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."

Man exiting Brooklyn subway train dragged to death, witnesses say his bag got caught in door

September 29, 2026 at 5:49 p.m.

Yaw Adu Boahene, 66, walking unsteadily with a cane, was getting off an A train at the Utica Ave. station in Bedford-Stuyvesant when killed.

FDNY Capt. Michael Dugan hangs an American flag from a light pole in front of what is left of the World Trade Center after it was destroyed in a terrorist attack on Sept. 11, 2001. (Andrew Savulich / New York Daily News)

Pain, trauma and gratitude: 9/11 remembered by those who were there: ‘It’s the story of New York’

September 11, 2026 at 9:00 a.m.

They bore witness to horror, devastation and heroism. Their lives were forever altered.

The Brooklyn bound lanes of the Brooklyn Bridge were closed for several hours after a man armed with a knife was shot by NYPD Officers on Friday September 4, 2026.

NYPD officer shoots and kills man with knife during high-wire clash on Brooklyn Bridge

September 4, 2026 at 2:51 p.m.

It marked the second time this week police shot and killed a suspect, officials said.

A woman has been arrested after authorities said she stabbed two teen girls, and slashed a third, during an argument in a Dollar Store in East New York Wednesday night. (Theodore Parisienne / New York Daily News)

Woman stabs two teen girls, slashes third in Brooklyn Dollar Tree

August 20, 2026 at 6:37 p.m.

Suspect Violar Bouyer, 44, was with her child inside the East New York Dollar Tree when the three victims approached, sparking an argument.

Multiple people were injured in a crash at Sherman Ave. and W. 204th St. in Inwood on Thursday, Aug. 20, 2026. (Theodore Parisienne / New York Daily News)

See the photos: Corvette crashes into Mercedes, then strikes pedestrian, in Manhattan drag race

August 20, 2026 at 6:23 p.m.

The Corvette driver was zipping east when he slammed into the Mercedes and then struck a 34-year-old man.

NYPD officer convicted of using chokehold prohibited after George Floyd’s death on suspect

August 14, 2026 at 8:33 a.m.

The case marks the first time an officer has been tried since a local law prohibiting chokeholds was enacted in the wake of the murder of George Floyd.

A suspect was taken into federal custody outside 26 Federal Plaza in Lower Manhattan Monday morning after setting off fireworks and menacing passersby with a gun, police sources said. (Barry Williams / New York Daily News)

Anti-ICE Army vet sets off fireworks, lights blaze, fires pellet gun outside New York federal building

July 20, 2026 at 6:52 p.m.

Andrew Arrabaca, wearing a military-style helmet and pulling a cart with a sign reading "ICE off our streets," allegedly set off the fireworks.

‘Today’ show intruder targets Al Roker, Craig Melvin, charged with burglary, menacing as hate crimes

September 23, 2026 at 1:14 p.m.

An intruder has been arrested for sneaking into the “Today” show, where he tried to attack Craig Melvin and shouted racist slurs after failing to track down Al Roker.

Jay-Z’s Yankee Stadium show runs nearly 3 hours late after delayed start

July 13, 2026 at 1:11 p.m.

The final night of Jay-Z's Yankee Stadium homestand ran until nearly 3 a.m. due to a late start prompted by crowd control issues.

Horses and carriages wait for customers near Central Park.

Teenage tourist dies as horse-drawn carriage overturns in NYC’s Central Park

June 18, 2026 at 7:32 a.m.

The incident comes amid a battle over the future of the carriage horse industry in New York City.

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