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Police Commissioner William Bratton said that the city will stop raiding homeless shelters, following an early-morning raid at an Upper West Side shelter last month that netted 22 arrests.

Advocates for the homeless are planning to rally on Wednesday against a decision by local police officials to raid local homeless shelters looking for people with open arrest warrants.

Julie Qiu came upon this crash involving a taxicab and another vehicle at 80th street and Broadway on Tuesday around 10 a.m. Two people were taken to

We received another report from this weekend of violence between young men in the west 90's. In recent weeks, residents and police have

The NYPD says it will start a three-week citywide effort on Monday June 16, to crack down on bad driving. They'll be handing out

Two men beat another man in front of a building on West 93rd street between West End Avenue and Riverside Drive around 9 p.m. on Thursday following

Police officers in the 24th precinct (above 86th street) have increased the number of tickets they give to bicyclists in the past month

Police raided the Freedom House homeless shelter on West 95th street on Friday, rounding up 22 people with outstanding arrest warrants. The raid follows a spike in

A police officer and two Upper West Siders chased down a man who police say was stealing packages from a building on West 76th street. It all went down around

The good news is that there have been no murders in the 20th precinct this year, and while one rape has been reported it

Teenagers were arrested in a series of incidents on the Upper West Side and in Central Park.

Police released the photo above of a suspect in an assault and robbery on West 96th street. Around 10 a.m. on Saturday, a 15-year-old girl

NYPD Commissioner Bratton switched up the leadership at several Northern Manhattan precincts last week, and put a new commander in charge at the 24th precinct.

Police responded to reports of shots fired at 92nd street and Columbus Avenue on Friday night around 11:30 p.m.

The NYPD says that Columbia Dental student Jiwon Lee, who went missing from her apartment on West 98th street last week, left "suicidal notes" in her apartment that said

A 25-year-old man was arrested on Friday and charged with trying to lure three girls into his car when it was parked across from West Prep Academy on

Jiwon Lee, a student at Columbia's dental school, has been missing since Wednesday night after last being seen at her apartment on West 98th street.

Efforts to keep pedestrians safer on the Upper West Side have been slow to bear fruit, as recent statistics show that the 24th precinct

A mother and father were stabbed early on Tuesday morning at 784 Columbus Avenue near 97th street, and their son is suspected of the crime

Several disturbing stories, and a powerful letter from a local mother are in our weekly roundup of Upper West Side news published in other outlets.