Rich Calder

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City pol crashes civic meeting to confront disgraced ex-cop she claims is stalking and threatening her staff

Queens City Councilwoman Joann Ariola claims her top staffer is being threatened and stalked by an unhinged civic leader -- so she showed up on his home turf to let...

Adams cancels southern border trip, cites 'safety concerns' in Mexico

Mayor Eric Adams abruptly cancelled a trip to the southern border this weekend, citing “safety concerns” in a Mexican city he planned to visit.

State board approves 114 new licenses for New York's embattled cannabis industry

Gov. Kathy Hochul this week announced the approval of more than 100 new state licenses to sell pot -- even as New York’s embattled cannabis program is in the midst...

March madness: Minnesota Lt. Gov. picked NCAA brackets by which states offer abortion

“I filled out my brackets based on whether those schools are located in a state that protects access to abortion care,” the Democrat posted on X Thursday.

Migrant kids peddling on dangerous Queens roads -- alone

Young migrant children are brazenly hawking water bottles and other goods along some of Queens’ busiest roadways – alone – even occasionally stepping into traffic to make a fast buck.

Jeff Bezos' ex-wife giving most of $640M donations to extreme left groups boosting migrant criminals, trans athletes

Scott will provide 67 migrant-advocacy organizations a combined $122 million for legal aid and other assistance, according to an analysis of 361 awards she announced Tuesday through her foundation Yield...

Hochul claims National Guard subway plan working as 'expected' after man shot in head with his own gun on train

Gov. Kathy Hochul insisted Saturday that her controversial initiative to flood the city's public transit system with National Guardsmen is going as planned.

Adams still claims Big Apple is 'safest big city in America' despite latest horrific subway shooting

Mayor Eric Adams on Saturday declared the Big Apple is still “the safest big city in America,” downplaying an incident in which a Brooklyn straphanger shot a man attacking him...

On the books: Critics demand NYC library systems slash 'obscene' exec salaries to avoid service cuts

With New York City's three public library systems facing severe cuts to services, critics are demanding the fat-cat execs overseeing them slash bloated payrolls — including their own hefty salaries.

'Bad boys': Retired cops claim NYPD trying to silence their 'critical' insider podcast

NYPD honchos are warning cops not to listen to a popular podcast critical of agency bureaucracy.

Top FDNY chief takes fall for commish declaring department will 'hunt down' NY AG Letitia James hecklers

A top FDNY chief is taking the fall over a Post report exposing how Commissioner Laura Kavanagh planned to "hunt" down firefighters and other staffers who booed New York Attorney...

FDNY boss hunts down staffers who booed NY AG Letitia James, cheered for Trump at promotion ceremony

FDNY Commissioner Laura Kavanagh is trying to track down underlings who booed New York Attorney General Letitia James – and chanted in support of Donald Trump – during a department...

Biden regrets using 'illegal' to describe Laken Riley's accused migrant killer, fails to apologize butchering late student's name

“I shouldn’t have used ‘illegal.’ It’s ‘undocumented,’ the 81-year-old commander-in-chief told MSBNC’s Jonathan Capehart in an excerpt of the interview airing Saturday night.

Biden signs funding package after Senate avoids government shutdown

President Biden on Saturday signed the massive government-funding package into law, diffusing concerns of a partial shutdown.

'I'm not a young guy': New Biden ad insists his age is actually an important asset

President Biden's campaign released an ad Saturday claiming the 81-year-old’s age is actually an asset that helps him "get things done."

NYC Sanitation Chief Jessica Tisch seeks $13M for her Upper East Side duplex

The head of the city’s Sanitation Department is looking to clean up on her posh three-bedroom Upper East duplex, by putting it in the market for cool $13 million.

Head of powerful Transportation Workers Union warns members AFL-CIO rigging congressional ratings to benefit Dems

The head of the TWU is warning members not to be “fooled” by the AFL-CIO’s recently published scorecards for U.S. Congress members, saying the process is “deliberately biased” to boost...

Notorious ex-NFLer snubs court order to pay celeb jeweler for $1M diamond finger 'covers' he never returned

Antonio Brown is giving the finger -- to a judge who threw the book at him for refusing to give a pair of $1 million finger "covers" back to a...

Adams admin offers NYC religious groups up to $54K a month to house migrants

Adams' administration issued a plea to faith leaders this week, asking them to open their doors to some of the thousands of migrants currently in the city's care.

Illegal immigrant 'madman' accused of targeting Bronx female doctors, nurses is on the lam

An unhinged madman with a long rap sheet is allegedly targeting female doctors and nurses in The Bronx -- with at least four attacks over the past five years --...