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Kerry Burke is an award-winning news reporter for the NY Daily News. Raised in Boston, he has given his adult life to New York, breaking stories in every corner of the city. He lives in Harlem.

NYPD officers and detectives investigate a police involved shooting on Madison Ave. near E. 95th St. on Thursday night. A gun was recovered at the scene (inset).

Man fatally shot by police on Manhattan’s Upper East Side, had vowed to ‘shoot up’ hospital

November 14, 2025 at 11:18 a.m.

A gunman hell-bent on a deadly confrontation — including at a hospital where he could "shoot it up" — was fatally shot by an NYPD police officer Thursday night in...

Burim Havolli, left, died after trying to detain a suspect at the building on Ocean Ave. where he was superintendent for over 15 years. (Facebook; Kerry Burke / NYDN)

Brooklyn super who died after being beaten with cell phone was trying to hold suspect for cops: witness

November 14, 2025 at 9:56 a.m.

The suspect remained in police custody Thursday but has not been charged as cops await autopsy results to see if the super's death was caused by the clash.

Burim Havolli died after struggling with a package thief at 1199 Ocean Ave, where he was superintendent for over 15 years.

Brooklyn super dies after bashed in head with cell phone by package thief: family

November 13, 2025 at 1:03 p.m.

Cops are investigating the death of a superintendent who suffered a heart attack after he was clobbered with a cellphone during an argument in Brooklyn Wednesday morning, officials said.

A 74-year-old woman died after a fire broke out in her fifth-floor apartment at 409 E. 81st St. in Manhattan, Wednesday, Nov. 12, 2025. (Shawn Inglima/ New York Daily News)

Woman, 74, dies after apartment fire on Upper East Side

November 13, 2025 at 8:54 a.m.

An admired and longtime woman tenant died Wednesday afternoon after a fire erupted in her Upper East Side apartment.

Carmen Yadira Lopez, 47. (Obtained by Daily News)

Ex-boyfriend arrested in death of Harlem mom viciously stabbed dozens of times

November 12, 2025 at 9:44 a.m.

Luis Marquez is accused of lying in wait in the building's stairwell more than two hours before stabbing Carmen Yadira Lopez repeatedly after she stepped off the elevator on her...

A 47-year-old woman was stabbed to death in the third-floor hallway of her Harlem apartment building on W. 129th St. near St. Nicholas Terrace early Monday. (Theodore Parisienne / New York Daily News)

Beloved mom of four stabbed to death in Harlem apartment building begged her attacker to stop

November 11, 2025 at 7:15 a.m.

The 47-year-old victim, who was identified by a family member as Carmen Yadira Lopez, was stabbed all over her body in a third-floor hallway around 4:25 a.m., cops said. She...

Kaseem Stukes (inset) killed three people in a murder-suicide at the Castle Hill Houses in the Bronx on Wednesday.

Bronx murder-suicide gunman’s parting words point to possible motive: ‘They’re telling on me.’

November 7, 2025 at 4:58 p.m.

After killing his family in a mystifying explosion of violence, Kaseem Stukes wandered through his building in the Castle Hill Houses in the Bronx with two guns tucked in his...

Police released a photo of a suspect they say raped a 12-year-old girl inside an East Williamsburg apartment building on Thursday night.

Mom of 12-year-old girl raped in Brooklyn calls for justice: ‘My daughter will never be the same’

November 8, 2025 at 9:10 a.m.

A suspect was arrested late Friday in the rape of a 12-year-old girl inside a Brooklyn apartment building — where the assailant told the child he was going to "violate"...

Employees from the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner remove a body after the triple-murder-suicide at the Castle Hill Houses Wednesday. (Barry Williams/ New York Daily News)

Shooter in Bronx NYCHA triple-murder-suicide was about to have gun charges dismissed

November 6, 2025 at 9:59 p.m.

Gunman Kaseem Duke was an ex-con who went to prison for selling cocaine and crack outside a NYCHA complex two decades ago.

Scene outside 1000 Fox street where a trash fire spread to at least 2 cars. on Nov. 5, 2025. Six firefighters were injured in the two explosions. (Kerry Burke / New York Daily News)

Firefighters injured in blazing car explosion in the Bronx: ‘It was a fireball,’ witness recounts

November 6, 2025 at 10:17 p.m.

Six firefighters were injured responding to a blazing car explosion in the Bronx Wednesday night, officials said.

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