Jack Shapiro, a 54-year-old outdoorsman and retired Brooklyn cop, was winter-surfing off Gilgo Beach with friends around 2:20 p.m. Sunday when he plunged into the surf and had to be pulled to

A former New York City police sergeant died from an apparent drowning while surfing in Long Island’s frigid waters on Sunday.

Thomas J. Mascia, 27, who had been a state trooper since 2019, pleaded not guilty to falsely reporting an incident and other charges.

Tisch said offenses like aggressive panhandling, unlicensed street vending and public urination give “the impression of an unsafe community.”

If the legislature approves the nomination, Catalina, currently Suffolk's first deputy police commissioner, would be head of one of the nation's largest police departments.

A former sergeant for the New York Police Department has died in a suspected drowning on Long Island. Jack Shapiro was surfing at Gilgo Beach on Sunday, January 19th when, just after 2:00 pm local time,

Jack Shapiro, 54, of Holbrook was identified as the victim after being pulled to shore by a bystander off the coast of Gilgo Beach just after 2 p.m. on Sunday, Jan. 19.

New York State Police Trooper Thomas Mascia, who claimed he was shot on Long Island, is now facing charges in the case.

A former New York state trooper has been arrested and charged after prosecutors say he shot himself in the leg and then falsely claimed he was wounded by an unknown gunman on a Long Island highway last year.

The NYPD released an age-progressed image of Arkadiy "ARK" Tashman, who disappeared from Staten Island in 2005, to renew public interest and gather information.

The New York State trooper who claimed he was shot during a Long Island traffic stop turned himself in to police Monday morning.

Admittedly the State of the NYPD 2025 address drew a very pro-police crowd to Cipriani’s on Jan. 30, but it was still noteworthy that the newish NYPD