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Dollar General to pay $12M to settle alleged safety violations including blocking exits
July 17, 2024 | 10:55amDollar General agreed to pay $12 million to settle claims that there were unsafe working conditions across its stores.
City promises to 'address' NYPD's 'combat parking' on crosswalks after DOJ threatens lawsuit
April 28, 2024 | 4:21pmUS Attorney Damian Williams said the long-standing tradition of leaving officers’ vehicles perpendicular to the curb around the city’s precincts was a 'major civil rights issue' affecting people with disabilities.
NYPD tells cops to curb parking on public sidewalks near precincts
April 13, 2024 | 12:46pmThe NYPD is instructing its officers to curtail what is known as “combat parking” – the practice of jamming public sidewalks with vehicles outside its 77 station houses -- in...
Entitled airplane passenger's baffling 'footsie' move shocks traveler: 'Don't be this person'
January 23, 2024 | 3:07pm"Sure would be a shame if some of that water spilled," one person suggested.
Boston Market restaurants in NJ allowed to reopen after workers finally paid over $630K in back wages
September 15, 2023 | 2:08pmThe Department of Labor had issued the stop-work order on Aug. 15 against 27 restaurants across the state after an investigation found multiple violations of workers’ rights.
NJ shuts down 27 Boston Market restaurants for not paying workers
August 17, 2023 | 11:16amThe state also imposed nearly $2.6 million in penalties against the company.
GOP NYC councilman violated campaign finance rules as host of radio show: complaint
April 28, 2023 | 6:03pmA complaint was filed against Ari Kagan that alleges he’s taking advantage of “free airtime” as a weekly show host for a Russian-speaking radio program.
Scofflaws owe NYC $2.1 billion in fines, property bills
April 5, 2023 | 4:40pmDeadbeats owe New York City a staggering $2.1 billion in outstanding bills racked up since fiscal year 2017 for parking, traffic and safety code violations and property-related delinquencies, a new...
SUV driven by lying Rep. Santos has at least 5 open speeding tickets, with 4 in NYC school zones
January 19, 2023 | 12:53pmThat Rogue! The Nissan driven by lying Long Island Rep. George Santos' Nissan has at least five speeding tickets since he was elected, including four in Queens' school zones.
I was body-shamed by Disneyland staff for a so-called dress code violation
November 16, 2022 | 10:02am"Well you do look hot/sexy but not enough to cause a problem," one commenter wrote.
DOC allegedly cooked books to hide detainee violations at Rikers Island
October 17, 2022 | 5:58pmThe Department of Correction apparently tampered with records to hide that they were violating city law and a federal court order by keeping detainees in intake pens longer than a...
Bronx residents near site of deadly blaze haven't had gas for 16 months, forced to use hot plates
May 9, 2022 | 5:18pmAnother fire tragedy appears poised to erupt just blocks from the Bronx building where 17 people perished in a January inferno caused by a faulty space heater. Residents at a...
US to ground Abramovich plane, 99 others over Russia export violations
March 18, 2022 | 1:23pmThe US Commerce Department on Friday will move to effectively ground 100 airplanes that have recently flown to Russia and are believed to violate US export controls, including a plane...
Woman busted for wild cigarette delivery during quarantine
July 20, 2021 | 11:05amThe bizarre smuggling scheme came to light on July 11 after the drone was observed dropping off a pack of smokes to a woman on a balcony of the Crown...
Heat's on in one Harlem building — but why did it take a Post story to get done?
November 19, 2020 | 7:37pmThanks to The Post’s reporting, tenants of a six-story apartment building in Harlem can add hot water to their list of things to be grateful for this Thanksgiving. Three days...
NYC sends temporary boiler to Harlem building cited in Post report
November 18, 2020 | 6:12pmTenants at a troubled Harlem apartment building are no longer left in the cold. After The Post shined a light on a landlord who failed for weeks to provide heat...
Harlem tenants left without heat and hot water for weeks
November 15, 2020 | 3:46pmResidents of a six-story Harlem apartment building owned by a notorious slumlord have been suffering without heat and hot water for weeks amid the coronavirus pandemic, The Post has learned....
Two Long Island 'superspreader' events lead to 56 coronavirus cases
October 28, 2020 | 9:47pmTwo recent “superspreader” events on Long Island -- including one that violated a state coronavirus mandate -- have led to 56 new COVID-19 cases, county officials announced Wednesday. One of...
New York suspends nearly 100 liquor licenses for COVID-19 violations
August 4, 2020 | 7:46pmALBANY -- Nearly 100 New York bars and restaurants have had their liquor licenses suspended during the coronavirus pandemic for violating social distancing and other COVID-19-related restrictions, according to new...
De Blasio means business with restaurant crackdown
July 22, 2020 | 2:03pmThe State Liquor Authority's decision to yank liquor licenses from three packed bars and restaurants in Astoria, Queens, was a warning to other city businesses to follow COVID-19 social distancing...