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Longtime NY1 anchor Lewis Dodley reveals he’s retiring at end of the month
“When I was offered this job in 1992, I saw it as the opportunity of a lifetime,” he said on air Monday night. “I’ve tried to treat it that way."
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NYPD detectives jump over glass barrier to save distraught woman on ledge of 54-story NYC building, dramatic video shows
The two ESU members hoisted the woman above the glass wall while police waited on the other side to grab onto her, the footage shows.
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Swastika arm band at NYC tailor sparks fury — but shop says employee didn’t know what it meant
Ignacio's Tailor shop on East 60th Street issued a groveling apology and a manager said he called the cops, then tossed the hateful garment.
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Career criminal arrested for randomly attacking woman on NYC subway — only to be set free next day
“And then he started throwing kicks. Yeah, he was kicking me in the belly. He was throwing kicks and punches. Like three kicks, four kicks..."
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Hochul slammed for saying black kids in the Bronx don’t know what the word ‘computer’ means
"Right now we have, you know, young black kids growing up in the Bronx who don’t even know what the word 'computer' is,” Gov. Kathy Hochul told a forum in California Monday.
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NYPD academy graduates 576 as union says ‘we need more’ amid staff crunch
The NYPD academy on Monday graduated 576 new cops on Monday, including 33 who will join the MTA police force -- even as the city's PBA says more cops are still needed to patrol the Big Apple.
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Over 1,000 anti-Israel protesters march toward Met Gala
Over 1,000 pro-Palestinian demonstrators with flags and keffiyeh face coverings are marching through Manhattan towards the Metropolitan Museum of Art, where the star-studded Met Gala is in full swing.
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Globetrotting jewelry thief caught after swiping nearly $300K from NYC Cartier, Tiffany shops
Yaorong Wan, of Queens, has been accused of a litany of crimes related to his sticky-fingered crime spree, during which he allegedly stole diamond rings valued at nearly $300,000 and an $18,000 watch.
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13 federal judges boycott Columbia grads over anti-Israeli protests: ‘An incubator of bigotry’
"Freedom of speech protects protest, not trespass, and certainly not acts of threats of violence or terrorism," the judges said in a scathing missive to embattled Columbia President Minouche Shafik.
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Who is Manolo De Los Santos? Leader of Hamas-cheering radical NYC group has ties to Cuba
The leader of a radical activist group who urged Columbia rioters to channel the fiery Black Lives Matter riots of 2020 in their civil disobedience is a career agitator who spent "years" in the socialist haven of Cuba before returning to the US to wreak havoc on the streets of New York City.
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NJ cops wrangle runaway 200-pound pig named Pumba
Pumba the pot-belied pig snuck out of a New Jersey far on Friday through an open gate -- and it took three cops to wrangle the porky runaway and get him back to his friendly confines, police said.
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Unhinged bully tackles MTA worker in shocking NYC subway attack: cops
The 38-year-old worker was clearing the train of passengers at the Middle Village-Metropolitan Avenue station so it could be taken to a lay-up location just before midnight when the menace suddenly jumped him, police said.
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NYC singleton who posted ‘looking for a girlfriend’ flyers 10 years ago is back at it
Dan Perino, 60, first grabbed people's attention in 2014 when he plastered the city with posters looking to land a film or TV role.
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Cops brace for anti-Israel unrest at Met Gala as ‘Day of Rage’ planned at nearby Hunter College
Police security will be heightened in and around the Metropolitan Museum of Art as A-listers start descending on the iconic Upper East Side venue for the glitzy gala there Monday evening, sources said.
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Anna Wintour dodges Met Gala showdown as Condé Nast reaches tentative deal with union
The union announced that concessions included a minimum base salary of $61,500, expanded bereavement leave, expanded family leave, and $3.3 million in total wage increases.
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NYU ‘student’ at anti-Israel protest praises North Korea for supporting Palestinians
A young woman was filmed at a New York University anti-Israel protest over the weekend praising North Korea's support for Palestinians and their "shared struggle" against oppressors -- with the "deranged" and "deluded" viral clip sparking fierce backlash online.
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Fugitive ringleader of NYC migrant moped gang caught after 3 months on the run — because of helmet violation: sources
Victor Parra, the reputed co-ringleader of a migrant robbery crew that terrorized the five boroughs last year, was picked up by NYPD cops in the Bronx after three months on the lam, sources said.
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Live chickens mysteriously left across the road in Brooklyn after falling off the back of delivery truck that drove off
At least 15 crates of live chickens were found in the streets of Brooklyn early Monday morning after falling off a poultry truck, according to police and videos taken from the scene.
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Trump’s ‘hush money’ NYC trial live updates: Fired-up former prez slams Columbia’s canceled commencement
Follow the Post’s live updates for the latest news, analysis and photos from the Trump trial in NYC.
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Columbia cancels university-wide graduation ceremony after weeks of anti-Israel protests
Columbia University is canceling its university-wide commencement ceremony on May 15 after weeks of disruptive and violent anti-Israel protests on campus, officials at the Ivy League school said Monday.Instead, the university is opting for “smaller-scale, school-based celebrations.” “We have decided to make the centerpiece of our commencement activities our class days and school-level ceremonies, where students are...
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Inside the Met Gala 2024 Exhibition: ‘Sleeping Beauties: Reawakening Fashion’, where AI and scents are fashion-forward
Resurrecting centuries-old finery via artificial intelligence and sensory simulation, the 2024 Costume Institute exhibition at The Metropolitan Museum of Art — entitled “Sleeping Beauties: Reawakening Fashion” — isn’t just a sight to behold.
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23-year-old woman critically injured after she’s struck by MTA bus in Brooklyn
The victim was struck by the bus around 4:16 p.m. near Nevins and Livingston Street in Boerum Hill, police said.
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NY state bill would limit massive rent hike at Billionaire’s Row Co-Op
A proposed state law seeks to prevent skyrocketing rental costs for 25,000 co-op apartment dwellers who live in buildings with ground leases.
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Furious riders rip MTA threat to make Five Boro Bike Tour pay for lost bridge tolls: ‘They’re out of their mind’
Kenneth Podziba, the CEO of ride-organizer Bike New York, told The Post that he's been fearful the MTA would hit the organization with a massive tab over the lost bridge tolls, estimated for the marathon to have been around $750,000.
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Relative of NYC’s ‘worst landlord’ called ‘heartless and inhumane’ by harried tenants in his own building
Residents of 515 Cathedral Parkway on the Upper West Side say their landlord, Fred Ohebshalom, harasses rent stabilized tenants until they leave.
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Queens civic leaders oppose legal pot shops until every local illicit one is closed
"We have 32 illegal cannabis shops. We are not going to entertain any applications for legal cannabis shops until the unlicensed stores are shut down."
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Chic hotel in heart of Broadway converted to migrant shelter in latest sign of growing NYC migrant crisis
The chic Square Hotel in the heart of Broadway's Theater District has been quietly operating as an emergency shelter for migrant families -- right across from the Gershwin Theatre where the musical "Wicked" is playing.
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Columbia law students want school to cancel finals, pass all students because they’re ‘irrevocably shaken’ after protest breakup
“Many are unwell at this time, and cannot study or concentrate while their peers are being hauled to jail," a letter from the Columbia Law Review said.
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Bomb threat emailed to nearly two dozen Jewish sites in NYC as disturbing text revealed: sources
Authorities are investigating a disturbing bomb threat emailed to more than two dozen synagogues and Jewish institutions in the Big Apple — and to temples upstate and on Long Island.
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Woman falls from ‘elevated position’ in Greenwich Village near 5 Boro Bike Tour route
A woman was injured when she fell from an “elevated position” in Greenwich Village near the route of the city's Five Boro Bike Tour on Sunday morning, according to the NYPD.
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