Susan Edelman
The Archive
Central Park carriage horses suffered in sweltering 90-degree heat: animal rights group
Under the city’s administrative code, carriage horses must immediately stop working and return to their stables when the temperature hits 90 degrees.
FDNY commish Laura Kavanagh accused of targeting Trump supporting firefighters with new order against 'political expression'
The FDNY ordered firefighters and medics this week to hose down “political expression” in the workplace – a move some critics claim was done to muzzle supporters of Donald Trump...
NYC Jewish family pummeled at 5th-grade commencement by attendees shouting 'Free Palestine,' mom says
A Jewish mom and her husband were attacked and beaten at a Brooklyn elementary school graduation by an Arabic-speaking family
NYC opening adult homeless shelter 5 feet away from pre-K-5 school, parents fuming
The city is quietly planning to open a homeless shelter for adult men and women at a former hotel attached to a lower Manhattan public school – a move that...
Principal of elite NYC school wants probe over dead mouse found on secretary's desk
The lifeless rodent was found on a secretary's desk at the Queens HS for the Sciences at York College.
NYC doesn’t have safety agents at more than half its pre-K centers
Pre-Ks run community-based organizations, or CBOs, serve roughly 63,000 three- and four-year-olds — about 60% of all preschoolers in the DOE system.
Commish's crony cleric: First female, openly gay FDNY chaplain awarded huge promotion with $160K pay
An FDNY officer blasted Kansfield's appointment as "another example of a friend of Kavanagh receiving a high-paying job at the expense of the citizens of New York."
Special needs teacher caught sexually abusing student on camera — but the school didn't monitor the video: suit
Classroom cameras at a costly taxpayer-funded boarding school for autistic, mentally ill and emotionally disturbed students captured a biology teacher sexually abusing a boy – but no one monitored the...
Ex-NYC prosecutor teaching at Catholic school charged with raping 13-year-old girl
The alleged abuse took place “on multiple occasions” between April 18, 2022 and April 7, 2023, when the victim was in 7th and 8th grade, the complaint states.
Critical flaw that allowed terrorists to storm the cockpits of four jetliners on 9/11 finally fixed after 23 years
Nearly 23 years after 9/11, a critical flaw that helped terrorists hijack four jetliners, murder the pilots and turn the planes into weapons of mass destruction is finally being corrected.
Mother and son DOE employees scammed NYC school for kids with disabilities: probe
A mother and son duo employed by the city Department of Education scammed a Manhattan public school for kids with disabilities out of nearly $8,500, investigators found.
Anti-Israel teaching assistant fired from NYC elementary school after being handcuffed at Columbia
James Parra, a fifth-grade paraprofessional at Brooklyn Arbor in Williamsburg who called Israel a "racist" and "terrorist" state, shared his ouster on social media Wednesday.
NYC comptroller, other pols score free Denmark trip from entity pushing 'green' jobs
A Cornell University entity pushing clean energy initiatives picked up a $20,000-plus tab for an entourage of progressive pols led by Comptroller Brad Lander to attend a week-long junket to...
NY teacher charged with sex abuse of mentally ill student jailed: 'Danger to the community'
A federal judge threw a teacher accused of sexually abusing a mentally ill student behind bars after finding she violated strict bail conditions and poses “a real danger to the...
NYC to pay $2.1M in race discrimination settlement with three educators: 'Toxic whiteness'
The city will pay $2.1 million to three white Department of Education executives demoted and replaced by less-qualified people of color, they charged.
NYC schools Chancellor Banks accuses Brooklyn parent leader of violating state laws over Israel-Hamas walkout, could face ban
“It appears that the Council under your leadership and direction is only selectively representing the district’s parent community, blocking attendance and participation at its meetings on questionable grounds, and not...
NYC parents face retaliation after voting for DOE review of trans athletes in girls' sports
Members of the volunteer board say they've been targeted in person and online, in their workplaces and in the organizations they are a part of.
NYC school chief's husband is DOE vendor selling mentorship program with flashy $650 suits for kids
The husband of a Queens school chief is being paid tens of thousands in taxpayer dollars to provide a mentoring program for boys that includes the purchase of flashy $650...
FDNY skipper in fatal boat crash quietly retires with beefed-up, tax-free disability pension worth at least $110K annually
The pilot of the FDNY fireboat in a collision that killed a visiting Belgian firefighter has quietly retired on a boosted, three-quarter disability pension worth six figures, The Post has...
NYC managers score 16% salary hike as Mayor Adams pushes program cuts over migrant crisis
Mayor Eric Adams is crying poverty over the Big Apple's migrant crisis, but still pushed through a $2.1 billion retroactive-raise package for more than 10,000 non-union employees.