October 20, 2009
Your weekly newsbriefs
Crooked creepers take note The 61st Precinct will once again be hosting ghouls, goblins and all types of tiny creatures that go bump in the night during their annual Halloween...
Drop in Crime Continues in Canarsie
Crime continues to come down in Canarsie. With two and a half months left to the year, the 69th Precinct has recorded a 15.65 decrease in the seven major crime...
Change they can't believe in
Anti-war protesters in Brooklyn marked the eighth anniversary of the war in Afghanistan last week with a rain-swept vigil outside Brooklyn Borough Hall.“There is no military solution in Afghanistan, Brooklyn...
Bright lights planned for Red Hook field
Red Hook might soon have its own version of Friday Night Lights. A Manhattan high school is planning to refurbish a haggard football field on Columbia Street, installing synthetic turf...
Shot on Flatlands
Shot on Flatlands Ave.A man was clinging to life Tuesday afternoon after he was shot at the corner of East 94th Street and Flatlands Avenue.As this paper was going to...
Boerum Hill looks to rezone the nabe
“It’s a hard knock life” for Boerum Hill and rezoning appears more than a day away. Call it the “orphan” neighborhood of Downtown Brooklyn’s brownstone belt, the Boerum Hill Association...
Ahoy, Bay Ridge: 69th Street pier will soon have an eco dock
In the very near future, visitors will be able to approach Bay Ridge by water. Thanks to an allocation in excess of $300,000 secured by City Councilmember Vincent Gentile, an...
New Skate Park for Canarsie moving forward
By next fall, work on the new skate facility for Canarsie Park should be underway. The project is “part of a larger $1.8 million renovation of the playground,” at the...
Fresh teeth to bite curb cuts
Community Board 11 is getting set to weigh in on a new zoning text amendment from the Department of City Planning aimed at curbing the “concrete jungle.” When parts of...
Burglaries, robbers, and graffiti writers apprehended
94th Precinct Deputy Inspector Dennis Fulton is optimistic about an autumn where crime is down and arrests have been made after several burglaries and robberies in Williamsburg. Williamsburg, north of...
Rivera laughs at cheating charge
ANAHEIM, Calif. --- Mariano Rivera went from bullpen ace to target of a bullspit investigation after a video surfaced showing the Yankees closer hurling a loogie in the direction of...
Ooh, that smell! Man battles Ridge gingko tree!
He’s mad as hell — and he’s not going to rake it anymore!Bay Ridge resident Richard Mahany is so angry that the city won’t chop down a stinky gingko tree...
BusinessWeek editor-in-chief resigns
Steve Adler has resigned as editor in chief of BusinessWeek, effective with the impending takeover by Mayor Mike Bloomberg's company, Bloomberg L.P. He made the announcement in a memo to...
Girardi flips Posada, Matsui in lineup
Joe Girardi made a minor move with his struggling lineup for Game 4. He flipped Jorge Posada and Hideki Matsui. Posada hit fifth for the first time in six games...
Girardi stands by Aceves decision
A day later, Joe Girardi stood by his decision to replace reliever David Robertson with Alfredo Aceves, who gave up two hits -- including the game-winning double to Jeff Mathis...
A two-man gun team is on the loose!
A pair of heavily armed muggers is running wild in and around Brooklyn Heights, robbing at least three men in a six-day blitz last week. Police said the first crime...
Lil' Mama reading at Bklyn Public Library
Lil’ Mama was in da house to take budding bookworms on a record-breaking word journey at the Brooklyn Public Library. The ebullient rapper from East New York, who attended Edward...
Donovan wins Honda Award for sixth time
U.S. National Team star Landon Donovan became the first-ever six-time winner of the Honda Player of the Year Award. The Galaxy standout has six out of nine awards during this...
Hot wheels doused
Police recovered and secured a stolen car after two would-be thieves abandoned their hot wheels at the corner of East 29th Street and Quentin Road Tuesday afternoon. Officials said that...
Cop car crash causes injuries
Flatlands Volunteer Ambulance Paramedic David Moskowitz renders aid to a motorist at a vehicle crash in Marine Park Saturday. Officials said that the motorist was driving down Ryder Street nearing...
Indians to interview Mattingly
Don Mattingly confirmed he spoke with the Indians about their managerial opening last week and the former Yankees All-Star and coach said he will talk to them again. Mattingly, who...
Fire rips through Rogers home
Firefighters and paramedics spread out across Rogers Avenue near Avenue D Tueday morning after a fire threatened to eat its way through two floors of a Flatbush apartment building. FDNY...
Brooklynites, Light-Up
Williamsburg is set for a brighter future with the grand opening of Light-Up – 174 North 11th Street, between Bedford and Driggs avenues – where owners Lars and Susanne Dahlhaus...
Cops: Orange County teen planned Columbine-style attack
MONROE, N.Y. -- Police say a 15-year-old boy is being held in a psychiatric hospital after he stockpiled gasoline, propane, fuses and a machete for a planned attack at an...
Couple sentenced for dropping rocks on interstate
TACOMA, Wash. — A young couple charged with dropping rocks onto more than a dozen passing cars on Interstate 5 entered guilty pleas Tuesday and were sentenced to four years...
Yankees on brink of Series after 10-1 win
ANAHEIM, Calif. -- If Joe Girardi was dumb Monday, he was a genius Tuesday. Heavily criticized for the way he used the bullpen in an ALCS loss to the Angels...
Cops to council: keep your kids gang-free
Would you know if your child belonged to a gang? That was the question posed to members of the 61st Precinct Community Council last week during a sobering gang awareness...
Obama visits Joint Terrorism Task Force in NYC
President Barack Obama is paying tribute to the men and women of the Joint Terrorism Task Force, whose job it is to prevent future terrorist attacks on the U.S. Obama...
Dock holiday as Bay Ridge gets new ferry launch
Bay Ridge’s 69th Street pier is on its way to becoming a boating destination and transit hub, thanks to a $300,000 plan to outfit the fishing wharf with a dock....
Flatbush Avenue protectors honored
Thanks for the assist... Police Officer Leon Batson and Sergeant Edward Kraemer of the 70th Precinct were all smiles last week after they were honored by members of the Flatbush...
Torre, Mattingly stand up for Rivera
PHILADELPHIA – Joe Torre had a front row seat for Mariano Rivera for 12 seasons. He said the accusations of the Yankees closer throwing a spitball don't wash with the...
Board calls for traffic study of accident-prone intersection
Concerned about the abundance of accidents at one Bay Ridge corner, a local volunteer group is calling on the city to make improvements there. Community Board 10 voted at its...
NY Senate committee to review Monserrate case
ALBANY -- Embattled Sen. Hiram Monserrate learned today that women will make up a majority of the panel tasked to decide whether he should lose his Senate seat for roughing...
Park Slope fall extravaganza
A bounty of pleasures awaited mom, dad and the kids as they united for harvest festivities at the Old Stone House. Co-presented by the Park Slope Civic Council and Park...
Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce keeps rolling
Keeping an eye on government regulation over small businesses, continuing economic research on trends, and maintaining essential services was the mantra at the recent Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce Annual convention.The...
Bergen Beach is an NYPD desert, some say
When it comes to the police, Bergen Beach is starting to feel like a forgotten step-child. Their frustration over the perceived lack of police protection in the neighborhood was palpable...
St. Michael's Sidney picks Syracuse
Former St. Michael Academy star Jelleah Sidney, one of the top senior forwards in the country, committed to play women’s basketball at Syracuse today, she told The Post.Five of Sidney’s...
Doc: Anna Nicole was a drug addict
LOS ANGELES -- A psychiatrist who treated Anna Nicole Smith for drug dependency testified Tuesday the former Playmate fit the legal definition of an addict. However, under questioning by a...
Beatings on the subway
84th Precinct Brooklyn Heights–DUMBO–Boerum Hill–Downtown Subway tumble Two perps pushed a victim down the stairs at the Borough Hall subway station and mugged him at gunpoint early on Sept. 28....
SC Republican chairmen apologize for Jewish remark
COLUMBIA, S.C. — Two Republican county officials in South Carolina have apologized after they disparaged Jews in a newspaper op-ed in support of a fiscally conservative U.S. senator. The chairmen,...
Colorado newspaper hiring marijuana critic
DENVER — The store has a television lounge and a pool table, and snacks and acupuncture are free for customers who drop up to $130 an ounce on 16 varieties...
NYC union launches anti-Bloomberg campaign
A union that supports billionaire Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s Democratic challenger is launching a campaign against the mayor called “NYC is not for sale.” Local 1180 of the Communications Workers of...
Nets Harris Eyes Friday
Devin Harris hopes to play Friday. I hope to hit the lottery any day. "The goal is to play Friday. That is the goal," said Harris who did some running...
The day after Angels 5, Yankees 4
Tip to Joe Girardi, calm it down a bit, Joe. You don’t have to use every pitcher in your bullpen every game. The 5-4, 11-inning loss last night to the...
Conde Nast Takes a Knife to Bon Appetit, Details
Bon Appetit may have survived the food fight that caused sister title Gourmet to fold on October 5, but the left coast magazine wasn’t spared from the ongoing layoffs at...
Prison for man in scam at toxic ground zero tower
A buyer with a company hired to take down a toxic ground zero skyscraper has been sentenced to 2½ to 7½ years in prison for billing the government for supplies...
NY court upholds removal of Westchester judge
ALBANY, N.Y. — New York’s top court has upheld the removal of a Westchester County judge, but says his brother and real estate partner can keep his Bronx judgeship. The...
PROMOS: Vegas giveaway
Some things were just destined to go together: darts and beer; Snoop and Dre; bacon and anything. But the best duo of all time? Strippers and pools. That's why it it...
From Week 6 of the NFL
It was a Sunday filled with promise for Jets and Giants fans. The Giants finally got a chance to flex their muscle against another NFC favorite and the Jets could...
Brooklyn home values slide, sales up
Home values in Brooklyn continued to slide, but sales activity is showing signs of life, surging for the second consecutive quarter, according to a recent report.The median sales price of...
The Yards docket
CasePlaintiffsClaimStatus“The eminent domain case”Nine landowners owners and tenants inside the Atlantic Yards footprint.That the state is wrongly using its condemnation power to give private property to Ratner on the grounds...
Coach Profits Fall, but Poppy is Popular
Coach's profit fell 3.4 percent in the most recent quarter as demand for its pricey handbags plunged at department stores. The New York-based company lately has been lowering the retail...
Paterson pushes soda tax, again
ALBANY – That didn't take long! Less than week after calling on lawmakers to address New York's budget crisis without raising taxes, Gov. Paterson fizzled out and suggested he would...
Witches walk the line
Halloween tends to brings out the child in everyone, but in Williamsburg, it’s happening literally. On Saturday, October 31, hundreds of children and their parents will gather at Flying Squirrel...
Magazine mocks Mangini
Even Rolling Stone is throwing rocks at Browns coach Eric Mangini. In its latest issue, the iconic music magazine stepped outside its usual arena with a harsh critique of Mangini,...
Rolling Stone magazine mocks Mangini
CLEVELAND — Even Rolling Stone is throwing rocks at Browns coach Eric Mangini. In its latest issue, the iconic music magazine stepped outside its usual arena with a harsh critique...
Yankees put World Series tickets on sale Wednesday
A limited number of tickets for 2009 World Series games at Yankee Stadium will go on sale to the public on Wednesday at 10 a.m.Tickets will be sold online only...
Mets release Takahashi
On the same day they had representatives in Japan to meet 18-year-old pitching sensation Yusei Kikuchi, the Mets released veteran Japanese reliever Ken Takahashi.Takahashi, 40, had been signed late in...
Murder near Myrtle Avenue!
88th PrecinctFort Greene–Clinton HillMurder AvenueA murderer shot a man multiple times in his Vanderbilt Street home, just off Myrtle Avenue, on Oct. 18.Cops found the victim lying face up at...
Who is the G train masturbator?
76th PrecinctCarroll Gardens– Cobble Hill–Red HookFlasher in the canPolice nabbed a 28-year-old suspected of masturbating on the G train on Oct. 9.Responding to aroused calls from tipsters, cops manhandled the...
Bail revoked for former top cop Kerik
The warden’s going to jail. Former Police Commissioner Bernard Kerik, who ran the city’s prisons before later taking over the NYPD under Mayor Giuliani, was sent to the slammer today....
Ex-Blagojevich aide pleads guilty to corruption
CHICAGO — A former aide to ousted Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich has pleaded guilty to corruption charges and has agreed to cooperate with federal prosecutors in their investigation of Blagojevich....
Our exclusive family calendar!
Sat, Oct. 2410 am-7 pm: Bookstore opening day. Greenlight Books finally opens. Greenlight Bookstore [686 Fulton St. at S. Portland Ave. in Fort Greene, (718) 246-0200]. 10 am-4 pm: Harvest...
ATM mugging
94th Precinct Greenpoint–Williamsburg Teller stealer After an ATM visit, a thief forced his victim to complete an additional, unauthorized transaction on Oct. 12. The victim told cops that she had...
Hood in a hoodie
90th Precinct Williamsburg–Bushwick Hoodied hood A sweatshirted thug swiped a man’s Kenneth Cole wallet and more on Oct. 12 The thief spotted his would-be victim near the corner of Hope...
Bensonhurst gets NYC's first Italian-American center
The Big Apple’s first Italian-American cultural community center will be in Bensonhurst. Mayor Michael Bloomberg donned his hard hat and joined a distinguished roster of local notables to break ground...
St. John's Mason out 4-6 weeks
St. John's star forward Anthony Mason Jr., who has been plagued by injuries his entire career, suffered another setback when he aggravated a hamstring injury this past weekend. Mason will...
NYC schools to start swine flu vaccinations
New York City schools will start vaccinating students against swine flu next week. Mayor Michael Bloomberg is urging parents to sign the consent forms that are going home with schoolchildren....
Brewers hire Peterson as pitching coach
Former Mets pitching coach Rick Peterson knew he wanted to join the Brewers as soon as he left his interview. Help for Milwaukee’s beleaguered staff can’t come quickly enough. Peterson,...
New report blasts MTA mega-projects
The MTA needs to get a handle on the skyrocketing budgets and crippling delays that face many of the agency’s biggest-name projects, according to a report released today. The Citizens...
Oscar Watch: Helen Mirren rocks as Mrs. Tolstoy
Helen Mirren totally knocks it out of the park -- hilarious one moment, grandly tragic the next -- as Mrs. Leo Tolstoy in Michael Hoffman's "The Last Station,'' which Sony Pictures Classics...
NY priest pleads guilty to stealing from parish
WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. — A suburban New York City parish priest has pleaded guilty to stealing hundreds of thousands of dollars from church accounts, including a fund for victims of...
MLB: No evidence Rivera threw spitter
The Major League Baseball Commissioners Office reviewed available video and still photography from Mariano Rivera spitting toward a baseball in ALCS Game 3 and “found no evidence that Rivera spit...
MLB: No evidence Rivera threw spitter
The Major League Baseball Commissioners Office reviewed available video and still photography from Mariano Rivera spitting toward a baseball in ALCS Game 3 and “found no evidence that Rivera spit...
Nets' new ticket plan includes visit from a player
For $25,000 you and three friends can sit courtside at 10 Nets’ games this season — and you can have Devin Harris over for dinner. The team announced a new...
Cut for a cigarette
Cut for cigaretteA 31-year-old man had his face ripped open after he gave a sinister stranger a cigarette last week.Cops said that they were still trying to make heads or...
Loud bullets
Loud bullets A heated argument on East 49th Street in East Flatbush ended in a man’s death Saturday when a gun was thrown into the mix. Cops said that they...
Your weekly newsbriefs
Squadron focuses on nightlife State Senator Daniel Squadron last week hosted a discussion on nightlife concerns last week, bringing together State Liquor Authority (SLA) Chairman Dennis Rosen, SLA CEO Trina...
Maintaining Sunset Park character key to rezoning
Sunset Park is the latest community to be downzoned. After an intensive three-year process, the City Council passed a comprehensive plan for 128 blocks of the neighborhood’s residential areas on...
Midwood residents want help ridding neighborhood of non-domesticated animals
Possums and raccoons and skunks, oh my! According to the Midwood Civic Action Council (MCAC), the neighborhood is one of those “where the wild things are,” a fact of life...
Kudos to community members from the 70th Precinct
Local law enforcement officers saluted members of the public who went above and beyond to aid the police and and the neighborhood in which they live. At the 70th Precinct...
Electeds absent; amp critics keep punching
Not a single invited elected official attended this week’s town hall at the Sea Breeze Jewish Center, but that didn’t stop opponents of Borough President Marty Markowitz’s plan to transform...
Must-see MSG Network preview show
MSG Network's Knicks' coverage is not perfect but journalistically, it does about as good as it could do under the obvious limitations with rah-rah James Dolan as boss. Wednesday night...
'Big Brother' winner accused of selling oxycodone
BOSTON — The winner of reality TV show “Big Brother” has confessed to using his $500,000 prize to buy thousands of oxycodone pills and resell them, authorities said. Adam Jasinski,...
Full results show AIDS vaccine is of modest help
Fresh results from the world’s first successful test of an experimental AIDS vaccine confirm that it is only marginally effective. Yet, the findings are exciting to scientists, who think they...
Police: Va. college student vanishes after Metallica concert
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. — Police are looking for a Virginia Tech student who got separated from her friends at a Metallica concert Saturday and hasn’t been seen since. Police are looking...
Developer clears hurdle toward Bronx mall project
The developer of Manhattan’s upscale Time-Warner Center has received city Planning Commission approval to turn the Bronx’s historic Kingsbridge Armory into a retail complex. The Related Companies says the $310...
City Planning sets stage on Broadway
After weeks of deliberations, the City Planning Commission swiftly approved the rezoning plan for the Broadway Triangle, a 31-acre industrial site in South Williamsburg, by a vote of 12-1-1, setting...
Bound body discovered at fire in Bklyn home
New York City firefighters have discovered a man’s body — bound at the hands and feet — inside a burning Brooklyn house. Firefighters were called to the home early Tuesday....
Binghamton University denies sexual misconduct claims
VESTAL, N.Y. — Binghamton University is denying accusations from a former employee that two senior athletic department officials used her as a “plaything” and tried to make her ply big...
Central person in NJ corruption scandal pleads guilty
NEWARK, N.J. -- The central figure in New Jersey’s largest corruption probe pleaded guilty to federal bank fraud and money laundering charges Tuesday. Authorities used Solomon Dwek as a cooperating...
Iran sentences American to 12 years in prison
TEHRAN, Iran -- A special court formed after Iran's post-election unrest has convicted an Iranian-American academic and sentenced him to more than 12 years in prison, state media said Tuesday....
3UP: Girardi, Sabathia, Offense
1. Joe Girardi is taking abuse – and rightly so – for letting a pre-series scouting report reign over his eyesight when it came to his most critical pitching change...
Messages detail Steve McNair's final night
NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Text messages between a woman and former NFL quarterback Steve McNair made in the hours before police say she shot him to death and turned the gun...
Roman Polanski loses appeal to be released
GENEVA -- Roman Polanski lost his appeal Tuesday to be released from jail, as a Swiss court rejected multiple offers from the 76-year-old director to post bail or go under...
Afghanistan's Karzai agrees to runoff election
KABUL -- Afghanistan's election commission Tuesday ordered a Nov. 7 runoff in the disputed presidential poll after a fraud investigation dropped incumbent Hamid Karzai's votes below 50 percent of the...
Osso Quartet: instrumental harmony
By Meredith Deliso What started out as a friendly collaboration among Brooklyn neighbors has blossomed into a critically acclaimed album, nation-wide tour and handily sold-out shows. The backstory: In 2005,...
Crime slides in 76th Precinct
Three seems to be a charm for the 76th Precinct. Last week, the precinct — ranked third citywide as the safest in the city — recorded just three index crimes,...
Poll: Paterson popularity slides to 27 percent
ALBANY - It's more grim news for Gov. Paterson this morning as the latest Siena poll found the Democratic executive's popularity has continued to slide and a record 72 percent...
Tracy's little 'Black' book
Tracy Morgan shocks and awes in “I Am the New Black.” As he told the world at last year’s Golden Globes: Deal with it, Cate Blanchett. On “SNL” culture shock:...
The Daily Whacks,Tuesday Edition
The pitch came at him fast and furious, 99 miles an hour. You want to know how hard it is to hit a ball going 99 miles an hour? This...
The Tracy Morgan show
I’ve always been voted most unlikely,” Tracy Morgan says as he lies in bed a day before the release of his autobiography, “I Am the New Black.” “Now that I’m...
Swine of the times
Come on, everybody, let’s do a round of shots! It’s that special time of year again: flu vaccine season. And now there are two instead of one to contend with...
The best way to do CMJ
The CMJ Music Festival is a beast: hundreds of unknown acts playing all over town. To help you wrap your head around it, today Notebook is playing the role of...
PSAL boys soccer roundup: Fourth straight win nets Brooklyn International playoff spot
Andre Terry and Aboubacar Fofana each had a goal and Lemuel Forsythre made 12 saves as Brooklyn International beat Erasmus Hall, 2-1, in Brooklyn A Central boys soccer to qualify...
Castle of fright
HOLLYWOOD’s second-best-known director of the 1950s after Alfred Hitchcock, William Castle was a consummate showman who promoted his low-budget horror movies with gimmicks that were sometimes more memorable than the...
Girls soccer roundup: Raaf scores twice for Stella in tie with St. John's Prep
Ashley Raaf scored her second goal of the game from 25 yards out with five minutes left in the second half to give Stella Maris a 2-2 tie with St....
No Aldaz, no problem for Curtis
The Curtis boys soccer team’s first game without star junior Christian Aldaz was a demoralizing four-goal loss to Tottenville Sept. 25. Their most recent match without last year’s Staten Island...
Where Wilder's short things are
The sensational revival of "Our Town" may well have whetted our appetite for Thornton Wilder. But "Such Things Only Happen in Books," the Keen Company's production of Wilder's obscure short...
'Locker,' 'Fan' lead Gothams
The Iraq war thriller "The Hurt Locker" and the sports-themed black comedy "Big Fan" led with three nominations apiece as the Gotham Awards kicked off the movie kudos season. "The...
Memphis hits right notes
The author of "I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change" and the keyboard player from Bon Jovi have hatched a really good musical. I'll let you mull over this sentence...
Look up! But don't be scared by 'V' sky stunt
To promote its new alien-invasion series, ABC is recreating the shock of something inexplicable appearing in the skies over New York. Starting Friday, the giant red letter V -- written...
Create the next Homer Simpson
Here's your chance to become a part of "The Simpsons" 20-year-old history. Fox has launched its first ever "The Simpsons" character contest to give fans the opportunity to create the...
Blago allowed to compete
It looks like ousted Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich won't be barred from appearing on "Celebrity Apprentice." But the yappy ex-politico better watch what he says on the NBC reality show....
Yankees game biggest in 5 years
The return of the Yankees to post-season play has been welcome news for TV. Saturday night's nail-biting, 13-inning game against the Angels was the best-watched American League Championship game in...
League of his own
ESPN's "30 for 30" -- 30 films by 30 noted filmmakers about the biggest, most important, or most-deeply felt events in sports from 1979 to 2009 -- focuses tonight on...
Dog-gone laughter
Wilmer Valderrama is coming back to comedy with a bite. Fox is developing a half-hour comedy for the former "That '70s Show" star, which will be based on the work...
Bam's foreign follies: pandering to Putin
The Soviets once threatened to hang the capitalists (the United States) with the rope that we sell them ("Played by Putin," Editorial, Oct. 18). Judging from what I am seeing...
A soldier's soldier
Few American soldiers have more combat-zone dust on their boots than Command Sgt. Maj. Philip F. Johndrow, US Army. After serving a total of 42 months in Iraq at every...
Angst Over Afghanistan
An American defeat in Afghanistan would be severely detrimental to US national security because of its symbolic effect ("White House Losing Trust in Afghan Partners," Oct. 18). Whether al Qaeda...
LI biz gal a 'Ponzi' princess
The owner of a Long Island janitorial-supply company -- under investigation for cleaning out scores of investors -- is known as a "Ponzi princess" for pulling off a scheme that...
Group expels octuplets doc
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. -- Dr. Michael Kamrava, the Beverly Hills doctor who gave fertility treatments to octuplets mom Nadya Suleman, has been expelled from the American Society for Reproductive Medicine....
Curbing bank fees
WASHINGTON -- Bank customers who overdraw their checking accounts would get new protections from excessive penalties under legislation proposed yesterday by Senate Banking Committee Chairman Christopher Dodd. People could choose...
Winning the war on crime
The most critical question facing Mike Bloomberg when he took office nearly eight years ago was: Could he keep New York City safe? Could he maintain the astonishing drop in...
O's whining jag
Republicans needn't trouble themselves to nominate a presidential candidate in 2012. No matter what, President Obama will be running against George W. Bush. Bush will be Obama's eternal foil. At...
The US dollar could sure use $52B in support
THE US government has $52 billion stashed away that hasn't yet been spent! Quick, call President Obama's bookkeepers. How'd they miss this? A year ago, that amount would have caused...
Americans take exception
An interesting paradox: Last year, America elected a president who, in attitudes and policies, is closer to the Western European elites than any of his predecessors. Yet in the nine...
In-cit-ing icahn
Activist investor and billionaire Carl Icahn yesterday set his sights on embattled finance company CIT Group, blasting its debt-swap plan as favoring the board of directors -- and threatening to...
Don't be a buzzkill!
WASHINGTON -- Pot-smoking patients or their sanctioned suppliers should not be targeted for federal prosecution in states that allow medical marijuana, prosecutors were told yesterday in a new policy memo...
NYPD daily blotter
Manhattan An ex-con is back behind bars for groping a young woman in broad daylight as she walked into her SoHo apartment building, police sources said yesterday. José Marrero, 32,...
Paper cuts, again
The New York Times plans to chop another 100 journalists from its newsroom by year's end, through buyouts and -- if necessary -- layoffs. Executive Editor Bill Keller broke the...
O schools kids
SILVER SPRING, Md. -- President Obama yesterday made a visit to a Maryland school to congratulate the students and teachers on their hard work. Obama stopped by Viers Mill Elementary...
Droid won't avoid smartphone war
As Yoda might say, "Begun, the droid wars have." To support their new "Droid" smart phone, two powerful forces -- Verizon Wireless and Google -- have launched an attack on...
Gannett net falls by 53%
Gannett Co., the largest US newspaper publisher, said third-quarter profit fell 53 percent to $73.8 million, or 31 cents a share, from $158.1 million, or 69 cents, a year earlier,...
Labor vs. ObamaCare
Here's a new one: a union sounding the alarm about high taxes. Even stranger: The union's target is President Obama and his health-care overhaul -- specifically Senate Finance Committee Chairman...
Judge's degree of guilt
Not the best judgment for a judge. During work hours, a city Department of Health hearing officer pursued an online degree with his city computer and e-mail account, the Conflicts...
Pol turns up water pressure
The chairman of the City Council Finance Committee charged yesterday that legislators got snookered when they agreed in 2007 to allow the Department of Environmental Protection to sell liens when...
NYS: drill, baby, drill!
The Paterson administra tion has finally given a green light to proposed drilling in the Marcellus Shale, considered by many to be the nation's largest natural-gas reservoir. Covering several states...
Chuck, Gilly: Bye, Hiram
ALBANY -- Both of New York's US senators yesterday joined the growing chorus of Democrats demanding the resignation of state Sen. Hiram Monserrate (D-Queens) in the wake of his conviction...
Cop tipped off 'coke' pal
An Internal Affairs sergeant on trial for obstructing justice admitted yesterday that he tipped off a narcotics-cop pal who was under investigation for an alleged cocaine-fueled sex romp at a...
MTA urged to smarten up
A leading MTA watchdog wants the agency to speed up the new "smart card" program, which would make the MetroCard go the way of the token, according to a new...
Glamour, Wired take latest hits
Glamour and Wired yesterday became the latest Condé Nast magazines to lay off staff amid severe cost-cutting at the glitzy publisher, which so far this year has axed nearly 400...
City wins Exxon suit
Exxon Mobil must fork over $150 million to the city after a federal jury yesterday held the oil giant liable for contaminating the Big Apple's drinking water. The jury in...
Racial claims sour grapes: Rudy
Rudy Giuliani yesterday said his comments about the city potentially going in the "wrong" direction were "historical" fact, and said some supporters of Democratic mayoral hopeful Bill Thompson called them...
The skinny on Clooney eco car: It zooms
This car will keep you on the straight and narrow -- especially the narrow -- if you're an eco-minded motorist like George Clooney. The revolutionary Tango goes from 0 to...
Catwoman in burglary bust
A female cat burglar went on an Upper East Side looting spree, scaling fire escapes and slinking into windows to rip off TVs, cameras, iPods and other electronics from a...
Business briefs
Oil up Crude oil rose above $79 a barrel to a one- year high as a rally in global equities bolstered confidence that an eco nomic recovery will lift fuel...
Suit against Biden bro tossed
A $10 million fraud and breach-of-contract suit against Vice President Joe Biden's brother and son has been thrown out. In a decision released yesterday, Manhattan Supreme Court Justice Bernard Fried...
Comcast brings Chernin in on NBCU bid
Comcast has enlisted former News Corp. Chief Operating Officer Peter Chernin to consult on its bid for NBC Universal, The Post has learned. Chernin is the second News Corp. executive...
Earnings goose marts to 1-yr. highs
US stocks rose, sending benchmark indexes to a one-year high, on better-than-estimated earnings and speculation the economy is healthy enough for policymakers to unwind efforts to shore up the financial...
O's error in city's favor
WASHINGTON -- The White House should go back to school. The Obama administration says stimulus funds have saved or created 250,000 education jobs nationwide -- but the White House report...
Patron 'killed bouncer'
A Long Island caddy brutally choked the life out of a Southampton bar bouncer last year after he was asked to stop dancing on a table, prosecutors said yesterday. Anthony...
Tie-dye in the sky
Shining in psychedelic yellows, purples and reds in a tribute to the Grateful Dead, the Empire State Building was truly the highest in New York last night. The trippy, tie-dye...
Bloomy guru takes a swipe at Corzine
In a surprise put-down, Mayor Bloomberg's top political adviser slammed New Jersey Gov. Jon Corzine as a "very unsuccessful" politician who proves that money only goes so far in politics....
Taconic van-wreck kin blast 'Law & Order' copy episode
Relatives of those killed in the Taconic Parkway wrong-way DWI tragedy have slammed NBC's "Law & Order" for filming a fictionalized version of the case for the small screen. The...
Feds hail NY's bid to boost charters
Federal officials yesterday tipped their hats to New York's proposal to lift the cap on charter schools. The proposal by Buffalo Assemblyman Sam Hoyt -- first reported in yesterday's Post...
Big stall over MoMA tower
IS Hines deliberately an gling to stall on its controversial, Jean Nouvel-designed tower next to the Museum of Modern Art, and blame the city for the delay? Hines, one of...
Big Mac attack
Apple had one sweet quarter. Strong sales of Mac computers and the iPhone led the company to post one of its most profitable quarters ever, while most of its rivals...
Einhorn shorts US 'short-term thinking'
Famed short-seller David Einhorn is bullish on gold because he's bearish on Obama. Members of President Obama's prized economic team, including Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner, are "quintessential short-term decision makers,"...
Love stands test of time
They gazed into each other's eyes. They kissed. The magic returned. It was as if they hadn't been apart for 50 years. That was the joyous reunion of Diane Harris...
Killer set to go free
A convicted killer could be sprung by tomorrow after using a 2000 Supreme Court decision to force a new trial that excludes most of the evidence against him -- including...
HS flunkers getting 2nd chance online
Students who flunk a high school course will be given the option of making up the credits online, according to a new policy approved by the state Board of Regents...
'Junior' juror's a goner
Here's a rich one. A juror at John "Junior" Gotti's trial yesterday griped that the proceeding was costing him a fortune because he couldn't make important business deals -- so...
'Pirate' Raj facing mutiny
An accused hedge-fund pirate yesterday told his crew at Galleon Group that he is innocent of bombshell insider-trading charges -- but freaked-out employees and investors are looking to flee what...
Rat-ical turnabout looms for Gravano
The mob rat who helped put the "Dapper Don" behind bars for life may return to court as the star witness for the son of the late John Gotti. In...
Jon & top minister in pay & play
Mogul New Jersey Gov. Jon Corzine donated $87,000 to an influential umbrella group of African-American churches whose leader recently endorsed him, it was reported yesterday. The Rev. Reginald Jackson, of...
Weinstein Co. in Perseus book deal
The Weinstein Co. will concentrate on its struggling movie business and shift is book-publishing business into a joint venture with Perseus Books Group. The arrangement, to take effect Dec. 1,...
Bill writes off pen pal
Bill Thompson yesterday sidestepped questions about a letter he wrote urging no jail time for his congressman boss, who had pleaded guilty to a raft of charges, including tax evasion....
Flack 'hack attack' on love rivals
Things are not so Dolce for this dethroned p.r. princess. Blond society babe Ali Wise -- the fired publicity director for Dolce & Gabbana -- was slapped with four felonies...
Spy rap for 'lunar' scientist
WASHINGTON -- A scientist credited with helping discover evidence of water on the moon was arrested yesterday on charges of attempting to pass along classified information to an FBI agent...
'Spoofs' not funny in hands of phonies
Dial H for Hacking. SpoofCard is com puter software that al lows users to disguise their phone numbers when making calls -- and perps to easily hack into other peo...
Cat stuck in driver's engine
This cat should have left the job for a grease monkey. A driver rode almost two miles through The Bronx without realizing he had a kitty stuck in his engine....
Ex-beauty queen sued for rack-eteering
It's a breast-case scenario as California pageant officials target dethroned beauty queen Carrie Prejean over her implants. The conservative Prejean, 22 -- who came in second in the Miss USA...
Yankees fans get free pass at Stadium
The best pitch that baseball fan José Naumann has seen all year was the one that got him into Yankee Stadium yesterday for free. Naumann said he had yet to...
Super stars! 32 planets found
WASHINGTON -- European astronomers announced they had found 32 new planets orbiting stars outside our solar system, and said yesterday they believe their find means that 40 percent or more...
Teammates tried saving UConn star
STORRS, Conn. -- One teammate performed first aid while another comforted the University of Connecticut football player who was fatally stabbed during a fight outside a school dance over the...
Pals airing balloon dad's criminal past
Balloon Boy's father is finally getting a dose of reality. Wacky scientist wannabe Richard Heene -- who convinced the world his 6-year-old son, Falcon, was trapped on a balloon soaring...
Broncos make it 6 straight
Eddie Royal became the first player in Broncos history to return a kickoff and a punt for touchdowns in the same game, leading undefeated Denver to a wild 34-23 win...
The Post Line
NFLSundayFavoriteOpening Current(O/U) UnderdogGIANTS 7 7 (46½)CardinalsJets 7 6 (35) RAIDERSCHIEFSOFFOFF(OFF)ChargersColts13½13 (46) RAMSBENGALS 2½ 1½(42) BearsPackers 8 7 (41½)BROWNSSTEELERS 5 4 (45½)Vikingsx-Patriots14 14 (45) BuccaneersTEXANS 3 3 (44½)49ersPANTHERSOFFOFF(OFF)BillsSaints 7 6 (46½)DOLPHINSCOWBOYS...
Giants banged up after rout
It's still extremely doubtful that defensive tackle Chris Canty will be able to play this week against the Cardinals -- he has not been cleared to practice tomorrow -- but...
Meadowlands Analysis
Today's analysis.1. 6f; $10,000; mdn cl($10,000); 3upSEVEN STRONG cuts back to sprint and drops to lowest claiming level of career while going turf to dirt. SQUIRE WYNDHAM goes turf to dirt...
Jets report card, Week 6
Mark Cannizzaro ranks the Jets following Sunday's stinker QUARTERBACKS F Mark Sanchez (10-of-29, 119 yards, 5 INTs, 8.3 rating) was as bad as it gets for a quarterback. RUNNING BACKS...
Phillies' comeback win in 9th puts Dodgers in 3-1 hole
PHILADELPHIA -- Jimmy Rollins was due. Quiet is not usually a word associated with the Phillies' sparkplug, but his bat had mustered just a few whispers in the first seven...
More than five alive to be Knicks' starters
Mike D'Antoni still can't decide on his starting lineup for the season opener in Miami in eight days, but one thing is sure: the franchise's future, sniper Danilo Gallinari, won't...
Howard leading Phillies by example
PHILADELPHIA -- As clutch as Jimmy Rollins was here last night, the never-say-die Phillies have a new heart and soul. That can happen when you treat postseason pitching like batting...
Giants report card, Week 6
Paul Schwartz ranks the Giants following their smackdown Sunday QUARTERBACK C Rare display of anger and emotion from Eli Manning (14 of 31, 178 yards, 1 TD, 1 INT) scolding...
Giants eat slice of humble pie
As they were beating up on the Giants, Drew Brees and the Saints might have helped not only the Cardinals, but all those other offenses in the coming weeks set...
Jenkins' season done -- but not his presence
WHEN Jets nose tackle Kris Jenkins was lying in the middle of Giants Stadium with an injured left knee that ultimately would cost him the season, he didn't wallow in...
No time for a Giants' hangover
THE Jets ventured into the Superdome 3-0 and look at them now, 3-3 and in the midst of an alarming freefall. The Giants ventured into the Superdome 5-0 and look...
Sports shorts
NBA: LeBron on cancer scare Cavaliers superstar LeBron James said the benign growth in his jaw made for a few nervous days earlier this year. James said he had to...
Jets' post-disaster plan: Keep It Simple, Sanchez
In the aftermath of Mark Sanchez's five-interception meltdown against the Bills in Sunday's inexcusable 16-13 overtime loss, the Jets have formulated a plan: Simplify. "We've got to do a great...
Teixeira needs to catch up at the plate
ANAHEIM, Calif. -- Mark Teixeira is so good defensively at first base, the Yankees can live with his slow start to the ALCS at the plate. However, at some point...
Rex still steaming over dumb penalties
Jets coach Rex Ryan, so far always the life of the party in his press conferences with his self-deprecating wit, yesterday displayed the first inkling of an edge while speaking...
Blair's the rookie to watch
ASIDE from Blake Griffin, who should have been drafted higher last June by my Paper Clips than first overall, which rising rookies are playing big and, in many cases, better...
Stub-flub offers tickets for Mets' playoffs
Hey, Mets fans, StubHub sent an e-mail yesterday offering tickets for Mets' playoff games. "Be there alongside your New York Mets as they chase baseball immortality," the e-mail said. "Go...
Hondo's Sab story
Hondo has some advice for Joe Girardi: Don't go changing, at least not at your current frenetic pace. The hyperactive skipper cost Mr. Aitch a victory with the Yanks last...
Rested Kazmir set to face rushed Sabathia
ANAHEIM, Calif. -- Scott Kazmir on eight days' rest vs. CC Sabathia on three. Joe Girardi had better be right about his hunch on Sabathia tonight, or the Yankees could...
Mets, Yankees eye Kikuchi
The Yankees and Mets are scheduled to meet today in Japan with a representative of Yusei Kikuchi, the 18-year-old left handed phenom. Kikuchi's representative, Hiroshi Sasaki, met yesterday with the...
Pettitte hurt by one 'mistake'
ANAHEIM, Calif. -- Andy Pettitte made the fans at Angel Stadium sit on their thundersticks for most of the afternoon. Then, Vladimir Guerrero broke out his own Thunder Stick. With...
A-Rod, Jeter sizzle, as mates just fizzle
ANAHEIM, Calif. -- Derek Jeter and Alex Rodriguez are finally working together in the way the Yankees dreamed. Maybe they still remain the best of frenemies. But in this postseason,...
Rangers' win streak ends with 7-3 drubbing by Sharks
They had survived a week of living dangerously against inferior opponents Toronto (twice) and L.A., but the Rangers sure weren't able to surmount their deficiencies against the superior Sharks. It...
Offensively challenged Mathis, Kendrick the heroes
ANAHEIM, Calif. -- This is who we are, we have big baseball hearts, the Angels proclaimed yesterday after finally breaking through against the Yankees. The winning rally was put together...
Wacky move to Aceves hands Angels win over Yankees
ANAHEIM, Calif. -- The Yankees are on the razor's edge of technology when gathering information, but yesterday all those computer printouts buried their chance for a victory over the Angels...
Angels will let A-Rod take walk
ANAHEIM, Calif. -- The Angels have a new Alex Rodriguez strategy. It's called the intentional walk. And it's going to be something they figure to use more in this series....
Girardi's sub arms outfield, weakens bats
ANAHEIM, Calif. -- Johnny can read, but he still can't throw. So with the game on the line in the 10th inning yesterday, manager Joe Girardi took a calculated risk...
Girardi's maneuvers finally crap out
ANAHEIM, Calif. -- Well, this was bound to happen, wasn't it? Joe Girardi had spent his first five games as an October manager running from pitcher to pitcher, from move...
Devils waive Murphy
After seven games, it looks like the Cory Murphy Experiment has come to an end. The 31-year-old defenseman, whom the Devils signed for the NHL minimum of $500,000 during the...
Rangers, NHL on alert vs. goalie-crashers
The issue of goaltender interference that has been a prominent one for the Rangers the first two weeks of the season is on the radar of the NHL hockey operations...
Weird but true
You, too, can be on a first-name basis with a congressman. Republican Anh "Joseph" Cao, who represents New Orleans, has had his last name mispronounced "cow" or "chow" by everyone...
NYC football rankings: Week 7
It has taken almost two months, but we finally have major movement atop The Post's New York City HS football rankings. Poly Prep is bounced from its perch after falling...
Girls volleyball roundup: Tinkering Knights best Walton
Recently, a few players have approached John F. Kennedy coach Iris Bromfield confused about her constant lineup changes. The Knights are young this season and Bromfield is experimenting with multiple...
Treanor's punch save gives Spellman scoreless tie
Liz Treanor wasn’t thinking about coach Mel Brown’s advice as a high shot came sailing toward her, but she still heeded it. Our Lady of Victory’s Brianna Tierney let a...
Marty enters Bermuda 'Triangle' by endorsing Levin — and the rezoning
The city’s contentious plan to allow residential development inside the largely commercial “Broadway Triangle” won approval from the City Planning Commission on Monday, as commissioners said that the project’s ends—...
Dock holiday as Bay Ridge gets new ferry launch
Bay Ridge’s 69th Street pier is on its way to becoming a boating destination and transit hub, thanks to a $300,000 plan to outfit the fishing wharf with a dock.The...
Here they are — your Police Blotters
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Who is the G train masturbator?
76th PrecinctCarroll Gardens– Cobble Hill–Red HookFlasher in the canPolice nabbed a 28-year-old suspected of masturbating on the G train on Oct. 9.Responding to aroused calls from tipsters, cops manhandled the...
Weird Science: Violation leads to loss
Jeremy Bass didn’t want to blame anyone but himself. His Bronx Science girls volleyball team got off to a roaring start in the first set Monday against Columbus. The Wolverines...
Explorers pave way to comeback over Science
Juan Torres knew winning the first set would be a long shot with his Columbus girls volleyball team down seven points. But he knew it also didn’t have to be...
McMillan leaves Lincoln, returns to Uniondale
Devon (Fatty) McMillan’s second stint at Lincoln lasted barely over a month. The Hofstra-bound senior, who spent his first two years of high school at the Coney Island powerhouse, is...
Our exclusive family calendar!
Sat, Oct. 2410 am-7 pm: Bookstore opening day. Greenlight Books finally opens. Greenlight Bookstore [686 Fulton St. at S. Portland Ave. in Fort Greene, (718) 246-0200]. 10 am-4 pm: Harvest...
Murder near Myrtle Avenue!
88th PrecinctFort Greene–Clinton HillMurder AvenueA murderer shot a man multiple times in his Vanderbilt Street home, just off Myrtle Avenue, on Oct. 18.Cops found the victim lying face up at...
CHSFL rankings: Week 6
The playoff picture, and where the teams stack up, is starting to get clearer with two weeks left in the regular season. The top two squads remain unchanged. Xaverian and...
Girardi misses mark this time
ANAHEIM, Calif. -- Well, it finally caught up to Joe Girardi. You knew it would some day. You knew it had to. Girardi has spent most of his first postseason...
Cardinals flying into meeting with Giants
TEMPE, Ariz. -- Finally, the Arizona Cardinals are looking like the team that rolled through the playoffs to the Super Bowl — just in time for a Sunday night matchup...
Video Games Live concert
So, really. How much do you love video games? Enough to put down the controller and attend a concert that combines music - performed by an orchestra and choir -...