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Let the sun shine in. A controversial high-rise development that neighbors feared would cast a harmful shadow over the Brooklyn Botanic Garden has gotten the OK from the City Council — with changes that would bring more necessary sunlight to the beloved greenspace. The Crown Heights hi-rise development once poised to cast harmful shade on sensitive plants at Brooklyn Botanic …

A scholarship honoring slain NYPD Detective Jonathan Diller raised a staggering $70,000 at its first official fundraiser Wednesday — and the steady stream of donations is far from slowing down.  As many as 500 loved ones, former law-enforcement veterans and generous partiers packed into the fallen cop’s favorite Wantaugh, LI, watering hole to empty their pockets for the new fund …

Boxing legend Floyd Mayweather’s security team allegedly smashed a $3,000 camera when a fight broke out at a New York City studio, police sources told The Post on Friday. The incident took place during Mayweather’s interview at the offices of streaming platform ZEAM Studio at 1021 Sixth Ave. in Manhattan, sources said. Officials said at the time of the interview, …

Donald Trump Jr. has mocked MSNBC’s Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski for meeting his dad, President-elect Donald Trump, so soon after suggesting he was the new Adolf Hitler. Don Jr. joined those accusing the “Morning Joe” duo of hypocrisy when Newsmax’s Rob Finnerty pointed out on Thursday that “two weeks ago, they were calling him Hitler, and now they’re traveling …

A smiling Sarah Palin posted a cryptic photo at the Capitol — teasing a possible announcement as her followers call for the “Mother of MAGA” to have a place in President-elect Donald Trump’s administration. The former governor of Alaska grinned in the photo posted Thursday showing her in dark-colored workout gear and pink sneakers and pointing a finger while with …

A potent winter storm system over the Northeast is bringing snow, beneficial rain and strong winds as millions of people prepare to travel ahead of the busy Thanksgiving holiday. Most of New England and parts of the Northeast will likely only see beneficial rain from this event due to warm air surging in from the Atlantic Ocean, but the higher …

Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu fired back at the International Criminal Court, accusing its judges of holding “antisemitic hatred toward Israel” after they issued a warrant for his arrest over alleged war crimes in Gaza. Netanyahu personally rebuked ICC chief prosecutor Karim Khan on Wednesday. “The decision was made by a corrupt chief prosecutor attempting to save himself from serious …

New York is technically in business with Jay-Z — at least for a while — after the state government bought a third of his legendary Roc-A-Fella Records at a federal auction last week. The state became a bizarre part of hip-hop history because the label’s embattled co-founder, Damon Dash, owes New York $8.7 million in back taxes that the Empire …

A Florida man has been arrested after impersonating tech billionaire Elon Musk in a bid to scam an elderly woman out of at least a quarter of a million dollars, according to police. Jeffrey Arthur Moynihan Jr. was arrested at his Bradenton home Tuesday night and charged with grand theft.  While reportedly operating under the guise of the Tesla and SpaceX CEO, …

An Alabama death row inmate was executed Thursday evening by nitrogen gas, but not before a Tex-Mex-style last meal and a profane rant directed at the execution staff. Carey Dale Grayson had been on death row for 28 years following the 1994 murder and mutilation of 37-year-old hitchhiker Vickie Lynn Deblieux who was traveling from Chatanooga, TN. to her mother’s …