The Cost of Doing Business in NY: Dr. Calls it Quits

Dr. Jacquelline Perlman, who’s helped deliver hundreds of Brooklyn babies in her 12-year OB-GYN career, is calling it quits — and citing sky-high malpractice insurance and plunging income.

“I’ve decided to retire from obstetrics,” said Perlman, 42. “It breaks my heart. Malpractice costs are a big part of it. It’s a very sad story.

The last straw, she said, came last spring when her insurer, the Combined Coordinating Council, noting the high risk of covering obstetricians, canceled her policy and those of doctors she practiced with at Brooklyn Women’s Health Care, a New York Methodist Hospital affiliate.

Bike-Cab Jihad Jerk is a Hate ‘Pedaler’

NEW YORK — This jihadist wannabe is a “terror” on the road.

Yousef al-Khattab is a Jewish-born, Jersey-raised convert to Islam who schleps tourists on his pedicab by day and propagandizes for the terrorists he idolizes by night.

FDNY EMS to make Swine-Flu House Calls

NEW YORK — Swine flu SWAT teams would treat sick 911 callers in their homes — dialing up doctors for diagnoses and prescriptions — under a radical new plan being mulled by the city to prevent jammed emergency rooms, The Post has learned.

Officials are contemplating a new protocol that would transfer callers who report influenza-like symptoms to a special hot line manned by light-duty paramedics and a doctor, said a source with knowledge of the talks.

Sharpton, Rush in Riot Row

NEW YORK, NY [AP] — The Rev. Al Sharpton threatened to sue conservative radio host Rush Limbaugh for writing in a column that the civil rights leader played a role in two New York race riots.

In a column published by the Wall Street Journal today about his derailed bid to become part-owner of the St. Louis Rams, he accuses Sharpton and the Rev. Jesse Jackson of making comments that helped get him booted from a group that was trying to buy the NFL team.

Hate Crimes Up in Brooklyn

BROOKLYN, NY — Residents in Windsor Terrace are up in arms after a pair of thugs pelted a house with eggs and rocks while shouting anti-Semitic slurs this week, witnesses said.

The alleged bias incident, which took place early Tuesday on Prospect Ave., is the second such crime to rattle the neighborhood in recent weeks – and comes on the heels of other high-profile anti-Semitic incidents across the borough.

NYPD is Tracking Cell-Phone Owners, But is it Legal?

NEW YORK — The NYPD is amassing a database of cell phone users, instructing cops to log serial numbers from suspects’ phones in hopes of connecting them to past or future crimes.

In the era of disposable, anonymous cell phones, the file could be a treasure-trove for detectives investigating drug rings and other criminal enterprises, police sources say.

Coming Soon To NYC: Red-Light MTA Buses

NEW YORK [CBS] — There’s a new chief in town — and as the Metropolitan Transportation Authority’s head honcho, Jay Walder says he’s ready take his first fight to the roads.

His first proposal is an idea that he says can dramatically improve bus service.

Pedicab and Taxi Brawl Caught On Tape

A pedicab operator and a taxi driver got into a brawl in the middle of traffic on Broadway near Times Square Monday morning. A Fox 5 News crew happened to be there and captured the fight on camera.

Experts: Zazi Could Have Killed Many With Beauty Supplies

NEW YORK, NY — With terror suspect Najibullah Zazi in custody, accused to plotting to bomb NYC mass transit, experts are now weighing on how Zazi’s purchases from a beauty supply store were very dangerous. They say that Zazi “had the means to kill scores of people — not hundreds or thousands,” with retired FBI explosives expert Denny Kline saying, “These explosives are meant to be concealed easily and deployed easily and kill and maim and cause havoc in small areas.”

New York City Announces H1N1 Flu Fighting Strategy

NEW YORK — Mayor Michael Bloomberg announced his flu-prevention strategy for the upcoming fall and winter seasons this Tuesday, focusing especially on prevention in elementary school children.

10 NYC Bridges in Dire Need of Fixing

New York bridges falling down, falling down…

The 10 most decrepit state-owned bridges in the Big Apple are desperately in need of federal funds to fix potentially dangerous conditions, a trade group warned yesterday.

Almost all the crumbling structures span waterways or train tracks or are located on major highways, the General Contractors Association of New York said.

Leading the way is the chronically congested Kosciuszko Bridge on the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway, followed by the Gowanus Expressway and the Bronx River Parkway section that crosses over Amtrak rails, the group said.

NY Town Orders Stop to Gaddafi Tent on Trump Land

NEW YORK [REUTERS] — Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi was having a tent pitched on suburban New York property owned by Donald Trump on Tuesday until local officials stopped the work because it violated regulations, a town attorney said.

FBI Unit Set for More Anti-Terror Raids in Queens

FBI agents with bomb-sniffing dogs Wednesday raided the Colorado apartment of an Afghan national linked to Al Qaeda and a plot to attack the New York City subway system.

Simultaneously, authorities swarmed over a nearby home believed to belong to a relative of Najibullah Zazi, hauling out boxes of evidence.

FDNY Arrives on Scene in Fastest Times on Record

NEW YORK, NY [AP] — The FDNY is responding to fires faster than ever, and there have been fewer deaths this year than ever before.

Anti-Smoking Mike Dubious of Cigarette Arrests

NEW YORK, NY — Mayor Bloomberg indicated yesterday that he supports the idea of a smoking ban in parks and beaches, but has reservations about how it would be enforced.

“Nobody is more of a believer in saving lives and stopping smoking,” Bloomberg said. “In fact, we already ban smoking, for example, in playgrounds.”

Terrorism Raids In Queens – Possible Al-Qaeda Ties

MYFOXNY.COM — NYPD officers and the FBI raided at least three homes early Monday in Queens as part of a terrorism investigation.

Fox 5 News reported Monday afternoon that there may be an al-Qaeda connection to the investigation and one person is under arrest.

9/11 – 8 Years

Today, 9/11/09 marks 8 years to the terror attacks on our country, the attacks that claimed 2,974 lives.