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Family of Saniyah Cheatham files $25M negligence claim against city and NYPD

By Emily Swanson

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Former Bronx Assembly District leader and Board of Elections employee gets two years in federal prison for extortion and bribery

By Emily Swanson

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Family of Montrell Williams announces $60 million claim against NYPD for negligence in toddler’s murder

By Emily Swanson

Surveillance footage showed 27-year-old Austin Morrishow firing a gun from behind a parked car. Authorities said one of Morrishow's bullets, which he possessed illegally seriously injured a 5-year-old girl who was sitting in the back of her father's car.

Bronx man sentenced to 15 years in connection with shooting that seriously injured 5-year-old girl

By Sadie Brown

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Bronx Defenders reach tentative deal to end brief strike, but other nonprofit legal services remain in jeopardy

By Emily Swanson

Tom Donlon sworn in as interim NYPD commissioner in September 2024, a role he now claims in a federal lawsuit was undermined by systemic corruption and political interference

AMNY

Bombshell lawsuit: Ex-Police Commissioner Tom Donlon claims Mayor Adams and NYPD leaders ran department as ‘criminal enterprise’

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Health

Bronx transportation companies pay millions to settle Medicaid fraud allegations

By Emily Swanson

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Edenwald

Retired NYPD detective, nurse, and attorney indicted in Bronx deed theft case, AG says

By Sadie Brown

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Courts

Bronx man sentenced to 20 years to life for random murder of college student in 2021

By Christian Murray

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Bronx man indicted for murder after allegedly throwing 2-year-old son into Bronx River

By Christian Murray

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Courts

Bronx DA Darcel Clark looks to discovery rollback to ease the borough’s troubles

By Max Parrott

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Morrisania

Bronx nanny faces child abuse charges after being caught on camera beating two

By Dean Moses and Bronx Times

Suspect accused of assaulting Bronx cop in handcuffs with detective

AMNY

Alleged robber who beat Bronx cop so bad he left a shoe print on his face is grilled by cops at arraignment

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Courts

Thousands of Bronx immigrants may be entitled to part of class action civil rights settlement

By Emily Swanson

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Fordham

Manhattan man sentenced to 6 years for running over NYPD officer in Bronx after high-speed chase

By Christian Murray

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Courts

Bronx man sentenced to five years for brutal beating of 75-year-old MTA worker at subway station

By Christian Murray

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