Gloucester may be the luckiest black cat alive. The 16-year-old cat survived a breathtaking 20-story plunge from an Upper West Side apartment window with barely a scratch. "He didn't even chip a tooth or break a bone," his thankful... Read Full Story
A reality-TV star wannabe was briefly a real wanted woman after failing to show up in court yesterday. Rashidah Ali, who's had bit parts on "Basketball Wives" and "Real Housewives of Atlanta," had a warrant issued for her arrest...
A sticky-fingered nanny swiped $125,000 in a check scam from her Upper West Side employer, authorities said. Marta Baran, 34, who worked for five years for...
The struggling actor who trashed the lobby of the Ed Sullivan Theater was so drunk that he has no memory of his rampage, his lawyer said yesterday. Pint-size perp James Whittemore, 22, kept his lips zipped but became misty eyed at...
The rabbi of a century-old Upper East Side synagogue gutted by a fierce, fast-moving fire vowed to rebuild the historic, five-story structure today — as authorities said the cause of the blaze "does not appear to be suspicious."...
A yellow cab struck a female pedestrian near City Hall this afternoon sending the victim flying into the air, witnesses and cops said. The woman was crossing...
The historic Upper East Side synagogue where Ivanka Trump studied before converting to Judaism was ravaged by fire last night. Flames broke out on the top floor and roof of the four-story Congregation Kehilath Jeshurun Synagogue...
The World Trade Center's 9/11 Memorial opened its online box office for ticket reservations yesterday and wound up deluged with more than 24,000 requests by the evening -- so many that the Web site wasn't able to handle all the demand...
A Manhattan socialite charged with swiping an $11,000 fur scarf wants a sweet deal that would keep her out of jail -- and end with charges being dismissed if she keeps her sticky fingers clean, her lawyer said yesterday. But the...
As a pastry chef at the Oak Room, Melissa Rodriguez says she was "canned" at least once a day. Executive Chef Eric Hara "would literally pick me up and throw me in the garbage can -- just because he thought it was funny," said...
A Metro-North train with hundreds of passengers aboard derailed minutes after leaving Grand Central Terminal during yesterday's evening rush hour -- leaving dozens stuck in a stifling-hot car for more than an hour. Several people...
A Manhattan record-company executive ripped off his employer to the tune of $700,000 by spinning tales about a phony business and submitting bogus invoices to...
Firefighters battled a four alarm fire at a synagogue in Manhattan that covered much of the Upper East Side in smoke. About 170 firefighters responded to the blaze which began at about 8:30 p.m. Monday at Congregation Kehilath...
Dominique Strauss-Kahn’s New York court date is being postponed to August, and his lawyers say they hope his next appearance will be the last of the sexual assault case. Prosecutors and defense lawyers said Monday that the July 18...
New video has emerged of the boozed-up wannabe Broadway actor kicking his way into the famed Ed Sullivan Theater and thrashing the studio lobby. In the video, a man is seen kicking at the theater's outside doors. Once inside, he...
PARIS -- Former IMF boss Dominique Strauss-Kahn has filed a lawsuit for defamation against a young French writer who accused him of trying to rape her in 2003, his lawyer said Monday. "It was filed, as we had announced, as soon as we...
Talk about a "rogues" gallery. Two Manhattan art dealers -- including the former longtime president of the prestigious Knoedler Gallery -- have been...
A convicted child rapist who is the target of a landmark federal housing lawsuit claiming he tried to shake down female tenants for sex while working as an...
It's the food snobs vs. the working stiffs! In a move that would give Ralph Kramden heartburn, a ritzy Midtown hotel wants the city to move a bus stop 80...
A Parks Department worker with a lengthy rap sheet -- including an arrest in connection to a murder -- was busted for groping a female co-worker while exposing...
A former Navy diver whose love of the Pacific helped spawn a hip TriBeCa boutique died after falling from a Manhattan rooftop early yesterday, and police are...
The long-shuttered Rainbow Room is getting spruced up for a reincarnation. Renovations have begun inside the legendary nightclub -- dormant for two years -- on the 65th floor of 30 Rockefeller Center, The Post has learned....
Let the spin begin. One of France's top consultants was flying to New York yesterday to meet with old friend, former client and shamed ex-IMF honcho...
In Molly's game, she stacked the deck with Hollywood kings. It was the late 2000s in LA, and Molly's was the exclusive world of high-stakes poker for A-list celebrities and men with money. Carefully selected groups of eight...
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Brian Lissak’s summer plans didn’t include playing AAU basketball. His college plans didn’t include competing on a higher level than Division III....
READING, Pa. – At a time when upheaval surrounds him, Melvin Johnson is playing the best basketball of his life at the most important time of his young career. Rice High School, his home for three years, closed its doors for good June 31; he...
READING, Pa. – Dwayne Mitchell had options in picking his team for Hoop Group Elite Session I. He could’ve gone big or went after highly rated prospects. Instead, the former Rice coach and New York Gauchos coach chose familiarity, picking Tyler...
Kareem Canty isn’t in a rush to pick a school after all. After a lengthy meeting with Long Island Lightning director Dana Dingle, the 6-foot-1 Harlem...
Jeremy Hazell is completely healthy. It’s something he hasn’t been recently. Former Seton Hall star spent last season battling injury and even a gunshot wound, while trying to be the Pirates leader. Hazell, a 6-foot-5 shooting guard, broke a bone...
Manhattan's postseason success began and ended in Washington Heights. Nothing new there. Despite losing legendary coach Steve Mandl to alleged illegal recruiting, the Trojans won their third city title, topping defending champion Tottenville, 6-4,...
At this time last year, Kareem Canty was just starting to make a name for himself. After a solid AAU spring season, he began to draw interest from low-to-mid-major Division I programs and after flying under the radar at Bishop Loughlin, he was...
George Washington had several sources of motivation in last Saturday’s PSAL Class A championship game. There was suspended coach Steve Mandl sitting front row at MCU Park in Coney Island, a symbol of the Trojans’ inspiration. There was the...
Quinton Vega didn’t see high school team tennis in his future before attending Beacon. The area’s best prospects rarely play team tennis and it would cut into his training time. His mind abruptly changed upon arriving at the Upper West Side school...
In a world where sixth and seventh graders are being ranked by recruiting services and an eighth grader’s recruitment to a high school feels like a college process, Ashley Gomez took a much more modest path. She came into Murry Bergtraum three...
It was a banner year for Manhattan softball. Typically not one of the city’s power boroughs in the sport, Manhattan had three teams advance to the PSAL Class A second round – Environmental Studies, LaGuardia and Manhattan Center, which upset...
Amid boisterous chants of “32” – his jersey number – surrounded by his joyous players and assistant coaches and with tears in his eyes, Steve Mandl was finally at peace. The legendary George Washington baseball coach, suspended for alleged illegal...
Off the bat, Michael Sullivan was thinking double. He put his head down and sprinted for first base. As he made the turn around the bag, the George Washington fans along the first-base line erupted. The Trojans, suddenly full of life, came sprinting...
Nick Carbone can’t go to Disney Land quite yet. Before planning any ticker-tape parades or vacations, the George Washington interim coach has a...
This week should’ve been positive, about the showdown for the PSAL Class A city championship between forever powers Tottenville and George Washington. I touched on those subjects – from Tottenville ace Michael Sullivan and his scoreless postseason...
PSAL baseball beat writer, Zach Braziller, breaks down Saturday’s Class A championship game between George Washington and Tottenville at MCU Park in Coney Island. To follow The Post’s interactive live blog, click here. SCHEDULE 4 p.m. – No. 1...
Morgan Phillips is an atypical prospect. He attends Frederick Douglass Academy, a small Harlem school better known for its academics and which has had a baseball program for less than a decade. He hardly put up gaudy numbers in the PSAL, batting...
PSAL baseball beat writer Zach Braziller breaks down the top-seeded George Washington Trojans in advance of Saturday’s Class A championship game at MCU Park in Coney Island. George Washington Nickname: Trojans Head coach: Nick Carbone...
The seemingly never-ending saga of suspended George Washington baseball coach Steve Mandl’s fight to get back on the field has reached its breaking...
It was a city championship, but really it meant so much more for Regis and coach Alex Chan. The Raiders boys volleyball team defeated Iona Prep, 3-1,...
The good news for Xavier is that the Knights were getting runner after runner on base against All Hallows stud pitcher James Norwood. It was a far cry from the regular season when they saw the St. Louis-bound ace – Norwood no-hit them. The bad news...
Nick DiLeo has forged a reputation as one of the CHSAA’s best postseason pitchers and he proved why again Sunday afternoon, helping lift Xavier to a 3-2 win against Archbishop Molloy in the CHSAA Class AA baseball tournament at Iona Prep. The...
Bayard Faithfull never faulted Quinton Vega for missing last year’s Mayor’s Cup, the end-of-year tournament featuring the best Catholic, public and private-school teams in the city. Vega was playing in a USTA sectional tournament that was important...
The only visual reminder of Steve Mandl, the legendary George Washington baseball coach suspended for alleged illegal recruiting, at MCU Park in Coney Island was his white No. 32 jersey hanging in the Trojans dugout. But he was everywhere to his...
Nick Carbone compared Jariel Cedeno’s fighting spirit on the mound to that of a bulldog, which is ironic considering the George Washington senior right-hander is built like one – short and stocky. He’s heard about his weight often over the years,...
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