Joe Marino

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Joe Marino is a senior reporter covering law enforcement, public safety and breaking news in New York.

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Man found hanging from tree inside NYC park after troubling text to roommate: sources

Officers found the body around 1:30 p.m. in a wooded area at Orchard Beach Road and Bartow Circle, after responding to a call of a man hanging in the park,...

Vagrant charged with severely slashing MTA worker was on parole, has eerily similar transit attack on his rap sheet

Accused subway slasher Jonathan Davalos was still on parole when he allegedly stabbed a veteran MTA worker who woke him up from a nap aboard a Brooklyn subway train.

Granny begs for 5-year-old's life in terrifying NYC home invasion that netted thieves $15K in valuables: 'Please don't kill him!'

A 5-year-old boy – who was at home with his 56-year-old grandma – answered the door, thinking his mom had come home, law enforcement sources said.

Cocaine dealer fatally shot, stabbed nearly a dozen times during robbery at NYC birthday party: cops

Lenner Zuniga, 35 – who has 49 prior arrests himself – was shot three times and stabbed eight more when the violence erupted just after 3 a.m. Sunday inside the...

Hateful vandals attack Rep. Adriano Espaillat’s office —again — after anti-Israel protests rock NYC

Hateful vandals smashed the glass facade of Rep. Adriano Espaillat’s Upper Manhattan office and flung red paint at it early Tuesday, the day after anti-Israel protests rocked the city.

Seven anti-Israel protesters busted in NYC -- including one accused of kicking NYPD captain in the chest

Abdulsala Elrais of New Rochelle Park, NJ, was cuffed for slugging a police captain in the chest during some of the mayhem and also trying to prevent officers from arresting...

Ex-Gov. Paterson says attackers can 'rot in hell' as he reveals late-night scrap with gang

Former Gov. David Paterson fought back against the miscreants who attacked him and his stepson on the Upper East Side on Friday night — with the ex-gov telling The Post...

Two NYCHA workers busted in NYC beatdown of former Gov. David Paterson, stepson: cops

Two adult public housing workers were nabbed Monday in the Upper East Side beatdown on former Gov. David Paterson and his stepson – the final suspects busted after two boys, 12 and 13,...

Scandal-plagued Deputy Mayor Phil Banks, close Adams friend, resigns

Scandal-plagued Deputy Mayor for Public Safety Phil Banks has resigned, succumbing to weeks of pressure amid federal probes that ensnared both him and his longtime friend Mayor Eric Adams.

Ex-NY Gov. David Paterson speaks out about UES attack by brat-pack mob

Paterson said Sunday that he hopes the pint-sized punks who attacked him and his stepson on the Upper East Side have learned a lesson after getting charged.

Teens charged in assault on ex-NY Gov. David Paterson, stepson who were walking their dog on UES: sources

The two teens have been charged in the attack on ex-Governor David Patterson and his stepson, according to sources.

David Paterson's neighbor recalls similar harrowing attack in UES neighborhood: 'Plays in my head over and over'

An Upper East Side dad was attacked by a group of thugs nearly a month ago -- near the same spot where former Gov. Paterson and his stepson were accosted...

Ex-NY Gov. David Paterson, stepson attacked by gang of young suspects while walking their dog on UES: sources

Former New York Gov. David Paterson was attacked by a trio of young suspects while walking on the Upper East Side on Friday night, law enforcement sources said.

'F--king Jew!': Hateful driver swerves toward men going to NYC synagogue during Rosh Hashanah: sources

The victims were walking in the street, approaching the Shaare Shalom Congregation on Avenue S near Ocean Avenue, around 5:25 p.m. Thursday when the man behind the wheel “edged toward”...

Callous assailant busted for knocking out NYC woman, 81, in sucker-punch attack

Hansel Esparragoza, 37 – a Staten Island resident with 21 prior arrests – was charged with felony assault in the Sept. 13 caught-on-video evening attack on 81-year-old Geula Freeman at...

Stolen credit cards help cops catch perv who broke into NYC apartment, raped woman in her own bed: cops

Cops nabbed the pervy intruder accused of raping a sleeping woman after he broke into her Upper East Side apartment last week, police said Thursday.

Harlem Assemblyman Eddie Gibbs stands by cops after he's arrested for interfering with brother's traffic stop: sources

The NYPD's Strategic Response Group pulled over the Harlem Democrat's vehicle in East Harlem, according to sources

Decomposing bodies of couple in their 60s found in NYC apartment, sparking macabre mystery

The man was found lying face-down in the hallway between the bathroom and the bedroom, according to the sources. 

Migrant fugitives who fled Florida on attempted murder rap nabbed with guns inside packed NYC shelter

Two Cuban migrants wanted for an attempted murder in Florida checked into a Queens shelter on Thursday after fleeing the law in the Sunshine State, police and sources said.

Nutjob slashes NYC subway rider after she asked him to stop staring at her: sources

The 28-year-old woman was standing on the northbound C train platform at the 50th Street station around 3:10 a.m. when the aggressor demanded that she stop looking at him, authorities...