NYC’s most iconic movie was filmed in New Jersey, says Spike Lee
What does the great New York director Spike Lee consider the most iconic New York movie?. Stephen Colbert wanted to know. “Well, it wasn’t actually shot in New York,” Lee told Colbert. “It was shot in New Jersey.”. Hoboken, specifically. Lee called “On the Waterfront” his “favorite...
Thieves break into NJ judge’s bedroom while he slept
Imagine waking up to find intruders had been in your bedroom—this retired judge's story is chilling and eye-opening.
Clark student is one of six teens to take part in U.S. Space Academy
NEWARK, NJ — The Scholarship Fund for Inner-City Children, a partner of the Archdiocese of Newark, recently gave six incoming high school seniors from archdiocesan Catholic schools the summer of a lifetime by providing scholarships to attend the prestigious Advanced Space Academy at the U.S. Space & Rocket Center in...
NYC rats may have developed a new ‘language’ to navigate city life on their...
A new field study into New York City’s rats found them to be talkative city dwellers with an extensive language for communication and movement.
Several elected officials call on NYPD to arrest ICE agents acting unlawfully
Several elected officials are calling on the NYPD to arrest immigration agents who they claim are abusing their authority. “I sent a letter last week to NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch to warn her about what is coming to New York City because we’ve seen it around the country,” Democratic Rep. Dan Goldman, who...
Officer Found Guilty in Robert Brooks’ Murder as Calls Grow to Overhaul Prison Oversight
A jury on Monday convicted a former state correction officer of second-degree murder — and acquitted two other former officers — in the killing of Robert Brooks, an incarcerated man beaten to death last year inside Marcy Correctional Facility upstate. The verdict against David Kingsley, one of three officers on...
Boy, 13, stabbed twice by pair after rock is hurled at their car in...
A 13-year-old boy was stabbed twice by a pair who flew into a rage when someone in the teen’s group tossed a rock at their car in broad daylight Sunday, cops and sources said. The boy was walking with two friends around 3:30 p.m. at Cozine Avenue and Jerome Street in East New York when someone in the group flung a...
NYC school bus firms plan to fire workers, end service to 150K students in...
A group of school bus companies plans to stop service to 150,000 city students and fire 12,000 unionized workers in a vicious contract standoff, The Post has learned. The coalition will inform the state Monday of its plan set to take hold Nov. 1 as part of a state requirement that dictates companies must notify the...
Woman arrested after brutal beating of hospital roommate
Police confirm that 44-year-old Raquel Haughton was taken into custody around 2 p.m. Monday and charged with assault and manslaughter in connection to the death of grandmother Cynthia Vann.
Metro-North to extend service to Albany, competing with Amtrak service
The Metro-North's Hudson Line will run one daily round trip train between Albany and Grand Central Terminal starting next year, Gov. Hochul said. Gov. Hochul says the expansion will partially fill in for reduced Amtrak service as the national railway repairs the East River rail tunnels heading into Manhattan. [ more...