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What is hydroxocobalamin? The drug that likely saved FDNY firefighter who collapsed in burning home
Officials credited a smoke inhalation drug for likely saving the life of a New York City firefighter who fell unconscious and stopped breathing while battling a house blaze Friday. The firefighter was one of three injured during the response in the Bronx. All are expected to recover, Mayor Eric Adams...
Immaculate Heart of Mary School in Wayne to shut down. Here's what we know
WAYNE — Another Catholic school will permanently shut its doors after graduation next month due to low enrollment and a widening deficit. Immaculate Heart of Mary School near Packanack Lake on Ratzer Road is projected to have 135 students next year — 17 fewer than it has now. ...
Kingsbridge Heights: Infant Hospitalized after Reported Seizure at Kingsbridge Heights Community Center
A 3-YEAR-OLD CHILD attending Kingsbridge Heights Community Center (KHCC) was treated on scene by EMS personnel for a reported seizure on Friday afternoon, May 17, and was later transferred to Montefiore Medical Center, city officials said. The NYPD and FDNY/EMS said they were alerted to the incident at the center’s...
NYC’s last superhero: On patrol with real-life crimefighter — the Brooklyn Devil
Real heroes don’t wear capes in Gotham — they ride electric skateboards. The Brooklyn Devil is the last of a dying breed: Once part of a 15-person collective of anonymous, self-appointed crime disruptors, he’s now New York City’s last remaining real-life superhero. While he founded the New York Initiative in 2009 as a team, he’s largely patrolled the city’s neighborhoods and subways alone since 2015 — four years after the group experienced an influx of new members following its appearance in the 2011 documentary film “Superheroes.” “I realized most [of the people who joined in 2011] just liked wearing spandex, and dressing...
Chaotic brawl erupted at Paterson’s alternative education high school. What happened
PATERSON — A riot-like melee involving more than a dozen teenagers broke out in the cafeteria at Paterson’s alternative education high school on Tuesday and officials have imposed suspensions on an unspecified number of students. A video of the chaotic brawls — at least three or four of...
Off-duty NYPD school safety agent accused of drunk driving
NEW YORK CITY (PIX11) — Investigators have arrested and charged an NYPD school safety agent accused of driving while drunk on Saturday, authorities said. Elizabeth Carrasco, 34, was arrested in East Harlem at 1:48 a.m., according to the NYPD. Carrasco was charged with driving while intoxicated and driving while ability-impaired alcohol, authorities said.
NYC yet to launch promised school safety tip line as weapons seizures, attacks soar
The city is keeping students’ safety on hold. The Adams administration has yet to publicly launch a school safety hotline promised at the start of the academic year, The Post has learned. City officials previously said the tip line was slated to debut last fall, but no official launch announcement or updates had been made since an October City Council hearing. In March, The Post’s Cindy Adams wrote a column disclosing school safety phone number. The Post tested the line earlier this month and it was answered by police officers on the Juvenile Crime Desk. But when The Post then inquired with...
‘Black People Will Swim’: Paulana Lamonier’s Program Makes Waves in Addressing Racial Disparities in Aquatic Education
In a bid to tackle racial disparities in swimming education, Paulana Lamonier took the plunge five years ago by founding Black People Will Swim in New York City. The program, aimed at making swimming accessible and affordable for Black children and adults, has since seen remarkable growth, now boasting a roster of 300 participants every six weeks.
Rudy Giuliani belts out ‘New York, New York’ at 80th birthday and then is served with indictment
Rudy Giuliani’s 80th birthday bash was anything but dull. The former New York City mayor and lawyer for Donald Trump held a party at a home in Palm, Beach Florida to celebrate on Friday, where he served cake and posed for photos.Mr Giuliani was also filmed belting out Frank Sinatra’s classic “New York, New York” to cheers from guests. But after the celebration wound down, Mr Giuliani was met by two officials from the Arizona Attorney General’s office who served him with an indictment.Arizona officials had been trying to track the former mayor down for weeks after a grand...
Slain NYPD detective who probed Mafia to get ‘well overdue’ headstone — 100 years after his death
He is forgotten no more. An NYPD detective who was killed during a cigar store hold-up a century ago will finally receive the recognition he deserves Monday – when a headstone inscribed with his name and acknowledging his service is placed on the unmarked grave where he was buried. The honor is thanks to a retired NYPD lieutenant who learned of the travesty while researching a loved one’s family tree. Bill Markowski was studying his fiancee’s family history on an online ancestry research site when he discovered that her great-great uncle, Bernardino Grottano, better known as Barney, was buried in famed Green-Wood...
Three Firefighters Injured in Southeast Bronx Nonfatal Residential Fire
Three firefighters are recuperating from their injuries following a two-alarm fire on Friday, May 18, in the Harding Park section of the southeast Bronx, near Clason Point. The cause of the fire is under investigation. During a press conference on Friday, May 17, New York City Mayor Eric Adams and...
UPDATE Kingsbridge Heights: Infant Hospitalized after Reported Seizure at Kingsbridge Heights Community Center
A 3-YEAR-OLD CHILD attending Kingsbridge Heights Community Center (KHCC) was treated on scene by EMS personnel for a reported seizure on Friday afternoon, May 17, and was later transferred to Montefiore Medical Center, city officials said. The NYPD and FDNY/EMS said they were alerted to the incident at the center’s...
North Bergen Man Busted In Murder-For-Hire Plot: Hudson Prosecutor
Miguel Cortes, 37, was arrested outside his Paterson Plank Road home on Tuesday, May 14, Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez said. North Bergen police caught wind of Cortes’s alleged offer of money for the deed, the prosecutor said in announcing the arrest on Friday. Suarez didn’t characterize the person...
Rudy Giuliani’s birthday bash ends in chaos as guests scream and cry when he’s served papers for AZ ‘fake electors case’
Rudy Giuliani got more than cake and presents for his 80th birthday bash – he was also served justice. The former New York City mayor was tripping the light fantastic with pals in Palm Springs Friday night when he was intercepted outside the party at the home of top GOP consultant Caroline Wren by two officials from Democratic Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes’ office, sources told The Post. The pair served Giuliani with a legal notice of his Arizona indictment for allegedly being involved in a plot to overturn the 2020 election in favor of ex-President Donald Trump. Most of the 200 guests were gone...
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