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Flights delayed at Newark Airport over mysterious ‘equipment outage’ and possible hurricane chaos
Travelers leaving town from Newark Liberty International Airport should expect possible flight delays Friday due to a mysterious “equipment outage” and possible chaos sparked by Hurricane Milton, officials said.
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Cuomo still has whopping $8M in war chest — but may not be able to use it in NYC mayor’s race
The funds are in his old state campaign account, and campaign finance rules would make it particularly difficult for him to transfer the money out for his rumored mayoral campaign in the Big Apple.
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The Grimace Effect: How the purple monster became the Miracle Mets’ good-luck charm in their 2024 postseason run
Move over Mr. Met, there's a new king of Queens.
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NYC mayoral hopefuls reap big campaign bucks amid Adams chaos — with Scarlett Johansson’s help
Two Democratic primary challengers to Mayor Eric Adams capitalized on the chaos engulfing City Hall, hauling in more than $1 million each in campaign funds — including a donation from actress Scarlett Johansson, new filings show. City Comptroller Brad Lander raked in $1.5 million over the last three months, bringing the total in his 2025...
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Feds hit NYC Department of Education with subpoena as Adams admin investigations heat up
The legal request issued in recent days sought documents related to Banks and his brother Terence Banks.
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NY GOP Rep. Marc Molinaro, Dem challenger Josh Riley go for jugular over immigration, abortion in heated debate for key House seat: ‘He’s lying!’
The debate for the battleground 19th Congressional District was, at points a live reenactment of the millions of dollars of attack ads that have been plastering the upstate district for the last few weeks whacking Molinaro on abortion and Riley on immigration.
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Disturbed woman robs 7-year-old boy, punches his mom in mugging at NYC grocery store
The boy was paying for fruit at Richard’s Fruit and Vegetable on Jerome Avenue near Marcy Place in Mount Eden around 11:40 a.m. Sept. 24 when the burgundy-haired thief ripped the bills out of his hand, police said.
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New sketches reveal NYC man whose skeletal remains were found in 1997
Police have released new composite sketches in hopes of identifying a Harlem man whose skeletal remains were found in 1997— reigniting an investigation that has run cold for nearly 30 years. On Friday, August 1, 1997, police found the remains of an unidentified man inside a building on West 121 Street, cops said.
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Break dancers are getting weird lumps from ‘extensive headspinning’ — but NYC pioneers say newbies are just doing it wrong
Doctors have warned break dancers to avoid head spinning after performers developed strange cone-like lumps on their noggins — and one guy had to get it surgically removed, according to a new medical journal report.
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Man who lost arm and leg in train strike wins $90 million judgment against MTA
The cash-strapped MTA could be on the hook for $90 million, after a train operator failed to stop for a drunk man who fell onto the subway tracks and ran him over — severing one of his legs, his hip joint and most of an arm. Lamont Powell, who is unable to ever work again,...
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State forced to step in to avert Election Day disaster in key NY battleground House district: ‘Grave concern’
The state board of elections sent nine staffers to help alleviate a backlog of nearly 20,000 voter registrations and other pieces of paperwork at the Onondaga County Board of Elections this week – the first time the state has had to provide that kind of last-minute support to a county.
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Charli XCX tells fans to ditch work for album release party in NY — and hundreds listen
Hundreds of fans of Charli XCX fled the Big Apple – and their jobs – Thursday afternoon in order to be one of the first to listen to the “Guess” singer’s new remix album.
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6 young women bludgeoned pair with hammer, robbed one inside NYC tattoo studio: cops
The baby-faced crew used the tool to bash a 29-year-old man in the arm, before punching him in the face inside Flow Gangsta Tattoo on Third Avenue near East 152nd Street in Mott Haven minutes before 9 a.m. Aug. 17, authorities said.
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Hochul’s agency heads might be getting a raise
During a sparsely attended hearing of the state Commission on Legislative, Judicial, and Executive Compensation Thursday, the panel’s chair presented research prepared by Hochuls budget office supporting a pay bump.
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Democratic Socialists ready endorsement of Israel critic Zohran Mamdani for NYC mayor
The Democratic Socialists of America is readying a vote on whether to endorse Israel-bashing Queens Assemblyman Zohran Mamdani for mayor, according to an internal planning document obtained by The Post.
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Embattled NYC Mayor Eric Adams finds unlikely ally in his predecessor, Bill de Blasio
“Innocent until proven guilty is a real thing," de Blasio said.
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City dwellers thrilled by magnificent aurora borealis display over the Big Apple: ‘Absolutely speechless!’
Lights, camera, aurora! New Yorker’s were left awestruck Thursday night when the night sky was illuminated by a breathtaking aurora borealis display over the Big Apple. “It has been a LONG time since we’ve seen visible aurora over NYC,” X account New York Metro Weather wrote in a post that included a photo of the...
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Gov. Kathy Hochul now says she won’t aid Steve Cohen’s troubled casino bid
Gov. Kathy Hochul insisted Thursday that she won’t aid Mets owner Steve Cohen’s bid for a coveted New York City casino license — after sources told The Post she intended to introduce legislation that would benefit the billionaire. “There are people, shady people, who will try to manipulate the [casino bidding] process to their benefit and...
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Boy, 13, stabbed outside NYC school during broad-daylight fight
A 13-year-old boy was stabbed in the back during a broad-daylight fight with a teen rival steps away from his Brooklyn school on Thursday, according to sources and police.
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Pack of pit bulls kill upstate NY man, only stop mauling body after cop shoots one dead
The cop shot his weapon, striking one dog and startling the other rabid animals that moved away from the victim.
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Scammers ripped off NY’s controversial Medicaid homecare program to the tune of $68M: feds
In an indictment unsealed Wednesday, the feds allege two adult daycares – Happy Family Social Adult Day Care and Family Social Adult Day Care – bribed and gave kickbacks to Medicaid recipients so they could pilfer $68 million out of the program.
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Bloomberg for mayor? Half of NYC voters want billionaire to mount return run amid City Hall chaos: poll
Half of New Yorkers said they'd like former Mayor Mike Bloomberg to run in a special election if Eric Adams resigns or is removed from office, a Morning Consult poll released Thursday found.
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Cops release new images of anti-Israel mob who bloodied Democratic Majority of Israel co-founder as hunt for attackers continues
Police are hunting for the anti-Israel protesters who whacked a Jewish leader with a tambourine and flag pole during a march on the first anniversary of Hamas' deadly Oct. 7 attack.
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Adams to name permanent NYPD commissioner soon as sanitation boss Jessica Tisch emerges as frontrunner
City Department of Sanitation boss Jessica Tisch has emerged as the frontrunner to be the NYPD’s next permanent commissioner, The Post has learned. Tisch’s ascension to top cop isn’t yet a done deal, as sources said Mayor Eric Adams is expected to announce his decision on police commissioner next week. Murmurs that Tisch will be...
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Man found hanging from tree inside NYC park after troubling text to roommate: sources
Officers found the body around 1:30 p.m. in a wooded area at Orchard Beach Road and Bartow Circle, after responding to a call of a man hanging in the park, authorities and sources said.
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Shocking video captures NYC beatdown of ex-Gov. David Paterson, stepson: ‘I’m disgusted’
A brutal beatdown of ex-Gov. David Paterson and his step son, Anthony Sliwa, was captured on newly released video footage posted online by Anthony's dad, Guardian Angels founder Curtis Sliwa.
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NYC’s West Bank Cafe calls in stage stars to help raise funds after fighting off closure
The iconic West Bank Cafe in Hell's Kitchen — which raked in more than $120,000 to keep it from shuttering over the summer — staged a performance Tuesday featuring Broadway stars to help pay for rent and upgrades at the time-worn joint.
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Feds raid NYPD’s school safety HQ as part of probe into city contracts: sources
FBI agents raided the city’s school safety command headquarters in Queens Thursday as part of a probe into school safety panic button contracts greenlit by an embattled former senior adviser to Mayor Eric Adams, sources said.
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DOC press secretary who wrestled another DOC official was once on MTV ‘Anger Management’ reality show
City Department of Correction press secretary Annais Morales — who wrestled with DOC compliance officer Mariam Singh in a diva donnybrook on Oct. 8 — was just 21-years-old when she appeared on the episode.
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Brutes beat sleeping homeless man to death with metal pipes, baseball bat, outside NYC supermarket: cops
The men, 42 and 38, were snoozing in the parking lot of the supermarket on McDonald Avenue near Avenue I in Mapleton around 7 p.m. Sept. 18 when the vicious pair got into a spat with them, authorities said.
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