Ruth Weissmann
The Archive
School safety officer dead in NYC's latest coronavirus casualty
An NYPD school safety agent has died from complications from COVID-19, bringing the number of fallen Finest to 11, officials announced Saturday. Queens school safety officer Linosee Mosley, was a...
Hero of the Day: Brooklyn volunteer delivers food to Holocaust survivors
When Darren Ornitz got an urgent text message calling for volunteers to bring supplies to Holocaust survivors trapped at home by the coronavirus crisis, he sprang into action. “Imagine being...
NYPD union backs off plan to let sick officers work from home amid coronavirus
Hours after penning a memo Saturday that said NYPD officers with underlying conditions would be able to work from home, the Lieutenants Benevolent Association reversed course and fired off another...
Elderly woman dies of coronavirus minutes after being discharged from NYC hospital
A 71-year-old Queens woman who had been diagnosed with coronavirus died just minutes after being discharged from the hospital, police sources told The Post. Carolyn Frazier was released from New...
Manhattan hotel now housing the homeless
Some 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...
NYPD letting officers with underlying conditions work from home
The decision comes hours after the NYPD announced the death of the first officer to succumb to the COVID-19 pandemic, Detective Cedric Dixon, a 48-year-old veteran of 32nd Precinct in...
Firefighter, six others injured in Brooklyn basement blaze
The blaze broke out at about 4 a.m. inside a two-story house on Legion Street near Sutter Avenue in Brownsville, Brooklyn.
NYPD detective becomes first officer to die from coronavirus
An NYPD detective died after contracting coronavirus — the first officer to succumb to the disease. The tragic news comes as the virus continues to impact the department, with some...
Transgender woman fatally stabbed in the neck outside Harlem park
A 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...
Three construction workers injured in Brooklyn trench collapse
Three workers were injured -- one of them seriously -- when a wall collapsed at a Brooklyn construction site Wednesday, authorities said. The three men were working in the back...
Man busted for coronavirus-inspired robbery of Asian woman in Brooklyn
A man was busted for allegedly robbing an Asian woman inside a Brooklyn train station and telling her to "go back to China" in a coronavirus-inspired attack, police sources told...
Man jumps to his death from luxury Manhattan apartment
A 64-year-old man leaped to his death from a luxury apartment building in Manhattan, police said Saturday. The unidentified man jumped from a 16th-floor window of the Tribeca Park apartment...
City park chess players still making moves despite coronavirus
New York's iconic park chess players are still making moves despite coronavirus health concerns, players told The Post Saturday. "I have hand sanitizer in my bag and whatnot, and if...
Serial thieves busted for string of Manhattan robberies
Two serial thieves were busted for a months-long string of Manhattan burglaries, police and sources told The Post. Cops arrested Jayson Maldonado, 34, on Wednesday for a series of crimes...
Corrections Officer slams DOC over lack of masks
The city's Department of Correction is failing to provide masks for officers working among coronavirus-infected inmates on Rikers Island, according to a sergeant who ripped the agency this week in...
Teen robbed at gunpoint in Soho subway station, cops say
The teen was inside the Spring Street station in Soho at about 11:40 p.m. Friday when the men -- one holding a gun -- approached him, police said.
NYPD working to get cops masks, gloves amid department outbreak
The NYPD is still trying to supply cops with gloves and masks amid a jump in the coronavirus outbreak within the force, an internal memo obtained by The Post shows....
NJ drive-thru coronavirus testing site reaches capacity 35 minutes after opening
A New Jersey drive-thru coronavirus testing site had to turn people away just 35 minutes after opening — as hundreds of cars full of worried people lined up for examination....
Burglar breaks into Bronx supermarket, makes off with over $300K
A clever crook made his way into a Bronx supermarket by cutting two gashes into the ceiling and made off with over $300,000 in cash, police sources said Friday. The...
New Yorkers are seeking quarantine lovers on Craigslist
Craigslist is the new QuaranTinder.