As soon as I heard one of the Guardian Angels yell, “Fight! Fight!” I knew our nice, quiet patrol of Coney Island was over.
The Port Authority, its proposed huge toll hikes dialed down by Govs. Cuomo and Christie, approved an increase Friday of $1.50 for E-ZPass drivers beginning next month. The PA board unanimously voted yes on the proposal following a 60-minute meeting largely devoid of drama or disgust. The new prices are effective Sept. 18.
Mayor Bloomberg’s having a hard time swallowing this one. The feds yesterday rejected his attempt to get soda and other sugary drinks banned from the list of products one can buy in New York with food stamps.
The driver of a New York City Department of Sanitation truck is in stable condition following a frightening accident at a Queens depot.
After young Leiby Kletzky was allegedly abducted and brutally killed in Brooklyn last month, some area businesses are joining forces with the district attorney’s office for the “Safe Stop” program, which aims to help children and senior citizens in need.
New York City set a record for rainfall on Sunday. By 5 p.m., 7.6 inches had fallen at John F. Kennedy International Airport in Queens — the most ever recorded there in a single day. The National Weather Service said the driving rain broke the previous record of 6.3 inches, set in 1983.
A preacher whose past rhetoric against Muslims has roiled anti-Western sentiment and set off protests overseas says he’ll hold a rally in New York City before the 10th anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.
Drivers in Brooklyn will have to dig a little deeper into their pockets starting Tuesday.
The NYPD has formed a new unit to track troublemakers who announce plans or brag about their crimes on Twitter, MySpace and Facebook.
The Port Authority says it plans to raise the toll on its bridges and tunnels by $4 next month.
A candidate who ran for New York governor because “the rent is too high” says he’s being evicted from his rent-controlled Manhattan apartment because his landlord wants to charge a new tenant more.
As many as 200 undercover NYPD cars are on the streets without proper Department of Motor Vehicle registrations because of a bizarre battle with the city’s Finance Department over $1 million in unpaid tickets owed by cops, DNAinfo.com has learned.
Defying the brutal winter and its accompanying deluge of potholes, the city’s streets are now in the smoothest shape since 2005, according to the Transportation Department.
A meeting among senior traffic cops to encourage more ticket writing backfired yesterday when a Queens lieutenant boldly told top brass that officers won’t comply because they’re “afraid” of getting caught in the fallout of the Bronx ticket-fixing scandal, a source told The Post.
The New York Islanders are stuck with the aging Nassau Coliseum after voters rejected a plan this week that would have revamped the arena.
Taxed-out New Yorkers are voting with their feet, with a staggering 1.6 million residents fleeing the state over the last decade, a new report found.
The newest addition to the New York Police Department’s fleet of patrol vehicles is not built for high-speed chases, but for the stop and go of city traffic.
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