Mayoral candidate Curtis Sliwa dined at Carmine’s on the Upper West Side to show solidarity with the hostess who was attacked by tourists, allegedly over the city’s vaccine mandate. The Republican and his wife Nancy sat outside next to the host stand at their neighborhood red sauce joint Tuesday evening, and blasted Black Lives Matter … Read more
It really is the naked city. There have been numerous recent sightings of a man — clad only in black socks, shoes and inexplicably carrying a gym bag — sauntering around the streets of the Upper East Side and Midtown. The unmasked streaker was seen in early September strutting his stuff near Central Park on … Read more
A top official at the long-embattled New York City Board of Elections defended the hiring of political cronies over a merit-based selection system during a state Senate hearing Tuesday in Albany. “Patronage, if that’s what you want to call it — I don’t think you’ll have civil servants working 12 hours a day, seven days … Read more
As the Big Apple battled back from the pandemic, implemented sprawling vaccine requirements, reopened schools, endured epic flooding and contended with a crisis at the Rikers Island jail — the City Council posted its least productive summer in two decades, a Post analysis reveals. The Council and its committees met or were scheduled to meet … Read more
An NYU student and a 27-year-old man were shot Tuesday afternoon in a pair of separate incidents of gunplay just minutes apart on busy Downtown Brooklyn streets, police said. The first victim of the broad daylight gun violence was shot in the arm around 3:10 p.m. outside the NYU’s Jacobs Building at 6 MetroTech Center … Read more
Gov. Kathy Hochul is cutting off all taxpayer funding for legal bills wracked up by aides to disgraced ex-Gov. Andrew Cuomo as several investigations continue, according to a new report. Hochul’s top lawyer — Elizabeth Fine — emailed several law firms representing the ex-staffers on Sept. 2, telling them that from that day forward the … Read more
At least six people were injured Tuesday afternoon outside a Bronx high school after a teen was stabbed in a car before the driver sped off — hitting pedestrians and another vehicle along the way, police said. Cops say the violence erupted during an argument between two groups around 2:30 p.m. outside Harry S. Truman … Read more
GOP mayoral nominee Curtis Sliwa seized on renewed reports that his Democratic challenger Eric Adams may not live in the Brooklyn brownstone he calls home — but actually resides in a New Jersey apartment he owns with a girlfriend — by visiting his opponent’s Fort Lee co-op Tuesday. “Where is Adams hiding?” asked a sign … Read more
A “very loud” fighter jet soared over the Big Apple on Tuesday, creating a commotion that alarmed residents and set off car alarms, video shows. Footage posted to Twitter captured the F-16 jet as it did loops around 3 p.m. over New York City. The fighter jet intercepted a Cessna that flew into restricted air … Read more
The hellish conditions on Rikers Island have gotten so bad that Mayor Bill de Blasio will transfer 100 NYPD officers from crimefighting duties and into courts to replace correction officers who are needed in the notorious lockup. Correction officers escort inmates to court appearances and guard them before and after the proceedings. Now cops will … Read more