Planter Rob , recently teamed up with New York’s largest supportive housing provider Breaking Ground and plant company The Sill to donate nearly 200 houseplants to residents of Edwin’s Place , an affordable hous

Another 10 buildings in Brownsville and East New York have gotten so many violations that they could face emergency repairs from the city, officials announced.

A man was stabbed in the face at a Brooklyn subway station just days after an unhinged straphanger threatened someone with a hatchet at the same stop, police said Wednesday. The latest violent encounter happened just before 9 p.m.

Officials have determined the cause of a fire in Brooklyn that killed a young woman and her daughter. A 22-year-old woman and her 1-year-old daughter could not escape the flames inside their home on Agate Court .

Only just over a third of students in Brownsville's school district have gotten vaccinated against the coronavirus, the lowest rate in the city, according to new data released by the Department of Education.