A shocking new video shows a stabbing suspect attacking a nurse with scissors while cuffed to a hospital bed before lunging at a cop. Luis Medina, 30, allegedly went berserk after being taken into custody at around 11:30 a.m. on Saturday for allegedly stabbing a 41-year-old woman multiple times during a domestic dispute at 65 … Read more
The 6-year-old Connecticut boy whose face was severely burned by a bully who allegedly threw a flaming tennis ball at him hung a heartfelt sign from his hospital room window Thursday, thanking first responders for coming to his rescue. Dominick Krankall can be seen with his face wrapped in a full mask of gauze as … Read more
A man held up two Manhattan stores in broad daylight this week – in one case displaying a gun and shoving a worker to the ground, cops said. The suspect first targeted Savvy New York, a handbag wholesale store, on West 29th Street near Sixth Avenue in Chelsea around 12:15 p.m. Tuesday, police said. He … Read more
Mayor Eric Adams plans to appoint the current director of Washington DC’s Department of For-Hire Vehicles to lead New York City’s Taxi and Limousine Commission, he announced Thursday. David Do has led DC’s taxi regulator since 2018, according to his LinkedIn profile. He previously led that city’s Office of Asian and Pacific Islander Affairs. Adams … Read more
The Panel for Educational Policy has struck down New York City’s school funding formula — breaking with City Hall directives for the second time in two months. Officials from the Department of Education raised concerns that the panel’s Wednesday night vote could delay school budgets and preparations for school reopenings in the fall. “This is … Read more
Two Bronx crooks — one riding a motorcycle – snatched a woman’s handbag and punched her when she tried to grab it back, new video shows. The robbery – the sixth and final incident in an early-morning mugging spree – unfolded on April 20, cops said late Wednesday. The victim was standing near a doorway … Read more
Women snagging a tee time at New Jersey’s Pine Valley Golf Club, which only started admitting female members last year, is still a serious long shot, state authorities said. New Jersey Acting Attorney General Matthew Platkin filed an 8-page civil rights complaint Wednesday against the iconic South Jersey course, alleging a “pattern of gender-based discrimination” … Read more
Mayor Eric Adams is bucking state Democratic leaders who have largely turned their backs on efforts by Gov. Kathy Hochul to boot ex-Lt. Gov. Brian Benjamin from the primary ballot following his recent indictment for an alleged campaign finance scam and subsequent resignation. “I agree with good government advocates and many of my colleagues in Albany – New York State should change its … Read more
The perv suspected of sexually assaulting and robbing a female jogger in Lower Manhattan late last month has been identified as a 28-year-old man with more than a dozen prior arrests, cops said. The bike-riding suspect, identified late Wednesday as Carl Phanor, approached the 39-year-old victim around 6 a.m. March 27 on the Hudson River … Read more
The perv who allegedly accosted a woman at a Queens subway station and then tried to sexually assault her inside a building lobby has been arrested, cops said Thursday. Roy Higgins, 29, who is homeless, was nabbed Wednesday and charged with attempted criminal sex act, public lewdness and unlawful imprisonment in connection to the April … Read more