After frightening incidents at her office and home, a Queens City Council member is being protected by cops when she makes appearances, The Post has learned. NYPD officers have been escorting Councilwoman Julissa Ferreras to events and... Read Full Story
State Comptroller Tom DiNapoli indicated yesterday he will give final approval to the Aqueduct casino contract -- just days after Gov. Paterson's office...
A Queens mother has been busted for violently shaking her baby daughter nearly to death, authorities said yesterday. Nyemah Nickens, 20, faces up to 25...
The MTA is making service changes easier to understand. The agency is replacing confusing orange and blue subway-service change signs that littered support...
He's flying solo. Authorities have reportedly interviewed every passenger and crew member who witnessed JetBlue flight attendant Steven Slater's meltdown...
Not all first days are created equal. On what was supposed to be Day 1 of instruction in the city's more than 1,600 public schools, some students had no...
Wingnut Steven Slater, the former JetBlue flight attendant who became an instant celebrity by cursing out a passenger and sliding down an emergency exit chute at JFK Airport, will be examined by shrinks as he tries to score a deal...
ALBANY -- Aides to Gov. Paterson, frustrated by Comptroller's Thomas DiNapoli's failure to approve the Aqueduct casino contract, are considering unprecedented legislation to appoint an independent auditor to audit DiNapoli's office,...
The Rev. Al Sharpton's National Action Network finances have considerably improved since a scathing audit of its books, the group's accountant said yesterday....
Despite warnings that the action might endanger US troops and inflame Muslims around the world, Mayor Bloomberg yesterday defended the right of a Florida pastor to burn copies of the Koran on 9/11. "In a strange way, I'm here to...
ALBANY -- An irate Paterson administration is blasting Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli's "inept operation" for stalling the Aqueduct casino project, a source close to the governor told The Post. The source said DiNapoli's refusal to...
Not so fast. A struggling but determined Queens fifth-grader who was told that her hard work over the summer had finally gotten her promoted to the sixth grade was shattered after learning only last week that she's being left...
It's Ditch Day with Dad. Calling the city's planned one-day school week "foolish," a Queens father of three yesterday said he'd take his kids to the Finger...
The JetBlue flight attendant who made headlines when he cursed out a planeful of passengers, grabbed some beer and slid down an emergency chute resigned last...
A year after a Queens man suffered massive brain bleeding at Elmhurst Hospital and later died, a whistleblower alerted his widow that the hemorrhage was caused...
What a love match! Chelsea Clinton and her new hubby Marc Mezvinsky were caught smooching last night at the US Open. The pair took their romantic time-out while watching Venus Williams beat Mandy Minella of Luxembourg in...
He had a lot of cash on the line. The tough talker who sparked an upper-deck brawl Thursday night at the US Open was gambling on the match and became enraged when he was told by an elderly fan and his daughter to shut up, a bird's...
This should be anything but a day at the beach. Straphangers in the Rockaways will lose Manhattan-bound train service at three A-line stations starting...
You sure as #%&* don’t see this at Wimbledon! A trio of rowdy US Open tennis hooligans — tennis hooligans? — got into a brawl in the upper deck of Arthur Ashe Stadium during a match between No. 3 seed Novak Djokovic of Serbia and...
The sicko accused of raping a St. John's University student testified yesterday that the victim called 911 because she was unsatisfied with the sex during the...
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Things have certainly changed in three years for Julia Hannigan. Back then, she was the lone starting sophomore on the St. Francis Prep girls volleyball team. This year, though, the Terriers have four 10th graders who could get significant playing... 3:46 PM
Nothing has been decided with the Mary Louis girls volleyball team. A lot is still very much up in the air with less than a week to go before the Hilltoppers’ season opener against rival Archbishop Molloy. And that’s just how coach Sylwia Schober... 3:47 PM
Mike Baxter was enjoying a post-game meal in the Portland Beavers clubhouse Sunday, mulling over what’s been a difficult season on the next to last day for the San Diego Padres Triple-A affiliate. It was about a half hour after a 6-2 win against...
If revenge is a dish best served cold then St. Francis Prep’s 1-0 victory against rival Archbishop Molloy at Kissena Park Tuesday afternoon was more at room temperature. It doesn’t quite make up for a loss in the CHSAA Class A intersectional title...
Losing is never acceptable when you wear an Archbishop Molloy uniform, but a season-opening 1-0 loss to St. Francis Prep Tuesday afternoon at Kissena Park could be a blessing in disguise. “It’s not always a bad thing to lose because you know...
Back-to-back titles can change a few things. That and the way Archbishop Molloy won its second straight CHSAA Nassau/Suffolk Class B girls soccer crown have the team thinking a bit differently as its tries for a third. “I think it’s harder for us...
Tom Bruen didn’t get to watch much of The Mary Louis Academy’s varsity girls soccer team last season. The former head man spent last year helping his daughter Michelle coach the school’s junior varsity squad, but he did have one observation from...
Maria Canicatti’s face grew serious and her eyes a bit more focused when the word :playoffs" was brought up. See, St. Francis Prep has been a postseason regular in the four-team CHSAA Class A tournament for more than a decade, right up there with...
Terrel Hunt has a problem, but a good one. In the past, the Christ the King quarterback would have a favorite receiver and lock on him first during passing plays. This year the Syracuse-bound senior won’t be able to do that. Instead, he'll have to...
Some teams set a goal of winning a championship, others aim to get to Belson Stadium, the site of the CHSAA Class A intersectional semifinals. Christ the King’s goals are a bit different. “Our only pressure is to prove we can compete,” Royals...
There are few holdovers from a Long Island City team that went unbeaten during the regular season and claimed its first Queens A-V division title. Even after losing eight seniors, the goals haven't changed. “I always have high expectations for...
Brendan Stackpole split time at quarterback last year, but he was under center when St. Francis Prep turned its season around a year ago, when the Terriers shook off a miserable start to advance to the CHSFL Class AA semifinals before losing a...
Gena Koutsounadis waited nearly seven months for the last two weeks. The Francis Lewis star midfielder tore her left ACL in January playing for her FCNY United club soccer team and had surgery to repair it in February. She was able to get back on...
Is it or isn’t it? We will find out soon enough. Bayside girls soccer coach Magdalini Kassimis has called this season a rebuilding one. The Commodores lost nearly their entire starting lineup. She will have a roster filled with sophomores, juniors...
St. John’s is back in the city’s tangled recruiting game, and the Red Storm are there with a cool and confident kid who lives just minutes from the school’s Queens campus. Maurice Harkless, a 6-foot-8 wing who starred at Forest Hills High School...
Rutgers’ future got brighter 6 p.m. Tuesday night – by six feet, nine inches. That’s when Kadeem Jack, the former Rice standout, chose the Scarlet Knights over West Virginia, Arkansas, and Miami, becoming the second New York City player in five...
Talk to Rich Parascos about his Cardozo boys soccer team at your own peril. Once he starts, he may not stop – that’s how much he likes this group of...
Stephanie Santoro’s quote for the season may again be, “Get the ball to Creshana.” Heck, it worked last year. “She is definitely the go-to girl,” the Cardozo girls soccer coach said. “I trust her more than anyone on the team.” The athletic senior...
Joe Perugini didn’t crack a smile, didn’t pause to say he was just kidding. With a straight face, the senior goalkeeper on the Holy Cross soccer team...
Gerry Weitzen has always been adept at summing up his team’s outlook in a quick, entertaining way. Last year, the longtime coach said John Adams should...
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