NYPD

NEW YORK (AP) -- Amid the fallout from a grand jury's decision in the fatal police shooting of 18-year-old Michael Brown in Missouri, a panel in New York City is quietly nearing its own conclusion about another combustible case involving the death of an unarmed man at the hands of police.

NEW YORK (AP) -- The New York City medical examiner announced Monday that the police killing of an unarmed man in a dark public housing stairwell was a homicide, and politicians planned to meet with prosecutors later in the day to discuss the findings.

NEW YORK (AP) -- A former McDonald's worker acquitted of charges he placed shards of glass into a police officer's Big Mac nearly a decade ago has won a $437,000 settlement from the city after arguing the officer fabricated the story to win money by suing the fast food restaurant.

NEW YORK (AP) -- Thousands of people expressing grief, anger and hope for a better future marched through Staten Island on Saturday to protest the chokehold death of an unarmed black man by a white police officer.

NEW YORK (AP) -- A chokehold used by a white police officer on a black New York City man during his arrest for selling untaxed, loose cigarettes last month caused his death, the medical examiner announced Friday, ruling it a homicide.

ROME (AP) -- New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio and his family are wrapping up a whirlwind vacation in his ancestral homeland of Italy, complete with cheering crowds, paparazzi and, yes, even proof Italians do eat pizza with a knife and fork.

NEW YORK (AP) -- An overflow crowd packed a church on Wednesday night for the funeral of a man who died in police custody after an officer placed him in an apparent chokehold.

NEW YORK (AP) -- New York City police say two officers involved in the arrest of a man who died in custody are being placed on modified duty.

It was well intended. It was supposed to be good public relations for the NYPD. People were invited through Twitter to share a photo featuring a member of the NYPD and as an example started with a picture of a smiling guy flanked by two smiling uniformed officers.

Apparently the members of the NYPD and the FDNY hockey teams take their rivalry extremely seriously.