The new anti-gun unit is part of New York Mayor Eric Adams’ new initiative to combat rising gun violence. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid. An earlier version of the NYPD’s 90-day crime plan says ...

In 2020, then-NYPD Commissioner Dermot Shea disbanded the 600-person prior iteration of the undercover anti-crime unit, because he said the officers assigned to it were responsible for a ...

New York City Mayor Eric Adams is resurrecting a controversial unit within the NYPD to help stem an increase in shootings, hoping that oversight and training will prevent the unit from the infamy ...

As part of a new initiative to crack down on gun violence in the city, Mayor Eric Adams has reinstated the NYPD’s anti-crime unit. Officers are now equipped with new training and technology to ...

NYPD boosting pickpocket unit during holidays 02:11. NEW YORK-- The NYPD says pickpocket crimes are on the rise and it's beefing up the prevention plan for big events, like the Rockefeller Center ...

NYPD Chief of Department Kenneth Corey. Police reform advocates have said they are worried the new unit won’t be any better than Anti-Crime and have vowed to track how officers conduct themselves.