Investigations

Documents reviewed by the NBC New York I-Team suggest the city’s municipal workforce may be more distracted than ever – by side jobs with private sector companies that have business dealings with the city.

Two New Yorkers and a man from Iran were charged in a thwarted assassination plot targeting President-elect Donald Trump, and there were apparent plans to target others in NYC too. The FBI said the Iranian plot began in September, when hitmen were hired to kill several activists and Jewish individuals in New York. NBC New York’s Jonathan Dien...

Sarah Wallace reporting on new evidence in a controversial 1986 murder conviction. 

Over two decades ago, Mike Velasquez walked into a billiards hall and never came home. His murder remains unsolved but police are making new efforts to crack this cold case. News 4 New York’s Marc Santia reports. 

A group of congregants at the influential Abyssinian Baptist Church in Harlem has filed a lawsuit seeking to void the election of a new pastor who just took over the historic Black church last month.

History has been made in Putnam County with the largest civil settlement ever in a wrongful conviction case. News 4 New York’s Sarah Wallace reports. 

Mayor Eric Adams said Thursday he will soon appoint a new commissioner for the NYPD to replace interim Commissioner Tom Donlon.

A day after City Hall confirmed a former aide to the mayor, a community affairs assistant, was arrested in connection with Mayor Eric Adams’ past campaign fundraising, News 4 learned another City Hall official was fired in September amid the ongoing criminal investigations encircling the administration. It comes as two different construction ...

New York City said the huge migrant shelter on Randall’s Island is set to close in February. Officials said a steady decline in the arriving migrant population has changed the reality and necessity of the temporary shelter. NBC New York’s Andrew Siff reports.

Mohamed Bahi, who resigned Monday as the mayor’s liaison to the Muslim community, is accused of encouraging a businessman to solicit illegal straw donations from four of the businessman’s employees and to then lie about it to the FBI. NBC New York’s Melissa Russo reports. 

Despite pleading not guilty, a majority of New Yorkers think Mayor Eric Adams has likely broken the law, and the Marist poll shows an even greater number think he needs to step down. The poll results came as Adams again visited with clergy in an effort to stem the tide of bad news. NBC New York’s Jonathan Dienst reports.

Her phones were seized and her husband, NYC Schools Chancellor David Banks, was pushed out earlier in the week. Now, First Deputy Mayor Sheena Wright is set to become the latest high ranking official headed for the City Hall door. Her resignation is anticipated as early as Friday evening as Gov. Kathy Hochul pushes Mayor Eric Adams to clean house i...

Fresh off of the selection of a new senior pastor, Harlem’s historic Abyssinian Baptist Church is facing a deep divide. A dozen members of the influential Black congregation tell the I-Team they represent dozens more who believe the new pastor was chosen in a flawed process, set up to unfairly favor one candidate.