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An attempted burglary suspect struck an NYPD police officer as he tried to take off in a car in Greenwich Village early Monday, cops said. The man was attempting to burglarize a business at Fifth Avenue and 8th Street around 3:30 a.m., police said. When cops spotted him, he bolted into an older model red...

Police released surveillance images early Monday of the two women who allegedly desecrated St. Patrick’s Cathedral with graffiti over the weekend. The pair allegedly marred the outside walls of the landmark cathedral with the words, “F–k f–k,” “BLM” — for Black Lives Matter — along with “NYPDK” and “No justice no peace” Saturday around 5:10...

An occupied marked NYPD SUV was pelted with multiple gunshots late Sunday night in Queens, police sources said. Two officers were inside the car on Beach 66th Street near Almeda Avenue in Far Rockaway around 11:50 p.m. Sunday when five rounds were fired at the vehicle, according to the sources. Neither officer was injured, and...

The NYPD sergeants’ union blasted out the arrest report for Mayor Bill de Blasio’s daughter on Twitter following her arrest during George Floyd protests in Manhattan. The Sergeant’s Benevolent Association, headed by union boss Ed Mullins – a fierce critic of the mayor – tweeted out the arrest report for 25-year-old Chiara de Blasio Sunday...

Protests in New York City over the death of George Floyd on Sunday night devolved into chaos as small factions of demonstrators looted several high-end Manhattan stores. Stores across the borough — including Chanel in Soho and Coach in Midtown — were targeted by unruly protesters in the fourth night of demonstrations over the death...

Dozens of suspected looters were arrested in Soho Sunday night as protests over the death of George Floyd descended into chaos. A group of 12 people were busted by cops outside Nike Soho on Broadway as a number of high-end boutiques — and even a Bloomingdale’s department store — were looted overnight Sunday. A man...

The National Rifle Association has fired a political shot in what had been considered a non-competitive Republican primary for the 11th congressional seat in Staten Island and southern Brooklyn. The NRA has endorsed little-known candidate Joe Caldarera over veteran state Assemblywoman Nicole Malliotakis, who is the heavy favorite to win the primary and take on...

The number of coronavirus cases in New York City topped 200,000 Sunday, authorities said. The figure hit 200,547, or 654 more cases than the day before, according to the city Health Department. Meanwhile, a total of 21,569 people in the city have died from the contagion, with 57 additional fatalities being reported overnight, according to...

The state has suspended the liquor licenses of 18 establishments since late March because of social-distancing violations — including one in Queens that allegedly claims local racists are behind the move. The Hangar 11 Bar & Grill in Kew Gardens landed in hot water after a flood of 311 calls complaining of such things as...

A Ivy League-educated lawyer and member of a Brooklyn community board was among those arrested for hurling a Molotov cocktail at a marked NYPD vehicle amid George Floyd protests, it was revealed Sunday. Colinford Mattis, 32, was allegedly behind the wheel of a tan minivan as his passenger, fellow attorney Urooj Rahman, allegedly hurled the...