Erin Calabrese
The Archive
Authorities have no plan in place to protect swimmers from lurking shark
This is Jaws-dropping! The great white shark Mary Lee spent Tuesday prowling the waters off Long Island — yet authorities have no plan in place to quickly alert swimmers if...
Thousands gather for fallen NYPD officer's wake
More than a thousand grieving family members, friends and fellow officers streamed into a Long Island funeral home Thursday afternoon to say goodbye to slain NYPD cop Brian Moore. The...
Queens residents unsettled by FDNY probie who failed vital fitness test
Residents of the Queens neighborhoods served by the new FDNY probie who made the grade despite failing a key fitness test said Wednesday they feel as if they’re in the...
FDNY union chief makes subtle dig at 'unfit' female probie
There were 304 other graduates of the Fire Academy at the graduation ceremony Tuesday — but all the heat was on Rebecca Wax. The controversial new probie — who graduated...
Baby's head sliced by falling glass from shattered window
Glass from a broken window fell seven stories and sliced a baby on a sidewalk in Brooklyn Tuesday, sources said. The tiny infant -- who was in a stroller below...
Minority teachers file $300M suit claiming licensing test bias
An old teacher-licensing test that blacks and Hispanics had trouble passing poses a grave threat to city coffers — $300 million, according to internal budget documents obtained by The Post....
Sex offenders galore call Chelsea shelter home
There is plenty of filth left in Manhattan. A slew of sex offenders were booted from their beds at the Bellevue Men’s Shelter on the East Side this week —...
One teen dead, another wounded in housing-project shooting
A 16-year-old Brooklyn boy was fatally shot and his 13-year-old cousin was wounded Friday night when bullets started flying at a Bedford-Stuyvesant housing project. Dantee Bascom died at Kings County...
Couple stuck in war-torn Yemen hoping to escape on boat
A Brooklyn couple trapped in Yemen have been dodging snipers during a dangerous struggle to escape the war-ravaged country — and are praying they can make a final cruise to...
Americans trapped in Yeman sue US for not rescuing them
A Queens mom of four and a pregnant woman from Brooklyn are among of a group of New Yorkers suing the US government for not rescuing them from Yemen. Mom...
City Democrats rally to raise money for Hillary Clinton
The local wing of Ready for Hillary sipped $10 Ceiling Breaker cocktails made with tequila, strawberry and lime juice at its final fund-raiser Saturday in anticipation of Clinton’s presidential announcement....
Pet rescued in NYC blaze that leaves family homeless
A family is homeless and children and their pet dog had to be rescued after a blaze broke out in two Brooklyn houses Tuesday afternoon, authorities said. Approximately 150 firefighters...
Mets surpass Yankees as hottest ticket in town
Start spreading the blues — the Yankees are no longer the hottest baseball ticket in town. The average price of a regular-season Mets ticket at Citi Field is up almost...
Condo board fumes over trust-funder's 'pot smoke'
A 27-year-old trust-funder is smoking out the neighbors of her ritzy Chelsea condo by sending constant plumes of pot throughout the building, the board complains in a new lawsuit. Jacqueline...
Family of killed NYPD cop furious over Brancato's film gig
The family of slain NYPD Officer Daniel Enchautegui is furious that Lillo Brancato has landed a new movie role. “It’s always been about Lillo. Shame on whoever hired him,’’ seethed...
10 reputed 'Sopranos' mobsters busted in undercover operation
It’s as good as "The Sopranos" — and it’s real. Aging mobsters from New Jersey’s DeCavalcante crime family were at no loss for Paulie Walnuts-worthy ideas on how to get rid of...
Delta passengers recount 'terrifying' landing mishap
As Delta Flight 1086 from Atlanta skidded off a La Guardia runway, a fear more chilling than the falling snow passed through the panicked cabin: We’re going into the water....
Jet skids off runway at LaGuardia Airport
A passenger plane skidded off a snowy runway at LaGuardia Airport, smashing its nose through a seawall fence and breaking off a wing Thursday morning.
Stalking conviction overturned in nude-photos case
A West Village man who says he only took nude photos of his neighbor to prove she was “enticing’’ him by prancing around naked has had his stalking conviction overturned....
Teen accused of hacking high school, improving grades
He’s pretty brilliant for a kid with bad grades. A tech-savvy Staten Island high school student who studied advanced computer programming at an elite computer camp used his skills to...