James Thompson Yeshiva University students fighting to create an LGBTQ group on Wednesday said they’ll stand down on seeking recognition from the school to avoid upending campus life. University officials had decided to suspend all student groups on Friday after the Supreme Court denied their attempt not to recognize the YU Pride Alliance. The students, in a … Read more
A 22-year-old jogger was attacked and sexual assaulted while she was running on a Florida trail Monday night — just weeks after Tennessee mother Eliza Fletcher was kidnapped and murdered by a stranger while out for a run. The young woman was jogging in Wekiwa Springs near West Wekiva Trail and Harrogate Place around 8:40 … Read more
Former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo ignored an invitation to testify Wednesday at a congressional hearing focused on COVID-19 deaths in nursing homes. Republicans on the House Select Subcommittee on the coronavirus last week publicly asked Cuomo to appear to answer questions about his 2020 order requiring nursing homes to take coronavirus-positive patients. “We asked him … Read more
Say goodbye to foie gras, lobsters — and steer clear of Dunkin’s Boston Kreme doughnut while you’re at it. The gustatory pleasure police — oops, sorry, nutritional and environmental “scientists” — are back to waging war on our favorite foods. These intermittent, nanny-state campaigns to ban or scare us off almost everything worth eating now … Read more
After weeks of ducking, getting called “Scaredy Kat” and even having her face photoshopped onto a giant chicken – Gov. Kathy Hochul has finally named a time and place she is willing to debate Republican challenger Lee Zeldin ahead of their Nov. 8 election. The Hochul campaign said Wednesday it is willing to do just … Read more
The supervisor of a small town in upstate Dutchess County said this week that he’s “absolutely not racist” for posting memes involving Harambe, the Cincinnati zoo gorilla shot after a child fell into his enclosure, on his Facebook page before he was elected. James Schmitt, the Pawling town supervisor, posted the images on his social … Read more
An off-duty NYPD cop has been cleared of charges accusing him of groping a woman at the Hard Rock Cafe in Yankee Stadium earlier this month, Bronx prosecutors said this week. Officer Julio Alcantara-Rodriguez, 38, said the Sept. 11 incident at the Bronx ballpark has nonetheless left a sour taste in his mouth — plus, … Read more
Donald Trump and his family business have been accused of dramatically overvaluing the former president’s slew of prized assets — including golf courses, hotels and homes — as part of an alleged fraud scheme. New York Attorney General Letitia James leveled the accusations against Trump in a civil lawsuit filed in Manhattan Supreme Court on Wednesday. The … Read more
A trove of long-hidden FBI files shed light on how slain Gambino boss Frank “Franky Boy” Cali ascended from a family soldier in the 1990s to head of the powerful crime syndicate until his shocking killing in 2019. The heavily redacted files, obtained by The Post through a Freedom of Information Act request, offer to … Read more
A Washington woman was arrested after she allegedly drove a stolen car into fresh concrete and became stuck before trying to flee the scene with a child and a bottle of whiskey. The incident happened Monday in Lakewood as crews were pouring concrete for a stretch of pavement at the North Gate Road and Edgewood Avenue roundabout, … Read more