An Upper East Side block came to a standstill yesterday as the casket carrying Geraldine Ferraro was brought into the Church of Saint Vincent Ferrer for a tearful tribute packed with political heavyweights from around the nation. The... Read Full Story
An appeals court yesterday upheld crooked ex-Police Commissioner Bernard Kerik's extra-harsh sentence for lying to the White House and cheating on his taxes. The US Second Circuit Court of Appeals in Manhattan rejected Kerik's...
Stroke! Stroke! Corpse! The Columbia University varsity crew team almost rowed over a body on the Harlem River yesterday. Shocked members of the crew...
A rebounding economy has yet to breathe new life into Manhattan's housing market, with sales prices over the last three months dropping 10 percent from the same period a year ago. The median sales price of a Manhattan home was...
A woman's children can't sue the famed Harlem funeral parlor that misplaced her ashes, an appeals court ruled yesterday. Barbara Betran's family didn't...
One of the world's largest construction companies will shell out $19.6 million to settle charges it used a front company to meet minority-hiring requirements...
Parents at an elite Chinatown school are livid after learning that city investigators have pulled kids as young as 9 from class and interrogated them without...
He's the kind of son-in-law every mom wants. A Long Island man valiantly defended his mother-in-law on an East Village street as she was being robbed by a pitiless thug with a long rap sheet for violent crimes, sources said....
Robert De Niro should have kept a closer eye on his dad's stuff, say alternate jurors in a Manhattan art theft case. The actor erred in his hands-off...
A Manhattan family can't sue the funeral parlor that misplaced their mother's remains, a state appeals court said today. Dana Bailey and her siblings didn't...
Police say a 76-year-old woman’s body was found stuffed in a closet in her Harlem apartment while her grandson was there with a woman. The medical examiner’s...
Here’s the shocking surveillance video of an alleged hate crime in the West Village, where a 26-year-old man was punched by two thugs screaming anti-gay slurs. Damian Furtch and a friend went to a McDonald’s on West 3rd and Sixth...
Mayor Bloomberg insisted yesterday that city morgue workers had every right to seize the body of an NYPD cop from a funeral home and expunge references to 9/11 toxins from his death certificate. "The bottom line is that if the law...
This cousin was once removed -- from his ID. A Queens man was indicted yesterday for allegedly using a Connecticut driver's license with his cousin's name...
Maybe he was worried he'd run into King Kong. A former Marine was busted for packing heat as he made his way to the Empire State Building observatory,...
Life sucks, Manhattan. Get used to it. The world's most bustling island has one of the lowest rates of premature death in the nation, but those same city...
A former program director at radio station WBAI-FM filed a discrimination suit yesterday, charging that he was fired from the left-leaning station due to a...
A Long Island resident got "visibly upset" upon learning that the man to whom he had given $7,000 was failed Times Square bomber Faisal Shahzad, prosecutors...
New Yorkers are eager to dine at Lunchtime Square. The plan to add food and drink service to the pedestrian plazas at the Crossroads of the World drew...
If you think hipsters and punks own the Lower East Side, think again. A T-shirt seller who trademarked the neighborhood's name is suing two clothing...
Rapper Jim Jones was busted earlier today for driving his 2011 Bentley in a SoHo bus lane with a suspended license, police said. Jones, 34, was cruising in his luxury sedan when cops spied him committing the traffic infraction on...
Jury deliberations begin tomorrow in the trial of an art gallery director accused of stealing from actor Robert De Niro. Accused thief Leigh Morse, 54 -- director of the now-defunct Sallander-O'Reilley Gallery on East 71st St. -- is...
Add "pole dancing" to the list of job duties for fashion designer Marc Jacobs' employees. In papers filed in Manhattan Supreme Court, Marc Jacobs International former no. 2 says President Robert Duffy treats the company as his...
Two secretly taped telephone conversations supporting allegations of illegal trading of Goldman Sachs’ stock were released this morning — just one week after Goldman Sach’s CEO Lloyd Blankfein took the stand in the closely watched...
Out with the cars, in with the carbs. The Crossroads of the World will become a giant sidewalk cafe under a plan to bring food-and-drink service to Times Square's pedestrian plazas. Starting this summer, up to five vendors...
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If last season’s postseason and The Post’s preseason prognostications are an indication, the Bronx/Manhattan division will be the toughest in CHSAA Class AA this year. Four teams – No. 3 Xavier, No. 5 St. Raymond, No. 8 Regis and No. 10 All...
NORTH BETHESDA, Md. – Not even the turn of the calendar can slow down Murry Bergtraum. It’s April and the girls from Lower Manhattan are still winning basketball games. Though few gave them a chance to win the PSAL city title, the Lady Blazers are...
Steve Mandl isn’t around.The architect of George Washington’s baseball program is fighting to get his job back through litigation after being suspended for illegal recruiting. The players who led the Trojans in recent years – from Mike Antonio to...
Alex Sappington was starting to come to grips with the cold truth. Despite being one of the best pitchers in New York City, the LaGuardia senior was probably not going to be able to play the sport she loved in college. There were no scholarship...
Losing doesn’t sit well with Alex Sappington, especially by more than a few runs. The senior windmiller led LaGuardia to an undefeated PSAL Class B city title last season and fell to just Jamaica in the playoffs the year prior. The Athletics...
Connor Huff hit the game-winning shot and was named tournament MVP. Rob Wechsler was the highest scorer. Ryan Frankel? He just made sure Collegaite won a record fourth straight New York State Federation Class B title over the weekend in Albany....
A year ago, Xavier made a surprising run to its first-ever CHSAA Class AA intersectional championship game, upsetting No. 1 Xaverian, No. 4 Archbishop Stepinac and No. 3 St. Raymond along the way before losing to St. Joseph by the Sea in the final....
The tragic passing of John Fernando shook up the entire Beacon community and had a particularly traumatic effect on the baseball team. Quiet and...
Edgar Leon doesn’t want to play George Washington and Norman Thomas close. He doesn’t want to be in the game against the two citywide powers. His aim –...
ALBANY – Cori Coleman sat on a chair in the hallway of the Times Union Center, ice on her right knee, more ice on her right ankle. She was almost unable to get up for a postgame interview. Yet minutes earlier, she was leaving it all out on the...
ALBANY – As he watched the NCAA tournament at an Albany bar over the weekend, Ray Voelkel was asked about Butler’s remarkable run. He wasn’t surprised by the Bulldogs' string of upsets. “They’re the Collegiate of college basketball,” he joked....
ALBANY – It had the look and feel of so many other Murry Bergtraum victories this season. The Lady Blazers were down in the second half before playing a phenomenal fourth quarter. Cori Coleman hit a big 3-pointer. Coach Ed Grezinsky made a brilliant...
It has produced stars like Felipe Lopez, Dean Memminger and Kemba Walker and Lamont (MoMo) Jones, who face each other tonight in the Elite Eight of the NCAA tournament. But Rice High School is in danger of shutting its doors for good in June if...
ALBANY – One thought ran threw Ashley Gomez’s head when Bergtraum coach Ed Grezinsky informed the senior of her assignment for the second half of the Federation semifinals. “I’m going to take a charge,” she said. It seems like a simple thing, but...
Collegiate faces a powerful, favored foe in the New York State Federation Class B tournament. The opponent has the edge in size, speed and talent, yet falls behind and never recovers. The Dutchmen leave victorious, relying on balanced scoring,...
ALBANY – Cori Coleman doesn’t like talking about it and she has never made it an excuse for anything. Even some close to her aren’t aware of how serious her asthma is. But it’s severe enough that it has sent the Murry Bergtraum senior star to the...
ALBANY – When the New York State Federation tournament begins on Friday, New York City will be well represented on both the boys and girls side. Nationally ranked powers Boys & Girls (boys) and Nazareth (girls) will be gunning for state titles while...
The mantra remains the same for the Regis baseball team. But this year, the Raiders have added a new wrinkle. “The classic Regis team is pitching and defense and any runs are really a bonus,” Regis coach Mike Skrapits said. “We’re still going to...
Boys basketball beat writers Zach Braziller and Dylan Butler break down this weekend’s New York State Federation Class B tournament at the Times Union Center in Albany. Here’s the schedule: FRIDAY 3:15 p.m. – Burke Catholic (Goshen) vs....
Shanee Williams was a pure scorer in high school, lighting up scoreboards wherever she went with Murry Bergtraum. She hit four 3-pointers in the first quarter alone against Thomas Jefferson in the PSAL Class AA semifinals two years ago. Williams...
It’s been a long time since Ed Grezinsky has given his players rings for winning the PSAL city title. Normally at Murry Bergtraum, the goal every year is to win the city and the New York State Federation – the Lady Blazers have five championships...
Norman Thomas doesn’t have one returning starter. The pitching staff is brand new. The core that at least reached the PSAL Class A quarterfinals the...
Monique Myers was the most popular girl in the gym and it wasn’t even close. “There was a line of college coaches,” she said. “Back to back to back....
LaGuardia rode Alex Sappington’s arm to the PSAL Class B title last season. Now one of the city’s best pitchers – and a solid Athletics team around her – will get a shot at the ‘A’ league. “I think there’s a little more of a higher expectation,”...
Most coaches would have fired off an angry e-mail as soon as they saw Environmental Studies’ crossover slate this season. The Eagles have defending...
The disco-punk band performs at Madison Square Garden with L...
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