Anthony Raganella, a retired NYPD deputy inspector who helped establish the SRG, in 2016. The NYPDs Strategic Response Group has been criticized by civil liberties groups and others who have accused officers of brutality while responding to protests. [ more ]

Fake images depicting the mayor as a child with disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein circulated online in recent days, after the U.S. Department of Justice released its latest trove of Epstein files. [ more ]

A family member tries to intervene as Jabez Chakraborty approaches officers in his Queens home. A newly released 911 call shows the family asked for involuntary medical transport and told dispatchers the man was not violent or armed. [ more ]

Concern over ICE enforcement in Minneapolis have raised concern in New York City about city pension fund holdings in Palantir Technologies, whose products are used in immigration enforcement. City Comptroller Mark Levine is pressing for an inquiry into Palantir Technologies, citing human rights concerns. [ more ]

3333 Broadway Legionella has been confirmed in the water supply, but not a larger outbreak. Remediation could take months or longer. [ more ]

Le Dive, a restaurant and wine bar at 37 Canal St., currently enjoys all three forms of outdoor dining: Open Streets seating (foreground), sidewalk seating (background), and a roadway dining shed (back left). Julie Menin vows to "fix" the strict regulations on businesses setting up seating on city streets. [ more ]

Fare gates designed by Cubic are currently being tested at Atlantic Terminal. A competition is underway among three private firms that are all trying to ink a massive contract to overhaul the subway's fare gates. [ more ]

A woman walks in Midtown amid piles of snow on Feb. 1, 2026. Real-feel temperatures will plunge again heading into the weekend, meteorologists say. [ more ]

An NYPD car is seen in Manhattan on Aug. 29, 2023. The 33-year-old defendant faces multiple charges in the Stuyvesant Town incident. [ more ]

St. John's University in Queens. The move followed what the school called "constructive, mission-focused conversations." [ more ]

Mayor Mamdani embraced mayoral control when announcing his appointment of new schools Chancellor Kamar Samuels. Education department officials are weighing the relocation of The Center School on West 84th Street. [ more ]

Mayor Mamdani endorsed Diana Moreno his old Assembly seat. Diana Moreno will represent Mamdanis old district in Astoria, Queens. [ more ]

Officials behind the Gateway Development Commission said the mega project is slated to run out of money as soon as Friday. The legal action came a day after the commission behind the construction project filed a suit of its own. [ more ]

A family member tries to intervene as Jabez Chakraborty approaches officers in his Queens home. Footage shows Jabez Chakraborty picking up a knife immediately on seeing officers and moving toward them before one opens fire inside the familys Queens home. [ more ]

A room in the new shelter opened by the city Tuesday Mamdani is under mounting pressure to help more New Yorkers move off the streets amid a deadly stretch of freezing weather. [ more ]

The stall in the men's room at the Atlantic Avenue subway station is covered in graffiti. It's among of the nicer ones in the toilet. The MTA's bathrooms are dens of despair reserved for the city's most desperate defecators. [ more ]

Movement is reported on some contract issues, but money remains a key stumbling block. [ more ]

A rendering of the Polymarket grocery store. Polymarket is opening a free grocery store. Kalshi handed out cash on the street. Both are betting youll notice. [ more ]

A jury box in Houston, Texas, 2006. Criminal defendants have a right to a trial before a jury that reflects their community. [ more ]

A person looks at their finances on a laptop. Mayor Zohran Mamdanis administration says its increasing enforcement against unscrupulous tax preparers as well. [ more ]

Because alternate side parking remains suspended, here are your afternoon links: LIRR crash, MILF mindset, whole new form of life and more. [ more ]

McDonald's on West Fordham Road in the Bronx. She appears to be between 10 and 13 years old and was discovered unsupervised Monday night, police say. [ more ]

Christy Tanner is the next CEO of New York Public Radio. Tanners appointment comes amid continued turmoil for public media stations across the country. [ more ]

For both the besotted and the broken-hearted [ more ]

ICE deploys pepper balls, tear gas, and flashbang grenades on hundreds of people who marched on Sunday from Portland, Oregon, City Hall to the ICE facility to protest against the agency's actions in Portland. The state attorney general's office is training monitors to document ICE activities in New York. [ more ]