Police and Law Enforcement

After subway killing, NYC business community calls for more political action

Partnership for New York City president and CEO Kathryn Wylde says Mayor Eric Adams, Gov. Kathy Hocul, NYPD and MTA leadership need public support for stronger measures ranging from "prosecution of fare evasion to ankle bracelets for felons awaiting trial to institutionalization of the seriously mentally ill."

Florida Dunkin' worker sentenced for fatal punch of customer

Vonelle Cook was irate when he entered the Dunkin' store last May and began yelling about customer service, police and prosecutors said. When Pujols, who is Black, asked him to leave, Cook called him a racial slur, and Pujols punched him.