NYC principal’s ‘illicit’ affair with younger teacher exposed by scorned wife after helping lover...
The furious wife of a philandering Staten Island principal blew the whistle on her husband’s affair with a younger teacher at his school, where he helped his lover win tenure, The Post has learned. Principal Anthony Cosentino, 43, engaged in a “consensual sexual relationship” with the married staffer, Jacqueline...
This year’s FDNY firefighter exam drew less than half the number who took 2017...
Fewer than 22,000 people took the open competitive exam to become an FDNY firefighter this year despite the department sinking $3 million into a recruitment campaign, pushing back the registration timeline and adding more testing dates, according to figures provided by the department. The 21,760 people who took the...
Straphanger shoved onto train tracks at Midtown subway station in random attack: NYPD
A man was pushed from behind onto the train tracks at a Midtown subway station in a random attack carried out by a stranger Saturday night, according to the NYPD. The 44-year-old straphanger was shoved in his back onto the tracks of the 1 train at the 50th Street and 7th Avenue station at 7:50 p.m., cops said. He...
Three people injured after teen gunman opens fire in Times Square as panicked crowds...
THREE people have been injured after a teen gunman opened fire in Times Square, police said. Footage showed panicked crowds fleeing the tourist spot in New York as cops swarmed a vehicle. Police told The Sun that gunfire erupted at 1.20am after a “verbal dispute between two people escalated”. A 65-year-old man and a...
New York declares total war on prolific rat population
New York is waging a war on multiple fronts to combat the near ubiquitous rats that plague city streets and the subways, leaving some residents afraid to let their children walk on sidewalks. Faced with an overwhelming and ever-growing problem, officials have moved beyond gassing burrows to suffocate rodents and...
NYPD putting up nearly $400K on Wall-E style robot with ‘crazy mechanical arm’
The NYPD is shelling out nearly $400,000 for a remote controlled Wall-E look-alike robot that can roll into danger — so cops don’t have to. The PackBot 525 — built by Brooklyn-based defense company FLIR — will be deployed by the department’s Emergency Service Unit, The Post has learned. “This one has a crazy...
3 bicyclists wanted for shooting 50-year-old man in Morrisania
Authorities say the trio were riding bicycles on St. Ann’s Avenue around 10 p.m. when they fired their weapons and struck the victim.
Double Shooting at Rockaways Housing Complex Leaves One Dead, Another Injured as NYPD Seeks...
Two separate shootings occurred within hours at the Hammel Houses in the Rockaways, resulting in one fatality and one injury. The New York Police Department told Gothamist that the first incident took place around 7:45 p.m. on Wednesday at a building within the public housing complex at 84-14 Beach Channel Drive.
NYC’s last migrant hotel will close in coming months, mayor says
New York City's last migrant hotel will be closing in the coming months, Mayor Eric Adams said Saturday.
NYC shark bite victim celebrates giant leap in ‘miracle’ recovery two years after Rockaway...
A Queens woman has taken a giant leap — with her foot — on her “miracle” road to recovery two years after a shark tore 20 pounds of flesh from her thigh at Rockaway Beach . Tatyana Koltunyuk, of Astoria, became the victim of New York’s first maneater attack since the 1950s during her solo swim on Aug. 7, 2023 near...
