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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...

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...

New York City mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani is already reshaping the city’s long‑running fight over retiree health care, pulling back from a controversial Medicare overhaul that helped define the mayoral race. His shift on retiree coverage is more than a tactical tweak, it is a test of how far a self‑styled progressive...

New York City’s public housing authority has turned thousands of apartments over to private management. While PACT may currently be the most effective way to fund renovations quickly, many tenants are still not sold on the program, citing eviction threats and higher costs. This story was originally published by...

Tire thief caught on video leaves Newark car on crates during early morning heist NEWARK, NJ – Police are searching for a suspect caught on surveillance video stealing all four tires from a parked vehicle and leaving it propped on crates in a Newark neighborhood in the early hours of Tuesday morning. The theft...

3 New Yorkers and 2 people from Maine are facing charges in connection with a drug bust in Livermore Falls.

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...

Kelli Daley says the first theft happened in July, after she dropped her rent check into a street mailbox on Albemarle Road.

The latest news from the MTA has New Yorkers bracing to lose another ten cents—but, thankfully, gain plenty of fresh material for daily complaints. Beginning January 4th, 2026 , subway fares will increase from $2.90 to $3 , with changes coming to LIRR and Metro North fares as well. This marks roughly the 20th fare...

Hernandez pled guilty, and will be permitted to report to the Metropolitan Detention Center in Sunset Park, Brooklyn on Jan 6.