Police Bureau Chief
Rocco Parascandola
Rocco Parascandola covers the NYPD and criminal justice issues for the New York Daily News, where he has been Police Bureau Chief since 2009. He has won various journalism awards in his 32-year career, which includes stints at New York Newsday and the New York Post. He is the author of "Gunz and God: The Life of an NYPD Undercover."
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NYPD captain transferred after caught in uniform calling Mayor Zohran Mamdani ‘an embarrassment’
An NYPD captain has been transferred after he was caught in uniform on video while policing a protest calling Mayor Zohran Mamdani “an embarrassment,” officials said.

Peter Greene, 60, actor in ‘Pulp Fiction,’ ‘The Mask,’ found dead in NYC apartment
Greene's longtime manager, Gregg Edward, said the actor's family had been notified of his death. There was no immediate indication as to the cause.

NYPD probing gang connection in shooting of 10 people outside Queens club holding memorial for slain teen
The shooting of 10 young people outside a Queens nightclub happened during a "celebration of life" for a teen shot to death three months ago, said cops investigating a possible...

One person killed, five others injured in parking garage collapse in lower Manhattan on Ann Street
A four-story garage collapsed Tuesday afternoon, killing one person, injuring five others and sending lower Manhattan into chaos, according to emergency officials. The structure at Ann and William streets "pancaked"...

Mujer arrestada dentro de la casa de Robert De Niro robando regalos debajo del árbol de Navidad
Una audaz ladrona irrumpió en la casa del Upper East Side del actor Robert De Niro la madrugada del lunes e intentó robar los regalos de debajo del árbol de...

Rogue employee hacks New York Post website with extremist hate-filled racist headlines
It was an inside job. A hacker who hammered the New York Post with at least a half-dozen racist, misogynist and extremist headlines under the paper's red banner on Thursday...

Entrega a su hijo a la policía tras enterarse que era buscado por balear a otro niño
Un niño de 13 años buscado por dispararle a un rival de su misma edad por una disputa de Snapchat fue arrestado después de que su madre vio un cartel...

Adolescente salta a su muerte desde atractivo turístico
Un adolescente saltó hacia su muerte desde el Vessel en Hudson Yards de Manhattan mientras su familia horrorizada observaba, dijo la policía. El joven de 15 años saltó de la...

Encuentran muerto a sujeto con ‘toco a niñitas’ escrito en el pecho
Un anciano de Staten Island fue encontrado muerto dentro de su casa con las palabras "toco a niñitas" garabateadas en el pecho, dijo la policía el martes. El hombre, que...

La actriz Lisa Banes muere tras ser atropellada
La actriz Lisa Banes, quien protagonizó "Cocktail" y "Gone Girl", murió el lunes a causa de las lesiones en la cabeza que sufrió cuando un motociclista que se dio a...
