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UFT boss Michael Mulgrew threatens to blow $600 million hole in NYC finances
If United Federation of Teachers boss Michael Mulgrew and the Municipal Labor Committee back out of their Medicare Advantage deal with the city, costing it $600 million a year, their...
Retired NYC teachers toss out union prez's crew in furor over Medicare coverage
Retired city educators furious over proposed changes to their health care have toppled a union slate allied with powerful United Federation of Teachers President Michael Mulgrew.
Tuesday night's Columbia protest-clearing restored my pride as a cop in the NYPD
The NYPD’s response to the disorder at Columbia and CCNY’s campuses Tuesday night brought a strange feeling to me, one I haven’t felt for four years: pride.
NYC to pay $2.1M in race discrimination settlement with three educators: 'Toxic whiteness'
The city will pay $2.1 million to three white Department of Education executives demoted and replaced by less-qualified people of color, they charged.
Eric Adams' massive welfare fail will punish all New Yorkers
Adams fights the good fight on crime and public education and correctly sees our migrant influx as a crisis — but he’s dead wrong to let this happen.
Carl Heastie wants proof of how penalties curb crime? Here you go
Carl Heastie says he wants an example of how penalties curb crime, but they're numerous. His real reason for opposing consequences for criminals is that he aims to pander to...
It's ethnic discrimination to force NYC pizzerias, matzah-makers to comply with 'green' edict: new bill
"A cop just got killed. People are getting thrown in front of subway trains. We have people dying from overdoses and a migrant crisis we didn't ask for," said state...
It’s not just minority neighborhoods—NYC’s entire property-tax system needs reform
New York City's high property taxes aren’t the result of discrimination; they’re just one example of a dysfunctional tax-assessment system that burdens homeowners and discourages new housing construction.
Eric Adams didn't create New York City's mess, but hasn't done enough to clean it up
A Citizens Budget Commission survey shows New Yorkers' views of the city have plunged, and though it's not all Mayor Eric Adams' fault, he's done far too little to fix...
Mayor Adams' New York is a blunderful life – and it's only getting worse
To judge from the happy talk coming from City Hall and Albany, these are Gotham’s golden days.
NYC parents demand more zoned high schools to prioritize neighborhood students
Only 38% of high school applicants in the Big Apple have access to a school with a zoning guarantee or priority, according to the Citywide Council for High Schools.
Bill Murray turned to a PI to help him track down a lost cell phone when he left it in an Uber
Comedian Bill Murray hired private investigator Herman Weisberg of Sage Intelligence to track down his cell phone when he left it inside an Uber in Manhattan.
NYC burns pizzerias with new rule cutting smoky pollutants by 75%: 'You're going after pizza?'
New York City has quietly approved a controversial new green rule requiring pizzerias and matzah bakeries using decades-old wood- and coal-fired stoves to cut their smoky pollutants by up to 75%.
NYC Sanitation Chief Jessica Tisch seeks $13M for her Upper East Side duplex
The head of the city’s Sanitation Department is looking to clean up on her posh three-bedroom Upper East duplex, by putting it in the market for cool $13 million.
'Bachelor' Bill de Blasio's surprising date for A-list Harry Belafonte event
The former first couple were among the starry guests such as Spike Lee, Whoopi Goldberg, Gayle King and Bernie Sanders to attend.
NYC's red ink is much worse than advertised, so why is Mayor Adams nixing cuts?
Mayor Eric Adams just nixed a round of budget cuts even though a Citizens Budget Commission report just found billions more in red ink than is already swamping his spending...
Program for at-risk NYC students imperiled by loss of federal stimulus funds as city spends on migrants
A program that serves thousands youths at risk of dropping out could be on the chopping block as federal emergency COVID funding keeping it afloat expires at the end of June,...
Laken Riley might still be alive if it wasn't for NYC's sanctuary city laws under de Blasio, lefty Councilors: critics
Georgia nursing student Laken Riley might still be alive if it wasn’t for sanctuary city policies former Mayor Bill de Blasio and other lefty pols adopted, critics told The Post.
Note to Mayor Adams: You're not criticized because you're 'chocolate' or 'Jesus'
An African-American, he blames race -- but maybe it’s really because nobody likes a whiner. Especially an unfocused whiner.
Lefty laws protect NYC migrants who beat cops from getting deported, congresswoman says
Rep. Nicole Malliotakis says lefty laws in Albany and the Big Apple bar cops from working with the feds to deport misbehaving migrants — including the cowardly mob that beat...