May 23, 2002
SCHRAGER BUYS HIS DOWNTOWN PENTHOUSE RENTAL
May 23, 2002 | 4:00amAFTER renting a snazzy Downtown loft for the past year, hotel mogul Ian Schrager dug the place so much he decided to buy it. Schrager has rented the duplex penthouse...
GOLDEN STATE FITS INTO WEILL'S GROWTH PLAN FOR CITI
May 23, 2002 | 4:00amCITIGROUP isn't finished yet. The banking giant purchased Golden State of San Francisco this week for $5.8 billion. But analysts say this is only one part of a larger mosaic...
DODGER WILL TAKE STAGE AT WORLDWIDE
May 23, 2002 | 4:00amThe theatrical company that brought 42nd Street back to Times Square is close to taking over a former film center at Worldwide Plaza at 50th Street. Dodger Productions, the group...
OSAMA RUMORS IGNITE MARKETS
May 23, 2002 | 4:00amA lackluster market caught fire on false rumors that Osama bin Laden had been captured. The late-day buying ended a two-day sell-off that had devoured big gains from last week's...
MERC LEASES
May 23, 2002 | 4:00amThe New York Mercantile Exchange has a back-up plan that now includes a Long Island site where the treaty creating the State of Israel was signed. The Post has learned...
THERE'S A GAP AT THE TOP - CEO'S DEPARTURE SPOOKS INVESTORS; STOCK DIVES
May 23, 2002 | 4:00amWall Street investors are already missing the Gap's CEO and President Millard "Mickey" Drexler. Shares of the stock took a nose-dive, losing 15 percent of their value yesterday, in reaction...
NASDAQ TO RELOCATE TO TIMES SQ.
May 23, 2002 | 4:00amThe Nasdaq Stock Market is pulling up its Downtown roots and moving to Times Square. Nasdaq is vacating a space subleased from its parent, the National Association of Securities Dealers,...
BRAVE TOURISTS, SAILORS BOOST APPLE TOURISM
May 23, 2002 | 4:00amWith Navy carrier jets poised to strike from the West Side, tourism in the Big Apple appears safe from falloff due to terrorist threats. Travel industry officials said they had...
RIGAS CLAN SURRENDERS ADELPHIA, FORKS OVER $2B
May 23, 2002 | 4:00amMoving to avert a possible bankruptcy, Adelphia Communications Corp.'s founding Rigas family agreed to relinquish control of the cable company and transfer almost $2 billion in assets to bolster its...
PERELMAN'S $1.6B GAIN GONE ALREADY
May 23, 2002 | 4:00amRon Perelman got a $1.6 billion payday over the sale of his banking interests - but none of it goes into his pocket. Perelman, head of Revlon, will score a...
LOOK LUV, IT'S OUR OZZY
May 23, 2002 | 4:00amENGLISH TV viewers - meet Ozzy Osbourne."The Osbournes" will finally make its debut on British television this Sunday, premiering on MTV's UK and Irish networks after a contractual squabble was...
NBC'S MARTHA MOVIE A REAL... POT BOILER
May 23, 2002 | 4:00amA new controversial best-selling book about Martha Stewart is being turned into a potential TV movie for NBC. "Martha Inc.," the unauthorized biography of the self-made, do-it-yourself billionaire by Post...
HOME FOR THE HOLIDAY - THERE'S PLENTY TO DO RIGHT HERE
May 23, 2002 | 4:00amEVERYBODY is busy making big holiday plans. Friends will be partying in the Hamptons; Mom and Dad will be sunning themselves in the Bahamas. If your plans don't extend beyond...
STARR REPORT
May 23, 2002 | 4:00amzcc23;>Apple gets to core of Broadway Joe Ch. 2's Gary Apple has conducted a gripping interview with Joe Namath airing this Saturday on "Sports Rap Live" (11:30 p.m./Ch. 2). In...
RAGGING ON SAG
May 23, 2002 | 4:00amAustralian movie star Guy Pearce has blasted the Screen Actors Guild for "bullying" its members. On May 1, SAG began enforcing a rule - called Global Rule One - that...
ALL IN THE FAMILY - COPPOLA'S SON READY FOR HIS OWN 'ACTION!'
May 23, 2002 | 4:00amBEING a member of The Family is both a gift and a burden. Never was this more evident to Roman Coppola - son of "Godfather" director Francis Ford, brother of...
P. DIDDY'S 'REMIX' TOPS THE CHARTS
May 23, 2002 | 4:00amP. Diddy did it. The bad-boy New York rapper took the No. 1 spot on the charts in a week of brutal competition. "We Invented the Remix" crowned the Top...
'ROGER' WINS AGAIN
May 23, 2002 | 4:00amThe biting comedy "Roger Dodger," which recently won an award at the inaugural Tribeca Film Festival, has been picked up by Artisan Pictures. "Roger Dodger," about a womanizer who takes...
NICE FINISH, ROSIE ; LAST SHOW QUITE A SONG AND DANCE
May 23, 2002 | 4:00amI LAUGHED! I cried! I loved it! Yes, the last live "Rosie O'Donnell Show" aired yesterday and it was as good as daytime TV talk gets/got. And it reminded us...
GARDEN SMARTIES - AFTER-WORK CROWDS HIT THE ROOF & TERRACE
May 23, 2002 | 4:00amIF Saturday night's alright for fighting, then Thursday night's perfect for choosing your sparring partner. You can have your pick of the cool crowd at outdoor happy hours - tonight...
UNDERCOVER COP SHOT DURING BROOKLYN STING
May 23, 2002 | 4:00amAn undercover cop trying to buy an illegal gun during a sting operation was shot in the arm last night during a fierce exchange of gunfire in a Brooklyn housing...
END THE CUBA EMBARGO
May 23, 2002 | 4:00amTHE criminal treatment began the second I approached the U.S. Customs agents at the Toronto airport after getting off a flight from Cuba. The agent directed me to go left,...
SLAIN TEEN WARNED OF CYBER PERVERTS
May 23, 2002 | 4:00amBrutally murdered Connecticut schoolgirl Christina Long had been warned about cyber creeps and other psychopaths, her aunt revealed yesterday. The 13-year-old Danbury girl - whose strange double life ended in...
PARTY PASS BEATS BEGGING FOR HELP
May 23, 2002 | 4:00amAndrew Cuomo's risky "Hail Mary pass" - walking away from the Democratic convention - stemmed from a stubborn refusal to beg party leaders for support, insiders said last night. The...
STRESS IS GETTING TO US: SHRINKS
May 23, 2002 | 4:00amThe FBI's prediction that another terrorist strike is inevitable - and unstoppable - has left some New Yorkers at risk of feeling helpless and hopeless, a psychologist said yesterday. "Every...
THIS GUY'S NOT IN TUNE WITH HIS SUPPORTERS
May 23, 2002 | 4:00amYOU wonder what the Cuomo people are smoking. Minutes before Andy Cuomo hit the stage at his press conference yesterday, with his Kennedy wife and Kennedy in-laws in tow, Peter...
SEAFARING HEROES AT HOME HERE
May 23, 2002 | 4:00amFleet Week 2002 came to town yesterday with the Parade of Ships - a flotilla of 20 U.S. warships and two foreign vessels that sailed in spectacular array past the...
ANATOMY OF A D.C. POLITICAL SCANDAL THAT SHOOK THE NATION
May 23, 2002 | 4:00amDISAPPEARANCE It has all the elements of a suspense thriller - sex, politics, a missing young woman and the strong possibility of foul play. But sadly, the story is all...
EX-FUGITIVE GETS 6 YEARS IN GRANT SCAM
May 23, 2002 | 4:00amAn elderly former fugitive in a multimillion-dollar fraud case that became part of the Clinton pardons probe was sentenced yesterday to six years in prison. Chaim Berger, 76, had spent...
BRAINY GRAD BESTS AMOEBA-BRAINED DA
May 23, 2002 | 4:00amIF the Manhattan District Attorney's Office had its way, Oliver Jovanovic would still be inmate 98-A-37-09 serving 15 to 20. Instead, while the DA's office tried to grind the wheels...
STAND OF BROTHERS - KIN TESTIFY SKAKEL WAS WITH THEM
May 23, 2002 | 4:00amThe defense yesterday began methodically building an alibi for Kennedy cousin Michael Skakel for the night his 15-year-old Greenwich neighbor Martha Moxley was killed. A Skakel cousin and brother both...
COPS RECAPTURE DRUG LORD ON LAM
May 23, 2002 | 4:00amHarlem drug lord Kevin Saxon was recaptured in a crack-house hideout in Virginia yesterday after the feared fugitive made one wrong move - using his cell phone. After 20 days...
DANGERS FOR DAVID BLAINE
May 23, 2002 | 4:00amThe biggest risk faced by David Blaine was getting dizzy or falling into a deep sleep - and plummeting from his tiny, 80-foot-high perch, doctors said. But there were other...
SEXY EX-GAL PAL: NO WAY PIAZZA IS GAY
May 23, 2002 | 4:00amShea Stadium isn't the only place Mike Piazza hits home runs. A day after the All-Star Met catcher insisted he's not gay, his sexy Playboy Playmate ex-girlfriend has come forward...
FBI DUO TIED TO STOX SCAM
May 23, 2002 | 4:00amTwo greedy FBI agents plundered confidential files, leaking information to a notorious California stock analyst who amassed a fortune strong-arming companies and manipulating the market, federal prosecutors say. Jeffrey Royer,...
LEVY PROBES HARLEM SCHOOLS
May 23, 2002 | 4:00amSchools Chancellor Harold Levy has dispatched an education "SWAT team" into District 5 to try to turn around Harlem's failing schools, The Post has learned. Four groups of monitors in...
'BREAST' THIEF CUPS A PLEA
May 23, 2002 | 4:00amA Bronx woman yesterday admitted stealing $6,500 to get D-cup-size breast implants - but she won't rack up any jail time. In return for her guilty plea in Manhattan Supreme...
9/11 HEROES DISSED - BILL TO BENEFIT DOMESTIC PARTNERS PULLED
May 23, 2002 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - House Republicans yesterday yanked a bill providing death benefits to survivors of firefighter chaplain Mychal Judge and nine other Sept. 11 heroes after critics raised objections, The Post...
BUSH ALERT: AL QAEDA IS READY TO STRIKE
May 23, 2002 | 4:00amPresident Bush said yesterday al Qaeda is poised to strike again - and New York's top cop said the tipster who pegged the Brooklyn Bridge and Statue of Liberty as...
WENDY'S SLAY-TRIAL CHALLENGE FAILS
May 23, 2002 | 4:00amThe grand-jury selection process in Queens does not discriminate against Hispanics, the young or the poor, state Supreme Court Justice Steven Fisher ruled yesterday in the case against Wendy's suspect...
CHICKEN LITTLES IN D.C. SPURRING 'RUNAWAY' FEARS
May 23, 2002 | 4:00amTHIS time next week, if the sky hasn't fallen by then, Heather Droghetti will be living in Switzerland, far from the worries of terrorist attacks and incessant predictions of doom....
SECOND SUSPECT IN ROOKIE-COP SHOOTING TURNS HIMSELF IN
May 23, 2002 | 4:00amA second suspect has surrendered in connection with the ambush shooting of rookie cop Crystal Jeffrey in Brooklyn a week ago, authorities said. Terrance Harris walked into the 70th Precinct...
ONE DEAD IN B'KLYN FIRE
May 23, 2002 | 4:00amOne person died when fire gutted a three-story brownstone in Brooklyn last night, fire officials said. Firefighters were called to the scene at 520 17th St. in the Windsor Terrace...
COWARDLY CUOMO - MCCALL RIPS ANDY FOR BOLTING
May 23, 2002 | 4:00amCarl McCall yesterday taunted rival Andrew Cuomo for boycotting the state Democratic convention. "Let me tell you the difference between me and him. I have never run from a fight,"...
WTC FAST-TRACK PLAN ; WINNING DESIGN TEAM WILL WORK ON TIGHT SKED
May 23, 2002 | 4:00amDevelopment officials yesterday tapped the architectural firm behind the rehab of Grand Central Terminal to lead design work on the World Trade Center site - setting in motion a lickety-split...
'PUNK KID' HOMICIDE BOMBER WREAKS HAVOC
May 23, 2002 | 4:00amJERUSALEM - A homicide bomber disguised with a punk haircut yesterday killed himself and at least two Israelis and wounded more than 30 in the same town where a bomber...
CHANDRA BODY FOUND IN PARK - HER RADIO, SPORTS BRA, SNEAKERS ALSO LOCATED; LEVY'S KIN ON 'OPRAH' AT MOMENT OF DISCOVERY
May 23, 2002 | 4:00amChandra Levy's bones, clothing and jewelry were found hidden in a Washington park yesterday - 387 days after the mysterious disappearance of the young federal intern and girlfriend of Rep....
'POST' FIGHT INTERVIEW: 'KILLER' BACK IN A CELL
May 23, 2002 | 4:00amA Brooklyn man who confessed to a vicious murder - but was freed on a technicality - was back behind bars just 12 hours later after trying to rough up...
HOTEL HOUNDS HEISMAN GIVERS
May 23, 2002 | 4:00amThe financially strapped Downtown Athletic Club - home of the Heisman Trophy - is now trying to outrun an overdue hotel and catering bill. The DAC, which presents the prestigious...
2 PRISON OFFICERS BUSTED
May 23, 2002 | 4:00amIn less than one hour, a city correction captain and a Rikers Island jail guard were arrested in two separate domestic incidents, cops said yesterday. Correction Capt. Clarence McGann, 47,...
POST BOOSTS MAGIC MAN: DAREDEVIL GAINS STRENGTH FROM N.Y.'S FAVORITE PAPER
May 23, 2002 | 4:00amAfter enduring a freezing night of leg cramps, backache and hunger perched 80 feet above Bryant Park, David Blaine turned to a special source to boost his spirits yesterday -...
SCHOOL BUS KILLS GRANNY
May 23, 2002 | 4:00amA woman on her way to meet her grandson's school bus was struck by another school bus and killed in Brooklyn yesterday, police said. The bus, which witnesses said was...
EX-LOVER CONDIT GOT WORD IN CONGRESS WHEN REMAINS WERE FOUND
May 23, 2002 | 4:00amAs police were uncovering the skeleton remains of Chandra Levy, Rep. Gary Condit was a few miles away grilling an FBI agent during a top-secret Sept. 11 congressional briefing. The...
BOULDER KILLS HIKER UPSTATE
May 23, 2002 | 4:00amA Queens man known for his love of the outdoors died yesterday in a freak hiking accident upstate. Nicholas Styranovski, 76, was with a group of 36 hikers on Schunemunk...
'SUNDAY' PLAN: JUMP FROM PAN RIGHT INTO FIRE?
May 23, 2002 | 4:00amBELMONT NOTEBOOK Of the dozen or so horses lining up to challenge War Emblem when he guns for the Triple Crown in the June 8 Belmont Stakes, one or two...
OFFENSIVE 'O' KEEPING SCOTT EDGY
May 23, 2002 | 4:00amNET NOTES Byron Scott will take the defense he has seen so far for the rest of the Eastern finals against the Celtics. The offense is another matter, especially the...
QUESTIONS STILL HOUND VAN HORN
May 23, 2002 | 4:00amTHE enigma wrapped in a shroud disappeared again into a cloud of indecision on Tuesday night. Keith Van Horn shot 2-for-12, and did not get to the free throw line...
EL DUQUE-BEAT-O! ; BLUE JAYS BATTER FILL-IN ADRIAN
May 23, 2002 | 4:00amBlue Jays 8Yankees 3 When it comes to the Blue Jays facing a Cuban defector wearing Yankee pinstripes, size and nickname don't matter. With Orlando "El Duque" Hernandez on the...
WELLS FEELS HE MIGHT BE READY FOR NEXT START
May 23, 2002 | 4:00amYANK NOTES After throwing all his pitches off flat ground yesterday, David Wells gave himself a half chance of starting Saturday against the Red Sox. Wells, who underwent an MRI...
NETS NOW CONFRONT MUST-WIN SITUATION
May 23, 2002 | 4:00amThe surroundings and feelings are familiar. The Nets are in a series again. The home team has lost a game. Desperate thoughts will pervade. The road again looms as especially...
SPREWELL TO KNICKS: GET GATLING
May 23, 2002 | 4:00amLatrell Sprewell has put on his GM's hat again. Sprewell is attempting to recruit another former Golden State teammate to the Knicks - power forward Chris Gatling. A potential free...
SOPH PITCHER MAKES MOST OF PLAYOFF CHANCE
May 23, 2002 | 4:00amPSAL PLAYOFFS: Washington 10 - Taft 0 Bobby Alvarez had pictured this kind of game many times before. He just didn't think he'd get the chance to actually experience it...
ND'S LOVECCHIO TO TRANSFER
May 23, 2002 | 4:00amTwo years ago, Notre Dame's football season was on the brink of disaster. The Irish were 2-2 and the top two quarterbacks on the depth chart went down with injuries....
CAMBY'S SET TO PLAY SUMMER BALL
May 23, 2002 | 4:00amMarcus Camby is heading to Houston, but not to the Rockets for their No. 1 pick. As part of his rehab for his hip injury, Camby is planning to play...
SMUSH STAYS LOCAL FOR 1ST NBA AUDITION
May 23, 2002 | 4:00amFordham guard Smush Parker is ready to prove doubters wrong again. "A lot of people don't feel I could make it in the league," Parker said yesterday after working out...
AILING MO MAY MISS FENWAY FUN
May 23, 2002 | 4:00amDespite yesterday's 8-3 loss to the Blue Jays, the Yankees should head to Boston for their showdown with the Red Sox with a ton of confidence. And a bit of...
DUQUE SEEING BACK DOCTOR TODAY
May 23, 2002 | 4:00amSeeking answers to why his upper back is causing him great discomfort, Orlando "El Duque" Hernandez will fly to L.A. today, where noted back specialist, Dr. Robert Watkins, will examine...
PIERCE'S BRICKS CAN'T SINK CELTS
May 23, 2002 | 4:00amImagine when Paul Pierce stops shooting like Felton Spencer. Before the Eastern finals, the Celtics' emerging superstar said nobody on the Nets could stop him. In two games, Pierce has...
U.S. CUP SQUAD GETS SHOW ON ROAD 'NO VACATION.'
May 23, 2002 | 4:00amThe U.S. soccer team leaves for the World Cup in South Korea today, departing from JFK Airport and heading into the uncertainty of the world's biggest single-sport event. And while...
FOUR MOMENTS OF TRUTH IN BOSTON
May 23, 2002 | 4:00amBOSTON - All four televisions in the Red Sox clubhouse were tuned to the Blue Jay-Yankee matinee yesterday. It was more about programming than obsession, a choice of Derek Jeter...
PIAZZA & CO. JUST AIMING TO MOVE ON
May 23, 2002 | 4:00amPHILADELPHIA - As Mike Piazza finished up batting practice, a little girl in the front row of Veterans Stadium held up a sign that said, "Go Mo!" There were no...
FONZIE FINALLY RIPS 1ST DINGER
May 23, 2002 | 4:00amMET NOTES PHILADELPHIA - Before last night's 5-2 loss to Philadelphia, Bobby Valentine was asked the reason for Edgardo Alfonzo's home-run drought. "It's been a while," Valentine said. "He's hit...
METS RUN OUT OF EXCUSES ; GOOFS ON BASES PAVE WAY FOR PHILLIES
May 23, 2002 | 4:00amPhillies 5Mets 2 PHILADELPHIA - The karma has taken a definite turn for the worse, in case you haven't been following the Mets in the past few days. On the...
KANE GETS BUFFALO-ED
May 23, 2002 | 4:00amMET NOTES PHILADELPHIA - Kane Davis packed his baseball bag and was headed for a 7:55 flight to Buffalo last night. The disabled right-hander will pitch one inning this afternoon...
GETTING BACK TO BUSINESS: PIAZZA & CO. LOOK TO MOVE ON
May 23, 2002 | 4:00amPHILADELPHIA - As Mike Piazza finished up batting practice, a little girl in the front row of Veterans Stadium held up a sign that said, "Go Mo!" There were no...