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Legislature approves 5 new NYC charter schools following state accord
The five new schools -- Bed Stuy New Beginnings Charter School 2, Â Central Queens Academy Charter School II, Haven Charter High School, Kwenda Collegiate Girls Charter School and MESA Charter...
Columbia University refuses to condemn professor who called Hamas attack 'awesome'
Columbia University has refused to comment on the growing furor over a tenured professor who called Hamas’ terror attacks against Israel “awesome” — as a petition calling for his ouster...
Four menaces stab, beat 3 teens near NYC schools in broad daylight: cops
Three men and one woman attacked the teens, 13, 14 and 15, on Independence Avenue near West 237th Street in Riverdale around 3 p.m. Sept. 26, police said.Â
NYC investigators found more than $780K in unused equipment in closed Rikers Island facility that contained hidden lounge
Workers from the city's Department of Correction squirreled away hundreds of thousands of dollars' worth of unused equipment — and built themselves a makeshift lounge replete with leather sofas, a...
Ex-FTX exec rips SBF's 'excessive' spending as jurors see pics of him hanging with Katy Perry at Super Bowl
A former top executive at Sam Bankman-Fried’s failed cryptocurrency exchange ripped him Monday for “excessive” spending and “flashiness” – while jurors at his fraud trial were shown a picture of...
Gunman shoots, wounds ex-girlfriend, her new beau inside NYC apartment building: cops
The armed man blasted his 27-year-old ex in the left foot, and her 31-year-old new beau in the right foot and left thigh inside a 16-story apartment building known as...
Adams uses AI to pass himself off to New Yorkers as multilingual in deepfake robocalls
"People stop me in the street all the of the time and say, 'I didn't know you speak Mandarin,'" the mayor boasted Monday.
NYC bus rider pummeled by hateful creep for wearing turban, mask: cops
The 19-year-old victim was riding an MTA shuttle bus near 118th Street and Liberty Avenue in the Little Guyana neighborhood around 9 a.m. Sunday when a stranger approached him and...
Rockets guard didn't break WNBA player girlfriend's neck, NYC prosecutors say while dropping charge
Houston Rockets guard Kevin Porter Jr. didn't break his girlfriend's neck during an alleged fight, prosecutors admitted as they dropped one charge against him.
Sam Bankman-Fried lawyers gripe his Adderall is wearing off during trial
Sam Bankman-Fried is still not getting his prescribed dose of Adderall - impacting the disgraced crypto magnate's ability to focus as he weighs the pivotal decision of whether to testify...
NYC club slammed for using Hamas attack video to promote 'intifada fundraver' for Palestinians
The ticketed event, held at The End club in Brooklyn Sunday night, was promoted with footage of Hamas terrorists bulldozing through the Gaza border fence as they launched their heinous...
Woman, 73, punched in face in unprovoked attack on NYC subway platform: cops
The senior was waiting for a northbound R train at the 57th Street–Seventh Avenue station around 2:30 a.m. when a stranger approached and slugged her without warning, police said.Â
Cops expand probe into other potential victims of Gilgo murder suspect
Police Commissioner Rodney K. Harrison assigned two additional investigators to the Gilgo Beach task force to prioritize work on the backgrounds of suspected victims Valerie Mack and Karen Vergata, he...
American Museum of Natural History to return thousands of stolen skeletons -- claim racist practices, grave robbing of Indigenous, black peoples: report
The American Museum of Natural History is ditching its collection of some 12,000 human remains -- claiming the institution followed racist practices by robbing the graves of Indigenous and black...
Life-saving NYC medics treated like zeroes with low pay: ex-FDNY boss
The city's life saving ambulance medics are being treated like zeroes with low pay, despite promises to provide them comparable pay with firefighters and other uniformed officers.
Hundreds call for Palestinian 'rights and dignity' to be respected at rally on Long Island
Nearly a thousand Pro-Palestinian demonstrators gathered outside the Nassau County Executive building Sunday afternoon to show their support for the embattled state — and plead that Israel not take out...
Petition grows to oust Ivy League Columbia prof who praised Hamas attack as 'awesome'
Professor Joseph Massad gushed about the "astonishing," "astounding," "awesome," and "incredible" nature of the terror attacks against thousands of Israelis, 1,300 of whom were murdered and 3,000 more wounded.
Former SI landfill will feature public park with soil replenished by human feces
Once the world's largest garbage dump, a portion of the massive Fresh Kills complex in Staten Island is now being turned into parkland -- and the soil will be replenished...
Despite renewed threats, Jewish New Yorkers display their faith proudly
Jewish New Yorkers are demonstrating their trademark resiliency, wearing their faith proudly despite rising tensions in the city as Israel wages war on Hamas following the terror group's cowardly surprise...
Top NY GOPer Lee Zeldin checking nation's political pulse, says Trump has real shot at 2024 prez win
"Trump has gotten stronger -- not weaker,'' said former New York gubernatorial candidate Lee Zeldin to The Post.