Sabrina Ford
The Archive
Cop sustains injury after trying to restrain suspect
A cop smashed his head on an ambulette in Manhattan as he tried to restrain a suspect who wanted to escape, police sources said. The officer had taken a man...
Boko Haram kidnaps more children, kills villagers in Nigeria
They’re still stealing children. Islamist extremist group Boko Haram continues to rampage freely through northeastern Nigeria, blowing up a second strategic bridge, killing an unknown number of villagers and abducting...
Teenager stabbed to death in the Bronx
A 19-year-old Bronx woman was stabbed in the chest and killed Saturday morning inside her Fordham apartment, police said. Jasmine Canton was pronounced dead at St. Barnabas Hospital, with a...
1940 shoe repair shop trying to fight eviction
A Midtown cobbler is trying to keep from getting the boot. Jim’s Shoe Repair has been at 50 E. 59th St. between Park and Madison avenues since 1940, but a...
Miracle baby born in crosswalk heads home
The baby born in an Upper East Side crosswalk arrived home from a hospital safe and sound Wednesday — and her mom says she already has some real New York...
Protesters demand Puerto Rican Parade leaders clean up act
No más secrets! Dozens of protesters stormed the National Puerto Rican Day Parade headquarters in The Bronx on Saturday to demand newly appointed organizers end “cronyism and political favors” and...
Parents blast De Blasio's war on charter schools
Advocates and parents are outraged over Mayor de Blasio’s opening salvo in his war on charter schools, which they fear will inflict collateral damage on hundreds of thousands of city...
British, French bulldogs most popular in city
Americans may love Labrador retrievers but New Yorkers prefer bulldogs and French bulldogs. And the city’s favorite hounds vary from neighborhood to neighborhood, the American Kennel Club found. French bulldogs,...
Bloomberg touts housing record in The Bronx
Mayor Bloomberg traded in Bermuda for the South Bronx on Saturday, opting against his typical weekend jaunt to tout the 160,000 affordable-housing units created during his tenure. Standing across the...
Brooklyn man flees cops across rooftops
A Brooklyn man fled cops Friday by hopping from rooftop to rooftop following a dispute with his girlfriend, witnesses and police said. The wannabe Spider-Man climbed onto utility wires connected...
Guide dogs trained in subways
New York City guide dogs are a special breed. Service dogs working in the Big Apple, like hero pooch Orlando, have to undergo rigorous training to help their masters maneuver...
Timothy Cardinal Dolan shops for charity
Timothy Cardinal Dolan shopped for charity on Saturday, joining hundreds of volunteers at a Manhattan Kmart in a benefit for low-income families. “I love the fact that some tiny, simple...
Buzz Lightyear injures worker, Spider-Man punctured
He soars with ease to infinity and beyond, but Buzz Lightyear couldn’t get down Central Park West without a cart in his entourage running over a rope holder’s foot Thursday...
Stripper admits setting blaze over missing phone: cops
A stripper torched her East Harlem apartment in a fit of rage over a missing cellphone — leaving her roommate near death from burns and smoke inhalation, law-enforcement sources told...
Christie has 19-point lead in NJ governor's race
New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie is holding onto a commanding advantage over his Democratic rival in the final days of his re-election bid, a poll released Saturday shows. Christie, who...
Al Sharpton defends Jay-Z amid Barneys ‘racism’
Jay Z is not the enemy — Barneys is, the Rev. Al Sharpton said Saturday, going easy on the rapper even while he threatened to mount a boycott of the...
Pro-de Blasio PAC unleashes $1M ad blitz against Lhota
Now this is rich. A labor-backed political action committee supporting Democratic mayoral candidate Bill de Blasio launched a $1 million ad blitz Friday portraying rival Joe Lhota as a Tea...
Mother of missing autistic boy pleads for his return
The mother of a missing autistic boy from Queens made an anguished plea for her son’s return Saturday as the search for him continued into its third week. “It feels...
Dad killed in hit-run after city rejects request for speed bumps
A father of two was killed by a hit-and-run driver near an elementary school in Washington Heights on Friday — just two days after residents learned that the city Transportation...
School bans Rainbow Loom bracelets
This rule is a stretch! An Upper West Side elementary-school principal is banning colorful rubber-band bracelets, claiming the jewelry-making fad is a classroom distraction that causes fights on the playground....