the NYPD

Politicians and community leaders say the resignation of Philip Banks is a blow to NYPD reform efforts.

Chief Philip Banks III, who was slated to become the No. 2 in the NYPD, resigned Friday, sources said.

The victim had his cellphone and wallet taken in St. George, police said.

The 27-year-old attacker followed the woman into off-campus student housing, police said. 

A woman died in a shooting at a Club Hive afterparty for the Powerhouse hip-hop concert, police said.

Police said that the increase is largely due to an increase in grand larcenies.

The private sanitation truck left the scene after hitting and dragging the man, police said.

Sean Verdi was found dead inside a bathtub around 8:20 a.m. Wednesday, sources said.

Officer Kenneth Healey left Jamaica Hospital Wednesday afternoon.

A woman was attacked for her iPhone 5 at the Saint Lawrence Ave. station on Monday, police said.

The attack happened inside the elevator of a Forest Hills building Wednesday, police said.

The victim was crossing Palmetto Street and Myrtle Avenue when he was struck, the NYPD said.

Three men were arrested and charged in connection to an Oct. 26 attack in Flushing Meadows-Corona Park.

Diomedes Nunez was caught lifting wallets from strollers inside two Whole Foods stores, police said.

The hinges to the door, which connects to an alleyway, had been unscrewed, according to police.