Jennifer Bain
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Falcon causes chaotic scene near Wall Street
Move over, Wolf of Wall Street – the Falcon of Wall Street has landed. A wayward falcon on Wednesday morning swooped into the Financial District, where it fowled up police...
FDNY investigates alleged drunken brawl among firefighters
The FDNY is investigating an allegedly drunken, racially-charged brawl among firefighters who were celebrating after Medal Day, officials told The Post. A department insider said violence — and racial slurs...
Powerball winner's son told him to stop wasting his money on the lotto
The winner of a $315.3 million New Jersey Powerball jackpot — the third largest single-winning ticket in the state’s history — is an African immigrant whose son urged him for...
Builder to the stars among those feared dead in Hamptons plane crash
Four people were presumed dead after a private plane — carrying a prominent East Hampton builder who crafted luxury mansions for Martha Stewart, Billy Joel and others — crashed into...
Nixon mocks 'suburban dad' Cuomo over stance on weed legalization
Cynthia Nixon mocked Gov. Andrew Cuomo Friday as a “suburban dad from the '70s” because of his previous reservations about legalizing recreational marijuana. “Last year he was saying that marijuana...
Ex-wife's family may drop suit if Durst reveals location of body
A lawyer for Kathie Durst’s family says they will drop their $100 million wrongful death suit against Robert Durst — if the accused killer comes clean. “Just to be 100...
Couple's anniversary night out in NYC turns into nightmare
A couple’s 10-year wedding anniversary celebration turned into a nightmare in Midtown when a crazed man walked up to the pair, spit on the woman and then punched her husband...
Ted Allen wants NYPD to clean up abandoned brownstone
A Food Network star is pleading with the NYPD to fix an abandoned Brooklyn brownstone that’s been overrun by squatters and littered with liquor bottles after a blaze tore through...
Shomrim leader accused of raping teen caught on recorded call with victim: DA
The politically connected Shomrim leader accused of repeatedly raping a 15-year-old girl implicated himself in a recorded phone call with his victim, prosecutors revealed Friday. Jacob “Yanky” Daskal, 59, who...
Shomrim leader pleads not guilty to statutory rape
Shamed Shomrim big Jacob “Yanky” Daskal pleaded not guilty to felony statutory rape charges Friday, a day after he was accused of repeatedly having sex with a 15-year-old girl inside...
Alleged killer of New School professor: 'I'm depressed'
The man who allegedly murdered a New School professor in his Prospect Park South home said from a detention complex on Thursday that he was still in shock over the...
Sheldon Silver said 'kickbacks' were legal: friend
A childhood friend of Sheldon Silver testified on Tuesday in the former Assembly speaker’s corruption retrial about becoming ensnared in a fee-sharing arrangement with the once-powerful politician. Speaking under immunity,...
Stroller-moms sound off on de Blasio's planned 'shooting sites'
Mayor Bill de Blasio on Friday revealed four sites where he plans to open controversial drug-injection centers — and they are near schools and in the heart of stroller-mom territory....
Woman who ran over kids in Park Slope facing 15 years in prison
The seizure-prone Staten Island woman who fatally mowed down two Park Slope kids in a crosswalk had been instructed by a doctor not to drive weeks before the tragedy, prosecutors...
Driver who mowed down kids in Park Slope hobbles to court
The Staten Island woman who fatally mowed down two Park Slope kids stayed mum Thursday morning as she was escorted from her home in handcuffs by a pair of detectives...
'Vet' accused of opening up puppies to turn them into heroin smugglers
He’s one sick puppy. A Colombian drug trafficker who twisted his skills as a veterinarian to turn innocent pooches into veritable drug mules was hauled into federal court in Brooklyn...
Suspected subway shover in 'MAGA' hat blames victim
The brute who was wearing a “Make America Great Again" hat when he allegedly shoved a 24-year-old Hispanic man onto Manhattan subway tracks says the victim is to blame. Willie...
9/11 hero’s daughter joins NYPD
In his final act of heroism before dying on 9/11, Officer Ramon Suarez helped a seven-months-pregnant woman escape the hellscape. Suarez’s impact continued to reverberate 16 years after his sacrifice,...
Abandoned, trash-filled boat leaves Bronx residents fuming
What the hull?! Some scalawag abandoned a trash-filled fishing boat on a Bronx street, and the eyesore has been sitting curbside for more than a week, according to fed-up neighbors....
Supermarket workers sit on ‘shoplifter’ until he dies
A suspected shoplifter died inside a Brooklyn grocery store Saturday morning, after getting tackled by a trio of employees who then sat on him, according to police and eyewitnesses. The...