An NYPD sergeant pleaded guilty to attacking a man in a holding cell and violently arresting another man in a subway station.

Phillip Wong, 37, originally pleaded not guilty to misdemeanor assault and attempted assault charges. But on Wednesday, Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg said that Wong had pleaded guilty to assault and attempted assault, both in the third degree.

Police arrested a Bronx man on hate crime charges shortly after he was released without having to post bail in a feces attack on the subway, officials said. Frank Abrokwa, 37, was then released again without bail in the second case, according to a spokesperson for the Brooklyn District Attorney’s Office. After his arraignment Wednesday, Abrokwa got supervised release, “which is the most restrictive option under the law.”

New York has been ranked one of the top three states in the opportunities it has for women.

Personal-finance website WalletHub released its best states for women study. In its 2022 report, New York was ranked the third best state for women due to high rankings in life expectancy, median earnings and preventative health care.

More than a month after investigators say a child’s femur was broken at the hands of her teacher, a Florida family still has unanswered questions.

In mid-January, Leah Owen received a call no parent wants to receive. Her 3-year-old child with Autism, Gabby, was in class when investigators say she broke her femur. Investigators say the teacher, Samantha Forester, was changing Gabby out of wet clothes when the injury happened. Gabby was taken to the hospital and put in a cast.

The FBI offered a reward of up to $50,000 for information leading to an arrest in two Brooklyn public housing shooting deaths from 2018.

On May 11, 2018, family members found 62-year-old Ana Delvalle dead in her NYCHA apartment on Moore Street. Her hands had been bound and she’d suffered a single gunshot wound to her head, police said at the time. A small amount of money appeared to have been taken from the grandma’s apartment.

Police arrested a Bronx man on hate crime charges shortly after he was released without bail in a feces attack on the subway, officials said.

Frank Abrokwa, 37, was originally arrested on Feb. 28 on charges of forcible touching, menacing, disorderly conduct and harassment. He allegedly smeared feces on a woman’s face as she sat on a bench in the East 241 Street subway station on Feb. 21.

“S–t happens. Haha,” Abrokwa said after his arrest, according to the criminal complaint. “This is a s—ty situation. Haha.”

Several teens were stabbed in a Brooklyn subway fight on Tuesday afternoon, police said.

Three 16-year-old victims and a 21-year-old man were stabbed while on the platform at the Flushing Avenue stop on the J/Z subway line, officials said. They all headed to the hospital themselves for treatment. Two of the teens were stabbed in the chest and the other teen was stabbed in the arm. The older victim was stabbed in the chest and in the arm.

A man carried out seven assaults on women of Asian descent in just two hours on Sunday in Manhattan, police said.

All of the attacks were spread across Midtown, Gramercy Park, NoLita and the East Village. The suspect first struck at about 6:30 p.m. near Madison Avenue and East 30th Street in Midtown, according to the NYPD. He then approached a 57-year-old Asian woman and punched her once in the face; police said the two did not interact at all before the attack.

Addressing a concerned nation and an anxious world, President Biden vowed in his first State of the Union address to check Russian aggression in Ukraine by banning Russian flights from U.S. airspace. The move follows similar action by Canada and the European Union this week. The U.S. ban raises the possibility that Russia could respond by prohibiting U.S. flights over its territory, which would make for longer and more costly flights, especially for cargo carriers.

Four New York organizations are calling for the state to pass a good cause eviction and housing access voucher program (HAVP). The Community Service Society, Housing Justice for All, New York University’s Urban Democracy Lab, and Pratt Center for Community Development highlighted the reasons why a good cause eviction and HAVP should be passed in a report looking at Black renter statistics.

A man was slashed; another man was shot in the chest; a woman was beaten with a hammer; another woman had feces rubbed on her face. High-profile acts of violence in New York City’s subway system prompted increased police presence and a new subway safety plan, which includes more enforcement of MTA rules and new homeless outreach teams.

To mask or not to mask? 😷

New York has begun loosening its rules around mask-wearing. The new developments follow recently updated CDC guidance saying that most people don’t need to wear a face covering in indoor public settings unless there’s a high level of severe disease. Gov. Hochul announced that as of Wednesday, March 2, students and staff in state schools will no longer be required to wear masks.

Drivers hoping to save their credit cards at the pump this month saw the opposite on Monday, when the average price of gas reached $3.44, the highest mark since 2014. Several factors are combining to make a bleak start to the year even worse in February, according to AAA.

Municipal workers in New York City who have not complied with the city’s COVID vaccine mandate will be terminated on Friday.

On Aug. 2, all new hires were required to be fully vaccinated as a condition of employment. Last week, separation letters were sent to all city workers who were not in compliance with the mandate. Anyone waiting on a religious exemption appeal will be allowed to remain.

Former President Trump said Joe Rogan should “stop apologizing” amid ongoing controversy surrounding the podcast host. “Joe Rogan is an interesting and popular guy, but he’s got to stop apologizing to the Fake News and Radical Left maniacs and lunatics,” Trump said in a recent statement.

Valentine’s Day spending is expected to reach $23.9 billion in 2022, and Americans are planning to spend a good chunk of that on sweets, according to the National Retail Federation. However, Americans may be divided on their favorite Valentine’s Day candies, according to a study from online retailer Candy Store.

Jackie Robinson is best known as the first Black man to break the “color barrier” in baseball. But, 63 years before him, there was Moses Fleetwood Walker. During the 19th century, Walker was a catcher for the Toledo Blue Stockings and was the first African American man to play in the Major Leagues.

Actress Susan Sarandon apologized to the families of slain NYPD officers Jason Rivera and Wilbert Mora on Friday for a tweet she shared about police.

The original post she shared, which has since been deleted, was a screenshot of a tweet that said: “I’m gonna tell my kids this is what fascism looks like” over an image of police lining the streets of New York to memorialize the slain officers.

Joe Rogan has put Spotify in a tough spot, but the streaming giant is not ready to part ways with the popular podcast host despite intense criticism over his anti-coronavirus vaccine comments and use of racial slurs. Spotify CEO Daniel Ek said in a message to employees Sunday that Rogan’s racist language was “incredibly hurtful” and that the host was behind the removal of dozens of episodes of “The Joe Rogan Experience.”

It started with a sleeping NYPD officer shot just hours into the new year and continued with another six officers shot in the first weeks of 2022.

Most recently, an off-duty officer was shot in the foot as he attended a vigil in Harlem. He was the second off-duty officer shot in the course of the week. Two of the seven officers shot this year — Jason Rivera and Wilbert Mora — died of their injuries. They were shot on Jan. 21 when they responded to a domestic incident in Harlem.