Georgett Roberts

Georgett Roberts

About the Author

Georgett Roberts is a general assignment reporter who covers a wide range of topics including human interest stories, politics, crime and breaking news. She is a graduate of the City of New York’s (CUNY) Hunter College with a bachelor of arts in English. She started her career at the New York Post as an assistant in the advertising department before transferring to the editorial department. She is an avid gardener who loves the outdoors.

The Archive

Whiz kid, 12, who graduated from LI high school has inspiring message for young New Yorkers

Suborno Isaac Bari — who on Wednesday became the youngest student ever to earn a diploma from Malverne High School — said he worked his “butt off” to skip multiple...

Mom of teen who disappeared off NY beach with friend begs ocean for son's body: 'You took them, give them back'

Aminatu Noah, the mother of 16-year-old Elyjha Chandler, made the heartbreaking request four days after her son and his childhood friend, 17-year-old Christian Perkins, vanished into the waters off Jacob...

Jealous ex killed NYC cabbie and then sent his family horrifying photos and chilling voice messages, kin says

A possessive ex-girlfriend charged with stabbing a city cab driver to death sent friends photos of his bloodied body -- and left his family a haunting voice message confessing to...

Grieving parents distraught after teen son, friend disappear in waters off NYC park as search continues: 'Just want them to come back'

Elyjha Chandler and another teen have been missing since Friday night, when they stood in knee-high water — and were suddenly swept under, Chandler’s dad told The Post.

Penn Station train service halted and delayed again, capping week of commuter hell

The frustrating snag hit NJ Transit trains about 7:45 a.m. as officials suspended service going in and out of the transit hub because of issues with AMTRAK's overhead wires.

NYC shooting victims shaken again by recent spike in gun violence: 'It's getting out of hand'

A 50% leap in shootings last week -- part of a month-long jump in gunplay in the five boroughs -- has recent victims of Big Apple gun violence fearing for...

Ecuadorian migrant who allegedly raped 13-year-old girl in NYC park says he recorded vile attack in sickening confession: DA

The Ecuadorian migrant charged with raping a 13-year-old girl he bound and gagged in a Queens park told cops he recorded the attack during a sickening taped confession, prosecutors alleged Wednesday.

Heat dome takes over NY and leaves workers sweltering as temps, humidity soar: 'The worst is yet to come'

The year's first heat wave is leaving blue-collar workers red in the face -- and it'll only get more stifling as the week goes on, according to forecasters.

Midtown Manhattan's '8th Ave. Corridor' plagued by junkies lying at tourists' feet, fighting in the streets

A stretch of Midtown Manhattan has become a “strip of despair,” where smacked-out addicts shoot up, light up and conk out at the feet of commuters and tourists, locals say.

NYPD offers $10K reward for 'animal' who molested 13-year-old girl in broad daylight at NYC park

Police have launched a massive manhunt for the suspect who molested a 13-year-old girl at Kissena Park in Queens on Thursday afternoon, and are offering a hefty reward for his...

Infamous blind, convicted pervert quietly serving on an NYC community board under a different name

A convicted pervert has been quietly serving on a Midtown Manhattan community board under a different name to shield his real identity, The Post has learned.

Vicious brawl video shows Midtown stabbing that left 22-year-old woman dead

A surveillance camera captured a deadly stabbing near Port Authority on Tuesday night that left a young woman dead.

84-year-old cancer survivor hit by stray bullet in NYC calls it 'miracle' she cheated death again

Althea Lawson, 84, survived cancer and has now survived a bullet wound after getting hit by a stray shot while in her walker on a Brooklyn sidewalk on Monday, she...

Residents of NYC building left 'scared' after clash with squatters sparked double homicide

Migrant Josue Ruben Silva is being sought for a double murder in the Bronx, where immigration agents showed up Thursday as a mob of rowdy migrant squatters terrorize building tenants.

Working-class New Yorkers cheer congestion pricing’s downfall after Hochul's stunning reversal

Rideshare app drivers, salesmen and other working-class New Yorkers crowed to The Post about the congestion pricing's apparent downfall Wednesday.

Distraught mom of 9-year-old girl randomly shot at NYC playground with cousin, 11, speaks out

Melissa Alexander said she was at work when her cousin called to tell her that her 9-year-old daughter had been shot at a Brooklyn playground -- and says she "just...

Confusion swirls as NYC pool with Keith Haring mural unexpectedly closed for another summer

New Yorkers are heartbroken and frustrated as the Tony Dapolito Recreation Center outdoor pool remains closed for construction for yet another summer after it was shut down in 2019.

One dead, 3 injured in Saturday NYC violence: NYPD

A Mount Vernon woman was knifed to death in the Bronx, one of four violent incidents Saturday that left three others injured across three boroughs, police said. 

Allegedly racist NY squatters who cried poverty on LI home, refused to pay mortgage for years shell out $700K for Fla. house

The Pollacks plunked down the cash for a two-bedroom, two-bath spread in an over-55 community in Boynton Beach in January, property records show.

Crazed cabbie who tried to mow down NYC Jewish students has a troubling history

Ashgar Ali, who is charged with trying to mow down Jewish students in Brooklyn, has a history of deranged behavior and has landed in hospital psych wards several times in...