19 Cop Cars Targeted In Tire-Slashing Spree | NYC Top Stories

Good evening, New York City Patch readers! We've assembled some of the most share-worthy stories from the city for today, just for you.

Here are the top five stories around New York City:

1. Cops are looking for a man accused of popping the tires on 19 different police cars outside a Department of Motor Vehicles building on Tuesday night. (Read more on Patch.)

2. Nine people were charged during a pro-Palestine sit-in at Barnard College's main library on Wednesday night, according to NYPD officials. A bomb threat was called into the college during the protest, police said. (Read more on Patch.)

3. An armed man was shot and killed during a shootout with NYPD officers at a Home Depot parking lot on Thursday morning, officials said. (Read more on Patch.)

4. The parents of a 4-year-old boy who died at a Brooklyn shelter on Tuesday have been charged with abandonment of a child and criminal possession of a controlled substance. (Read more on Patch.)

5. Hold on to your hats: NYC is under a wind advisory until Friday afternoon as gusts could blow in at 45 miles per hour. (Read more on Patch.)