I-Team

Luis Velez has called the allegations against him just typical dirty New Jersey politics. In May, there was the story of an overnight car crash involving the councilmember, and some questions as to why police didn’t do a sobriety test. Another question has spring up since: Did that same councilman pull a fire alarm in city hall during a celebration?...

A mayor of a suburban New York town is making headlines once again for his fiery behavior after allegedly trying to physically remove the police chief of the department for refusing his orders.

Spring Valley’s controversial mayor is setting off a new firestorm for allegedly trying to physically remove the police chief from the department for refusing orders. NBC New York’s Sarah Wallace reports. 

A hidden camera investigation found leasing agents well aware the rents they advertise are heavily influenced by sophisticated algorithms and automated software.

News 4’s Chris Glorioso shares the details in this I-Team report.

Multiple agencies are investigating the case of Christopher Quiles, who previously told the I-Team he survived a vicious assault by guards one day before another inmate was beaten to death. Records obtained by NBC New York show some of the same officers were involved in both incidents. The I-Team’s Sarah Wallace reports.

NBC New York’s Chris Glorioso reports.

Yaritza Colon, a former female inmate, is suing the state of New York for $20 million, alleging state prison officials failed to protect her from Pedro Norde, a correction officer she says forced her to perform sexual favors behind bars. “Sometimes I couldn’t even come out of my cell until I flashed him my breasts,” Colon said, recalling her time…

It was a stunning reprieve for a man who was ordered to go back to prison after his conviction was overturned — then reinstated. It was a joyous flood of relief for Andre Brown and his wife, who were mobbed by supporters after learning of an about-face in the case by the Bronx district attorney’s office. NBC New York’s Sarah...

The Bronx DA has agreed to postpone Andre Brown’s surrender while it reviews a defense motion requesting re-sentencing.

Andre Brown had his conviction overturned after serving more than half of the sentence behind bars. But after three years of freedom, he may be heading back to prison, unless top officials intervene.

After three years of freedom, a man may soon be headed back to prison unless top officials intervene. A Bronx judge overturned Andre Brown’s conviction in 2022 after he had served half of a 40-year sentence for attempted murder, but then the conviction was reinstated. NBC New York’s Sarah Wallace reports.

Prosecutors said Nadine Menendez was a partner in her husband’s crimes, helping to collect payoffs from three New Jersey businessmen in a wide-ranging scheme. The defense argued some of the gold she received was not bribes, but rather were passed down from her family or were gifts from businessmen who were longtime friends. NBC New York’s Jonathan Dienst...

Surveillance video obtained exclusively by the NBC New York I-Team shows an unmarked NYPD car crashing into a gun suspect, just as the suspect appeared to raise his hands in surrender.  The collision took place in May 2024, after 29-year-old Giovannie Mayo sprinted down the sidewalk, attempting to elude police who said they suspected he had a firearm.  The chase…

Surveillance video obtained exclusively by the NBC New York I-Team shows an unmarked NYPD car crashing into a gun suspect, just as the suspect appeared to raise his hands in surrender. Chris Glorioso reports. 

New court documents offer a rare, behind-the-scenes look at how federal prosecutors built and then tried to salvage their criminal case against New York City Mayor Eric Adams in the face of unprecedented pressure from President Donald Trump’s Justice Department. Text messages, emails and comments reflecting internal discussions among prosecutors were made public Tuesday as the mayor’s case teeters toward likely dismissal. The documents include...

Who was the father: Her fiancé, or the man with whom she had a brief fling? In Oct. 2024, that was the urgent question for a New York City woman.  She thought she got her answer when a paternity test showed there was a 99.9% probability her unborn baby was the product of that short-lived fling. The results, she says, prompted…

Chris Glorioso shares the exclusive details for NBC New York’s I-Team. 

Though parents might assume cannabis shops operate like liquor stores, using routine ID checks to block underage purchases, that’s not what a study found in New York City’s patchwork of unlicensed pot shops.

To test cannabis retailers for the study, research assistant Peter Menzi, 22, helped map more than 800 cannabis shops operating in the five boroughs. I-Team’s Chris Glorioso reports for News 4.