Investigations

A plainclothes NYPD Transit team has been riding trains throughout Queens at night, looking to make riders aware of a sleepy crime trend that has been spiking: Thieves looking for snoozing passengers who they can steal phones, jewelry or more from.

The bombshell development that New Jersey’s senior senator may try to blame his wife for the corruption charges the couple faces came from a court document that had been kept secret until now. But here’s why the senator’s defense team may be choosing to pin it on Nadine Menendez. NBC New York’s Jonathan Dienst reports....

Sen. Robert Menendez may blame his wife if he takes the stand during his trial, claiming she was the one getting the money and hiding the truth from him, according to court filings.

New York City will move to end its contract with a medical services company hired to house and care for a recent influx of international migrants, following scrutiny over the firm’s costly deal with the city and the quality of its humanitarian services. Mayor Eric Adams’ office on Tuesday said the city would not renew its...

Video obtained by the NBC New York I-Team shows Rikers Island correction officers failing to intervene — for nearly eight minutes — as an inmate hangs himself in their plain view. NBC New York’s Chris Glorioso reports. (Video produced by NBC’s Linda Gaudino.)

The family of Nicholas Feliciano, the inmate who attempted suicide, shared the disturbing images with News 4 as part of a desperate call for jail reform. If you or someone you know is in crisis, call or text 988 to reach the 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline. NBC New York’s Chris Glorioso reports.

Video obtained by the NBC New York I-Team shows Rikers Island correction officers failing to intervene — for nearly eight minutes — as an inmate hangs himself in their plain view.

News 4’s Melissa Russo shares the exclusive interview with the victim’s daughter. 

A popular Medicaid program that lets elderly and disabled New Yorkers choose their own caregivers has grown exponentially in just a few years, an I-Team analysis has found. Now proposed restrictions to that program are at the center of a fierce battle between Governor Kathy Hochul and state legislators, as they seek to hammer out a budget deal in A...

The mayor of Clark is running for reelection while facing corruption allegations. He was charged in Nov. 2023, but his case is just one of several corruption cases in New Jersey facing major delays in the courts — which means voters will cast ballots as these criminal cases likely linger. NBC New York’s Jonathan Dienst reports.

There is a growing mystery around a shooting incident in the New Jersey office of Newark’s former public safety director, who is now a powerful consultant. The I-Team’s Sarah Wallace reports.

There is a growing mystery surrounding a shooting incident in the New Jersey office of Newark’s former public safety director, who is now a powerful consultant. The circumstances of what happened at the Ambrose Group office building last Friday evening are shrouded in secrecy. The Essex County Prosecutor’s office will only say that one of the most ...

The ATF has teamed up with the NYPD to help speed up ballistics testing from murder and shooting scenes across the city, leading them to suspects quicker. News 4’s Jonathan Dienst reports.