A NYPD school safety agent was arrested Friday morning, according to police. Authorities said Tanya Taylor, 49, was arrested and charged at the 113 precinct in Jamaica, Queens at around 6 a.m. Taylor was charged with criminal possession of a controlled substance in the third degree,

Two officers were taken to the hospital after a collision involving an NYPD Highway Patrol car and an MTA Bridges and Tunnel vehicle in the Queens-Midtown Tunnel. The crash happened just before 11 p.m.

NEW YORK (WABC) -- Two police vehicles collided in the Queens-Midtown Tunnel Tuesday night, sending two officers to the hospital. The NYPD highway cruiser collided with an SUV operated by an MTA Bridge and Tunnel Officer just before 11 p.m. last night. The MTA vehicle overturned, while the NYPD cruiser sustained rear end damage.

Tisch said offenses like aggressive panhandling, unlicensed street vending and public urination give “the impression of an unsafe community.”

Three kids took an unoccupied R train and took it on a joyride, police said. Three kids, whose ages were not immediately known, hopped into the subway train Saturday just after 10 p.m., according to the NYPD.

The annual Brooklyn Lunar New Year Celebration & Prosperity Street Festival, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Saturday, lines up at Eighth Avenue between 49th and 50th Streets. The event includes local vendors and performances. It'll travel down Eighth Avenue to 60th Street, where it will disperse.

Police are searching for a man wanted in the death of his ex-girlfriend and for wounding her uncle in a horrifying Queens shooting last month, NYPD sources said Monday. Kevin Rodriguez, 33, confronted his 32-year-old ex-flame,

What makes them especially vulnerable is that in New York City, vending without a license can be prosecuted as a criminal summons or a criminal misdemeanor rather than as a ticket or a civil liability, which puts vendors at risk of deportation if they encounter police.

An off-duty NYPD school safety agent was arrested early Friday morning in Queens on multiple drug and weapons charges, authorities said.

Lunar New Year celebrations in New York City this weekend are expected to bring road closures and potential traffic delays as parades take place in