Fire breaks out at Manhattan restaurant
Flames broke out on 29th St. And 6th Ave in Chelsea just after 6 p.m.
Zohran Mamdani sparks outrage by tapping radical who praised notorious cop-killer Assata Shakur for...
Socialist Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani tapped a radical who idolizes cop-killer Assata Shakur to advise his administration on public schools, The Post has learned. Zakiyah Shaakir-Ansari — the co-executive director for the Alliance for Quality Education, a far-left activist group once fronted by “Sex and the City” star...
Soft-on-crime ex-NYC, Maryland jail honcho helping Zohran Mamdani reshape services for criminals
The ex-NYC jails boss who oversaw a huge surge of violence on Rikers Island is helping Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani reshape the Big Apple’s public-safety policies. Former Correction Commissioner Vincent Schiraldi — a longtime soft-on-crime, juvenile-justice activist — is one of 20 appointees named to the socialist...
Hackensack cops find no crime after Target TikTok scare
TikTok claim sparks investigation but cops say no crime HACKENSACK, NJ — A viral TikTok video alleging a suspicious encounter at the Hackensack Target prompted a police investigation this week, but officials say there is no evidence of criminal activity tied to the claim. The video, which gained attention on social...
Police: Moped-riding chain snatchers steal $15K worth of jewelry
Police say the pair is linked to at least eight incidents since mid-October, mostly in Queens, Brooklyn and Manhattan.
Family mourns 20-year-old man killed in Unionport hit-and-run
The family of 20-year-old Brandon Jose De La Cruz stood outside a vigil for him on the Cross Bronx Expressway service road. On Sunday evening, Brandon was crossing the street on his way to the gym when he was fatally hit by a car.
NYC to get 12,000 new apartments from outdated office buildings
New York developers are transforming struggling office buildings into more than 12,000 new apartments in a bid to help offset the city’s worst housing crisis in decades.
Who will Mamdani tap to lead NYC schools? Here are some possible contenders.
Sign up for Chalkbeat New York’s free daily newsletter to get essential news about NYC’s public schools delivered to your inbox. With less than a month until Zohran Mamdani takes office, he has yet to reveal one of his biggest personnel decisions: the leader of the nation’s biggest school system. Hiring a schools...
SUV taxi gets wedged on piece of metal in middle of Times Square; no...
Police were informed that a taxi driver drove over a metal grate with a manhole underneath, and got wedged on a piece of metal.
Flatbush woman warns neighbors after rent checks stolen from mailboxes twice
Kelli Daley says the first theft happened in July, after she dropped her rent check into a street mailbox on Albemarle Road.
