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."

NYPD SRG officers push back a crowd outside of a watch party at Bryant Park for Game 3 of the NBA Finals between New York Knicks and San Antonio Spurs on June 8, 2026 in New York City.

New York Knicks fans assault NYPD cops, block traffic and uproot trees at Bryant Park watch party

June 9, 2026 at 12:04 p.m.

Unruly Knicks fans went wild at a watch party at Bryant Park in Midtown Manhattan, blocking traffic on W. 42nd St., ripping trees out of the ground and injuring at...

Mayor Zohran Mamdani speaks during the NYPD’s first quarter crime stats press conference Thursday, April 2, 2026 in Manhattan, New York. (Barry Williams/ New York Daily News)

NYPD captain transferred after caught in uniform calling Mayor Zohran Mamdani ‘an embarrassment’

May 7, 2026 at 7:35 a.m.

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.

Actor Peter Greene outside the SVA Theatre at the Tribeca Film Festival on April 18, 2016 in New York City. (Photo by Bobby Bank/GC Images)

Peter Greene, 60, actor in ‘Pulp Fiction,’ ‘The Mask,’ found dead in NYC apartment

December 13, 2025 at 10:01 a.m.

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.

At least three gunmen opened fire about 11:15 p.m. Wednesday at a crowd of about 15 people waiting outside the the Amazura concert hall. (Theodore Parisienne / New York Daily News)

NYPD probing gang connection in shooting of 10 people outside Queens club holding memorial for slain teen

January 2, 2025 at 7:26 p.m.

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...

The view from a above of the collapsed garage at Ann and Williams streets in Lower Manhattan on April 18, 2023.

One person killed, five others injured in parking garage collapse in lower Manhattan on Ann Street

April 19, 2023 at 1:19 a.m.

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"...

Robert De Niro asiste a la proyección del 50 aniversario de "El Padrino" durante el Festival Tribeca 2022 en el United Palace Theatre el 16 de junio de 2022 en Nueva York.

Mujer arrestada dentro de la casa de Robert De Niro robando regalos debajo del árbol de Navidad

December 19, 2022 at 6:26 p.m.

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

October 27, 2022 at 9:20 p.m.

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

October 13, 2021 at 8:39 p.m.

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...

The Vessel en Hudson Yards, en New York.

Adolescente salta a su muerte desde atractivo turístico

July 29, 2021 at 7:13 p.m.

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...

Shallow depth of field image taken of yellow law enforcement line with police car and lights in the background.

Encuentran muerto a sujeto con ‘toco a niñitas’ escrito en el pecho

July 20, 2021 at 8:06 p.m.

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...

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