William Bratton

Why can a man go shirtless in a city park during a hot summer afternoon or on the concrete basketball court in a pickup game between “skins” and “shirts” and a woman … cant?

A New York City plainclothes police officer was seriously injured when he was shot in the head on May 2 while attempting to question a man from his cruiser, and authorities said a suspect had been arrested and was in custody.

New York Mayor Bill de Blasio denied that the city had toughened its policing strategy in response to the riots in Baltimore after some lawmakers accused the city's police force of overly aggressive tactics in its handling of protests on April 29 at night.