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Seen At 11: Real Life NYC ‘Superheroes’ Take Matters Into Their Own Hands

Members of the New York Superheroes go by names like “Snipe,” “Spyder,” “Dark Guardian,” and “Spector,” names that could have been pulled straight from the pages of a comic book, and they take their commitment to doing good very seriously.

2013/05/09

Paige Aiello (credit: Family handout via Steve Sandberg/1010 WINS)

Police: Body Found Near GWB Is That Of Missing NJ College Student

Paige Aiello was last seen at her family’s home in Hillsborough on April 9.

2013/05/09

The NYPD is looking for a group of men in connection with a possible 'bias attack' in Midtown. (Credit NYPD)

NYPD Seeks ‘Persons Of Interest’ In Connection With Midtown Bias Beating

The NYPD is asking the public for help in identifying several persons of interest wanted in connection with a possible bias assault in Midtown.

2013/05/08

Authorities on the scene of a fatal fire in the Bronx on Wednesday, May 8, 2013 (credit: Tony Aiello/CBS 2)

Was Bronx Fire Set To Cover-Up Murders? Investigators Probe Story Ave Blaze

When firefighters put the blaze out shortly before noon, they found two men on the bed burned beyond recognition.

2013/05/08

Surveillance images of a man who allegedly stole $500 from a 3-year-old boy in the Bronx (credit: NYPD)

Police: Man Stole $500 From 3-Year-Old Boy At Bronx Liquor Store

A 3-year-old boy was robbed of $500 in the Bronx last week, in a shocking incident that was caught on surveillance video.

2013/05/08

Police: Man Sexually Assaulted 20-Year-Old Woman On Queens Street Corner

The incident occurred shortly after 5 a.m. Sunday at 98th Street and 97th Avenue in Richmond Hill.

2013/05/08

New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg (file / credit: Edward Reed)

NYPD: Stop-And-Frisk Stops Down 51 Percent, But Crime Also Way Down

While NYC’s stop-and-frisk program is literally on trial in federal court and is eating up much of the air in the mayoral campaign, word has come down that when cops stopped doing it so much; those committing crimes also stopped doing it so much.

2013/05/07

Vincens Vuktilaj escaped from police custody on May 6, 2013. (credit: NYPD)

Police Apprehend Escaped Prisoner In Harlem

Vincens Vuktilaj was being walked down the stairs from his apartment when he pushed an officer down and ran off, police said.

2013/05/06

A wanted poster for a sex assault suspect is seen in Queens on Sunday, May 5, 2013 (credit: CBS 2)

Quinn: Queens Sex Assault Suspect ‘Will Be Arrested’

“We simply cannot let the streets of Queens or anywhere else become places where girls and young woman are unsafe,” Quinn said.

2013/05/06

Mayor Michael Bloomberg is painting a doom-and-gloom picture of what NYC tax rates could look like under the next mayor if wage increases are given to union workers. (Photo: CBS 2)

Bloomberg: Restrictions On NYPD Would ‘Undermine Public Safety’

In his weekly radio address Sunday, Mayor Michael Bloomberg blasted two proposals that he said would “undermine public safety” by placing a yoke on the NYPD.

2013/05/05

Lawmaker: ‘It Is Criminal’ NYPD Has Not Installed Security Cameras In Rockaways

Assemblyman Phil Goldfeder said legislators did the hard part in 2010 when they voted to approve the $300,000 needed for three security cameras in the Rockaways.

2013/05/05

Police have released this sketch of a man wanted in two forcible touching incidents in South Ozone Park. (credit: NYPD)

Cops: New Surveillance Video Shows Suspected Queens Child Predator

The latest surveillance video shows the suspect walking away from one of the alleged incidents, police said.

2013/05/05

Brooklyn Bridge (credit: Don Emmert/AFP/Getty Images)

Traffic Hits Standstill As Cops Talk Man Off Of Brooklyn Bridge Tower

Police, donning helmets and orange vests, scaled the bridge’s cables to get to the man who was perched on top of the 276-foot tower, the New York Post reported.

2013/05/04

Lt Jack Cambria, Commanding Officer of the NYPD's Hostage Negotiating Team (Credit CBS 2)

Seen At 11: NYPD’s Elite Hostage Negotiating Team Is Often The Difference Between Life And Death

For 40 years the NYPD’s Hostage Negotiating Team has been responsible for saving thousands of lives, while coming face to face with life-and-death situations.

2013/05/03