Desheania Andrews

Desheania Andrews

About the Author

Desheania Andrews is a reporter covering various topics for The Post, including crime, politics, and events throughout the New York area. She’s a recent graduate from the University of New Haven with a bachelor’s degree in communication and concentration in both digital media and multiplatform journalism. While going to new places is her go-to hobby, being able to tell the story is truly her first passion.

The Archive

Teen gunman busted in NYC stray bullet shooting death of Faridun Mavlonov, 15: 'Doesn't bring back my son'

Leopoldo Nash Montoya, 18, was picked up earlier this month in Panama and extradited to the Big Apple Thursday to face a second-degree murder rap and other charges in the...

NYC straphangers uneasy over zip ties seemingly holding tracks together: 'Should I be worried?'

The MTA says zip lines along the tracks in Queens are no cause for concern, but it's making some Big Apple straphangers uneasy as the railroad halts its capital projects...

NYC straphangers brace for summer of hell as crosstown subway line shuts down for much-needed repairs: 'This s--t is gonna suck, man'

The MTA is a day away from shutting down parts of the G line for six weeks so it can do much-needed repair work on the ancient system

Bowman says race for NY-16 was about 'justice' as SI GOP rep Malliotakis celebrates 'Squad' defeat: 'Good riddance'

Follow The Post’s live updates for results, photos, analysis and more from New York's primary elections today.

'Horrid' NYC street where 3 people were stabbed in broad daylight was 's--thole' long before fatal attack, locals say

Open-air heroin use, mentally disturbed homeless people, human waste and troubling spasms of violence have turned a stretch of the East Village into a "s---thole," locals say.

NYC activists slam DA Bragg for dropping charges against anti-Israel Columbia protesters

Dozens of protesters swarmed Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg’s building Monday to rip him for nixing charges against members of the anti-Israel mob that attacked Columbia University — calling the move...

Elderly NYC pedestrian decapitated by DOT truck ID'd as Genovese mobster 'Tony Cakes'

The 86-year-old man who was decapitated by a truck that plowed into him at a Brooklyn crosswalk is a former acting captain for the Genovese crime family, The Post can...

Good Samaritans beat, tied up migrant busted in rape of 13-year-old girl at NYC park

A 25-year-old Ecuadorean migrant wanted for the brutal sexual assault of a 13-year-old girl at a Queens park was nabbed after good Samaritans smacked him around and tied him up...

Migrant suspect in sex assault of 13-year-old girl in NYC park in NYPD custody

An Ecuadorian migrant was busted Tuesday in the rape of a 13-year-old girl in a secluded part of a vast Queens park last week – thanks to a flood of...

NYC mom recounts nightmare as ex-con stole her car with baby son in backseat: 'what if he would've dropped my baby off at a ditch?'

Victor Matos, 53 – who was recently released from parole in connection to another car theft on Long Island – was quickly nabbed in connection to the brazen broad-daylight Sunday...

Chilling video captures shooting during wild LI 'senior skip day' as unruly kids took over beach

New video of Thursday's unrest in Long Beach shows cops scrambling as gunfire rang out after a rowdy mob of teenagers overwhelmed the waterfront city, with one person shot during...

Heroic NYC coffee shop employees, customers fight off stabbing victim's attackers: wild video

Wild video captures the moment a 39-year-old man was stabbed in the neck inside a Manhattan coffee shop Tuesday — leading customers and staff to fight off his ruthless attackers.

Mom of 14-year-old NYC boy killed by cousin, 12, reveals her heartbreak: 'My boy was so beautiful'

“My baby was everything,” said Tiffany Grant, 35, at a growing memorial outside her mother’s Dean Street home in Crown Heights, where her son Jasai Guy spent part of his...

Kids of missing Conn. mom break silence as dad’s girlfriend sentenced in killing: 'My mother was everything to me'

The heartbroken kids of Jennifer Dulos, who vanished from her Connecticut home in 2019, broke down Friday as they spoke out for the first time about losing their mom as...

Maniac screams 'I'm gonna kill all the Jews' as he tries to run down NYC Jewish students

A maniac tried to mow down a group of Jewish students outside a Brooklyn school Wednesday while screaming, "I’m gonna kill all the Jews" in a shocking antisemitic attack.

Harvey Weinstein may face another indictment in NY as new sexual harassment claims surface: DA

Manhattan prosecutors may pursue a new indictment against Harvey Weinstein in the wake of new sexual harassment claims — just as the disgraced movie mogul is scheduled to be retried...

Dominican Republic national accused of stabbing ex to death dragged out of NYC court as it's revealed he was deported in 2002

“I promise I didn’t do anything to her,” he yelled through tears at nine family members of Woods who were sitting in the courtroom.

Lunatic ex-con who torched NYC straphanger grimaces as judge sets bail at $250K

Nile Taylor, 49 — who’s accused of tossing a flaming can of alcohol at Petrit Alijaj, 23, Saturday — has previously done prison time for gun and forgery busts, prosecutors...

'Landmark' NYC ice cream parlor faces eviction as locals say it's a sign neighborhood just isn't the same

"A lot of people have been upset. It’s heartbreaking right now to see what’s going on with this lease situation,” owner Anthony “Tony” Fongyit told The Post.

NYC liquor store owner faces 7 years in prison for shooting would-be robber — bodega group rallies to drop charges

The United Bodegas of America said in a statement that Pullutasi and alleged accomplice Edwin Paiquiza had robbed Valerio’s store on Wyckoff Avenue “numerous times.”