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It’s time New York City ditches the sanctuary policies that protect criminal migrants and endanger New Yorkers, a Queens Democrat urged this week — after some inspiration from President-elect Trump’s new border czar. “I write with grave concern about the continued impact of New York’s sanctuary state and city policies, which not only violate [federal law] but also put New …

President-elect Trump’s nomination for labor secretary is a “toxic” anti-conservative RINO with cozy ties to unions, outraged critics told The Post Saturday.  During her single term on the Hill, Rep. Lori Chavez-DeRemer (R-Ore.) has backed a laundry list of boiler-plate liberal policies at odds with longstanding Republican orthodoxies, including strengthening unions’ efforts to organize the private sector, amnesty for illegal …

An 836-pound “cursed” emerald worth nearly $1 billion will be returned to Brazil after 15 years under lock and key in Los Angeles. The 180,000-carat Bahia Emerald was smuggled out of the South American country by two residents in 2001. A legal battle over the stone ensued in 2014 as about 10 individuals, corporations and the Brazilian government fought over …

President-elect Trump met NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte this week in Florida – as Europe awaits how the incoming administration approaches the war in Ukraine. Rutte and Trump’s Friday Palm Beach sit-down included discussions on a wide “range of global security issues facing” NATO, said Farah Dakhlallah, a spokesperson for the transatlantic military alliance on Saturday. No other specifics on …

A prominent Staten Island pediatrician accused of mowing down a dad and his 6-year-old daughter before leaving the scene of a January crash paid a $300 fine to make it all go away. Dr. Sam Leuzzi, 66, of Middletown, N.J., cut a plea deal with the Staten Island District Attorney’s office this month where he receives no prison time — …

There are thousands of migrant criminals roaming the streets of Gotham, the head of US Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s NYC field office told The Post. “In New York City, it would take a lifetime to clear the city of the criminals that we have” if the status quo remains the same, Kenneth Genalo said Friday in his first interview since …

The city’s sheriff was forced to take precautions for his safety after a Bronx man threatened him with “physical harm” in a bizarre email, police and law enforcement sources said. Dimitry Rappoport allegedly sent the menacing missive to Lehman College on Oct. 29, the NYPD said. The nature of the threats and the contents of the email weren’t revealed — …

(The Center Square) – The U.S. Department of Justice told the Drug Enforcement Administration to suspend consensual searches at airports and other mass transit facilities after hearing about potential civil rights violations.  Department of Justice Inspector General Michael Horowitz announced the suspension after hearing concerns about in the DEA’s transportation interdiction efforts, which include conducting consensual searches. During such searches, …

A California infant has died and at least 10 other people have been sickened in an outbreak of listeria food poisoning tied to ready-to-eat meat and poultry products that include chicken feet, duck neck, beef shank and pork hock, federal health officials reported Friday. Yu Shang Food, Inc., of Spartanburg, South Carolina, has recalled more than 72,000 pounds of meat and poultry …

New Yorkers are the most degenerate gamblers in the country.  Mobile sportsbooks in the Empire State racked up a staggering $2.3 billion in bets in October, shattering its national record of $2.1 billion in bets set last year, according to new state Gaming Commission stats. October was the second month in a row – and the fifth month overall – …