He's No. 1, all right -- Staten Island's No. 1 problem child. Pipsqueak punk Osman Daramy was all obnoxious smiles and obscene gestures yesterday as he was hauled into court on hate-crime charges for allegedly assaulting and trying to... Read Full Story
A 13-year-old Muslim girl described yesterday how a tiny thug terrorized her for weeks, even trying to tear off her traditional headdress as he taunted her for her faith -- but she amazingly has sympathy for the sadistic Staten Island...
He's a holy terror. A 12-year-old Staten Island schoolboy viciously attacked a young Muslim classmate and tried to tear off her religious headscarf in an unprovoked rage that ended with him being busted on hate-crimes charges,...
The Staten Island terror charged with viciously bashing a young female middle-school classmate while demanding to know "Are you a Muslim?" is himself the son of a Muslim woman, his dad revealed today. "How could a Muslim have another...
ALBANY -- Lawmakers have proposed making it a felony for New York emergency personnel to take and circulate unauthorized crime-scene images or videos, citing a photo posted on Facebook that showed a Staten Island woman found strangled...
The hip-hop DJ murdered near his Staten Island home over the weekend was out on a pot-buying run and talking to a pal on the phone when he was gunned down, law-enforcement sources revealed yesterday. Corey McGriff, a k a DJ...
A Staten Island schoolkid has been charged with felony assault as a hate crime after he tried to rip the religious headscarf off a fellow female classmate, The...
A jilted boyfriend who tried to burn down the door of his pregnant ex-girlfriend’s Staten Island apartment was caught standing naked in the hallway and covered...
A woman who admittedly bit a G-man's hand during a drunken midair meltdown on a Delta jet last year was ordered locked up yesterday -- after a judge was told...
A popular hip-hop deejay and TV personality was gunned down in cold blood just steps from his Staten Island home yesterday -- left with a single dollar in his wallet, law-enforcement sources said. Corey McGriff, who went by the...
A 5-month-old baby died yesterday evening after going into cardiac arrest at a Staten Island daycare center, cops said. The boy's heart began failing...
There's no Hot Pockets where she's headed. A Staten Island teen is off to jail after admitting she kidnapped her lover's 3-year-old daughter last month...
A creepy counselor at a Staten Island Catholic day camp was indicted yesterday for an alleged sex attack on an 8-year-old autistic boy -- who couldn't even speak to report the crime. Francesco Zaffuto, 19, came to court bizarrely...
He was the good humor man, all right. A Staten Island ice-cream vendor allegedly sold huge quantities of potent and dangerous prescription oxycodone out of his Lickety Split truck -- and parked right in front of the house he...
Mayor Bloomberg's ambitious plan to turn a former Staten Island landfill into a massive public park is sinking -- literally. The city has hit a major snag in the early stages of a three-decade effort to transform the 2,200-acre...
A firetruck blasted into a van full of developmentally disabled adults on Staten Island in a horrific crash yesterday, killing one person and critically injuring two others, authorities and witnesses said. The Ladder Company 81...
The Staten Island school chorus that performed at the Oscars and then was blasted by Bravo exec Andy Cohen has accepted his apology but then sang, "It’s too late to apologize." In a video on YouTube, Chorus director Gregg Breinberg...
The score was finally settled. A fugitive on the lam for more than two years after he allegedly shot a Staten Island man over the score of a basketball...
A St. Patrick's Day Parade official yesterday clashed with a marcher over gay rights at Staten Island's annual event -- where Mayor Bloomberg was heckled and later criticized for even making an appearance. St. Jermaine Endeley, a...
Parents and teachers at a new middle school on Staten Island are reeling over the prospect of layoffs that would boot a large chunk of the carefully cultivated teaching staff under "last in, first out" rules. The Marsh Avenue...
It was a jungle in there. Two dope-dealing Staten Island brothers have been busted for growing a groovy garden of illegal foliage so intense that cops who raided the place nearly got stoned, police said. The lush canopy...
Sounding more like the wicked witch than a Bravo TV executive, Andy Cohen blamed a Staten Island fifth-grade choir's rendition of "Over the Rainbow" for ruining Sunday's Oscar telecast. "It was the worst. I was looking for a knife...
A state correction officer foiled a deranged man's attempt to rape her sister as the victim returned to her Staten Island home, authorities said yesterday....
A Maryland man who came to New York to visit his ailing mom has been charged with the brutal murder of his drinking buddy, police sources said yesterday....
Members of the Staten Island fifth-grade chorus that will perform at Sunday's Academy Awards ceremony boarded a Los Angeles-bound today from Kennedy Airport. The kids at PS 22 originally got the stunning news this past December from...
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Four times before, Tom Tierney has been in this position: Coming off a city championship and looking to repeat. He’s never accomplished the feat, but if there is ever a year to do it, this would be it. “We have a good team and a chance to win,” he... 12:43 AM
When St. Joseph by the Sea last played a meaningful game, the Vikings celebrated their first CHSAA Class AA intersectional title, beating Xavier at Kaiser Stadium on the campus of St. John’s University. Sea graduated several key players, including...
He’s the staff ace for the third straight season, will bat second and play first base when he’s not on the mound. Clearly, McKee/Staten Island Tech will go as far as Ryan Mannello can take them. “Ryan is the hands-down leader, he’s the guy the...
The play felt routine for Krissa Sagona, but the situation was far from it. With three St. John Villa runs already in and the winning one on second base, Sam McCauley snuck a ground ball up the middle past a diving a Taylor Baggs at short with...
Tottenville has been the favorite in the preseason, but not the champion at the end the last two years. The Pirates earned the top playoff seed each of the last two seasons, only to lose by a goal in gut-wrenching fashion in the title game to...
The PSAL junior varsity championship game was even when Jermaine Anthony Huff released his hanging, off-balanced 24-footer as the horn sounded to the first overtime. It didn’t feel that way to Curtis’ sophomore shooting guard. “I thought if I...
Amanda Feldstein wasn’t sure if her dream of playing Division I soccer was going to materialize. “I thought the chance was slowly going away because it was becoming later and later,” the Petrides star senior said. Then in January, Panthers coach...
Curtis has had the odds stacked against it from the beginning of these playoffs. The Warriors’ first-round matchup was with West 50th Street Campus, a team that would have been a top-10 seed if not for six forfeits during the regular season. It...
Tottenville hung around for a long time. The Pirates were down just three points near the end of the third quarter. They trailed by only five midway through the fourth. But all that athleticism and all that size that Wings brought to the table ended...
The reminders of last season are all around St. Joseph by the Sea. Peak into right field and a large banner commemorating its undefeated CHSAA state softball title is draped over the batting cage. Another hangs next to the one from 2000 in the...
When Kristine Knuth runs through who is playing where there are usually a few additional names after the first. “I have a lot of utility players that I can move around, get them in and out and make a few changes in the field and in the lineup,”...
The tears began trickling down Jamie O’Hare's face as she returned to the St. Peter’s bench. With the Eagles program in its final minutes, the junior guard was still hoping against hope. “It was devastating.” O’Hare said. “Especially since there...
When he got his team in the locker room, Rich Postiglione talked very little about the game that just happened. He didn’t talk about his Moore Catholic team struggling against the press or how it got outrebounded. None of that really mattered to...
Instead of taking extra jump shots and discussing strategy, St. John Villa was stuck in bumper-to-bumper traffic Friday afternoon. Not exactly the way...
Dana Gildea had just four points over the first three quarters. Curtis’ most tenured player was struggling mightily and the Warriors were down six going into the final frame. The senior needed a pep talk. From herself. “I start telling myself, ‘C...
Tottenville’s Cathy Morano is the most decorated softball coach in New York City with six PSAL city titles to her credit. But she has actually been coaching girls varsity basketball much longer. And this current group might be poised to give her a...
St. John Villa entered the CHSAA state playoffs with something to prove after ending its regular season with a 19-point loss to first-round opponent St...
Coming off an emotional three-game semifinal series against St. Edmund Prep, which ended Saturday night, St. Peter’s coach Eddie Blackburn stressed the...
Winning the CHSAA Class B intersectional championship is great. But a second consecutive title? That’s twice as nice. “The second one is the charm,...
Everything and everyone clicked for Moore Catholic. “It felt like we were on a roll,” senior forward Taylor Baggs said. “We played great as a team tonight. Everyone had an on game.” The squad’s nucleus spent the last three seasons in back-and...
At one point late in the second quarter Bob Daggett took a second to look up behind his bench at the lone scoreboard at St. John Villa and uttered the word “wow.” The legendary St. Peter’s coach was watching Moore Catholic run away with the...
Ride or die. That’s what Staten Island Academy coach Rose Dunn was prepared to do in the fourth quarter with Mayana LeGrande, her team’s lone four-year senior, despite the star having four fouls. “Mayana was not coming out her last game of her...
McKee/Staten Island Tech’s season is over because of its two major weaknesses – slow starts and defensive rebounding. The Seagulls dug themselves a 33-18 hole, staged a furious rally, but their inability to limit No. 3 Francis Lewis’ second-chance...
NYPost.com CHSAA girls basketball beat writer Joseph Staszewski takes a look at Sunday’s Archdiocesan final beat rivals St. Peter’s and Moore Catholic. SCHEDULE March 6 @ St. John Villa 4:30 p.m. – St. Peter’s vs. Moore Catholic St. Peter’s...
CHSAA boys basketball beat writer Dylan Butler breaks down Sunday’s Class B intersectional final between Salesian and St. Joseph by the Sea. Who:...
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