Jacob Henry
The Archive
How to have a socially distant Passover or Easter during the coronavirus lockdown
April 8, 2020 | 9:43am"This disease doesn't care about religion."
Luxury car owner wrecks rare $1M ride — among other vehicles
April 7, 2020 | 2:19pmA luxury-car aficionado on a bender all but totaled his ultra-rare, million-dollar ride when he plowed it into parked vehicles in Hell’s Kitchen, cops said on Tuesday. Benjamin Chen, 33,...
Manhattan hotel now housing the homeless
March 29, 2020 | 12:20amSome homeless people are being housed at a shuttered Manhattan hotel, The Post has learned. At least 61 rooms of the Radisson Hotel on Williams Street in the Financial District...
Transgender woman fatally stabbed in the neck outside Harlem park
March 28, 2020 | 9:06amA transgender woman was fatally stabbed in the neck outside a Harlem park early Saturday during a squabble over a wig she allegedly stole, a pal told The Post. The...
NYC construction workers keep building, even if sick
March 18, 2020 | 1:30pmThe developments come as construction union officials and sources told the paper that de Blasio is eyeing a shutdown of the industry, like what happened in Boston.
Victim of possible coronavirus hate crime in Queens speaks out
March 14, 2020 | 5:15pmThe coronavirus pandemic has made it open season on Chinese Americans in the Big Apple, according to a Queens dad who was the victim this week of a possible hate...
Services canceled at all NY archdiocese churches
March 14, 2020 | 3:50pmThe decision in the middle of the church's most solemn season, Lent, comes "in light of the continued concern surrounding the coronavirus, and the advice of medical experts," the Archdiocese's...
9/11 Memorial and Museum closes amid coronavirus pandemic
March 13, 2020 | 4:51pm“In accordance with the guidance provided by our state and local governments regarding large public gatherings in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, we are temporarily closed,” a sign next to...
Coronavirus chaos continues at NYC grocery stores
March 13, 2020 | 2:22pmFearful of the swiftly spreading coronavirus, New Yorkers -- or their nannies -- lined up in the rain outside supermarkets and mega-stores Friday morning to scour shelves for food and...
Manhattan hardware store hit with fine for coronavirus price hikes
March 7, 2020 | 5:50pmThe fine -- up to $500 -- was for the stores $60 price tag on a pack of 10 3M respirator masks -- which go for only $22.97 on competitor...
Members of coronavirus patient's Westchester synagogue ordered to self-quarantine
March 3, 2020 | 5:31pmFolks who attended services at a Westchester County synagogue tied to New York's second coronavirus case were ordered to self-quarantine on Tuesday because they may have been exposed to the...
Second coronavirus case confirmed in NY, Jewish schools close on virus fear
March 3, 2020 | 9:02amSalanter Akiba Riverdale Academy, a Jewish day school in the Bronx, closed Tuesday because of “a suspected case of coronavirus in the community."
Brooklyn girl killed by school bus driver was ‘funny and extremely smart,’ family says
February 25, 2020 | 5:58pmThe young girl who was struck and killed by a school bus driver in East New York Tuesday was “extremely smart” and loved by all, her family said during an...
Child fatally struck by a school bus in Brooklyn
February 25, 2020 | 8:11amThe driver remained on the scene and no arrests have been made.
Manhattan College students report break-ins, sexual assault
February 22, 2020 | 6:01pmStudents at a Manhattan College dorm are on edge after two women reported separate incidents when a strange man was in their bedrooms, authorities said Saturday. A 20-year-old at the...
Pedestrian hit by car crossing street in Upper West Side
February 22, 2020 | 4:54pmThe victim was crossing against the light at the intersection of West 70th Street and Broadway when a driver mowed him down in the crosswalk at about 9 a.m., police...
NYPD's oldest retired detective celebrates 103rd birthday
February 21, 2020 | 7:16pmNicholas Calabrese, the NYPD's oldest living retired detective, worked during some of New York City's most crime-ridden years.
Embattled homeless outreach group abandons Penn Station
February 19, 2020 | 5:01pmDozens of vagrants were milling around outside the Bowery Residents Committee’s shuttered outreach office and throughout Penn Station over two days this week — with some literally sleeping on the...
'Absolute violence': Tourist slashed in neck never saw attack coming
February 15, 2020 | 6:03pmThe French tourist who was randomly slashed in the neck on a Harlem sidewalk said he never saw the "gratuitous" attack coming. Video of the gruesome incident shows the 27-year-old...
Mom of UK motorcyclist killed in wrong-way crash with ex-spy still seeking extradition
February 14, 2020 | 8:55pmGrieving British mom Charlotte Charles says she will never meet on US soil with the reputed ex-CIA spy who allegedly killed her 19-year-old son in a wrong-way driving accident in...