As crime declined citywide in 2016, it rose in Mott Haven
While Mayor de Blasio proudly touts record-low violent crime statistics across the city, many Mott Haven residents say they're seeing a darker picture.
40th Precinct launches program to fight crime, patch relations
A new NYPD program that kicked off in mid-January is taking aim both at rising crime rates and at strained relations between the 40th Precinct and Mott Haven residents.
Cop was hit by ‘friendly fire’
The police officer who was shot in the right ankle after responding to a massive melee that spilled onto the streets of Mott Haven, has undergone surgery at Lincoln Medical…
Homicides, assaults drop in 2012, robberies up
Residents urge cops to rein in reckless drivers Mott Haven’s violent crime rate came way down in 2012, a drop police attribute to three major busts of local gangs orchestrated…
Teens behind area robbery spike
Young people spur robbery surge in Mott Haven, prompting a strong response from the 40th Precinct.