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December 31, 2020

De Blasio calls NYC bike attack on SUV 'absolutely unacceptable,' says there will be 'consequences'

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio on Thursday said that an attack by a group of cyclists on an SUV in broad daylight was "absolutely unacceptable" and warned that there would be consequences for the perpetrators of the attack.

December 31, 2020

Upstate NY restaurants sue to reopen indoor dining: 'It’s all about equality'

Upstate New York restaurant owner Paul Santora said Thursday he is suing Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo regarding the indoor dining ban amid the coronavirus pandemic because "for us, it’s all about equality in being open."

December 31, 2020

Howard Rubenstein, publicist and NYC elite power broker, dead at 88

Howard J. Rubenstein, New York’s most influential public relations guru of the past half-century, died on Tuesday in his Manhattan home at 88.

December 30, 2020

Group of NYC teens block traffic, attack SUV in broad daylight

The 36-year-old driver -- who wasn't identified -- told police he had stopped at an intersection in the area to allow a large group of bicyclists to pass.

December 30, 2020

NYC ends 2020 with 41% spike in homicides

Heralded as the safest big city in America in recent years, New York City is closing out its bloodiest year in nearly a decade.

December 30, 2020

Dozens of coronavirus summonses against NYC bar patrons dropped, liquor license remains revoked amidst closure

An attorney for a Staten Island bar owner arrested on violations of the state's coronavirus dining restrictions said at least 20 summonses against patrons earlier this month have been dropped.

December 30, 2020

NYPD fatally shot man, 18, who charged at them with a machete: report

Police shot and killed an 18-year-old man who charged at them while wielding a machete in Brooklyn on Tuesday night — after he nearly chopped off a woman’s thumb, sources told The Post

December 29, 2020

Democratic New York official allegedly filmed playing hockey after his health department closed ice rink

The Democratic executive said he skated alone, but video appears to show him playing with several others.

December 29, 2020

Cuomo threatens to hold those who got coronavirus vaccine out of turn criminally liable

As the second wave of coronavirus sweeps New York, the state's governor has threatened legal action not only against a Brooklyn-based network of medical clinics that allegedly distributed the Moderna coronavirus vaccine out of sequence with state guidelines but those who received the first shot before their eligibility.

December 29, 2020

NYC chef-curated grocery boxes driving profit to the virus-pummeled restaurant industry

With a strong passion for food coupled with a desire to help an industry reeling from coronavirus restrictions, Phil Toronto and his "ragtag group, essentially kind of like the Power Rangers" are delivering grocery boxes curated by New York City chefs to homebound consumers all throughout the five boroughs.