James Fanelli
The Archive
Another domestic dispute between a Paterson aide and girlfriend
Gov. Paterson's top adviser and ex-roommate Clemmie Harris got into a heated argument in 1995 with Harris' then-girlfriend, and it left the woman so scared that she called the cops,...
'Filled' potholes are empty boast
There are holes in this story. Earlier this month, Mayor Bloomberg donned a fluorescent vest, picked up a shovel and helped a crew of Department of Transportation workers mark the...
Strikeout on health pact for Mets employees
More than 200 seasonal Mets employees are returning to work at Citi Field in preparation for Opening Day only to find their health benefits have been bargained away. In their...
Scammed New York City cab riders will get refunds
Taxi passengers who were taken for a ride by greedy hacks who illegally charged higher rates will likely get some money back, city officials said yesterday. The head of the...
$641k triple dipper
George Philip has won the state's triple crown of compensation. The triple dipper took in $641,000 in 2008 from three state coffers: his $261,000 pension as the former chief of...
Mets lost at 'C'
Opening day is a month away, and the Mets are already falling apart. A giant piece of the marquee Citi Field sign came crashing down on Jan. 25 -- more...
GOP and Dems faceoff
A new study gives new meaning to being blue — or red — in the face. People can pretty accurately discern whether someone is a Democrat or Republican just by...
Transit court full of excuses
If Dante were a straphanger, he would have devoted a circle of hell to transit court in his "Divine Comedy." Inside the third floor of an unassuming MTA building in...
'Cane fund's shamed lawman now a teach
Maybe he teaches fuzzy math. The disgraced prosecutor in charge of a shady charity that raised funds for Hurricane Katrina victims is a teacher at Queens Vocational and Technical HS,...
Woman of the century
Meet the Big Apple's 111-year-old wonder. Jane Gilsenan has touched three centuries, lived under 19 US presidents and witnessed some of the greatest moments in history. She is New York...
Torah trouble for 'Rabbi Indiana Jones'
A Baltimore rabbi could be turning a false profit. Menachem Youlus drew fame in the last decade for unearthing supposed Holocaust-era Torahs hidden in mass graves, monasteries and concentration camps...
It's an alarm crock! Only 4 car-siren tix
Despite a flood of noise complaints over sleep-destroying car sirens, only four tickets were handed out in the city last year for faulty alarms, according to the city Department of...
B'klyn dogs, owners 'run' from egg attack
Barking is no yolk in Brooklyn. Petrified pooches and their owners have been walking on eggshells -- and ducking them too -- in the past month at a Park Slope...
NYPD's long arm of the law
Between 2002 and 2003, the NYPD and FBI arrested and deported six Iranian diplomats in New York for photographing infrastructure and rail lines. The busts set off an alarming scenario...
I am Ozzy
Ozzy Osbourne is the real-life version of “This is Spinal Tap.” The drug-addled Prince of Darkness, who reserved his seat in rock ’n’ roll’s pantheon by biting off a bat’s...
Presidents team up for Haiti relief push
President Obama met in the Oval Office yesterday with Bill Clinton and George W. Bush to announce a massive effort to raise billions of dollars to relieve earthquake-ravaged Haiti. "By...
Nuts & Bolts: Chargers have long rap sheets
Maybe they should be called the San Diego Charged. In the last decade, 21 members of the San Diego Chargers football team have had run-ins with the law, including four...
Hero cop fights to carry gun
Undercover cop Richard Cowan spent three years risking his life posing as the manager of a carting company to take down Gambino and Genovese crime family gangsters. The dangerous assignment...
180G retirement
They're making the most of their golden years. A retired New York City Transit executive is collecting a $180,515 annual pension -- the highest in the New York City Employee...
Handi-flap at Bryant bazaar
Bryant Park is famously friendly to leggy models, but not to the disabled. A village of 126 upscale stores was set up in the Midtown green space for Christmastime, but...