DOE could end screening for top NYC schools after coronavirus pandemic
The coronavirus may kill the controversial practice of “screening” students for admittance to NYC’s most coveted middle and high schools, at least temporarily.
The coronavirus may kill the controversial practice of “screening” students for admittance to NYC’s most coveted middle and high schools, at least temporarily.
The state is investigating more than 2,500 nursing home complaints launched while the coronavirus has run roughshod over the facilities, the Health Department revealed Friday — as Gov. Andrew Cuomo threatened to prosecute homes that under-report COVID-19 tolls. The State Health Department said it opened 2,502 complaints about nursing homes, including 514 in New York...
Spring 2020 was in full swing Saturday in the Big Apple — but to some coronavirus-lockdown-weary New Yorkers who ventured outside, it felt more like “1984.” As temps climbed into the 70s, more than 1,000 NYPD officers made their presence known across the five boroughs as they enforced state social distancing mandates requiring masks and...
Gov. Andrew Cuomo was hands on during a tour Saturday of the coronavirus subway car cleaning operation at a MTA maintenance facility in Queens — taking a stab at blasting the bug himself with a spray of disinfectant. “Do you guys need a hand?” Cuomo asked as he walked onto a subway car, while five...
A failed City Council candidate who has attacked blacks, whites, Jews and women is threatening to send “gang members” to protest a Manhattan events company, a new lawsuit charges. Thomas Lopez-Pierre is threatening Bisnow, a media and events business, with “violence and economic harm” unless it guarantees half the speakers it books for various events...
Marianne Williamson is facing a powerful new dark psychic force — campaign debt. The New Age author’s presidential campaign committee still owes $238,180 to various election vendors, some of whom now say she is trying to renege on the payments. Williamson suspended her campaign in January 2020. “She’s not paying us,” Jennifer Marshall, co-founder of...
Mitch Modell may have lost his chain of 115 sporting-goods stores in March to Chapter 11 bankruptcy, but the erstwhile CEO has found a way to console himself. He and his buddies are now congregating several times a week on Main Street in Southampton to enjoy cigars from the open windows of their socially-distanced Mercedes...
As many Chinese takeout joints "pu pu" staying open during the coronavirus crisis, China Wang in the Bronx is doing a brisk take-out/delivery business.
Who doesn’t love rankings? Rankings exist to spark debate. Rankings are subjective, determined by opinions, educated or otherwise. Opinions can’t be wrong, Except, of course, when they are. Which brings us to the fun exercises in which the good folks at NHL.com have been intermittently engaged throughout this coronavirus-induced stoppage of play. A panel of...
New York State has delayed the enforcement of its controversial plastic bag ban for the third time.
Battle-scarred healthcare workers are calling state volunteers at a rate of more than once every hour for help dealing with the devastating emotional toll of witnessing death en masse, The Post has learned.
Markle and Prince Harry have remained close lipped about their plans to make money.
At one point, NeNe storms off camera, leaving the ladies and host Andy Cohen scratching their heads.
"The Russia Hoax is the biggest political scandal in American history. Treason!!!" Trump tweeted Saturday as part of a string of retweets focused on the Flynn matter.
"This was a no-brainer to me," Quinn, 44. told The Post. "It's tough to see what everybody is going through."
Four New York City hotels that were supposed to house those recovering from COVID-19 stood nearly empty last week as possibly infected homeless people packed subway cars, and nursing homes were forced to take in patients recovering from the bug. As of 4 a.m. Monday, the LaGuardia Plaza Hotel in Queens had 10 occupants and...
Well, look: We are nothing if not kind and generous souls here at Open Mike, so it’s probably best that you hear it from us: Sunday night is going to stink. If you are a Knicks fan, and if you are enjoying “The Last Dance” on ESPN, then you know that the inevitable is likely...
John “Austin Squatty” Jenkins didn’t live like a typical rare-books dealer. He didn’t die like one, either.
Tara Reade’s 1993 complaint against Joe Biden, which she says was filed to the Congressional Personnel Office, does not include any explicit accusations of sexual assault. “I remember talking about him wanting me to serve drinks because he liked my legs and thought I was pretty and it made me uncomfortable,” Reade told the Associated...
A Texas police officer was killed and another critically injured when their helicopter crashed as they were responding to a call early Saturday, according to officials. The officers were trapped inside the copter after it went down around 2 a.m. near an apartment complex in north Houston and had to be extracted by firefighters, FOX...
Bronze Star recipient Jordan Goudreau hatched his simple-but-misguided plan last year, hoping to replace Maduro with opposition leader Juan Guaidó,
Nearly a third of renters across the US weren’t able to afford monthly housing costs last month. Here's some advice if you're struggling to make rent.
Little Steven Van Zandt also opened up about his pal Cordero, saying he's playing the Tony nominee's song every night on the radio.
Andy Dalton isn’t ripping the Bengals. It’s not his style. But the three-time Pro Bowl quarterback is clearly not thrilled with how his exit – or his final year in Cincinnati – played out. Though it was obvious Dalton wasn’t going to be kept around after he was benched midway through the season and the...
Jemima Packington is a self-described “asparamancer” who casts asparagus on the ground and makes predictions from the patterns they make.