Manhattan

He may be nicknamed the “Preppy Predator,” but police warn that an alleged robber in Manhattan should be considered extremely dangerous.

Don’t let the fact that he has been nicknamed “preppy predator” fool you — police are calling a criminal extremely dangerous after a pair of violent robberies targeting women. NBC New York’s Marc Santia reports.

It was impossible for prosecutors, the courts and the city jail system to predict that that Ramon Rivera would be accused of killing three people a month after being released. But critics and criminologists say there were missteps — like a lenient offer by prosecutors and lack of focus on Rivera’s schizophrenia diagnosis — that in hindsight should have been...

The defense in the manslaughter trial of Daniel Penny called a forensic pathologist to the witness stand today. News 4 New York’s Erica Byfield reports. 

It was impossible for prosecutors, the courts and the city jail system to predict Ramon Rivera would be accused of killing three people a month after being released. But critics and criminologists say there were missteps, like a lenient offer by prosecutors and lack of focus on Rivera’s schizophrenia diagnosis, that in hindsight should have been handled differently. NBC New...

Police arrested the man who they say slashed a tourist on the Upper West Side on Wednesday for no apparent reason. Surveillance video showed the suspect running up behind a group of people on West 86th Street near Columbus Avenue, with what appeared to be a knife in his hand. NBC New York’s Gaby Acevedo reports.

A forensic pathologist disputes a New York City medical examiner’s determination that former Marine Daniel Penny killed another man by placing him in a chokehold on a subway train last year.

A New York City building superintendent who was praised as a devoted caregiver in a New York Times profile was charged with stealing more than $350,000 from a 100-year-old resident of the building where she worked, prosecutors announced.

New York City police are searching for a man accused of stealing a gold-plated rose from a Manhattan church memorial honoring the victims of 9/11.

A visitor to New York City is recovering after being slashed in the face on an Upper West Side sidewalk Wednesday morning, according a law enforcement source with direct knowledge of the incident. The attack happened on West 86th Street between Columbus Ave. and Amsterdam Ave. just before 10:30 a.m., the FDNY said. Surveillance video showed a group of men…

Perhaps no one could have predicted Ramon Rivera would allegedly go on a stabbing spree in broad daylight one month after getting out of jail, killing three people at random. But in the past, he had expressed homicidal thoughts and been hospitalized for serious mental illness, according to sources familiar with his case. Rivera’s mental health may have been...

The NYPD is looking for the man suspected of attacking an 84-year-old man on the Upper East Side earlier in November. The victim was in front of 570 Park Avenue between East 62nd and East 63rd streets on Nov. 7 when he was assaulted by the suspect, according to police. Police said the alleged attacked approached the victim and hit…

A Florida man was arrested Wednesday and charged with a plot to “reboot” the U.S. government by planting a bomb at the New York Stock Exchange this week and detonating it with a remote-controlled device, according to the FBI. Harun Abdul-Malik Yener, 30, of Coral Springs, Florida, was charged with attempt to use an explosive device to damage or destroy…

A month after getting released from jail, a homeless man with eight prior arrests and a history of mental illness went on a stabbing spree in broad daylight. The man was received an early release from jail due to “good behavior,” raising questions about the circumstances leading to his release. NBC Melissa Russo reports.

A former doctor has been sentenced to life in prison after being convicted of sexually abusing multiple patients, including children, over the span of years in the New York area.

A visitor to New York City is recovering after being stabbed on an Upper West Side sidewalk Wednesday morning, according a law enforcement source with direct knowledge of the incident. NBC New York’s Gaby Acevedo reports.

A fire broke out on the rooftop of a Manhattan building, the FDNY said, sending smoke into the sky that was visible from across New York City.

A visitor to New York City is recovering after being slashed in the face on an Upper West Side sidewalk Wednesday morning, according a law enforcement source with direct knowledge of the incident. The attack happened on West 86th Street between Columbus Ave. and Amsterdam Ave. just before 10:30 a.m., the FDNY said. Surveillance video showed a group of men…

As the holiday shopping season ramps up, the NYPD has a warning about counterfeit goods — because some of the fake brands could be harmful. Detectives have raided illegal vendors across the five boroughs, hoping the operation will lead them to the people responsible for pushing the fake products on NYC streets. NBC New York’s Marc Santia reports.

There is new information about the man accused in a deadly Manhattan stabbing rampage, as 51-year-old Ramon Rivera appeared in court on three counts of first-degree murder. In the wake of the killings, NYC Mayor Eric Adams said he would go to Albany to fight for a new law, seeking to have psychiatric units no longer be able to release...