Robinson Cano’s dad among newest US citizens
He’s a Yankee Doodle Daddy, sworn on the First of July. Joselito Robinson, father of superstar ex-Yankee Robinson Cano, was one of 211 newly sworn American citizens honored Friday, just three days before their adoptive country’s birthday, in a celebration at the New York Public Library’s main branch. “Now I feel like an American,” Robinson…
Panhandlers’ pitbull attacks young boy outside mall
A dog belonging to a panhandling couple attacked a young child outside the Queens Center Mall on Friday, according to a witness. “I saw the dog on top of the child, and I saw the man hitting the dog,” said Ed Manfred, 68, of Elmhurst. “He was saying ‘get off, get off, stop, stop.’ But…
Pedestrian critical after she’s run over by pick-up truck
A woman was struck by a pick-up truck on the Upper East Side and is in grave condition, police and witnesses said. “She was in front of the driver’s side and underneath the car. She was not conscious but I saw breathing,” said Lou Corbo, 56, a Brooklyn resident who works in a restaurant near…
De Blasio responds to ex-social media director’s parting shots
Mayor de Blasio said Friday he has “no clue” why his social-media director quit after just two months on the job, quipping that he “wouldn’t know him from a hole in the wall.” The mayor’s pointed remarks following an NYPD graduation at Madison Square Garden were aimed at Scott Kleinberg, the ex-Chicago Tribune columnist who…
The history of Nathan’s hot dog contest is baloney
NEW YORK — Nathan’s Famous may be in the hot dog business, but for decades they’ve been peddling a whopper. Showmen behind Nathan’s annual Fourth of July hot dog eating contest have long claimed the tradition began in 1916 as a showdown between patriotic immigrants on the Coney Island boardwalk. That would make this Monday’s…
Urban cowboy would rather die than lose his horses
The “Outerbridge Cowboy” had his day in day in court after a run-in with the sheriffs. Paul Mishler, 80, was arraigned in Staten Island Criminal Court Friday for two counts of animal cruelty, which came to light after riding his horse across the Outerbridge Crossing. The Staten Island saddler came in guns a blazing with…
Elite K-8 school teaches white students they’re born racist
An elite Manhattan school is teaching white students as young as 6 that they’re born racist and should feel guilty benefiting from “white privilege,” while heaping praise and cupcakes on their black peers. Administrators at the Bank Street School for Children on the Upper West Side claim it’s a novel approach to fighting discrimination, and…
Gallery sold Warhol prints with doctored documents: lawsuit
An 85-year-old Oregon woman says a prominent Manhattan art gallery doctored authenticity documents to dupe her into overpaying for 90 Andy Warhol prints– and now she’s suing the Lower East Side dealers to find out if she was fleeced on another 50 pieces by modern masters like Pablo Picasso and Keith Haring. Nira Levine, a…
Naked Times Square guy arrested for crazy hour-long show
The hunky runway fashion model who screamed out for Donald Trump when he turned the top of the iconic red staircase in Times Square into his own naked catwalk has been charged, police said Friday. Super-chiseled Krit McClean, 21, was hit with charges of public lewdness and disorderly conduct for parading around in the buff…
Union to strike against Trump’s Taj Mahal casino
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. — Still seething from the cancellation of its members’ health insurance and pension benefits nearly two years ago, Atlantic City’s main casino workers union said early Friday it will go on strike against the Trump Taj Mahal casino. Local 54 of the Unite-HERE union told The Associated Press that it was unable…
Homeless man behind poop attacks busted
Now he’s the one in deep doo-doo. A feces-flinging fanatic who attacked two women on Monday has been captured in a Brooklyn homeless shelter after cops received a tip late Thursday, sources said. Charges are pending against the man, who was being questioned at Manhattan’s Special Victims Unit in East Harlem. He has not yet…
Mom of overdosed daughter calls gun-toting trio ‘heroes’
GLEN LYON, Pa. — The mother of a woman whose overdose death in New York City spurred a rescue attempt by three people arrested with a cache of weapons near the Holland Tunnel said the suspects are heroes for trying to help. John Cramsey, Dean Smith and Kimberly Arendt, all from Pennsylvania, were arrested June…
Marisa Tomei’s parents and John Lennon’s son still fighting over a tree
Gary and Addie Tomei, who live in a stately town house at 155 W. 13th St. in Greenwich Village, say in their $10 million lawsuit that Sean Lennon, owner of 153 W. 13th St., won’t give peace a chance.
Cuomo pal pleads not guilty to offering judge $10K in bribes
A Democratic political operative who is a longtime ally of Gov. Cuomo pleaded not guilty Thursday to bribery and other charges filed in a New York corruption probe that led to the resignation of a state Supreme Court justice a day earlier. G. Steven Pigeon was arraigned on a nine-count indictment that accuses him of…
Woman killed after speeding Porsche sparks hit-and-run crash
A 21-year-old woman was killed and three people were injured when a speeding Porsche sparked a chain-reaction accident in Queens Thursday evening. The Porsche was heading west on the Horace Harding Expressway in Elmhurst at about 6:30 p.m, when the driver lost control, cops said. The vehicle then jumped onto the sidewalk, striking a 21-year-old…
Feds want more time to probe emails of Hillary’s ex-aides
The State Department has asked a federal judge to extend the deadline for turning over emails of four ex-Hillary Clinton aides until October 2018. Justice Department lawyers told federal Judge Rudolph Contreras that the State Department won’t be able to meet a July 21 deadline he set in a lawsuit brought by Citizens United, the…
Peter Gotti’s grandkid busted for drugs
The grandson of mobster Peter Gotti was busted Thursday night for possessing painkillers and steroids after he was pulled over in Queens, sources said. John Gotti, 23, was in a car with Shaine Hack, 36, when they were pulled over for having tinted windows, according to law-enforcement sources. Officers found the drugs in the car…
Boy in critical condition after nearly drowning on cruise ship
A young boy was in critical condition Thursday night after nearly drowning in a pool aboard a cruise ship in New York Harbor. The 8-year-old was aboard the Royal Caribbean Anthem of the Seas when the incident occurred. Medical crews on the ship performed CPR, a Coast Guard spokesman said. The NYPD’s Aviation Unit airlifted…
Judge mocks yuppies busted for buying coke
A fed-up judge mocked a crew of yuppy Manhattanites busted for buying cocaine – including a financial consultant, a Fox TV producer and Merrill Lynch associate – who were paraded into court looking downcast and dazed. The most impressive name on the 18-defendant indictment, Chipotle Mexican Grill chief of marketing and development Mark Crumpacker, dodged…
Owner of iconic Brooklyn pizza joint fatally shot outside home
The co-owner of a famous Brooklyn pizzeria was shot and killed outside his Brooklyn home Thursday evening, cops said. Police found Louis Barbati, 63, the co-owner of the iconic L&B Spumoni Gardens, outside his Dyker Heights home on 12th Avenue near 76th Street at about 7 p.m. and discovered that he had been shot in…
Queens councilman hits it big during casino visit
A Queens legislator hit the jackpot — literally — according to financial-disclosure forms he filed Thursday. Among the credit-card debts, loans and routine outside income reported by city officials as part of their mandated annual reports, one item stood out: “gambling winnings” by City Councilman Erich Ulrich. Turns out Ulrich won more than $10,000 from…
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Queens A man is suspected of grabbing three women in separate incidents around Flushing. On June 10 at 6:30 p.m., he attacked a 50-year-old bicyclist on Oak Avenue near Kissena Park and tried to drag her into a wooded area. She broke free and fled. On June 12, he walked up to a 24-year-old woman at Colden…
All the history that’s going to die with the Campbell Apartment
With its dress code, high beamed ceiling, and expansive window of century-old leaded glass, the Campbell Apartment is a strange place indeed for a bar brawl. But a winner-take-all war has raged for six months within the granite walls of this dark and elegant dowager of a cocktail lounge in Grand Central Terminal — a…
Young city worker impaled in work site mishap
A young Department of Agriculture worker had her right thigh impaled by a piece of rebar when she slipped into a ditch in the woods near the NY Container Terminal on Staten Island, authorities said. Kelly Nyland, 23, suffered the gruesome injury at 6:30 a.m. Wednesday when took a tumble in a remote wooded area…
‘Hollywood on the Hudson’ construction halted by appeals court
A Manhattan appeals court stopped construction on a $130 million park project dubbed “Hollywood on the Hudson,” which is being funded by media exec Barry Diller. Workers were to install pilings at the West 13th Street development over dilapidated Pier 55 on July 5 after a lower-court judge approved the project in April. Activists sued last…
Missing New York woman’s family asks Shania Twain for help
The family of a missing New York woman is asking country music star Shania Twain to help bring attention to the case as police continue to search for the 24-year-old who disappeared one week ago from a remote campsite in the Adirondack Mountains. Rachael Mattice was last seen on June 22 after she left her…
Naked Times Square guy is actually a super-hot model
He’s not just crazy – he’s crazy hot. The 21-year-old man who pranced around naked on the red staircase in Times Square before plunging to the ground has been identified as an international runway fashion model based in New York City. Krit McClean of Manhattan bared it all and shouted out “Donald Trump, where are…
Tugboat partially sinks near Tappan Zee
A tugboat partially sunk in the Hudson River just north of the Tappan Zee Bridge this afternoon. The 327-ton boat, called the Potomac, was towing a construction barge to help with the bridge renovation when it hit an underwater cable and started to take on water, said officials. United States Coast Guard, Westchester County, and…
Two more top aides quit de Blasio administration
More top aides to Mayor de Blasio headed for the exit doors Thursday — soon after his counsel disclosed that she was quitting and his social media director fled after just eight weeks on the job. Environmental Protection Commissioner Emily Lloyd announced she was retiring, while Nilda Mesa, who heads the mayor’s Office of Sustainability,…
Urban cowboy gets jailed for animal cruelty
The “Outerbridge cowboy” who caused a ruckus on the city bridge earlier this week was arrested Thursday for animal cruelty, cops said. Tod “Doc” Mishler, 80, will be brought to justice for treating his horses like dirt after the ASPCA evaluated their health status and found that they had numerous injuries and were extremely malnourished….
NYPD cop buys wife winning $65M lotto ticket
An NYPD cop had an extra buck in his pocket and plunked it down for a Mega-Millions ticket — and about six months later he was handed a fat check for about $65 million.
Grimm’s mob-linked ex-business partner gets jail time
Ex-Rep. Michael Grimm’s mobbed-connected business partner was ripped by a Brooklyn judge Thursday for not expressing enough remorse for his “crime of greed and misguided morals” as she sentenced him to six-months jail. “I’m completely remorseful for the actions that brought me here today,” said Bennett Orfaly, who pleaded guilty in April to one count…
Naked man takes over Times Square, screams about Donald Trump
A naked man screaming “Donald Trump where are you!” turned Times Square into an open-air peep show Thursday morning, ambling to the top of the red staircase in Duffy Square where he put on a bizarre one-hour spectacle, and then jumped off. Police identified him as a 21-year-old Manhattan resident, who was listed in stable…
City official asked about controversial nursing home well before sale
A de Blasio administration official inquired about the fate of a Lower East Side nursing home more than a year before the mayor said he learned of a controversial deal to convert it to high-end housing. Daniel Tietz, chief special services officer for the city’s Human Resources Administration, e-mailed the facility’s then-owner, Village Care, in…
De Blasio will have to fight scandals without head lawyer
Mayor De Blasio’s head lawyer is leaving her post at City Hall next month as the administration tries to navigate through multiple probes into its campaign fund-raising. Maya Wiley, who invented the controversial “agents of the city” designation for unpaid mayoral advisers, said Wednesday she is taking a job heading the Civilian Complaint Review Board…
Judge bars Macy’s from detaining and fining suspected shoplifters
A Manhattan judge has barred Macy’s from detaining shoppers suspected of stealing and forcing them to pay a penalty before letting them go. The ruling came in Brooklyn resident Cinthia Orellana’s class-action suit against the retailer because its staffers locked her in a holding cell inside Macy’s Herald Square store for allegedly shoplifting discount shirts…
Stringer looks to curb cancer as public pools open for summer
The city made a splash Wednesday, officially opening public swimming pools for the summer. And as kids like these took the plunge at Astoria Park in Queens, city Comptroller Scott Stringer used the start of the summer swim season to introduce a new initiative to provide free sunscreen at beaches, parks and pools in an…
First tenant sues ‘Madoff of landlords’
A Little Italy tenant is the first to sue “Madoff of landlords” Steven Croman since the state’s attorney general hit him with charges that say he strong-armed rent-stabilized tenants out of their apartments. Tenant Jon Giacobbe is going after Croman’s personal fortune, asking a judge to allow him to sue Croman individually instead of just…
Car-jacking homeless man leads cops on wild chase
Grand theft wacko! A homeless man wearing a button pin with a woman’s face on it stole a minivan in Washington Heights, drove it to Harlem, hit a pedestrian, and then sped over to Morningside Heights — where he hit a bus and crashed into an elevated subway support beam, busting his head wide open…
Disgraced union chief’s perks included no-limit AmEx black card
Membership had its privileges for Norman Seabrook. The Ferragamo-loving former labor boss — busted by federal authorities this month in a massive kickback scheme — boasted that he was given an American Express black card by the law firm hired to represent his jail-guard union, sources said. The no-limit credit card was just one of…
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Brooklyn A suspect shouted anti-Semitic slurs at a driver and hurled a rock through the person’s car window in Midwood, authorities said Wednesday. He began spewing insults at the driver of a Chrysler minivan traveling along Nostrand Avenue at about 5 p.m. Tuesday, and then chucked the rock through the rear driver-side window, police investigators…
Sicko caught on camera shoving his poop into woman’s shorts
A man stuffed a sack of his own feces down a woman’s shorts on the Upper East Side Monday night before groping her and fleeing, according to police. Shocking video footage shows the deranged perv approaching and grabbing the victim, 27, from behind while she talks on a cell phone around 6 p.m near E…
NYC gets $179 million to help fight terrorism
WASHINGTON — New York City has scored $179 million in federal grants to fight terrorism this year, The Post has learned. But that could be the last large payment if Congress doesn’t restore the Obama administration’s proposed cut to a critical terror-fighting grant program in 2017, officials warned. Under this year’s awards, the city will…
The heroic officer who brought down this alleged cop-killer
Manhattan prosecutors on Wednesday played dramatic footage of a brave officer on foot chasing a career criminal who’d just fatally shot a cop in East Harlem last year. Police Officer Kristen Swinkunas and her partner were driving south on Harlem River Drive with lights flashing and sirens blaring when they spotted Tyrone Howard, 31, standing…
Violinist charged in naked hotel rampage gets off easy
A famed violinist charged with strangling and nearly killing a tourist after he barged into her hotel room nude in a drug-induced stupor got a slap on the wrist Wednesday in Manhattan court. Prosecutors dismissed attempted murder, strangulation and burglary charges against Stefan Arzberger, 43, stemming from the brutal March 27, 2015, attack on a…
The NYPD wants to know how body cams work for you
The NYPD is giving the public and cops alike a chance to have their say on the expanding body camera program, which was ordered by a federal monitor after the landmark stop-and-frisk lawsuit. On Wednesday the department released a draft of its proposed policy on body-worn cameras along with a questionnaire soliciting feedback about how…
De Blasio wants to hit landlords’ bottom line again
Mayor Bill de Blasio wants to hit landlords’ wallets again by overhauling a program that lets them boost rents to cover major capital improvements in rent-stabilized apartments. De Blasio said Wednesday the program is fatally flawed because landlords get to collect the increases forever. “The way the law works now in Albany, you keep paying…
$39 domestic flights are coming to NYC
New Yorkers can soon fly on a budget. Starting in November, Allegiant air will be selling one-way flights from Newark, NJ, to Cincinnati; Knoxville, Tenn.; Savannah, Ga.; and Asheville, NC, for as low as $39. Meanwhile, Wow airlines is offering one-way trips from Newark to Iceland starting at $99, and to London, Paris, Berlin and…
De Blasio’s social media director quits, calls colleagues ‘political hacks’
Mayor Bill de Blasio’s social media director quit Tuesday after just eight weeks on the job, calling his now-former colleagues “political hacks” and saying he worked for “a boss who just couldn’t get it.” Scott Kleinberg, who came to New York from the Chicago Tribune, was rolled out as the mayor’s new social media director…
NYPD remembers slain rookie cop 30 years later
Scott Gadell — who was a 22-year-old rookie cop when he was fatally shot in 1986 — was remembered on the 30th Anniversary of his death on Wednesday as a “guardian angel” that saved countless lives Gadell, who had switched his shift to a day tour to attend his younger brother’s high school graduation, was…
Man survives jump off Brooklyn Bridge
A man jumped off the Brooklyn Bridge — and lived — on Wednesday, sources said. The distraught man, who has yet to be identified, took the near-fatal plunge at around 4 p.m, according to law enforcement sources. He spent a few minutes trying to muster up the courage to jump as drivers called police, the…
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