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Average New Yorkers selling ghost guns as side hustle: Queens DA
Big Apple residents with zero criminal history are risking jail time to peddle illegal ghost guns on the black market for extra cash.
Ex-NYPD Commish Bill Bratton backs George Grasso for Queens DA
Grasso, an ex-Queens Supreme Court justice, has announced he's challenging sitting District Attorney Melinda Katz for the job in this year's Democratic Party primary.
This reform kneecaps NYC prosecutors from even charging perps
It's a nightmare for everyone but the bad guys. And prosecutors everywhere are furious.
Handyman who butchered NYC mom and stuffed her body in a bag admits to killing, gets 25 years
David Bonola, 44, agreed to do 25 years behind bars as he pleaded guilty to first-degree manslaughter for the brutal slaying of Gaal, who he knifed more than 50 times...
Ex-NYPD honcho, judge challenges Melinda Katz for Queens DA
Fed up with an increase in crime and pro-criminal policies, former top NYPD official and retired judge George Grasso plans to challenge incumbent Melissa Katz in next year's Democratic primary...
Man tortured and robbed in NYC after responding to sex ad: prosecutors
The twisted beatdown began as soon as the victim began to undress.
NYPD, Queens DA office seize 182 guns in massive smuggling bust
The men exploited the lax gun laws in Tennessee and used the infamous “gun show loophole” to funnel the weapons into New York.
Queens DA dodges questions as GOP calls for probe into 'misuse' of NYPD security detail
Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz avoided questions on The Post's bombshell report revealing she used her security detail to help her run errands.
DA Melinda Katz's use of security detail to move harks back to de Blasio 'misuse'
Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz tasked her publicly funded security detail with helping her move — similar to Mayor Bill de Blasio’s documented misuse of his protection team.
Queens DA Katz uses security detail 'as her personal car service': sources
Sources familiar with Katz’s routine told The Post that members of her security detail also had been hauling flat-screen TVs, groceries and dry cleaning around for her.
Orsolya Gaal let accused killer into her home before repeatedly asking him leave: prosecutors
It was also revealed lateThursday that David Bonola allegedly slashed Gaal's throat amid the unthinkable outburst that left the married mother-of-two with over 50 stab wounds.
Letters to the Editor — March 27, 2022
New York Post readers sound off on having respect for rats, the Mario Cuomo Bridge, Democrats’ gerrymandering in New York, Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz and a school plan in...
'There's no protection': Alleged NYC tot attacker freed after previous unprovoked child assault
Unhinged toddler attacker Christopher Elder was free to hurt another child after prosecutors did not ask for bail after his brutal alleged assault on a 9-year-old girl months earlier.
Hochul looks yet more Cuomo-esque on dark money
Gov. Kathy Hochul vowed to bring transparency to Albany. She needs to let the sunlight shine on her dark money moves — now.
Fellow NYC district attorneys not embracing Alvin Bragg's policies
The city’s four other district attorneys are not exactly sold on the soft-on-crime prosecutorial policies laid out this week by newly minted Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg.
NY man busted in $70K Access-a-Ride scam
An Access-a-Ride driver has been accused of bilking the Metropolitan Transportation Authority out of $70,000 -- by charging for hundreds of rides he never actually provided to disabled people, prosecutors...
Queens 'ghost gun' case may be in jeopardy over search that led to DA brawl: sources
A major Queens gun bust could be in jeopardy over an allegedly shady car search — that left two District Attorney's Office investigators in fisticuffs over the issue.
Democrat Council members get promotions in 3 borough president races
Queens Borough President Donovan Richards cruised to reelection, as City Council members Mark Levine, Antonio Reynoso and Vanessa Gibson all got promotions to borough-wide posts on Tuesday.
Neglected 'Women's Plaza' overgrown with ragweed, may get revamped and renamed
You're sneezing for a good cause. Outrage over a "sexist" statue in Queens prompted its removal and a nearly $1 million project that transformed its base into a planter --...
Actor who appeared in 'Law and Order' and 'Boardwalk Empire' indicted for brazen NYC murder
Isaiah Stokes, who has appeared on "Law and Order" and "Boardwalk Empire," was arraigned on a three-count indictment charging him with second degree murder and weapons possession.