Melasia Harris, 25, told The Post she was at the Brooklyn beach to meet a pal who never showed up — so she stayed to celebrate the holiday with a group of strangers into the early morning.

New York City’s police commissioner has declined to fire a police officer who shot and killed a man during a traffic stop.

Many of the 100,000 people who held city-issued Brooklyn Bridge Park viewing tickets called the event a "total fiasco." ...

Additional rounds of heavy rains lasting into Tuesday could produce more dangerous flooding, especially in places already ...

Drone technology seemed to contribute to an unusual number of shark sightings along Rockaway Beach in recent days. Each time ...

An off-duty NYPD cop was carjacked at gunpoint in the Bronx, police sources said Sunday. The 27-year-old officer was pulled from his car by the gunman on Ward Ave. near Bruckner Blvd. in Soundview ...

An NYPD officer is recovering after being hit with a firework while trying to control a crowd during Fourth of July ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — A member of the New York Police Department was injured and taken to a local hospital following a law ...

We're getting a look at how the NYPD is handling security ahead of the 4th of July celebrations in New York City.

From cities and towns to beaches and boardwalks, residents across the Tri-State area marked the July Fourth holiday under ...

Thousands of spectators are expected to flock to Manhattan and Brooklyn to watch fireworks burst through the air from the ...

Authorities across the country are on high alert this Independence Day, ramping up security on the ground, in the air and along the waterways.