A million people are expected to pack into Times Square in New York City to ring in the New Year. And while there's no specific, credible threats to the celebration, the New York Police Department and National Guard are prepared.

Retired NYPD Lt. Darrin Porcher joins 'America's Newsroom' to analyze the NYPD operating in a 'heightened threat environment' on NYE.

NEW YORK -- The woman killed when she was set on fire in a Brooklyn subway car has been identified by police, after using fingerprint and dental information and DNA evidence. On Tuesday, NYPD officers identified her as 57-year-old Debrina Kawam, originally from Toms River.

Officials identified the woman who was burned to death inside a New York City subway train on Dec. 22 as 57-year-old Debrina Kawam.

New York City police say they’ve identified the woman who died earlier this month after being set on fire while asleep in a New York subway train

The New York City Police Department is investigating after an infant was abandoned in a tote bag near a Bronx apartment building. Police responded to a 911 call just after 6 a.m. Sunday for a crying baby and discovered someone placed an infant girl wrapped in blankets inside a tote bag and left the bag in front of an apartment building on Rev.

A 26-year-old woman is facing multiple charges in connection with a baby that was left in a tote bag outside a Bronx residence on Sunday, according to police. Police charged Bronx resident Delfina Galvez with abandonment of a child,

A 26-year-old woman is facing multiple charges in connection with a baby that was left in a tote bag outside a Bronx residence on Sunday, according to police.

The NYPD is still on the hunt for the suspects wanted for shooting six people in the Bronx on Monday night, including a mother and her 12-year-old.

Cops are searching for a man who shot six people, including a 12-year-old girl, in the Bronx on Monday afternoon, sending all of them to the hospital. The shooting happened around 4:50 p.m. at 3544 White Plains Road — roughly a block from Marcus Garvey Square in Olinville,

Police said one of the intended targets who was not shot bumped into a 40-year-old woman and used her as a shield.