Dana Sauchelli
The Archive
Hillary seeks end of family detention for undocumented immigrants
Hillary Clinton on Monday called for the end of family detention for undocumented immigrants. “We’re not only a nation of immigrants, we are a nation of laws, too, and we...
Police roust homeless woman in Greenwich Village
A homeless woman shrouded in a blue blanket was camped out on a busy corner in Greenwich Village on Sunday, sleeping amongst her massive pile of possessions, until cops finally...
Vandals are spray-painting areas near City Hall
Vandals, emboldened by a drop in graffiti arrests, have been targeting a busy area near City Hall. Several boarded-up shops at Chambers and Church streets have become a spray painter’s...
Woman accused of fatally stabbing husband during spat
A Bronx father was stabbed to death by his wife during an argument over his recent business trip to the Dominican Republic, police sources said Monday. Yanny Mejia, 31, stabbed...
Evicted mom seeking revenge caused deadly explosion
The explosion that flattened a Brooklyn apartment building and killed two women inside was ruled an arson after investigators concluded that one of the women poured gasoline on a stairwell...
Woman injured in slashing attack at LaGuardia Airport
A passenger waiting for a flight was slashed repeatedly by a woman in a ladies room at La Guardia Airport, authorities said. The unidentified victim suffered wounds to her arm and...
Sheldon Silver found guilty on all counts in corruption trial
Former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver was convicted Monday in a $5 million public-corruption case, cementing a stunning fall from power that exposed Albany’s sleazy culture of influence-peddling — and showed...
Second juror begs to get off Sheldon Silver trial
Former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver's corruption trial was thrown into further turmoil Monday when a second juror begged to get off the case — saying he just learned he had...
Hoarder vows to breed more rabbits after city crackdown
Bunnies are multiplying like rabbits once again in the “garden” of the notorious rabbit hoarder of Brooklyn. “We are making more babies, because three dozen of rabbits does not fill...
Serial arsonist suspected in string of Queens fires
Authorities say a spate of suspicious fires in Queens may be the work of a serial arsonist. Security footage caught the unidentified firebug scaling the wall of an empty house...
Why Black Friday may not be as busy as usual
Many New Yorkers are planning to skip Black Friday and do all their holiday shopping over the weekend — from home. “No crowds and no lines,” Charmaine Blake, 41, said,...
Firefighters rescue two cats in house fire
Two Queens kitties escaped a house blaze with the help of firefighters Sunday. The lucky felines, Kit Kat and Jinx, were plucked from the smoky Glendale home during a 10:18...
Two people shot at subway station during rush hour
Two people were shot in the Utica Avenue subway station on the A/C line on Tuesday evening. One victim is likely to die, sources say. The shooting happened on the...
Woman barricades herself in ritzy apartment, threatens suicide
NYPD cops rushed to a luxury Brooklyn apartment building Monday morning when a woman barricaded herself inside and threatened to kill herself, police and witnesses said. The woman, believed to...
Mugger shot after trying to rob plainclothes cop
A man was shot by police in Brooklyn on Sunday night — after he tried to mug a plainclothes detective. The 20-year-old man, identified as Altron Atwater, pulled a realistic-looking...
Sheldon Silver uses Passover defense at corruption trial
Sheldon Silver broke out the Passover defense at his corruption trial Thursday, as his lawyer focused on the shows of friendship — including gifts of handmade matzoh — that the...
Police find body from small plane crash in water off Queens
A single-engine airplane crashed into the Atlantic Ocean off Breezy Point, Queens, Wednesday night, and cops later recovered a body from the wreckage, sources said. People who witnessed the plane...
Grandmother and baby struck by car in Brooklyn
A woman and her grandchild were taken to the hospital after getting struck by a car in Brooklyn Wednesday morning, witnesses and law enforcement sources said. The accident happened around...
Cops paint over vandalized police recruitment mural
The NYPD sprang into action Tuesday, painting over graffiti that for months had defaced a recruitment mural in Greenpoint, a day after The Post exclusively reported on the vandalism. A...
Madman slashes two people with razor on subway
A razor-wielding attacker slashed two straphangers without uttering a word on a Manhattan-bound subway train in Brooklyn on Tuesday, police said. The unidentified 29-year-old man, who was wearing a denim...