Nearly three dozen NYPD officers who the department now says never should have been hired or promoted will be allowed to remain on the force, for now, amid the ongoing scandal.

The department is trying to fire the officers after determining they weren’t qualified to join the force in the first place ...

The NYPD is trying to force dozens of officers and recruits who failed to meet the department’s standards to resign  —  but ...

NYPD ousted 31 officers for hiring discrepancies amid corruption allegations and a lawsuit by former chief James Essig.

A state judge has granted a temporary restraining order preventing the NYPD from firing police officers who it claims were ...

City officials said 670 new NYPD cops were sworn in on Thursday, with brass hoping lowered standards will help fill the ranks of New York’s Finest.

The NYPD is lowering its college credit requirement from 60 to 24 to address a hiring crisis. With officer numbers dropping and mass retirements expected, the department is also reintroducing a ...

Effective immediately, the prerequisite requirement to enter the police academy will drop from 60 to 24 college credits, which is equivalent to two semesters of college.

The NYPD will freeze hiring of new police officers for the foreseeable future as part of “extremely painful” city budget cuts set to be unveiled by Mayor Adams on Thursday, the Daily Ne… ...

NEW YORK (PIX11) – The NYPD is looking to hire traffic enforcement agents, school safety agents and police communications technicians – and you don’t need to be a police officer to apply.

The first new batch of NYPD cops since police brass lowered the admission standards earlier this year was sworn in on Thursday — with Mayor Eric Adams setting a target of 35,000 cops in uniform ...