A Brooklyn bus driver was pummeled and doused with lighter fluid by an demented passenger over the weekend. The on-duty MTA driver announced that the southbound B44 bus would be going out of service around 6 p.m. Saturday at Nostrand Avenue and Empire Boulevard in Crown Heights, police said. After pulling over and telling all … Read more
A male Brooklyn teacher has been arrested for shoving a 13-year-old female student, authorities said. The young teen was trying to pick up a computer tablet inside PS 295, The Studio School of Arts & Culture, in South Slope around 1 p.m. Monday when instructor Joshua Kahn, 59, became irate and yelled at her before … Read more
A homeless woman shoved a teenager from behind onto Queens subway tracks in a random attack Monday morning, police and law enforcement sources said. The 18-year-old victim was able to climb back onto the platform with the help of other passengers before a train arrived at the 75th Street-Elderts Lane station in Woodhaven around 10:30 … Read more
Chicken drumsticks with thick-red liquid oozing out and tenders with pieces of metal in them were served to New York City public school students, a Brooklyn federal jury heard Monday at the bribery trial of a former Department of Education official. Jurors winced and averted their eyes as photos of Texas-based meat supplier Somma Foods’ … Read more
A crazed woman wreaked havoc inside a Manhattan park and neighboring businesses Sunday — attacking strangers, smashing glasses and even lunging at a mother and baby, according to wild video and police. The woman’s rampage in which she seemingly indiscriminately harassed and attacked parkgoers began around 4 p.m. in Tompkins Square Park, police said. First, … Read more
The summer of love? How about the summer of blunt! Gov. Kathy Hochul’s administration, under fire for leaving struggling farmers in the lurch with massive stockpiles of marijuana, plans on allowing the sale of weed and other cannabis products at farmers markets, festivals and concerts this summer. Farmers are sitting on 300,000 lbs. marijuana that … Read more
Nearly a quarter of stops, frisks and searches made by the NYPD’s revamped anti-crime unit over a three-month span last year were unlawful, according to a scathing new report from the police department’s federal monitor. The monitor’s audit — which looked at videos, reports and supervisors’ reviews of the 184 encounters made by the Neighborhood … Read more
A retired Manhattan handyman can put his toolbox away after landing a record $476 million Mega Millions jackpot. Johnnie Taylor, 71, of Howard Beach, cashed in his lucky ticket from the April 14 drawing this week, opting for a lump sum payment of a whopping $157 million after taxes, New York State Lottery officials announced … Read more
The gal-pal of a reputed Brooklyn gang member was busted trying to smuggle about $29,000 worth of oxycodone into Rikers Island over the weekend, sources said Monday. Irena Wilson, 28, was arrested Saturday after allegedly attempting to sneak 290 pills of the addictive painkiller — hidden in a small plastic oval container masked with tobacco … Read more
The 65-year-old man accused of gunning down a would-be mugger on a Queens street was released from Rikers Island on bail — and his case is now set to go to a grand jury, prosecutors said in court Monday. Charles Foehner — who faces charges related to the gun he used to fatally blast mugger … Read more