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Dirty deeds: NYC's notorious squeegee men are back
The notorious squeegee men are back to their bad old ways terrorizing Midtown motorists — and aggressively demanding money for their shoddy, unsolicited services.
Man with bat gunned down after confronting squeegee workers: cops
A motorist who confronted squeegee workers with a baseball bat in downtown Baltimore was fatally shot in a heated confrontation, police said.
Lawlessness and disorder win in de Blasio's New York
Letting the dangerously mentally ill wander New York's streets even after they've attacked multiple innocents may be Mayor Bill de Blasio’s most egregious failing, but it's far from the only...
Curtis Sliwa to squeegee men: 'I'm going to run you guys out of this town'
The Guardian Angels founder went toe-to-toe with the window-washing menaces a few blocks from Times Square -- and shortly before a scheduled campaign event.
Eric Adams: I was once a squeegee man and I know how to deal with it
Eric Adams, a City Hall frontrunner, revealed he was once a Big Apple squeegee man -- and said he has a plan to sweep them off the streets that does...
Squeegee men back at it despite NYPD warnings
The window-washing vagrants were briefly shut down by cops who took their buckets and told them to lay off.
COVID-19 pandemic gives way to the return of NYC's infamous squeegee men
Out of the pandemic, into the "bad old days." A highly organized crew of squeegee men marked Monday's unofficial start of summer by aggressively wiping down windshields just blocks from...
How NYC championed broken windows policing and threw it away: Goodwin
In the event the goon squad trashing New York and other cities puts me under a hot light and demands I say nice things about their “movement,” I’m ready. I...
With squeegee men back, NYC's bad old days can't be far behind
Mayor Bill de Blasio was vague about what was at risk when he called on New Yorkers this month to “save our city.” Yet The Post’s report Monday on the...
Return of squeegee men a sign of the decline of de Blasio's New York
What goes around, comes around — including that venerable symbol of pre-Giuliani municipal disorder, the squeegee man. So what’s next, trashed autos in West Side Highway pull-off alcoves, no wheels,...
The squeegee men, scourge of the '90s, are back in town
Just when you thought they were washed up, the notorious squeegee men are streaking back to Big Apple streets. The panhandling window-washers, who became the face of former Mayor Rudy...
Squeegee man is city's latest blast from the past
Add squeegee men to the city’s list of blast-from-the-past problems. A rag-wielding panhandler annoyed drivers at the intersection of Nostrand and Atlantic avenues throughout the afternoon Saturday, capping a week...
De Blasio rips into The Post’s coverage of his tenure
WASHINGTON — Mayor Bill de Blasio on Wednesday found himself having to respond to The Post’s coverage of how he has handled issues ranging from his perpetual lateness to his...
'Squeegee Man' arrested for 180th time
The notorious “squeegee man” of Midtown was arrested for the 180th time Tuesday night for illegally washing car windows in Hell’s Kitchen, sources said. Gregg Washington, who was featured on...
'Squeegee Man' busted for 179th time
The "Squeegee Man" of Midtown was busted again -- his 179th arrest -- for illegally washing car windows Friday evening, a law-enforcement source told The Post. Gregg Washington, 40, was caught...
Giuliani set city on the right path — unlike de Blasio
I miss Rudy. Former Mayor Rudolph Giuliani never cared what anyone thought of him as he whipped New York City into submission. In eight years, starting with Giuliani’s ascendance to...
Front-page squeegee man quits his 'gig'
The “squeegee man” featured on the cover of the New York Post last week has quit his window “washing” hustle after he was tossed in jail, he said Tuesday. “It...
Squeegees and loosies
These days few city officials are willing to speak up for enforcing the law. So we’re glad to see Police Commissioner Bill Bratton’s reaction to our front-page story last week...
Homeless man racks up 178th ‘squeegee’ bust
A day after being plastered on the front page of The Post, a homeless squeegee man was arrested Saturday for allegedly plying his trade — his 178th arrest for washing...
Bratton vows to crack down on 'squeegee men'
Police Commissioner Bill Bratton vowed to rid the city of the “squeegee men” who represent the bad old days of New York while advocating for "broken windows" policing -- after...