Big Apple hustlers are cashing in on the EpiPen price hike, hawking illegal packs of the medication online for up to $450, The Post has learned. Sellers told The Post they are simply filling a niche in the market — which has seen prices for epinephrine injection devices skyrocket to as high as $608 for…
Neglect of Children’s Services contributed to deaths of 8 kids: report
They didn’t have to die. Lax oversight and egregious neglect by the city’s Administration for Children’s Services contributed to the brutal deaths of eight children in 13 months, Public Advocate Letitia James charges. “ACS is failing its basic responsibility to adequately investigate allegations of abuse and neglect, and to provide the services necessary to keep…
86 private agencies make millions helping city’s vulnerable kids
Eighty-six private agencies rake in millions of taxpayer dollars to help he city’s Administration for Children’s Services care for New York’s most vulnerable kids — and their CEOs get big bucks. ACS pays more than $774 million for the outside agencies’ services in looking after abused, neglected and ill children. Some are cited in Public…
City to destroy safety barriers for West Indian Day Parade floats
Safety comes second on Eastern Parkway in Brooklyn, where concrete barriers designed to aid pedestrians are being destroyed to make way for giant West Indian Day Parade floats. This week, the city will jackhammer away the barriers, angering area residents who fought for years to have them built. “It compromises the safety of the people….
School bus driver charged in 1990 slay of ex-lover: ‘I was in the wrong place at the wrong time’
Sobbing inside a visiting booth at Rikers, Rhode Island school-bus driver Zunilda Rosario appears stunned and out of place. Her gray, jail-issued uniform hangs loose on her narrow frame. A second night in jail has left her reddish-brown curls limp, and her eyes weary. Has this tired, weepy, middle-aged woman — a mom who bakes…
Why Cuomo wants you to pay unions to build luxury housing
What Andrew Cuomo did this month was like a parody of a black-and-white 1940s movie about beefing kids in the alley. Bully No. 1 has a baseball bat: “Why I oughta smash your head in!” Bully No. 2 has a knife: “I’m gonna slice you up good.” It’s a standoff, until along comes Andrew, kindly…
Man found dead on Coney Island beach
A man was found dead at the beach on Coney Island Saturday morning, police said. The 45-year-old victim, who was fully clothed, was spotted lying in the sand by a lifeguard at about 11:25 a.m. near the West 22nd Street entrance. He was declared dead on scene. Police sources said his body had no visible…
Cops arrest 3 roommates after finding drugs, guns in apartment
Three East Village roommates were busted Friday after cops found a stash of guns and drugs in their apartment – the second time this week one of them was put behind bars. Authorities investigating the Aug. 17 gun arrest of Nico Meneses, 24, executed a search warrant at his East 4th Street apartment about 7…
Mom who died saving son kept him above water until rescue
SALT LAKE CITY — A mother was enjoying a family boat trip across Lake Powell when she heard a scream and splash. Her 2-year-old son had slipped off their houseboat and into the water. Chelsey Russell, a 35-year-old mother of two from Lakewood, Colorado, jumped in to rescue her son. She managed to keep the…
This NYC hotel housed some of the world’s most beautiful women
When well-brought-up young women used to come to New York to live, many of them hopped in cabs and headed straight to 140 E. 63rd St. The building that occupied the corner of East 63rd and Lexington Avenue was the Barbizon Hotel, standing 23 stories high, with 700 guest rooms. More legend than simple address,…
Woman shot in leg by gunman in Union Square robbery
Cops are looking for the gunman who shot a woman in a robbery gone awry in Union Square early Saturday. The victim, a 55-year-old Bronx resident, was held up about 12:20 a.m. by a man in his 50s inside a commercial building on 5th Avenue near East 17th Street. The robber shot her in the…
Ice cream bandit gets 30 days in the cooler
He’s canceling his subscription. One of the city’s infamous “Bonnie & Clyde’’ ice-cream bandits landed 30 days in jail Friday — and said he has The Post to thank for it. “I always read The Post. I’m starting not to like it now,’’ grumbled Mark Hicks, whose landlord said the thief boasted about his exploits…
Landlord fined $120K for cheaping out on bathtub for disabled tenant
A Queens landlord who wouldn’t spend $10,000 on a new bathtub to accommodate a severely disabled tenant has been hit with $120,000 in penalties and damages by the city’s Human Rights Commission. Milena Jovic refused multiple requests to install an accessible bathtub in Lynn Blue’s third-floor apartment for her 17-year-old daughter, Bianca Torres, who suffers…
Pregnant mom found strangled in Bronx park
The body of a pregnant Westchester woman was found Friday in a Bronx park after her boyfriend confessed to killing her and told police where to look, a law enforcement source said. Ashley McDuffie, 27, was found strangled in Seton Falls Park, near the Mount Vernon border. Her boyfriend, whose name was not immediately released,…
Dozens of schools bent rules for online classes, credit recovery
Some top-rated schools were among 36 that the Department of Education found bent the rules on “credit recovery” and online courses — potentially giving their students an undeserved leg up, The Post has learned. They include the NYC iSchool in Soho, which was offering online courses that weren’t “aligned to DOE expectations,” and six so-called…
Port Authority has plan to fix La Guardia gridlock
The Port Authority has a plan it hopes will help solve the gridlock in and around La Guardia Airport, which has become so bad that desperate fliers are bailing from cars on the busy Grand Central Parkway and sprinting to the terminals. The first step will be a redesign of the 94th Street entrance to…
Post exclusive sparked probe into Thompson’s free lunches
The probe of Brooklyn DA Ken Thompson’s funny lunch-money habits was sparked by a February 2015 story in The Post about the personal errands he assigned to members of his security detail, documents reveal. The Department of Investigation confirmed that Thompson’s protective detail spent thousands of dollars buying him meals between January 2014 and February…
Cops urge J’Ouvert revelers to refrain from violence
The NYPD has a clear message for revelers taking part in Brooklyn’s J’Ouvert festival this weekend: Don’t shoot. The 71st Precinct in Crown Heights tweeted out a flyer Thursday afternoon warning festival-goers to refrain from violence during the annual celebration. “This community will no longer tolerate this violence,” the message said. “Do not shoot anyone….
Viral subway cricket video was an elaborate prank
Warning: Graphic language Almost everyone involved in the crazy subway cricket chaos was in on it — except for the crickets. A Brooklyn actress claims she was the woman who sparked mass hysteria on a rush-hour D train earlier this week after someone knocked her collection of creepy crawlies into the air — and admitted…
School bus driver charged with killing teen baby daddy in 1990
A former Harlem resident who worked as a school-bus driver and baked cakes in her Rhode Island home was just busted for a 26-year-old murder, cops said Friday. Zunilda Rosario, 48, was remanded without bail after being arrested by police at JFK Airport on Thursday following an afternoon flight back to the States from the…
Veteran commits suicide in VA parking lot
Two congressmen want federal authorities to investigate why a former Navy gunner apparently killed himself on the grounds of a veterans’ hospital in New York. Peter Kaisen, 76, a retired police officer from Islip, was found Sunday in a parking lot at the Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Northport suffering from a gunshot wound to…
Traffic cop stops dad accused of abducting 3-year-old daughter
A father suspected of abducting his 3-year-old daughter in Pennsylvania was taken into custody by the NYPD after a traffic agent pulled over his car Friday in lower Manhattan, police sources said. The Pennsylvania State Police had issued an Amber Alert early Friday afternoon for Robert Byrne, reporting that “the suspect took the child under…
City is allowed to track cabbies through GPS, court rules
Cabbies beware: The city has the right to track everywhere you go through your GPS, a federal appeals court ruled Friday. Queens hack Hassan El-Nahal had sued the city and Taxi and Limousine Commission in 2013, charging that the TLC used his cab’s GPS data against him without probable cause or a search warrant. And…
New video shows moment bugs are unleashed in subway
Warning: Graphic language New video posted online Friday shows the moment crickets and worms went flying on a rush-hour D train earlier this week — sparking mass hysteria inside the packed subway car. “Yo, this bitch got bugs in the bucket,” a person says, as the woman who was selling the creepy crawlies chides passengers…
Sheldon Silver not allowed to travel outside lower 48 states
Disgraced former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver has been allowed to remain free on bail for awhile longer — but he won’t be working on any serious tan or fly-fishing for salmon. The 72-year-old Democrat’s travels are limited to the 48 contiguous states, meaning he’s barred from going to Hawaii or Alaska. On Thursday, Manhattan federal…
New York actually got lucky with its ObamaCare premium hike
New York’s 16.6 percent hike in Obamacare premiums for individuals next year is looking like a bargain compared to other states, where consumers are getting socked with increases three or four times as high. Tennessee this week approved higher premiums of 62, 46 and 44 percent for its three insurers. Tennessee Insurance commissioner Julie Mix…
Man slashed elderly mom’s throat before slicing himself
A crazed man slashed his elderly mother in the throat and then turned the knife on himself, slashing his own neck inside an apartment in a Queens senior center Friday, law enforcement sources said. The bloody mayhem broke out in the Clearview Senior Center on 26th Avenue near Corporal Kennedy Street in Bayside around noon,…
Disgraced ex-head of corrections union gets to go to Disney
He’s getting out of Dodge — and going to Disney World. Disgraced former city corrections officers union chief Norman Seabrook has gotten the green light to take a family trip to the Orlando, Fla., theme park while facing corruption charges in an alleged kickback scandal. Manhattan federal Judge Andrew Carter signed off on Seabrook’s week-long…
Bleeding victim chases down armed robber after attack
A tough-as-nails Brooklyn clothing shop worker was bashed in the head by a group of armed robbers Thursday night, but still managed to chase one of the fleeing suspects down. Three thieves held up Mahmoud Abdelraitman, 50, inside Metro Sports on Flatbush Avenue near East 31st Street about 9:30 p.m., police sources said. One of…
Brooklyn rescue dog is now an Insta-famous fashionista
Once at death’s door, this Brooklyn pooch is now curling up in the lap of luxury as a social-media star. Ella Bean, a Yorkie mix, was two days away from being put down at a Florida shelter, when Hilary Sloan came upon her nearly eight years ago. “She was in really rough shape. She had…
Man appeals homicide sentence by claiming his hearing aid broke during trial
A Long Island man serving life in prison for double homicide is gaining traction on his bizarre attempt to get out of jail by claiming that he was denied a fair trial because his hearing aid broke. A Manhattan federal appeals court ruled this week that hearing-impaired jailbird John Pierotti, 62, might just have a…
Investigator: Ken Thompson fired me because I’m former DA’s ally
A longtime investigator is calling out Brooklyn District Attorney Ken Thompson for firing her because she’s a close ally of his predecessor, according to a new $20 million lawsuit. Brenda Sandiford Crockwell spent a decade as a $72,000-a-year supervising investigator after being appointed in 2004 by then-DA Charles Hynes, she says in a Brooklyn federal…
Ken Thompson’s $15K fine may not be end of free meal drama
Brooklyn District Attorney Ken Thompson refused to say Thursday whether he’d been privately admonished for misconduct before getting blistered by the city Conflicts of Interest Board — and it could spell trouble for his law license if he was, an expert on legal ethics told The Post. Thompson was slapped with a near-record, $15,000 fine…
Students’ personal info left on street in careless security breach
A pile of student documents that included personal information such as Social Security numbers and home addresses was reportedly dumped right in front of a Bronx elementary school. The reams of student files were discovered atop a pile of plastic garbage bags at PS 236, WABC/Channel 7 reported Thursday. One parent, whose 12-year-old daughter’s file…
Cops on hunt for upskirt-snapping creep in the Hamptons
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