Cop Pressured Boys To Send Explicit Photos, Feds Say | NYC Top Stories

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Here are the top five stories around New York City:

1. New York City Police are searching for a group of men who they say are behind at least nine robberies, some of which involved violence, at several smoke shops. (Read more on Patch.)

2. Prosecutors said that a family-run drug ring, centered on a Queens park, sold cocaine and fentanyl-laced heroin across the borough and into the suburbs. (Read more on Patch.)

3. A landlord who has topped the city's "Worst Landlord" watchlist has held on to his position — and his two UES buildings — for another year. (Read more on Patch.)

4. The city's zoning code overhaul could allow the Blood Center to build a massive tower on East 67th Street — without a drop of blood inside. (Read more on Patch.)

5. Federal officials accused an NYPD officer of preying upon at least three underage boys, and trying to get them to send him explicit photographs. "Your turn," he wrote after sending an sexual image of himself, according to court documents. (Read more on Patch.)