Family and community seek answers following Saniyah Cheatham's suicide in NYPD custody, questioning the official explanation ...

An 18-year-old died by suicide while in NYPD custody in the Bronx, the New York City medical examiner's office said Monday.

Cheatham's family said police told them she used a sweater to asphyxiate herself—but her mother insists she wasn’t wearing one that day. They are now demanding video from the precinct.

An 18-year-old woman died in NYPD custody in the Bronx; her identity and reason for arrest undisclosed. Despite CPR efforts, ...

City Council leaders pressed NYPD officials on overtime spending and accountability in a budget hearing Thursday, questioning them over recent reports on the pace and transparency of the ...

Most notably, the NYPD’s current highest-ranking official, Chief of Department Jeff Maddrey, ended up in the news recently for a November 2021 incident in Brooklyn where he intervened on behalf ...

NYPD Officer Wayne Isaacs leaves court during a break between the defense and the peoples cross examination in court at the Brooklyn Supreme Courthouse Wednesday, November 1, 2017 in Brooklyn.

Even body cameras themselves are a form of back-end accountability. This system can help ensure that rules are followed, but it says nothing about what the rules should be in the first place. The NYPD ...

NYPD tosses hundreds of misconduct cases — including stop-and-frisks — without even looking at them The department has killed more than 400 substantiated cases of alleged misconduct this year ...

Nearly half of the NYPD cops who assaulted, wrongly pepper-sprayed or committed other acts of misconduct against George Floyd protesters faced zero discipline, a new report says.