Jealous razor-wielding assistant principal gets bailed out by dad
The Staten Island assistant principal accused of slashing his wife’s former lover still has one big booster — his dad. Vincent Scotto’s father sprinted up the stairs of Staten Island Criminal Court on Monday to bail him out moments after the educator’s arraignment. Scotto, 43, was charged with felony assault and weapons possession and was…
Crazed Kanye West fans destroyed my cars!
East Village residents woke up to damaged cars and trashed streets after thousands of Kanye West fans swarmed Webster Hall for the rapper’s surprise concert that was later shut down. Michael Gomez, a 55-year-old optician who lives a few blocks away from the downtown music venue, had parked two of his cars on the street…
Video shows two guys who beat Muslim man in Queens
Cops released surveillance video Monday of two guys suspected of beating a Muslim man as he left a Queens mosque last week. Mohamed Rasheed Khan, 59, was attacked by three men as he rode his bicycle away from the Center for Islamic Studies in Jamaica at about 10:30 p.m. Wednesday after his nightly prayers. Khan…
Cops rescue adorable kitten stuck underneath car
Brooklyn cops rescued an adorable kitten trapped in the undercarriage of a parked car last night — then went above the call of duty by providing the furry feline with a new home. Worried Canarsie residents called for help when they heard the cries of the tiny black cat, who somehow got stuck underneath a…
Elderly woman fatally struck by car during Midtown rush
A 68-year-old female pedestrian was fatally struck by car at the start of rush hour in Midtown on Monday afternoon, officials said. She was heading west across Eighth Avenue at 38th Street at 4:31 p.m. when a Chevy Suburban struck her while she was in the crosswalk, according to police sources. It is unclear who…
Construction boss charged with manslaughter for worker death
A construction company owner faces manslaughter and other charges in the death of an employee who fell six stories to his death at a Coney Island construction site last year. Salvatore Schirripa, 66, was indicted for failing to adhere to safety regulations at the 360 Neptune Ave. work site that could have saved the life…
Thug throws Molotov cocktail through Staten Island church window
A vandal hurled a Molotov cocktail through the window of a Staten Island church Sunday, sources said. The firebomb sailed through an open window at St. Paul’s Memorial Episcopal Church on Saint Paul’s Avenue in Stapleton and landed on the cement floor around 10:30 a.m., sources said. The Rev. Frederick Schraplau, 72, told police that…
New city ad blitz tells people to use bathroom ‘consistent with who you are’
The city is going to spend $265,000 to let New Yorkers know that they can use whatever bathroom they want. Mayor de Blasio announced Monday that the city is launching an ad campaign on subways and buses buses and in community news and social media to encourage trangender New Yorkers to “use the restroom consistent…
Queens pastor molested 6-year-old: authorities
A pastor has been charged with sexually abusing a 6-year-old girl in Queens, police sources said Monday. James Love, 45, was arrested Friday at 10 p.m. and slapped with criminal charges for sexually abusing the girl at an apartment in Woodside, according to a criminal complaint. Police sources said Love, who told cops he was…
Woman killed after jumping in front of Midtown train
A woman was killed when she jumped in front of a train at the 59th Street station in Manhattan on Monday afternoon, police sources said. The northbound No. 5 train was pulling into the station when the suicidal woman leaped shortly before 2 p.m., sources said. She was declared dead on the scene, said MTA…
Death of 3-year-old girl ruled a homicide
The death of a 3-month old Staten Island girl last year has been ruled a homicide, officials said. Tiny Morgan Ricks was rushed to the hospital Aug. 30 after being found unconscious inside her parents’ St. George apartment and died fewer than two weeks later. The medical examiner ruled her death a homicide Friday. Investigators…
Woman in wheelchair waiting for the bus gets slashed in the face
A woman in a wheelchair was randomly slashed in the face while waiting to catch a city bus in East Harlem, authorities said. Surveillance video shows the suspect exiting the subway station at 125th Street and Lexington Avenue before walking up to the 42-year old quadriplegic and slicing her face around 3:20 a.m. The coward…
Off-duty cop allegedly punched elderly woman because of dog
An off-duty police officer punched a 74-year-old woman in the face during an argument over her dog Sunday evening in Brooklyn, sources said. Officer Vladimir Radionov, 46, got enraged when the woman tried to bring her pooch onto the elevator of their building on Sea Coast Terrace in Brighton Beach, and began arguing with her…
Man killed in Brooklyn blaze
A 37-year-old man was killed when a fire broke out in the kitchen of his Brooklyn home early Monday, officials said. Abiel Harry was in his kitchen when he was overcome by the smoke that filled his home on Marlborough Road in Flatbush around 4:40 a.m. After extinguishing the blaze, firefighters found the man clinging…
Vandals slash cops’ tires in Midtown
Four police officers had their tires slashed in Midtown on Sunday, police sources said. The cops’ personal vehicles were parked at 408 W. 36th St. — around the corner from the Midtown South Precinct — in a zone marked for police only around 2:30 p.m., when the tires were cut by a vandal. There was…
Kanye creates absolute chaos in New York with just one tweet
After getting rained out at the Governor’s Ball music festival Saturday, rapper Kanye West sparked a near riot in the East Village Sunday morning by tweeting that he planned to perform a 2 a.m. pop-up concert. More than 2,000 people massed outside Webster Hall after hearing that Yeezus would perform there. Instead, the rapper was…
New bills could boost goverment workers’ pensions and benefits
State lawmakers are pushing dozens of bills that would boost the pensions and disability benefits to tens of thousands of uniformed officers and other government workers — an end of session, election-year frenzy that could potentially cost taxpayers hundreds of millions of dollars, critics claim. Among the proposed legislation is a measure that would restore…
Security officer stops assault via platform loudspeaker
A woman was saved from a predawn sex assault on the Christopher Street PATH platform Sunday when a security officer saw it unfold on a surveillance camera — and demanded over a loudspeaker that the attacker stop. The stunned man complied, halting his attack on the 31-year-old victim at about 4:45 a.m. The same PATH…
Bill could extend de Blasio’s control of schools — but only for a year
The GOP-controlled state Senate has taunted Mayor de Blasio with a bill that would extend his control of schools for only one year — and even then, he’d have to answer to a “district inspector” appointed by Gov. Cuomo The mayor has publicly feuded with fellow Democrat Cuomo and drawn the ire of state Republicans’…
Probed lobbyist was a member of Cuomo’s ‘inner circle’
Gov. Cuomo’s renewed effort to distance himself from lobbyist and longtime associate Todd Howe flies in the face of Howe’s continuous role as a member of Cuomo’s “inner circle,” a source close to US Attorney Preet Bharara’s corruption probe told The Post. “From the start, when Cuomo took office, Todd was part of the inner…
Cuomo plops state police right in de Blasio’s territory
Gov. Cuomo has chosen the location for his costly new State Police digs in Manhattan — and it’s just steps from City Hall, yet another clear jab at Mayor de Blasio, law-enforcement sources told The Post. About 150 troopers will be taking over four floors at 199 Church St., booting staffers of the New York…
Daily Blotter
Brooklyn Police are searching for a man who exposed himself to a 12-year-old girl at the New Utrecht Avenue subway station. The girl told police that she was standing inside the N-line subway station at around 2 p.m. on May 18 when she saw a man on the northbound platform masturbating as he stared at her,…
Where on earth did this giant, wooden giraffe come from?
The latest addition to East Hampton Village’s impound lot stands head and shoulders above any of the Impalas, Broncos and Mustangs that may join it one day. But it’s still not clear who owns the wooden 12-foot-tall giraffe found last week chained to a tree in the ritzy village. “We don’t have any idea,” police…
De Blasio backs plan that may lead to luxury building boom
A Mayor de Blasio-backed bill aimed at boosting the city’s affordable-housing stock by lifting a state cap on the size of residential projects has suddenly gained steam in Albany and could be approved later this month, sources told The Post. The measure could lead to soaring property values in some of New York’s most desired…
Porn star claims famous violinist ex forced her to drink his pee
A porn star claims her world-famous violinist ex-boyfriend is a pervert who forced her to drink his urine and tried to hire a sex slave, according to a new $12 million lawsuit. David Garrett — a Juilliard-trained violinist known as “the David Beckham of classical music” — asked X-rated actress Ashley Youdan to marry him…
Ex-broker busted for DWI blasts cops for ‘picking on rich people’
An ex-Douglas Elliman broker who was charged with drunken driving in upper Manhattan last week blasted the cops who arrested her as “poor” folks “picking on rich people,” court papers allege. Liridona Selimaj, 28, was driving a black 2016 Range Rover on the Henry Hudson Parkway on June 2 around 1 a.m. when officers noticed…
High school staffer introduced student he slept with to mom
A married computer specialist at a Bronx high school will never work in city schools again after a probe confirmed he carried on a bizarrely public affair with a female student — even introducing her to his mom, The Post has learned. Yorkis Martinez, 26, “engaged in sexual intercourse” with the now-graduated student at Bronx…
Decomposed body found floating in the East River
An unidentified man’s decomposed body was found floating in the East River off Pier 5 in Brooklyn Heights on Sunday, cops said. The body showed trauma to the face, but law-enforcement authorities said it wasn’t clear if the death was the result of an assault. The remains may have been in the water for about…
Charles Rangel involved in car accident
Congressman Charles Rangel sideswiped a parked car while driving in Harlem on Sunday night, cops said. The retiring 85-year-old was uninjured after striking the vehicle at 5:30 p.m. at 40 W. 135 st., according to police. No one else was involved in the crash, cops said. An investigation is ongoing.
‘Enraged’ assistant principal slashes ex-wife’s former lover
An assistant principal at a Staten Island elementary school slashed his ex-wife’s former lover — reaching through his rival’s driver’s side window with a razor blade as a long-simmering feud turned bloody on Saturday, police sources said. The noon attack happened along a quiet block of Great Kills, just blocks from the home PS 22…
Advocacy group wants Muslim man’s beating to be probed as ‘bias crime’
A Muslim man wearing religious garb was beaten up outside at a mosque in Queens last week, and an advocacy group is calling on cops to investigate the attack as a bias crime. Mohamed Rasheed Khan, 59, was assaulted by three men Wednesday night as he was leaving the Center for Islamic Studies on Jamaica…
Cuomo to businesses: Boycott Israel, and NY will boycott you
State agencies will now cease doing business with companies that boycott, divest or sanction the Israeli government under an executive order issued Sunday by Gov. Cuomo. “It’s very simple: If you boycott against Israel, New York will boycott you,” he said before marching up 5th Avenue in the Celebrate Israel Parade. “We are against the…
Cop accused of raping teen relative
Cops are hunting for a transit cop accused of raping a teenage relative in Brooklyn, police sources said Sunday. The off-duty officer from Transit District 23 in Rockaway Park, Queens, was accused of raping the girl Saturday night, the sources said. The NYPD Internal Affairs Bureau was trying to find him and put his license-plate…
Javits Center is going to pot
Hemp dog chews, cannabis bath soaks and purple haze peanut butter are just a few of the wacky wares on display at the upcoming Cannabis World Congress and Business Expo at the Jacob Javits Center next week. When the bizarre three-day bazaar opens on June 15, thousands are expected to gather to explore pot-related products;…
Cops hope tattoos will help ID unconscious woman
Cops found an unconscious and gravely injured woman lying in a desolate, grassy area in The Bronx Friday night — and police have released photos of her bible-themed tattoos in hopes of finding out who she is. The woman appears to be in her 30s, and was found with trauma to her head and a…
Hamas founder’s grandson is a gay Christian living in NYC
As a gay Christian, the 25-year-old grandson of one of the founders of the jihadist group Hamas faced certain execution in the Middle East — at the hands of his own bloodthirsty family. So he changed his name to “John Calvin” — and moved to an undisclosed location in New York City to pursue the…
Schumer would require phone companies to block robocalls
U.S. Sen. Chuck Schumer wants phone companies to provide free services that block the “dreaded” robocalls that have contributed to a record-breaking number of complaints this year. Americans are currently on track to file more than 5 million complaints regarding “Do Not Call” violations – well above last fiscal year’s 3.57 million complaints. “Now is…
Chimney smoke stains hotel after developer skirts law
The city’s oversight of a Midtown hotel and condo tower allowed a wealthy developer to skirt the law and might be putting lives at risk. The 500-foot-tall Cassa Hotel and residence on West 45th Street looms over a building whose brick chimney spews smoke onto the skyscraper’s eastern facade, staining it black. The owner of…
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