November 8, 2015
Fannie change would boost affordable housing and feather hedge beds: report
A former Bill Clinton adviser and a Brookings Institute fellow said in a report being released Monday that the US should recapitalize mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, and...
Giants dealt major blow as best run stuffer likely done for year
TAMPA — The Giants gained a defensive lineman on Sunday with the return of Jason Pierre-Paul, but suffered a devastating loss in their 32-18 victory over the Buccaneers when defensive...
Odell Beckham's least splashy play was also his most vital
TAMPA — This was substance, not style. This was who wanted the ball more. This was Odell Beckham Jr. refusing to let another victory slip away. Beckham’s 9-yard catch late...
What could keep Yankees away from second-tier pitchers
BOCA RATON, Fla. — Past tends to be prologue for Hal Steinbrenner’s Yankees, and as Brian Cashman and his crew report to the general managers’ meetings Monday for the ceremonial...
Twitter's Jack Dorsey set to pitch Square's IPO
Jack Dorsey is looking to take Square public before Thanksgiving — and employees and investors alike are hoping this deal won’t be a turkey. The 38-year-old NYU dropout — who...
Nets can exhale as Brook Lopez avoids dreaded foot injury
The Nets got their first win of the season Sunday. No, it didn’t come on the court or count in the standings because the team was off following losses at...
Mugger shot after trying to rob plainclothes cop
A man was shot by police in Brooklyn on Sunday night — after he tried to mug a plainclothes detective. The 20-year-old man, identified as Altron Atwater, pulled a realistic-looking...
The unknown Cowboys castoff who saved Giants' day
TAMPA — Injuries have taken such a toll on the Giants, they had to resort to their third-string middle linebacker for a second straight week. Cue the danger signals, especially...
Want less corruption? Free the markets
Former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver could go to prison for decades on corruption charges — which you’d think puts a damper on his political prospects. But if he lives a...
Why America makes it hard for immigrants to assimilate
Multiculturalism, meet ISIS. In the latest issue of New York magazine, in an article titled “ISIS at the Gyro King,” Mark Jacobson tracks the rise of the Uzbek community in...
With 2 plays, explosive JPP shows he can be what Giants need
TAMPA — For a while, it looked like Jason Pierre-Paul’s return was destined to be a dud. And then, when the beleaguered Giants’ defense needed someone to show them how...
Devils making overtime their time to shine after struggles
The Devils lost 32 overtime games over the past two seasons, more than any other team in the Eastern Conference. Things have gone a little better this season. Kyle Palmieri...
If this was it, Kobe Bryant's MSG send-off was a beauty
It wasn't officially a farewell send-off, though it certainly felt like one. Kobe Bryant wore his purple-and-gold uniform in the Garden for the first time since 2012 and just about...
The hits and (many) free-agent misses of Alderson's Mets tenure
BOCA RATON, Fla. — It’s not the General Managers’ meetings if the Mets aren’t searching for one or two bats and bullpen help. In a perfect world, general manager Sandy...
Delusional de Blasio is bringing NYC back to the 1940s
Smokestack lovers, rejoice — 1940s New York City is coming back! Thanks to Mayor Bill de Blasio and a bunch of City Council members, who excitedly announced an “Action Plan...
The five stages of a grieving Mets fan
Sorry, fellow Mets fans: After a week, the numbness may be wearing off from that heartbreaking World Series loss to the Royals — but we’re only at the beginning of...
Nick Mangold refuses to accept he likely won't play Thursday
Center Nick Mangold started the game, but could not finish it. Mangold, who missed last week’s game due to a neck injury, played the first four Jets series before being...
Why a goaltending coach is the Rangers' most valuable piece
Regarding the Rangers, who started winning consistently when the calendar flipped to 2014 and have not stopped, going 10-2-2 this season to equal the franchise’s fastest 14-game getaway while posting...
Jets' stunning INT leader saves Jets after killing them
Marcus Williams only needed one week to go from Jets goat to Jets hero. Proving he has the short memory necessary for any good defensive back, Williams shook off a...
Jets may have found the QB nightmare they've searched for
Maybe this is the pass rusher Gang Green are looking for. The last time the collective eyes of Jets Nation were on Lorenzo Mauldin, he was unconscious, facedown on the...
The hectic -- and successful -- day of Jets' punter-turned-kicker
Ryan Quigley barely had time to gulp Sunday before being thrown into the fire. The Jets punter learned just before the opening kickoff he would be handling all the kicking...
Giants report card: The 2 unsung heroes of crucial win
Offense Kind of sluggish, with stops and starts, and there should have been more than two touchdowns. Eli Manning (26 of 40, 213 yards) tossed TD passes to Rueben Randle...
Ryan Fitzpatrick's surgery may come this week: report
Jets quarterback Ryan Fitzpatrick admits he’ll need surgery on his injured thumb, and reportedly could have it as soon as Friday. Fitzpatrick suffered a torn ligament in his left thumb...
Williamsburg is going to start smelling like cookies
Got a sweet tooth? The chances are good Schmackary has just the cookie to satisfy it. The Hell’s Kitchen bakery owned by Zachary Schmahl — which offers more than 45...
Here's tips on how to reinvent your Thanksgiving turkey
Thanksgiving is the time for cooking magazines to shine — showing us new ways to tweak the traditional American feast, honing the old ways and occasionally reminding us that the...
Todd Bowles' Jets ignoring troubling truth about dreary win
Survive and advance is about the best thing you can say about Jets 28, Jaguars 23 Sunday at MetLife Stadium. The Jets are what their record says they are, which...
Labor pains for NYC's new Mrs. Green's store
https://twitter.com/mrsgreensmarket/status/661203976407355392 It’s not easy being Mrs. Green’s. Just a few weeks after opening a new outpost in the West Village, the upscale, organic grocer has managed to put off its...
Lineup tweaks can't lift Islanders out of offensive doldrums
These are good times to be a goalie facing the Islanders. After another game in which the Isles failed to score more than two goals and lost for the fifth...
New teeth for New York's ethics watchmouse
Good-government groups hail it as a major step forward, but the reforms offered in a 307-page report on the state’s ethics “watchdog” amount to little more than lipstick on a...
How will the new Bronx DA start fighting corruption?
In a victory speech last week, newly elected Bronx DA Darcel Clark pledged, “We will aggressively pursue public corruption.” Do tell. Clark, of course, “won” the office via perfectly legal...
Jason Pierre-Paul revs up Giants in hope-inspiring win
TAMPA — Two tackles. Two quarterback hits. No sacks. One relieved, and happy, Jason Pierre-Paul. It added up to a return that has the still-in-first-place Giants feeling as if the...
Whitewashing Hillary — step one in shutting down the FBI's probe
Well, whaddya know? Maybe those Hillary Clinton emails didn’t include top-secret information after all. At least, that’s the conclusion reportedly drawn by Director of National Intelligence James Clapper’s office —...
Cabbie who mowed down grandmother was working 16-hour shift
A 73-year-old cabbie working the end of a 16-hour shift — four hours more than what is legal — mowed over an 88-year-old great-grandmother on the Upper West Side on...
'F--king horrible': Fisher erupts as Knicks escape Kobe's possible farewell
Knicks coach Derek Fisher was long gone by the time the Knicks stopped Kobe Bryant from any more Garden glory and survived a 99-95 nail-biter against the Lakers and their...
Jets report card: Vaunted defense getting ugly
Offense The running game was absent again, as the Jets ran for just 29 yards. RB Chris Ivory (23 rushes, 26 yards, 2 TDs) could not find any room to...
Red Bulls break through, clinch spot in Eastern finals
It took until stoppage time, but the Red Bulls locked up a spot in the Eastern Conference finals, defeating D.C. United 1-0 on Sunday — 2-0 in the aggregate —...
Ben Carson says brother 'not interested' in vouching for his past
WASHINGTON -- Dr. Ben Carson on Sunday continued to blast those scrutinizing his past, refusing to offer up the one person who might help corroborate stories from his youth —...
Big spenders line up for MLB's largest arms race ever
BOCA RATON, Fla. — This projects as the offseason to address rotation shortcomings. There has arguably never been a deeper pool of free-agent starters, plus next year’s crop is essentially...
Passenger dies after car overturns on Brooklyn parkway
A 19-year-old passenger was killed after the car she was traveling in hit a guardrail and overturned on a Brooklyn parkway early Sunday. Wiktoria Filc of Staten Island died after...
Ben Roethlisberger carted off in huge blow to Steelers
PITTSBURGH — Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger left Sunday's game against the Oakland Raiders with an injured left foot. Roethlisberger was sacked by Oakland's Aldon Smith midway through the fourth...
Beaten-down Jets somehow survive Jags in tune-up for Rex
The only good thing the Jets could say after Sunday’s game with the Jaguars is they walked out of MetLife Stadium with a win. The Jets played a lackluster game,...
John Lennon's guitar sells for $2.4M at auction
John Lennon’s stolen acoustic guitar was sold for top dollar on Saturday at a California auction, fetching over $2.4 million, while a Beatles drum head went for more than $2...
Trump lifts 'SNL' ratings to best in 3 years
Donald Trump's lifted "Saturday Night Live" to its best ratings in three years. His guest hosting appearance – where he danced, played president and live tweeted snarky remarks at the...
ACL feared as Patriots' emerging star crumples in pain
https://twitter.com/ProFootballDoc/status/663450488315256836 A career that has been marked by stops and starts may come to another halt for Dion Lewis. The Patriots running back, who broke his leg with Cleveland in...
Don't ever use this pickup line on the woman with 49.5-inch legs
Many women strap on heels for a night on the town with the intention of turning heads. Holly Burt avoids them for that very reason. “It leads to nonstop questions,”...
Ben Zobrist's baby name bodes poorly for Yankees, Mets
A salute to a magical season or a signal of where he'll wind up? That's the question following free agent Ben Zobrist after he helped carry the Royals to a...
How I went from the battlefields of Iraq to 'Quantico'
In the Oct. 25 episode of the new hit ABC drama “Quantico,” the show’s FBI recruits take on undercover personas. While interrogated about her made-up back story, one character answers...
Pit bull kills 9-year-old girl on Long Island
A play date turned deadly for a 9-year-old girl on Long Island Sunday when she was attacked by a vicious pit bull whose owner even called him a “Beast!’’ on...
Christian group slams Starbucks holiday cup as 'war on Christmas'
A group of Christian evangelists gripes that Starbucks is waging a "war on Christmas'' by removing holiday images from its seasonal cup design. Instead of the usual array of decorative...
Jets lose Nick Mangold, kicker in painful Sunday start
Ryan Fitzpatrick has looked sharp with a gloved left hand shielding a torn thumb ligament. That's the good news. The bad news hurts for the Jets, who saw their stalwart kicker,...
Missouri coach tweets out support of players on strike
The verified Twitter account for Missouri football coach Gary Pinkel has posted a picture of the team and coaches locking arms. It comes a day after 32 black football players...
Lindsey Vonn shows off graphic hand after dog, Frisbee fight
Warning: The video is graphic Lindsey Vonn was bitten by the injury bug again. This time, really bitten. The star American skier needed stitches in her right thumb after trying...
'Sunlight is sacred': Group to rally against skyscrapers near Central Park
Umbrella-wielding protesters are expected to mass near Central Park on Sunday to show how skyscrapers will cast giant shadows across the urban oasis. “Sunlight over Central Park is sacred,” said...
Russell Wilson's bye week is better than yours
https://instagram.com/p/9ziWL5s7Oz/ It's 51 degrees and raining in Seattle. Russell Wilson wouldn't know that. The Seahawks quarterback and allegedly perpetually repressed boyfriend hit Mexico, TMZ reported, during Seattle's bye week, sporting...
'They picked up the wrong hitchhiker': Warrant leads cops to man eyed in 2 slayings
PHILADELPHIA — A North Carolina man suspected in a Southern crime spree that included a double slaying is dead after a warrant for a hitchhiker he and his girlfriend picked...
Skydiver falls to death after parachute gets tangled, backup fails
MADERA, Calif. — Authorities say a skydiver fell to his death at a California festival after his parachute got tangled as he tried to deploy it and his backup failed....
Black Missouri football players won't play until president is fired
COLUMBIA, Mo. — Missouri football players announced Saturday night on Twitter that they will not participate in team activities until the university president is removed from office. The statement from...
Pope breaks silence on Vatican leak scandal
VATICAN CITY — In his first public comments on the latest scandal rocking the Vatican, Pope Francis told followers in St. Peter's Square on Sunday that the theft of documents...
Jon Beason's career likely over after Giants shutdown
Tucked in with Saturday's eye-catching news the Giants were activating Jason Pierre-Paul to the 53-man roster was a housekeeping move that corresponded with Pierre-Paul’s arrival. The Giants put linebacker Jon Beason on season-ending...
Mom kills son, then herself in Arizona hospital
MESA, Ariz. — A mother of a patient at a suburban Phoenix children's hospital took her son's life before taking her own, police said. Nurses at Cardon Children's Medical Center...
Taxi driver arrested after mowing down pedestrian
A taxi driver was arrested after he fatally struck an 88-year-old great-grandmother on the Upper West Side on Sunday, capping a bloody weekend on the city’s streets. Cabbie Salifu Abubkar...
Investigators '90 percent sure' bomb brought down Russian plane
Investigators of the Russian plane crash in Egypt are "90 percent sure" the noise heard in the final second of a cockpit recording was an explosion caused by a bomb,...
The reason why hating on the Kardashians feels so good
We’ve all been there: You share a snarky comment about Kim or Kanye with a co-worker, and she shoots one back. You know you're technically being mean ... but it's...
US, allies to ramp up airstrikes against ISIS
The United States and its allies will likely ramp up airstrikes against ISIS targets in Iraq and Syria after a two-month lull, the head of US Air Forces Central Command...
Pedestrian killed by hit-and-run bus driver identified
The elderly woman fatally struck by a casino bus in Queens Thursday night has been identified. Aglaia Gouaris, 84, was crossing the busy intersection of Main Street and Kissena Boulevard...
Trump proves he can take a joke as 'SNL' host
https://youtu.be/PkLzSLkYnGc When Donald Trump first hosted “Saturday Night Live” in 2004, he was one of NBC’s newly minted stars thanks to the success of “The Apprentice.” His second hosting gig,...
School worker files lawsuit alleging principal taunted him as ‘bad Jew’
A Jewish school administrator claims in a federal lawsuit that he was “tormented” by his principal who considered him “on the wrong side of God.” David Possner, an assistant principal...
FDNY recruit finally graduates thanks to instructors' 'help'
A female FDNY recruit has graduated from the Fire Academy after her instructors fudged on her strength, agility and running requirements, insiders say. Choeurlyne Doirin-Holder, 39, never achieved a passing...
Carnegie Deli staff feels heat as restaurant's future is uncertain
Has the storied Carnegie Deli slung its last corned beef? Shuttered since the discovery of an illegal gas hookup in April, the restaurant has no reopening date. Unemployment insurance for...
Ben Carson has a painting of him with Jesus
Anyone who thought Ben Carson wasn’t being truthful when he said the person he’d most like to share a drink with is Jesus clearly has not been inside the Republican...
Subject of 'Serial' podcast gets murder case reopened
The “Serial” saga isn’t over yet.
'The most disturbing thing': Motive unclear in fatal shooting of Louisiana boy
NEW ORLEANS — Two Louisiana law enforcement officers remained jailed Saturday while their colleagues tried to sort out the details that led to the death of a 6-year-old and the...
Alarms installed in city schools to prevent kids from leaving
More than 21,000 door alarms have been installed in 1,200 city school buildings to prevent children from wandering off, officials told The Post. The city Department of Education put in...
Cops in Battery Park City for decades booted for private firm
City Parks cops who patrolled Battery Park City for decades are getting swapped for a private security firm. The Battery Park City Authority board voted on Oct. 27 to give...
How social media has created a new breed of paparazzi
It was the “get” of the week: the first picture of Hannah Davis’ engagement ring from Yankee icon Derek Jeter. “I was looking for them since the engagement rumors started,”...
Burr killed Hamilton in a duel, now their descendants are BFFs
On July, 11, 1804, fierce political rivals Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr settled their differences with a duel in Weehawken, NJ, that left Hamilton mortally wounded and turned Burr into...
Justin Bieber is more powerful than any politician: Russell Simmons
Justin Bieber is the most powerful man in America. That’s according to music mogul Russell Simmons, who says a tweet by the Canadian pop star sparked a phone call “within...
How American workers are being sold out
From the “Happiest Place on Earth” to Silicon Valley and across the Heartland, America’s high-skilled workers are getting screwed. Brutally, insidiously and comprehensively screwed. Big Tech CEOs and their Washington...
Legalized marijuana won't save Indian reservations
You know what our most impoverished, crime-ridden, ill-educated communities in the country need? More drugs. On Tuesday, the Seneca Nation in Western New York voted to consider growing and selling...
Graft kings: What Shelly Silver's trial reveals about government
The Sheldon Silver of a previous age, George Washington Plunkitt, summed up his long career in Democratic Party machine politics thus: “Everybody is talkin’ these days about Tammany [Hall] men...
World turns away from a declining US and toward China
Justin Trudeau was born on Christmas Day 1971 and last week was sworn in as Canada’s new prime minister. And for much of the international left he is something of...
The craziest shenanigans that have ever gone down on St. Mark's Place
The “bad old days” of Times Square may be more infamous, but let’s not forget St. Marks Place, the endearingly scuzzy three-block stretch of East Eighth Street that’s been home...
My dad Howard Stern put me off dating men
A couple of blocks away from the Upper West Side home of radio’s king of raunch, Howard Stern, his Torah-scholar daughter sits in her ankle-length skirt and recites a blessing....
We could win the War on Cancer -- if only the government would let us
Forty-four years ago, President Richard Nixon declared a War on Cancer. Most people don’t realize it, but we’ve already won it, says Dr. Vincent DeVita. In his new book, “The...
The love triangle that raged while Chilean miner fought for survival
It was the dirty laundry that did him in. Yonni Barrios was one of the 33 men who found themselves trapped at the bottom of a century-old mine in Chile....
My dad was the Mafia's Grim Reaper
On the morning of Nov. 18, 1991, Linda Scarpa learned, brutally, what it meant to be the daughter of a Mafia assassin. Gregory Scarpa, known as “Grim Reaper,” was the...
Move away from Washington if you want to get a job
It seems the farther you get from Washington — whether it’s distance or out from under its thumb — the better the job market. With October’s number coming in at...
Technology helps smaller banks play in the big leagues
Go mobile or go home. That’s the message reverberating through the canyons of Manhattan for Wall Street’s banks. The era of old-style banking dynamos like Citi and Chase is fading...
Trudie Styler joins fight for more women's films
“American Hustle” actress Jennifer Lawrence opened the floodgates with her critique about women’s pay gaps in Hollywood. Now, Trudie Styler, the executive producer behind “Miss You Already,” starring Drew Barrymore,...
Pandora sees stock bump thanks to Sony/ATV deal
It’s been a rocky few weeks for Pandora since its earnings call delivered news of a slowdown in listener-ship, thanks to Apple Music. But November has been kind to Pandora...
New York startup developing 'healthier' cannabis
An upstart New York plant biotech company is developing cannabis that is better for you, as well as low-nicotine cigarettes. The Buffalo-based 22nd Century Group last week partnered with Canada’s...
Old Navy's new production makeover seems to be working
As former Gap executive Stefan Larsson steps into Ralph Lauren’s loafers this month to succeed the company’s founder as CEO, his low-end retail experience discounting at Old Navy may not...
Rich retirees fear they'll outlive their wealth
Blood is thicker than water — except for some super-rich Americans. While that’s good news for the growing multimillion-dollar elder health-care industrial complex, it’s mixed news for the expanding number...
City's pension managers paid $708M in 2015
Wall Street managers were paid an astounding $708 million in fiscal year 2015 to handle the city’s pension system — but did such a terrible job that taxpayers were forced...
Rick Nash out again, Dan Boyle returns to Rangers' lineup
GLENDALE, Ariz. — Rick Nash, in no danger of losing his spot in the lineup, was sidelined for the second straight game Saturday night against the Coyotes, No. 61 still...
Who's worth watching on the Nets? Rondae Hollis-Jefferson
MILWAUKEE — Let’s be honest: if there were any lingering hopes for the Nets to be a team that can compete for a playoff spot after an 0-5 start, they...
Did 'Saturday Night Live' purposely sabotage Trump?
This is what the protesters were worried about? Donald Trump’s much-hyped appearance on “Saturday Night Live” was light on Trump — and also light on laughs.
NYU students upset about 'suicide imagery' in decorations
In a scary case of political correctness, a projection of a silhouetted figure hanging from a noose — part of Halloween decorations at an NYU Law School costume ball —...
How New York City could have looked like Paris
We’ll never have Paris here in New York. But we could have . . . if not for Aaron Burr. The Manhattan we know today is laid out on a...
Queens teacher claims he was fired for being straight: lawsuit
A Queens teacher claims he was fired because he’s straight. Lane McDonough says he was hired to teach fifth grade at Bayside’s PS 159 because Principal Paul Didio mistakenly believed...
Teacher keeps job after 'remarking' on students' breasts
A middle-school teacher has been disciplined — but not fired — for his unapologetic remarks about his students’ breasts. Annan Boodram, a seventh- and eighth-grade English teacher at MS 206...
Bess Myerson was a self-interested 'b--ch': ex-husband
As Ed Koch heaped praise on his gal pal Bess Myerson, an ex-husband called the former beauty queen a “bitch,” a “liar, a thief and adultress,” newly released FBI files...
Souvenir shop sues landlord after 'copycat' store moves nearby
A Theater District souvenir shop is crying foul after its landlord let a copycat move in nearby — and it began winning the battle for tourist dollars. Milford Gifts leased...
Fifth student sues DOE for 'failing' to stop 'perv' teacher
A fifth girl is suing the city Department of Education for allegedly failing to stop Brooklyn Technical HS teacher Sean Shaynak from sexually assaulting her. In a notice of claim...
Cuomo's top priority is to torment de Blasio: aides
Gov. Cuomo is making Mayor de Blasio’s life miserable any chance he gets. In the last two weeks alone, he refused to endorse de Blasio for mayor in 2017 and smooched...
2015 on track to be Earth's hottest year ever: research
Scientists say that 2015 is heating up to be the planet’s warmest year in which data was recorded. Global temperatures this year have averaged 1.44 to 1.62 degrees above normal,...
Robin Williams' will prevents use of outtakes for 'Aladdin' sequel
There’s potentially a whole new world for “Aladdin” fans — but Robin Williams will make sure it never becomes reality. A former Disney executive revealed that enough of the actor’s...
Rangers capture fifth straight behind stellar Antti Raanta
GLENDALE, Ariz. — It is beginning to come into focus for the Rangers, who, after an opening month through which they were able to win consistently despite not playing up...
'Supergirl' Benoist says Superman will pop up in 'fun, creative ways'
1. Supergirl Monday, 8 p.m., CBS Melissa Benoist has a hit on her hands. Her new series, “Supergirl,” premiered to big numbers Oct. 26 on CBS, and has continued to...
Daily Blotter
The Bronx Two suspects mugged a couple at gunpoint in Tremont, authorities said Saturday. One of the suspects drew a gun on the 25-year-old man and his 19-year-old gal pal...