May 17, 2015
The chaos of a de Blasio presidency
I see a future of sky-high taxes and very tall ceilings. Of a chicken in every pot and a pot plant in every planter. Wall Street fat cats would be...
State Comptroller may run against Cuomo for governor
State Comptroller Tom DiNapoli is joining a growing field of potential Democratic candidates for governor in 2018, whether or not Andrew Cuomo seeks a third term, The Post has learned....
Embrace the great outdoors with these fishing magazines
Mary Lee may have skedaddled from our shores, but like any good Terminator — great white shark or otherwise — she’ll be back. What better time, then, to catch up...
Dinner and a show at Sushi Roxx
Dinner is almost a sideshow at Sushi Roxx, where waitstaff morph into singers, and dancers perform numbers choreographed by former Pussycat Dolls star Asia Nitollano. The 3,300 square-foot space, located...
Hondo fishing for Marlin
Shelby had it in high gear for the Braves on Sunday, doing a number on the Fish that enabled Hondo to reduce his NRN (nasty red number) to 710 conines....
Sports' us-vs.-them dynamic shields everyone from reality
Ever get the feeling that Roger Goodell might have found the notion of being NFL commissioner more appealing than the reality? Judging from his intermittent sense of right-from-wrong, and his...
Extreme athlete dies in BASE jumping accident
Extreme athlete Dean Potter was one of two people killed while attempting a wingsuit flight in Yosemite National Park on Sunday.
Okafor or Towns? Grant Hill bucks the trend on No. 1 pick
Grant Hill admitted he could be biased with his Duke connection, but if he were Phil Jackson and had the first pick in next month’s NBA draft, he’d take center...
Wonderful cast makes it worth knowing ‘What I Did Last Summer’
The Valuable Lesson play tends be predictable: Somebody somehow ends up learning a heartwarming thing or two about life and one’ s self. This is exactly what happens in “What...
Sloppy Chase Headley puzzles Yanks with wild arm
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Yankees didn’t hit, pitched worse and continued to field poorly on Sunday. Predictably a 6-0 loss to the Royals followed. Perhaps you can cross off...
Seton Hall lands first openly gay D-I hoops player
Seton Hall replaced Sterling Gibbs Sunday afternoon with UMass graduate transfer Derrick Gordon, the first openly gay men’s basketball player. The Plainfield, N.J., native, who played for powerhouse St. Patrick...
Matt Harvey will face major test in nemesis Cardinals
There are only two teams in the National League with a better record than the Mets. They host one of them Monday — the 25-12 NL Central-leading Cardinals — and...
Teixeira's new toe issue could open door for A-Rod
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Mark Teixeira left Sunday’s 6-0 loss to the Royals in the top of the seventh inning due to pain in his right big toe after he...
Rangers, Anton Stralman don't quite agree on reasons for split
Fresh off a trip to the Stanley Cup final, Rangers coach Alain Vigneault called up longtime friend Rick Bowness — an assistant coach with the Tampa Bay Lightning — to...
Chris Capuano's return shows why he could be a $5 million mistake
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Yankees asked Chris Capuano to prop up a limp lineup that looks as if it’s swinging bats underwater. In his first start of the season...
Syndergaard gives Mets easy and hard answer: Gee to pen
The game is hard. Running the game can be hard. Which made what went down Sunday at Citi Field, along with its potential consequences, seem quite easy. Noah Syndergaard’s first...
Brewers wowed by Syndergaard: 'How can a guy like that get traded?'
The large crowd went silent for several moments. Noah Syndergaard nervously paced around the mound. And Carlos Gomez lay motionless, only his right leg shaking, after getting hit in the...
Rangers give familiar refrain with more potent Lightning expected
This is how they got here this year, the same way they got here last year. This is how the Rangers know how to win. So don’t think it was...
Straphangers protest to rid 'subway horrors'
About 15 angry straphangers whose subway horror stories are part of a new book gathered in front of Gov. Cuomo’s office in Manhattan on Sunday to call for more state...
Billboard Music Awards red carpet arrivals
Taylor Swift, Jennifer Lopez and more rock the red carpet at the 2015 Billboard Music Awards.
Tappan Zee mystery: Cuomo still won't say who's paying for new bridge
The Cuomo administration has thrown in the towel on getting the feds to OK a dubious environmental loan the governor tried to use for the new Tappan Zee Bridge. That’s...
Boost city funding for New York's public libraries
No one in politics is against public libraries — yet somehow, New York City has cut funding for them by nearly a fifth over the past decade. Funds slashed in...
Why US allies no longer buy Obama's promises
Arab leaders seemed less than impressed with President Obama’s pledge of an “ironclad commitment to the security of our Gulf partners.” Understandable: They’ve already seen many other of his other...
Hereditary martyrs: the Christian victims of ISIS's massacres
Woody Allen once joked that sterility is hereditary: If you don’t have any children, you won’t have grandchildren either. In my family, we pass down a different condition: martyrdom. My...
It's time to give Israel the means to take out Iranian nukes
The negotiations over Iran’s nuclear program have engendered furious debate in Washington and in capitals across the world. But there are steps outside of the nuclear talks that President Obama...
Uncle Sam's new junk food science
Fear-mongering and pseudo-science can be a toxic combination — all the more so when the government engages in it. And that’s exactly what’s happening to food across the country. Last...
De Blasio road trip missed chance to learn truth of NYC's success
Mayor Bill de Blasio spent the past month hopscotching the country to teach the rubes how to be progressive. One place he didn’t stop was Chicago. The Windy City would’ve...
Nine dead in gruesome biker shootout, 170 arrested
WACO, Texas — Police were on alert Monday for any retaliatory attacks after a chaotic shootout between rival biker gangs left nine people dead and at least 18 more wounded...
Ex-Jet 'coming for' LL Cool J's job on 'NCIS'
Well, LL Cool J can't say he was blindsided. Kerry Rhodes, who patrolled the Jets' secondary as a safety from 2005-09, has kicked off his acting career, recently starring in...
Syndergaard mows down Brewers in exhilarating home debut
Thor brought the hammer and the lightning fastball. The Mets’ bats threw in some thunder. And by the time their 5-1 win over Milwaukee was over, their recent skid seemed...
Cop arrested after smashing snooping wife's phone: sources
An NYPD inspector was busted after he got into a scuffle with his wife, sources said Sunday. The drama started Friday evening when Barry Buzzetti, who works as an inspector...
Liberty still 'concerned' having harrasser Isiah as boss
Liberty forward Swin Cash, vice president of the WNBA’s union, admitted at Sunday’s first day of practice the players have had “questions’’ and “concerns’’ over the Isiah Thomas hiring. She...
Brave loses no-hit bid with 2 outs in 9th in heartbreaker
MIAMI — Justin Bour singled with two outs in the ninth inning, ending a no-hit bid by the Braves' Shelby Miller on Sunday. Bour singled sharply up the middle against...
The Rangers' undeniable, indispensable advantage over everyone
The Rangers haven't won anything yet, haven't won anything in 21 years. Their DNA screams out from the top of the Empire State Building that they know that, understand that...
ISIS seizes control of city less than 100 miles from Baghdad
The Islamic State group claimed Sunday to hold the entire Iraqi city of Ramadi after security forces fled following a series of suicide car bomb attacks.
The 10 'Mad Men' moments we'll never forget
As we prepare to say farewell to "Mad Men," take a look back at some of the show's most memorable moments.
How undrafted, reliable Dan Girardi saved Rangers' failed draft
The 2003 Entry Draft is the one in which the Rangers chose Hugh Jessiman with the 12th pick of the first round when Ryan Getzlaf, Zach Parise, Dustin Brown, Corey...
Conspiracy deepens as suspected pro-Putin assassin flees Russia
A suspect in the February murder of Russian opposition leader Boris Nemtsov has been allowed to escape the country before prosecutors could question him. Ruslan Geremeyev, a Chechen law-enforcement officer...
Ohio State star takes urinal shot at Michigan
The No. 1 team takes jabs at its rival even while going number one. Ezekiel Elliott, who led Ohio State to a national title last season with a ridiculous 246-rushing-yard game against Oregon,...
Neighbors hate this dog so much they're leaving mean notes -- and traps
They don’t love Lucy! Residents of a Queens co-op are battling a 10-month-old basset hound named Lucy in a bizarre dogfight that includes nasty notes, suspicious liquids and “booby traps”...
RadioShack isn't safe from bankruptcy
According to a hedge-fund manager last week, one of the most controversial — and complicated — financial engineering practices related to the bankruptcies of companies like RadioShack isn’t in danger...
Citi Bike is putting your head at risk
Citi Bike planners didn’t use their noggins when it comes to helmet policy, a new study charges. Out of nearly 5,000 Citi Bike riders, 89 percent failed to wear helmets...
Saudi Arabia to buy nuclear bombs from Pakistan: report
Saudi Arabia will join the nuclear club by buying “off the shelf” atomic weapons from Pakistan, US officials told a London newspaper. The Saudis — who financed much of Pakistan’s...
Teacher accused of pulling knife on students just returned from 14-year suspension
A social-studies teacher suspended for 14 years for refusing to take a psychiatric test finally relented and returned to the classroom — only to pull out a foot-long knife on...
Gramercy Park woman sues neighbors over their rowdy kids
A Manhattan woman claims her life has been upended by the rough-and-tumble kids in the apartment above her. The cacophony in Judith Beauchamp’s Gramercy Park pad usually begins at 7...
Mozart, mood lights may be the key to better chicken nuggets
In barns filled with classical music and lighting that changes to match the hues outside, rows of chickens are fed a diet rich in probiotics, a regimen designed to remove...
Hacker made a plane fly sideways from his seat
This is scarier than any movie they’ll show on your flight. A Colorado computer hacker told the FBI that he briefly made an airliner fly sideways by hacking its computer...
How a drink for babies became the adult hangover cure of choice
Pedialyte, that perennially popular oral electrolyte for ailing kids, has a new target consumer in mind. Adult usage of the brand, owned by Similac formula parent Abbott Laboratories, has grown...
Rain delay prompts most epic rock-paper-scissors match ever
https://twitter.com/CajunsBaseball/status/599395578817183745 The Louisiana-Lafayette celebration erupted suddenly, as if the team had just spontaneously won the championship. It flowed naturally -- hand over fist, really. The Ragin' Cajuns, passing the time during a...
Pope Francis calls Palestinian leader an 'angel of peace'
VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis praised Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas as an "angel of peace" during a meeting Saturday at the Vatican that underscored the Holy See's warm relations with...
Child on life support after being struck by falling brick
A 2-year-old girl suffered a devastating brain injury and is on life support after a building’s dilapidated brick window ledge fell and struck her while she was in her grandmother’s...
Putin scores 8 goals vs. ex-NHLers in totally legitimate game
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F49oV7Ap2Ig MOSCOW — Russian President Vladimir Putin played in an exhibition hockey game and scored one goal after another on assists from retired NHL players. Putin's team won 18 to...
Con man who once 'bought' Islanders on trial for new scam
CLEVELAND -- The man who once tried to buy an NHL franchise with loads of chutzpah and not much else could face a return to the judicial penalty box if...
New state Senate leader didn't disclose pal's loan for years
The new leader of the state Senate received a no-interest loan from a pal and failed to disclose it for years. Sen. John Flanagan forgot about the loan for nearly...
Human Barbie admits pictures are Photoshopped
Human Barbie Valeria Lukyanova admitted to Cosmopolitan.com that some recent snaps that she posted on Facebook are indeed Photoshopped. “My best friend [took the pictures]. The pictures are Photoshopped to achieve...
Blind pole vaulter fulfills dream, medals at state championship
AUSTIN, Texas — For three years, Charlotte Brown has been chasing a medal by trying to jump over a bar she couldn't see. The senior pole vaulter cleared that bar...
Student dies in fall from roof day before graduation
A 21-year-old graduating senior at the University of Notre Dame died early on Saturday after falling from the roof of the school's sports arena in South Bend, Indiana, the university...
Beer leagues booting high-school baseball teams mid-inning
The city is letting beer leagues boot high-school baseball players from public diamonds in Central Park — often in the middle of an inning, frustrated parents and players told The...
Jay Z taps the past to help save Tidal’s future
“Don’t ever go with the flow, be the flow.” It’s always been the mantra of Jay Z’s career and on Saturday night, Hova put it into practice again as he...
Catholic priest: I was fired for supporting LGBT community
The Newark Archdiocese allegedly fired a Seton Hall University priest because of his support of gay and lesbian students. The Rev. Warren Hall, who was among the school’s visible employees...
Man taps into police radio, sends cops on wild goose chase
An anonymous prankster tapped into the police radio system late Saturday, sending cops scrambling with false reports that a fellow officer had been shot in the leg in Bushwick, Brooklyn....
Aspiring rapper gunned down in drive-by attack
An aspiring rapper was fatally shot during a drive-by attack in Queens early Sunday morning, law enforcement sources said.
Loved ones remember tech CEO who died in train crash
Loved ones bid a tearful goodbye in Manhattan Saturday to Amtrak-derailment victim Rachel Jacobs, with one telling her 2-year-old son that his mother is now a “shimmering star” above him....
Woman mowed down by taxi in Midtown
A woman was fighting for her life after a taxi struck her Saturday in a crosswalk on West 57th Street at Eighth Avenue in Midtown, police and witnesses said. Cab...
How a Swedish beauty's fedora became Rangers' lucky charm
The secret to the Rangers success this year? A tip of the hat.
Brazilian actress's affair could take down Sen. Menendez
A Brazilian actress-turned-lawyer admits she had an affair with the doctor pal of Sen. Robert Menendez, but claims she had no idea the indicted lawmaker pulled strings to get her...
While he was gone — everything de Blasio missed in New York
Welcome back from your four-day trip, Mr. Mayor. We missed you — but apparently the feeling isn’t mutual. You were too busy swooning over San Francisco, calling it “a wonderful,...
New safety regulations for Amtrak after deadly derailment
Federal regulators are cracking down on Amtrak, ordering new safety measures along its busy Northeast Corridor tracks in the wake of last week’s fatal derailment. “We are continuing to work...
De Blasio thinks he's above fixing NYC's problems
Bill de Blasio is one transcendent guy. “We believed it would be transcendent to just have respectful dialogue, to have management respect labor, labor respect management,” he said last December...
Meet the angry mom who took down the king of revenge porn
They are the words no mother wants to hear her child say: “Something horrible happened, Mom.” “Of course, as a mom, the first thing you think of is ‘car accident,’...
Thank you schools for holding the hem line on racy prom dresses
“We had a Russian prostitute problem.” That’s how a friend of mine recently described the attire of the girls attending bar mitzvahs at her Westchester synagogue. Despite repeated entreaties to...
A woman's struggle living with a lemon-sized hole in her brain
Until she was 26 years old, Cole Cohen had no idea why she couldn’t tell time, learn how to drive, cross a street on her own, or know how long...
Hillary's closest adviser is hiding the truth of her emails
If Congress really wants to get to the bottom of Hillary Clinton’s missing Benghazi and pay-to-play emails, it should call her consigliere Cheryl D. Mills to testify — under oath,...
Firefighters fear colleague who routinely flees fires
He’s a firefighter in name only. Michael D. Johnson won’t fight fires. Instead, he stays on the sidelines as his Engine Company 257 colleagues rush into burning buildings, FDNY insiders...
How Reagan used religious freedom to reshape Russia
Historian H.W. Brands new book “Reagan: The Life” offers an inside look at the most pivotal moments in the 40th president’s life. In this excerpt, he reveals a private conservation...
The godfather of ganja comes from a legendary Mafia family
During Prohibition, it was booze. Then gambling, racketeering and cocaine. But today, the New York mob makes big money from an unlikely product — marijuana. And the godfather of ganja...
Media and tech companies hiring bankers left and right
The financial sector ain’t what it used to be. Or so it would seem, judging by the number of media and tech outfits drafting CFOs from the dealmakers on the...
Dalai Lama wants to be reincarnated as a mischievous blond woman
The Dalai Lama could be reincarnated as a blond woman in his next life, he quipped in a recent interview from his home. But not just any blonde. She should...
The Lynyrd Skynyrd song that helped Jacob deGrom regain his mojo
Start with the intro music. Jacob deGrom prefers “Simple Man’’ by Lynyrd Skynyrd when he takes the mound and goes to the plate. That is his personal anthem. The Simple...
Consider short-term bond funds before big-time investments
Many banks are living large on savers, who out of fear park cash in the banks and get almost nothing in return. Say you have some $30,000 in your JPMorgan...
A-Rod almost equal to Babe Ruth in one offensive category
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Home runs are more sexy than RBIs, but Alex Rodriguez is closing in on the biggest name in baseball history when it comes to the latter....
The 529 plan — a secret to making college more affordable
What millions of Americans don’t know about college-education funding could hurt their children’s access to higher education. That’s one takeaway to be found in a new survey by the Edward...
Student loans affect the whole family — not just students
Bright-eyed college-bound students who made their choice of schools on May 1 wouldn’t dream of dragging Mom, Dad and Grandma along to the dorm for four years. But in an...
Syracuse, New York bouncing back
Upstate Syracuse is emerging as the new Bangalore for corporate America looking to bring operations back home. Home to an industrial wasteland and low-wage economy, Syracuse’s plight may be the...
How Terry Collins' grand scheme jump-started struggling Flores
No matter how stoic Wilmer Flores seems, no matter how laconic he sounds, Mets manager Terry Collins knew he had to be pressing. Between a batting average that was middling...
Nelson Peltz loses proxy battle with DuPont
Legendary shareholder activist Nelson Peltz this week lost — for the first time — a proxy fight that went all the way to a shareholder vote when DuPont equity investors...
'Lip Sync Battle' brings in big numbers for Spike
Viacom has been scratching its head over how to explain to ad buyers its viewer declines among youngsters , given kids’ usual enthusiasm for its small-screen offerings. But there are...
89 percent of minimum wage earners are now older than 20
What the hell is going on here? Meet this economy’s new typical minimum-wage worker: She’s 36 years old, working full time with a child and is the breadwinner in the...
Dear John: Flying by seat of your pants
Dear John: I’m hoping you can help me — the little guy — versus Delta Air Lines. They gave me an awful seat for an almost six-hour flight to Denver...
Tanaka primed for next step in recovery from latest arm woes
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Yankees’ starting rotation is getting healthier one small step after another. Now the question begging for an answer is this: Is it better? Chris Capuano,...
Rare good night for the Mets' much-maligned defense
The starter goes six, gets six strikeouts and yields just one run. The offense awakens with a monstrous roar and ties the most runs scored at the home park through...
Hondo riding Shelby
Firing Line went nowhere fast in the Preakness on Saturday, which was costly to Hondo, but the Nats ran roughshod on the Padres, so the accounts payable dropped to 775...
Al Sharpton’s daughter sues city for $5M after spraining ankle
She learned at the feet of a master. Shakedown artist Al Sharpton’s eldest child wants $5 million from city taxpayers after she fell in the street and sprained her ankle,...
Daily Blotter
Brooklyn Investigators released surveillance images of three suspects in the knifepoint robbery of a fellow teenager at a Crown Heights subway station. The trio cornered the 16-year-old victim at the...
Mama Pope from 'Scandal' brings ruthlessness to 'Bessie'
Somebody over at HBO let Mama Pope from “Scandal” sneak into Bessie Smith’s house. In “Bessie,” HBO’s biopic of jazz legend Bessie Smith, we see Bessie’s (Queen Latifah) painful and...
Sail into spring with these 7 nautical shirts
Nice piece of tail The illusion of a button-down shirt beneath — it’s actually just the bottom! — adds an extra layer of chic. Treasure chest A jeweled neckline totally...