The New York Times announced on Sunday that editorial page editor James Bennet has resigned from his post — following controversy over the publication of an op-ed by Sen. Tom Cotton. The Grey Lady’s statement made no mention of the strife stemming from the publication of Cotton’s essay, urging President Trump to employ the US...
Mayor Bill de Blasio is facing an angry uprising from his staff over his handling of the George Floyd protests — making him the target of a separate rally planned for Monday. “As current & former @nycgov employees, we are outraged by the escalation, violent misconduct & civil rights violations by the NYPD, and the...
The Big Apple will enter Phase One of reopening Monday amid the coronavirus — with retail shops set to start curbside or in-store pickup service as construction and manufacturing rev up again. “It’s a big day for New York City,’’ Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Sunday, adding that the Apple “has met all the [health] metrics,’’...
Surveillance video released by the NYPD Sunday shows a pair of looters smashing display cases at the Brooklyn Macy’s before they snatched $29,000 in jewelry, cops said. The pair forced open a side entrance at the Fulton Street store around 11 p.m. Sunday, May 31, and used hammers to break the glass on numerous glass...
An NYPD sergeant struck by a hit-and-run driver in The Bronx last week left the hospital Sunday to applause from his fellow Finest. Sgt. William Maher waved to a crowd of blue-clad cops as he was wheeled out of Lincoln Hospital, before rising and walking to greet the cheering throngs. He wore a blue shirt...
Brooklyn’s Orthodox Jewish community registered its outrage over the racially charged police-custody death of George Floyd Sunday, marching in Midwood shouting “no justice, no peace” and holding “Black Lives Matter” signs. More than 200 demonstrators, nearly all of them Orthodox Jews, marched peacefully down Ocean Parkway, blending calls for justice with the teachings of the...
The NYPD are being pelted with concrete-filled tennis balls during George Floyd protests, the NYPD warned its members Sunday. The two unidentified officers, who were following protestors Thursday after a demonstration in Union Square, were at the corner of Ninth Avenue and West 25th Street when they were pummeled with the rock-hard balls, according to...
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The Knicks were ambivalent about being part of the NBA restart in Disney World, as they didn’t want to significantly delay their head-coaching search. However, in lieu of playing in the Mickey Mouse tournament, James Dolan’s club is anxious about having an elaborate “OTA” restart structure of their own, according to an NBA source. “The...
GOP Sen. Rick Scott accused China of trying to sabotage development of a coronavirus vaccine. “We have got to get this vaccine done. Unfortunately we have evidence that communist China is trying to sabotage us or slow it down,” Scott of Florida said Sunday on the BBC’s “Andrew Marr Show.” Scott, who was previously the...
Sen. Tom Cotton slammed the New York Times for surrendering “to a woke child mob” by backtracking on whether it stood by publishing his op-ed supporting the use of the US military to crack down on protests. “The New York Times editorial page editor and owner defended it in public statements but then they totally...
Joe Biden is expected to travel to Houston on Monday to have a private meeting with the family of George Floyd whose death while in police custody has sparked protests against police brutality across the country and around the world, according to a report. The former vice president opted for a private meeting because he...
NEW ORLEANS — Rain pounded the U.S. Gulf Coast on Sunday ahead of the arrival of Tropical Storm Cristobal, which has already spawned a tornado in Florida and threatened more twisters along with high winds and storm surge. Roads flooded in coastal Louisiana and Mississippi, and thousands were without power even before the storm made...
Musician Jon Batiste, bandleader of “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert,” headed a musical march of George Floyd protesters through the Big Apple streets over the weekend. “Look what we’re doing. We’re using music to bring people together of all races, of all genders for black lives,” Batiste told CNN’s Bill Weir on Saturday. Video showed...
A 22-year-old man was fatally shot in the chest during a dispute outside a Brooklyn housing project Sunday morning, cops said. Russell Forrest was shot multiple times, including at least once in the chest, around 1:30 a.m. in front of the Albany Houses on Bergen Street in Crown Heights, according to police. He was taken...
A Buffalo teenager who took it on himself to sweep up after George Floyd protests has been handsomely rewarded for his efforts. Antonio Gwynn Jr., an 18-year-old high school student, has been offered a full scholarship to Medaille College and can zip to class in a red, 2004 Ford Mustang convertible, a gift from a...
New York will allow outdoor, socially-distanced graduations of up to 150 people starting June 26, Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Sunday. “That’s when schools, high schools, start to graduate, and it gives us a couple weeks in between now and then, God forbid, if the numbers change,” Cuomo said of the starting date at his daily...
The National Guard is withdrawing from the Los Angeles area — even as thousands of largely peaceful protests continue across Southern California over the death of George Floyd, according to a report on Sunday. The pullout could be completed by later Sunday, the Los Angeles Times reported, citing sources — but another source told the...
Two upstate New York pals put out a call inviting anyone “black or white” to join them for a beer — and ended up getting a virtual visit from country star Brad Paisley, according to reports. Longtime friends Benjamin Smith, who is white, and Marcus Ellis, who is black, put up signs last week in...
Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Sunday panned calls to “defund” police departments spurred by unrest in the wake of George Floyd’s death, pointing to looting that ravaged the Big Apple last week. “You have New York City, that is still reeling from the COVID virus, and now you have this night of looting, that I’m telling...
Mayor Bill de Blasio on Sunday ripped cops for not wearing face masks while controlling the tens of thousands at George Floyd protests amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. “We’ve seen too many officers who just have [masks] off, and it’s painful to people because it feels like they’re flouting the rules,” he said during a...
Black Lives Matter protestors in England toppled a bronze statue of a notorious slave trader Sunday and dragged it into the Bristol harbor amid cheers, according to reports. The statue of Edward Colston, a prominent 17th Century slave trader, which had stood near Floating Harbor since 1895, was pulled down by protestors with ropes, then...
Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Sunday that the state will open 15 coronavirus testing centers solely for protesters — urging marchers to “act responsibly and get a test” amid concerns that the large anti-police-brutality rallies sweeping New York City are spreading the deadly contagion. With the Big Apple finally set to begin re-opening under Phase One...
Attorney General William Barr said there was wide agreement inside the Trump administration that active-duty troops should only be used in American cities to control national protests as a “last resort.” “The decision was made to have at the ready and on hand in the vicinity some regular troops. But everyone agreed that the use...
