Mayor Eric Adams hopes President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for Manhattan US Attorney “understands how important justice is,” he said Tuesday — while describing his experience facing a historic federal indictment as “terrifying.” Adams, during his weekly off-topic briefing at City Hall, was asked about former Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman Jay Clayton, Trump’s nominee to take over as head of …
Read More »Adams blames ‘broken’ system for accused NYC serial stabber Ramon Rivera’s early release — one month before fatal spree
Mayor Eric Adams acknowledged Tuesday that the city bears responsibility for a madman’s stabbing spree that left three New Yorkers dead — but said the mental health and justice system failures go deeper. A measured Adams called for Washington, Albany and the City Council to take action and fix the “broken” mental health system that didn’t help the mentally ill …
Read More »Humpback surfaces under Brooklyn Bridge in ‘surpise’ appearance as expert has warning for local fishermen
Whale, that’s something you don’t see every day. A humpback made a shocking splash beneath the Brooklyn Bridge Monday — marking the species’ first visit to the East River in two years. “It’s much, much more common to see them in the ocean along the coastline. We have only had rare cases of them moving into the river, but it …
Read More »More than 18M Americans to travel by plane this Thanksgiving
Traveling on Turkey Day? Make sure to carve out some extra time. This Thanksgiving is expected to be the busiest ever for air travel, with a record-setting 18 million Americans expected to jet off for their holiday celebrations in the coming days. “This will be the busiest Thanksgiving ever in terms of air travel,” TSA Administrator David Pekoske said. “Fortunately, …
Read More »Teen stabbed, man slashed as subway arguments turn violent in latest NYC transit chaos
A man was slashed in the arm on a Manhattan subway train during rush hour Tuesday morning — hours after a teen was stabbed in the stomach during an unrelated transit clash. The 28-year-old victim was standing on the southbound M train platform at 42nd Street-Bryant Park around 9 a.m. when a scuffle with another straphanger turned violent, police said. …
Read More »Texas offers more land to Trump to build migrant deportation centers
Texas on Tuesday offered up more land to the incoming Trump administration to build deportation facilities — naming the project after a 12-year-old girl allegedly raped and murdered by two illegal migrants. Texas Land Commissioner Dawn Buckingham, standing along a portion of the state’s border wall, said her office is expanding its earlier offer by adding more identified land that …
Read More »Feds subpoena PAC connected to Adams-allied pastor, embattled campaign fundraiser
The feds subpoenaed a shadowy political fund connected to one of Eric Adams’ allies and to the mayor’s embattled top fundraiser, The Post has learned. The Rev. Alfred L. Cockfield’s political action committee, Striving for a Better New York, was slapped with the subpoena in early November, sources close to the matter told The Post. The feds subpoenaed a controversial …
Read More »Donald Trump’s favorability jumps to post-election high while President Biden’s slips to four-year low
President-elect Donald Trump’s favorability rating jumped six points and hit a post-election high, while outgoing President Biden’s figures sank to a four-year low, according to a new poll. Trump, 78, notched a 54% approval rating, one of his all-time highest, compared to about 46% who disapprove of him, an Emerson College poll found. Biden, 82, scored a 36% approval to …
Read More »Butterball turkey faces boycott calls before Thanksgiving after sickening sex abuse allegations resurface
Butterball is facing calls for a boycott just days before Thanksgiving after sickening footage of poultry workers allegedly sexually abusing and torturing its turkeys resurfaced on social media. The uproar unfolded after People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) activists posted a decades-old clip online over the weekend that allegedly showed the company’s employees abusing live turkeys at a …
Read More »Video shows Ill. Dem rolling eyes during drunk driving arrest
Newly released bodycam footage shows Illinois Democrat Samantha Steele rolling her eyes and dropping the fact that she is an elected official as Chicago police officers place her under arrest for drunk driving. In the footage an arresting officer tells Steele, the Cook County Board of Review Commissioner, that if she does not exit her car, he will help her …
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