Matt Troutman
The Archive
Record-breaking $112.4B NYC budget deal reverses majority of Adams' cuts
The full scope of reversals had yet to be unveiled, but the mayor and speaker touted a $58 million funding restoration to libraries Thursday night.
NYC pool season opens with belly-flop as lifeguard shortage prompts partial closures
Mayor Eric Adams declared Thursday that 50 public swimming pools are open for the summer, although city officials later clarified the sites will continue to face partial closures because of...
NYC migrant shelters under scrutiny after accused cop shooter claims gun-smuggling chain
An accused cop shooter who claimed a Venezuelan gang is smuggling guns into migrant facilities stayed at a shelter with a X-ray and magnetometer to scan for weapons, officials said....
NYC could ring up cellphone ban for public schools in next few weeks
A cellphone ban for New York City public schools could be coming in the next two weeks, Chancellor David Banks told reporters Wednesday.
MTA board reluctantly OKs Hochul's congestion pricing pause, delays $16.5B in projects during heated meeting
The MTA begrudgingly rubber-stamped Gov. Kathy Hochul's indefinite pause of congestion pricing during a heated board meeting on Wednesday.
Venezuelan gang smuggles guns into NYC migrant shelters in food delivery bags: accused cop-shooter
A migrant accused of shooting two NYPD cops claimed a vicious Venezuelan gang is smuggling guns into shelters by stuffing them in delivery bags, prosecutors revealed.
AOC survives Dem primary challenge from former Wall Street banker
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez handily won her Democratic primary over a conservative-backed challenger Tuesday. The far-left "Squad" member racked up enough votes to beat back a challenge from political newcomer Marty...
Rep. Hakeem Jeffries phones in last-minute robocall for on-the-ropes Jamaal Bowman
New York's top congressional Democrat is phoning in support for embattled "Squad" Rep. Jamaal Bowman.
Democratic socialists target moderates in NY state Assembly primary races
Six DSA-backed incumbents and challengers are trying to expand the socialist footprint in New York state's Legislature during Tuesday's primaries.
Latimer slams Bowman's 'inappropriate' off-the-rails rally on eve of NY primary
Westchester County Executive George Latimer on Monday rebuked his embattled Democratic rival Rep. Jamaal Bowman's potty-mouthed recent rally. Latimer copped to The Post that he occasionally uses bad language, but...
'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.
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...
Penn Station train service halted and delayed again, capping week of commuter hell
The frustrating snag hit NJ Transit trains about 7:45 a.m. as officials suspended service going in and out of the transit hub because of issues with AMTRAK's overhead wires.
NYC's budget talks stalled ahead of July 1 deadline as City Council is 'committed to restoring cuts' from Adams' spending plan
Adrienne Adams remained coy during a meeting Tuesday about where negotiations had reached, but maintained the council is “committed to restoring cuts” to a laundry list of agencies.
$10K reward remains unclaimed after citizens helped nab migrant accused of raping 13-year-old at NYC park
No tipster had come forward to claim the prize as of Thursday, nearly two days after police -- with help from good Samaritans -- busted Ecuadorian migrant Christian Geovanny Inga-Landi,...
Famed NYC subway performer brazenly robbed by tattooed hooligan says 'situation is so bad' after 2 decades underground
Bystander video shows Natalia “Saw Lady” Paruz wield her bowstring – normally used to coax otherworldly sounds from her instrument – against a shoeless man as he shamelessly grabbed a...
Ecuadorian migrant who allegedly raped 13-year-old girl in NYC park says he recorded vile attack in sickening confession: DA
The Ecuadorian migrant charged with raping a 13-year-old girl he bound and gagged in a Queens park told cops he recorded the attack during a sickening taped confession, prosecutors alleged Wednesday.
NYPD hunts for anti-Israel protester who told 'Zionists' to ID themselves on subway: 'This is your chance to get out'
A wanted poster released Wednesday asks New Yorkers for help identifying the man so police can arrest him on a coercion charge.
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...
Cops rescue puppies from seller who had them trapped in hot, urine-soaked sacks: 'Could've been dead'
The rescue Saturday in Far Rockaway was captured on police bodycam footage that showed incredulous officers open a sack to find five very hot dogs inside.