The NYPD will be adding 5,000 police officers to the force in the next few years, bringing the total to 40,000 cops in the department, officials said Friday. The phase-in will begin in July 2026 with 300 officers,

Under Mayor Eric Adams' plan, New York City will spend millions in the coming years to hire and train over 5,000 new NYPD officers, bringing the department to its highest

Mayor Eric Adams pledged new funding on Friday to boost the police department’s headcount by 5,000 officers to a total of 40,000. But it will be up to the next mayor whether to stick with that commitment — teeing up a potentially tricky decision for front-runner Zohran Mamdani, who has resisted calls to expand the department.

A faculty member at Findley Oaks Elementary School holds a Centegix crisis alert badge during a training on Monday, March 20, 2023. Emergency alert systems have spread quickly to schools around the country as a safety measure. The nation's largest district is the latest to adopt one.

New York City police released images of a woman wanted for questioning after an infant girl with her umbilical cord still attached was abandoned at a busy midtown Manhattan subway station.

Candidate Curtis Sliwa has remained defiant ahead of the November 4 election, shrugging off appeals from some top conservatives to drop out and boost the chances of former Governor Andrew Cuomo, who is running as an independent after being routed in June’s Democratic primary.

The local officer was honored for his actions in a 2024 burglary, when he pulled an attacker off a woman who had invaded her home with two young children inside.

Former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, independent candidate for mayor of New York City, called his opponent and Democratic candidate Zohran Mamdani "very divisive" and said he doesn't understand the "New York way," during a wide-ranging interview with "ABC News Live Prime" anchor Linsey Davis just days before Election Day.

An officer with the famously tough New York Police Department became smitten with a kitten after saving it from underneath a food truck. The rescue happened on Oct. 9 in Midtown Manhattan, according to police. Footage from NYPD News shows officers responding to reports of meows coming from underneath a food truck on Madison Avenue.