I-Team

NBC New York’s Chris Glorioso reports.

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 Dienst reports.

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. 

There were dramatic developments in a decades-old Brooklyn murder case, just as a hearing on new evidence was about to begin. The defense has repeatedly accused prosecutors of withholding critical information in the case involving Lorenzo Glaspie, accusations the prosecutor’s office denies. The I-Team’s Sarah Wallace 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. 

New York City Mayor Eric Adams said he will be naming a new NYPD commissioner in the near future. Who are the possible leading candidates? Sources say one name is already part of the Adams administration. NBC New York’s Andrew Siff reports.

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

Expect more changes coming to City Hall, NYC Mayor Eric Adams said in an interview with NBC New York. Andrew Siff reports.

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 firms were referenced in the two criminal cases...

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 in...

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.

News 4’s Chris Glorioso with the exclusive report for I-Team. 

The schools chancellor will be hitting the exits earlier than he expected. the mayor apparently forcing David Banks out amid growing political and prosecution pressures surrounding the Adams administration. NBC New York’s Jonathan Dienst reports.

NYC Mayor Eric Adams was told during his second court appearance that he could face more charges in addition to the five counts the federal government brought against him. His attorney, Alex Spiro, responded to the warning by stating the move showed federal prosecutors don’t have a “real case.” NBC New York’s Jonathan Dienst reports.

A former celebrity bodyguard accused of raping a woman with Sean “Diddy” Combs more than two decades ago claims he is being falsely accused and unfairly linked to the controversial entertainment star who is facing sex trafficking charges.