Subway riders can now read free books on their commute

Manhattan Police are looking for a teen suspect who allegedly slashed and stabbed a man in a Harlem subway station. The suspect and the 42-year-old victim argued just before 8 p.m. Tuesday in the 125th Street station of the 2 and 3 lines, cops said. The teen then stabbed the victim on the left hand…

Crafty raccoon stays in tree a day after dodging NYPD
The wily raccoon who outwitted two elite NYPD cops on Tuesday didn’t press its luck Wednesday, staying safely perched in a tree 30 feet above a Brooklyn street. And who could blame the cautious critter after his narrow escape from two Emergency Service Unit cops, who tried in vain to capture the masked marauder after…

Ray Kelly incensed over de Blasio’s surveillance criticism
Former NYPD Commissioner Raymond Kelly came out swinging Wednesday against Mayor de Blasio over a report critical of the cops’ Muslim surveillance program in the wake of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. “I was incensed,” Kelly said on the John Gambling show on AM 970 The Answer. “This is a pathetic attempt at another political…

Kids at this music school rock state English and math exams
They’re hitting an academic high note. Students at a Manhattan public school spend more time practicing their piano and cello than hitting their textbooks — and still manage to drown out the competition in math and English. The Special Music School at the Kaufman Music Center, which includes kindergarten through 12th grade, is the only…

Ex-Carlyle hotel owner’s wife sues his ‘prodigal son’ for $3M
The widow of former Carlyle hotel owner Norman Peck is suing her late husband’s “Prodigal Son’’ over $3 million in unpaid loans, calling her stepson a lousy ungrateful spendthrift. The move comes a couple of weeks after the stepson, Ian Peck, 49, sued to try to get a bigger slice of his dead dad’s $41…

Ex-AIG chief’s defense firm backing former Schneiderman staffer for state Senate
Powerhouse lawyer David Boies is supporting a state Senate candidate in Manhattan who is closely tied to state Attorney General Eric Schneiderman — who he is battling in a decade-old accounting fraud case involving Hank Greenberg, former CEO of the American International Group. Boise and his colleagues have contributed more than $23,000 to Micah Lasher,…

Truck driver pummeled by ‘show time’ dancer in turf dispute
A street performer bloodied a deliveryman in Manhattan Wednesday because he drove his truck through their turf in Battery Park, witnesses said. The driver was carrying ice and other items to six trucks that primarily sell hot dogs and ice cream near the Statue of Liberty ferry, said Md Alauddin, 32, who supervises the carts….

NYPD wrecked my backyard chasing down cop-killer: suit
A Queens woman is suing the NYPD for destroying her backyard and pool while hunting for the thug who killed NYPD Officer Brian Moore last year. Margaret Thevenin, 55, says cops ripped apart her garage doors, sliced and drained her pool and broke a glass table as they searched for suspect Demetrius Blackwell on May 2,…

Dog-napper steals pooch from laundromat
A crook swiped a pooch from a Brooklyn laundromat – the second dog-napping in the city this week, cops said. The thief entered the Knickerbocker Laundry Station on Knickerbocker Avenue near DeKalb Avenue in Bushwick at about 3:30 p.m. Monday, police said. Surveillance video shows the man opening a door, beckoning to Pippen — a…

‘Butt-grabber’ faces 20 to life after being tied to robberies
An accused serial burglar — who was nabbed only after an eagle-eyed off-duty cop saw him grabbing a sunbather’s buttocks in July — faces 20 years to life in prison for robbing seven Upper East Side eateries. Prosecutors said he unsuccessfully attempted to hit four more restaurants. A sunburned Thomas Cronin appeared cuffed in Manhattan…

How the ‘Preppy Killer’ could have been stopped
Five months before he smothered Jennifer Levin and became known as the “Preppy Killer,” Robert Chambers did something that could have altered the course of his life — and saved hers. Chambers, a ruggedly handsome, 19-year-old Upper East Sider who attended the most exclusive private schools, stole a friend’s credit card and was caught after…

Cops responding to burglary call find alligator in bathtub
Police encountered a cold-blooded suspect while on the hunt for a burglar in Staten Island. Cops arrived at the scene of a possible break-in at a Bush Avenue home around 7:30 p.m. Tuesday — originally thinking the thief may be inside because the front door was wide open. The responding officers began scanning the home,…

Cops hunt for co-worker of woman nearly slashed to death
A woman was stabbed and slashed inside a Brooklyn building on Tuesday, sources said. Police found the 38-year-old woman barely alive lying on the steps of a building on 7th Avenue near 60th Street in Sunset Park at around 9 a.m. Her throat had been cut, along with her head and her hands. She also…

Rao’s family feud could ruin food empire
The majority shareholders in the legendary Italian restaurant Rao’s in Harlem and its Battery Park specialty-foods business are trying to push out founding father Vincent Rao’s nephew, Ronald Straci, and his wife, Sharon.

People can’t get over this giant ‘potato’ on the Hudson
That’s false advertising! A giant, 6 ton potato turned heads Tuesday as it floated along the Hudson on a truck that read, “It’s Real.” There was just one problem: It’s fake! The 12-foot wide behemoth was initially spotted Tuesday morning in the waters near Battery City Park, sparking a slew of tweets from onlookers who…

Indonesian Consulate burglars tried to bribe cops with vodka: police
Police nabbed the two teens who burglarized the Indonesian Consulate on the Upper East Side — one of whom tried to bribe the arresting officers with a stolen vehicle and booze, cops said. David Rivera, 18, allegedly tried to convince cops to let him and his partner in crime, Tanya Nunez, 16, go free by…

Firm involved in shady nursing home deal pulls out of major project
The company that angered Mayor de Blasio by hushing up its purchase of the Rivington House nursing home earlier this year has pulled out of another major project under pressure from the administration, City Hall sources said Wednesday. The Slate Property Group disclosed that it had sold its interest in developing the Bedford-Union Armory in…

Hedge fund linked to prison guards’ union goes to ‘liquidators’
Here’s yet another reason the city corrections officers’ union should be concerned about the $20 million it invested in troubled hedge fund Platinum Partners. On Tuesday, a Cayman Islands judge ordered that the international unit of Platinum’s flagship fund be handed over to court-appointed “liquidators” amid serious new concerns about its ability to repay investors,…

FDNY firefighters fuming over faulty lieutenants exam
The city’s personnel agency bungled a civil service exam for promotion to fire lieutenant last year, then botched its corrective action – so now it’s going to score the test for a third time, The Post has learned. The Department of Citywide Administrative Services posted a list of 1,166 firefighters who passed the test, a…

Cops arrest perv who was caught fondling himself on subway
Warning: Graphic language The alleged perv who was eviscerated for touching himself on a crowded No. 2 train in an epic rant that was posted on Facebook has been arrested for publicly fondling himself in two separate incidents, authorities said Wednesday. Cops nabbed Kevin Cuffe, 23, of The Bronx last week on public lewdness charges…

Woman says she was snatched from street and gang raped
Police are investigating a young woman’s claim that she was gang raped in Bedford-Stuyvesant, authorities said. The 17-year-old victim told police that a strange man approached her near the corner of Jefferson Street and Marcus Garvey Boulevard and dragged her into a nearby building where she was raped early Tuesday morning. After the assault was…

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