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The article reveals how an illegal cannabis dispensary in Queens, Budega, received a retail license despite state assurances that such businesses would be shut down, highlighting flaws in the licensing process and concerns over regulatory oversight.

The article focuses on the challenges facing New York's recreational cannabis market rollout, particularly the proliferation of rogue head shops outnumbering licensed dispensaries, causing frustration and concern among stakeholders about the government's slower approach.

The article discusses the paradox of marijuana legalization in New York, where legal weed from other states, like Oklahoma, ends up in the illicit market due to delays in licensing retail outlets. It mentions that despite efforts to combat trafficking, the state struggles to transition consumers to legal sources, leading to concerns about lost tax revenues and job creation promised by legalization.

The article reports on the delayed and bumpy rollout of New York State's legalized marijuana industry, with only 23 legal dispensaries currently in operation, as a recent court order temporarily halted the awarding and processing of licenses for new stores due to legal challenges.

The article focuses on the roadblocks faced by cannabis retailers in New York, who were promised priority as part of the state's recreational cannabis industry plan but are now experiencing delays and challenges, and issues include difficulties in selecting storefront locations.

The article discusses that Roland Conner, who was arrested and convicted on possession and other charges in the 1990s, has opened a dispensary in Greenwich Village in New York under a state initiative to give people convicted of offenses related to cannabis a head start in the newly legal business.

The article reports on the opening of Housing Works Cannabis Co., the first cannabis dispensary allowing legal sales of marijuana in Manhattan, New York on December 29, 2022.

The article reports on the move by cannabis regulators in New York to abolish a rule mandating first retail operators to accept the storefronts assigned by the government in a bid to increase their sales before year 2022 ends.

The article focuses on the awards party for the New York Growers Cup that highlighted craft growers working to perfect strains of marijuana, and mentions market in New York dominated by strains from the West Coast.

The article reports on the 36 licenses issued the New York Cannabis Control Board to businesses and nonprofits to operate the first recreational cannabis retail dispensaries in the state.

The article reports on lawsuits filled by New York officials to halt untraceable firearms proliferation known as ghost gun under state law intending to hold gun industry accountable for shootings and mentions litigation against pharmacy firms for opioid crisis.

The article focuses on the alleged killing of 24-year-old drug dealer Adrian Maldonado by a woman who had been having an affair with him in the Bronx, New York City. Topics covered include rumors about the alleged murder of Maldonado which the residents refuse to tell the police, the deadly violence that has been occurring in the South Bronx, and background information on Maldonado.

The article reports on the arrest of Jazmine Headley, when she went to a public benefits office in Brooklyn, New York City to find out why the city had abruptly stopped paying for her son to go to day care. Topics discussed include mistreatment received by people seeking public assistance at city benefits offices, challenges experienced by Headley in trying to get benefits restored, and remarks from New York City Human Resources Administration Commissioner Steven Banks.

The article reports on the chaos at the Global Citizen Festival in Central Park in New York City on September 29, 2018 after the audience heard a gunshot-like sound that ignited fears of shooting. The concertgoers panicked and rushed for a limited number of exits before the police asked them to remain because the sound was just a fence falling over. The chaos forced law enforcement authorities, security experts and policymakers to review ways for curbing the risk of crowd panic.

The article reports on the arrest of New York State Senator Luis R. Sepúlveda in January 2021 due to a charge of criminal obstruction of breathing for allegedly choking his estranged wife during their quarrel.

The article informs that a 1-year-old boy was shot and killed and three adults were wounded at a cookout in Brooklyn, New York, capping a day of shootings in the city, according to the police, as of July 2020.

The article reports that the number of New York City prisoners being transferred to other New York state jurisdictions has risen since the implementation of the solitary confinement ban covering prisoners 21 years old and younger incarcerated in New York City correctional facilities. Topics discussed include the City allegedly using the prison transfer to get around the solitary confinement ban, the types of prisoners who are most likely to be transferred and the provisions of the solitary ban.

The article discusses the crime front in New York. It states how the urban crime rate has fallen drastically in New York over the years with the rate of homicide falling down to a record low and a rise in sex crimes. It states the views of the police commissioner William J. Bratton about the drop in the crime scene.

The article discusses the increasing crime rate in South Bronx in New York City in 2016. Particular focus was given on the case of Daniel Rice and Kevin Thomas who were one of the victims of gun violence in the state. Comments from Dermot F. Shea, chief of crime control strategies of the New York Police Department, are also included.

The article reports a shooting incident in South Bronx, New York that resulted in the death of a person, Rafael Guzman shot by Maurilio Juárez, an undocumented immigrant from Mexico. It mentions that a fight broke between Mr. Juárez's brother and a few men who were reportedly trying to steal the beer bottles. An agitated Mr. Juárez grabbed a gun and fired two rounds killing Mr. Guzman. Also, if convicted of murder, he would face at least 15 years in prison and a likely deportation after release.

The article reports on the murder of a man in a fight at a subway station in Queens, New York City on February 3, 2019.

The article informs that New York State's highest court said that the U.S. Constitution guarantees jury trials to noncitizens charged with crimes that could subject them to deportation, in a divided ruling that prompted a call for the Supreme Court to weigh in.

The article reports on discovery of bags containing human remains found near park in Bronx and mentions that the police were investigating if the bodies are connected to the event and that the medical examiner will determine the discovered remains.

The article discusses an increase in domestic murders in New York City, such as Alejandro Uribe's murder of his wife, Nadia Saavedra, on her 34th birthday in her Bronx, New York apartment. Topics include Uribe's obsessive behavior and short stay in a psychiatric ward prior to murdering Saavedra and killing himself, the tendency for domestic murders to occur in poor neighborhoods such as Mott Haven in the Bronx's 40th Precinct, and the efforts of police officers to convince victims to report domestic violence and abuse.

The article reports on the death of a Rikers Island inmate after being attacked by Artemio Rosa inside the Anna M. Kross Correctional Facility, in which he was housed in a unit for inmates who showed mental health issues but do not have a serious disorder, in New York in 2018.

The article covers the New York City Police Department's investigation in to the June 2018 stabbing death of 15 year old Lesandro Guzman-Feliz.

The article discusses the legal debate over a New York City law that keeps police officers' discipline files confidential after some have called for the release of records of officer Daniel Pantaleo whose chokehold on Eric Garner in 2014 resulted in Garner's death.

The article discusses sealing of a case in New York in cases when the criminal charges on a adult is dismissed or when they are downgraded or declined to protect the people from the stigma of the arrest with a recent lawsuit been filed as sealed arrest records became public.

The article discusses the lawsuit challenging the practices of the New York City Police violating the rights of processing dues by the black and Latino people with the aid of improper use of sealed arrest records.

The article reports that the 75th Precinct in East New York has no record of murder from December 12, 2017 to April 21, 2018 which is record breaking as the area is deemed as one of the most violent in the country.

The article reports on Mark Jenkins, a formerly incarcerated person who was arrested on April 2, 2018 and charged with beating the 3-year-old daughter of his girlfriend in their Far Rockaway apartment in Queens, New York.

The article reports on the indictment charges againts motor vehicle towing companies, due to charges of corruption and conspiracy and was described as a classic scheme to enrich themselves and maintain a complete business monopoly.

The article reports on the woman, Quanneisha Baskerville fell to her death from a fifth-floor window of a housing development in Harlem, New York on February 17, 2018, and even after police responding to call about her hanging from the window ledge.

The article reports on the investigation on the death of 48 year-old man Dwayne Pritchett while being handcuffed by police officers and detained in a police headquarters.

The article focuses on upcoming release of a report by Comptroller Scott M. Stringer, New York City 's chief financial officer, calling for elimination of commercial bail in the city, and mentions that accused in the city are mostly poor African-American and Hispanic people.

The article reports on the death of Holt Francis, the 13th casualty of a fire in Bronx, New York City, on January 4, 2018, noting that the fire was started by a three-year-old boy who was playing with stove burners.

The article reports on an off-duty New York City, New York police officer hit over the head and robbed of his firearm, his gun missing and his treatment at St. Barnabas Hospital.

The article focuses on the conflict between the New York City Police Department and the Civilian Complaint Review Board, a panel of outsiders serving as a watchdog over a formidable law enforcement agency, referencing a report by the Board, which highlights strains in the relationship.

The article reports on the video footage from the body camera of New York City police officers documenting the fatal shooting of 31-year-old man Miguel Richards at his apartment in Bronx, New York after he raised an object which appeared to be a gun.

The article reports that Miguel Gonzalez, a police officer in New York City who shot and killed Dwayne Jeune in Brooklyn on July 31, 2017, has followed police department protocols during the encounter, according to police commissioner James P. O'Neill.

The article reports on the escape of Richard Matt and David Sweat, two prisoners serving life sentences for murder, from the Clinton Correctional Facility state prison in Dannemora, New York. It says they used power tools to get out of their cells and then leave the prison through several pipes and tunnels, noting this was the first successful escape from the maximum-security part of the prison. It offers physical descriptions of the two men and outlines their crimes.

The article reports that Dalsh Veve, police officer from New York City in New York, was fighting for his life after he was injured by stolen car in Brooklyn on June 3, 2017 and presents the views of police commissioner James P. O'Neill regarding the same.

The article reports on court ordered pilot program joined by New York Police Department with its mission to put body cameras on all patrol officers in two years, comments from Chuck Wexler of the Police Executive Research Forum, on adoption of the CompStat system and importance of body cameras.

The article reports on the pilot program for New York City police officers to begin wearing body cameras in April 2017 which was approved by federal monitor overseeing changes to the stop-and-frisk program, but will face legal challenges from civil liberties lawyers and police labor unions.

The article reports that the New York City Police Department will henceforth allow South Asian Sikhs who are officers in the department to sport beards and wear blue turbans, to accommodate religious sentiments.

The reports on Shamel Jones, a 19-year-old man who was shot dead by a police officer after he refused to drop a footlong kitchen knife in Bronx, New York City.

The article discusses the issue of New York Police adopting Body Cameras and mentions it a improved method of surveillance and states that shooting of African American Terence Crutcher was recorded by the body camera.