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Vigilante posing as NYPD detective tries to stop fare-evading family, pepper-sprays man: cops
A vigilante posing as an NYPD detective tried to stop a fare-evading family in Lower Manhattan this week -- and even pepper-sprayed a man who didn't comply, cops said.
NYC development near Seaport stuck in legal limbo is finally greenlit in latest blow to Engoron
The victory for Howard Hughes Holdings also marked another stinging slap in the face to Manhattan Supreme Court Justice Arthur Engoron, who presided over Donald Trump’s civil trial earlier this...
Man, 49, found dead with stab wounds and knife beside him in basement of sleek NYC hotel: sources
A 49-year-old man was found dead with stab wounds to the neck in the basement of a sleek lower Manhattan hotel Sunday morning, cops said. The man was unresponsive and...
Accused NYC subway slasher busted for stabbing 1-year-old boy in Philly just days after skipping court date
Takeira Hester, 28 – who now faces attempted murder charges – allegedly began her Philly spree around 8:30 a.m. Saturday, first approaching a 24-year-old woman without warning on Chancellor Street...
Creep in 'Lilo & Stitch' hoodie randomly punches NYC woman in another unprovoked attack: cops
The woman was walking on Union Square East near East 16th Street around 4:30 p.m. March 20 when the menace approached her from behind and socked her in the face,...
Video shows brazen thieves robbing bubble tea joint in MTA transit center — as retail manager threatens to leave over rising crime
In one video obtained by The Post, a pilferer walks up to Gong Cha in November 2022, opens the register, then launches himself over the counter to seize a handful...
Retail giant wants out of MTA transit center lease, blames NYC crime for scaring away tenants
Westfield Fulton Center said in court papers that the MTA hasn’t provided adequate security at the massive glass-and-steel building on the corner of Fulton Street and Broadway.
Boy, 16, subway musician, good Samaritan and MTA worker roughed up as transit violence surges: cops
The attack came about 12 hours after a female attacker used a metal bottle to bludgeon a subway musician playing inside the 34th Street-Herald Square hub during the Tuesday evening...
Career criminal busted with box cutter in NYC subway crime — days after similar arrest: sources
Rakeem Washington, 38, was nabbed just before 3 a.m. Friday for flashing a box cutter at a man on board a No. 4 train and snarling “Give me your money,"...
Thousands of pro-Palestinian protesters swarm WTC, chant for end of Israel during rowdy funeral procession
The Palestinian death toll since Hamas' surprise Oct. 7 attack has steepened to 21,320 dead — nearly 1 percent of the enclave’s population.
Hochul and Adams must make Big Apple biz districts great again
News that foot traffic in the city’s business districts is still down 33% from pre-lockdown levels is no shock — but should inspire New York’s leaders to reverse the policies...
Midtown, Lower Manhattan foot traffic down 33% -- one of worst post-COVID rates in US: survey
"We’ve been tracking since early 2022, and New York was an early comeback story – but then stalled," said Karen Chapple, director of the University of Toronto's School of Cities,...
Eric Trump: NY fraud trial is 'the reason everyone’s moving out of New York State;' ex-prez dad is 'fired up' to testify in court Monday
Follow the Post’s live coverage of Donald Trump’s $250 million fraud trial in Manhattan Supreme Court as the former president’s sons Don Jr. and Eric take the stand in his...
NYC man, 33, leaps into North Pool at 9/11 Memorial, survives and is arrested
A Manhattan man is hospitalized with a leg injury after leaping into the North Pool at the World Trade Center memorial site on Monday afternoon, police said -- and is...
Good Samaritan socked in the head for confronting bully on NYC subway: cops
A Good Samaritan was punched in the head when he confronted a stranger for bullying another straphanger on board a Lower Manhattan train Thursday night, cops said.
NYC councilwoman reports perv performing lewd act at subway station
Sanchez, 35, told cops that she was riding an escalator on the mezzanine level of the Park Place subway station around 11:30 a.m. Wednesday when she spotted the man masturbating...
Stunning $560M Perelman Performing Arts Center opens near NYC's ground zero
The 138-foot-tall complex is encased in nearly 5,000 marble panel tiles backlit by chandeliers, allowing for light to radiate in throughout the day and glow at night.
How smugglers flood the US with Chinese fake designer bags – hidden under umbrellas
This is the 8,000 mile journey knock-off Pradas and Louis Vuittons take. They are painstakingly smuggled, then sold for a fraction of the genuine item's price.
Troubles for Wall Street office tower worsen as foreclosure looms
The unfortunate case of 111 Wall Street might be even more unfortunate than it sounds. Two months since we wrote that the vacant, 1.2 million square-foot tower at the corner of South...