Andrew Cuomo believes Monday’s mass shooting in Midtown Manhattan will bring public safety to the forefront of this year’s mayoral race — and is already citing the tragedy in painting Democratic nominee Zohran Mamdani as someone who would be ill-equipped to oversee the NYPD. Cuomo, who’s running as an independent against Mamdani in November’s mayoral … Read more
City animal shelters, bursting at the seams due to an unprecedented influx of animals, have been given an additional $1 million from the city to tackle their critical capacity issues, the Daily News has learned. “My commitment to serving all New Yorkers truly means ALL!” Adams wrote on his @ericadamsfornyc X account. “And that includes … Read more
Donald Trump came under fire — and rightfully so — 10 years ago when he crassly mocked a disabled New York Times reporter. On Saturday, Trump got slapped with a bit of payback when a group of protesters dubbing themselves the Disabled Resistance invaded the glitzy lobby of Trump Tower and staged a raucous rally … Read more
A hero FDNY firefighter who once rescued a victim in a wheelchair from a burning building died after falling off his motorcycle on the FDR Drive and being struck by a driver who did not remain at the scene, police said. Matthew Goicochea was riding his 2023 Yamaha motorcycle uptown on the parkway when he … Read more
Three Brooklyn yeshivas found in violation of state educational standards will be spared of any real consequences for now, a state judge has ruled in a lawsuit sparked by New York lawmakers’ recent changes to government oversight of religious schools. Under a temporary restraining order issued last week, an Albany-based trial court judge, Justice Denise … Read more
A man stabbed with his own knife in a West Village subway station died in a clash with two brothers he attacked for giving him a “dirty look”, police sources told the Daily News on Monday. The brothers, ages 20 and 24, had just exited a No. 1 train at the 14th-St.-Seventh Ave. subway station … Read more
A 1-year-old girl was thrown down a garbage chute by her uncle, sending her tumbling three floors to the basement incinerator inside a Staten Island apartment building Monday afternoon, cops said. The baby suffered only minor abrasions to her torso after being tossed down the chute inside the seven-story building near Steuben St. and Weser Ave. … Read more
Andrew Cuomo is shifting gears and taking personal responsibility for running what he admits was a lackluster campaign in the Democratic mayoral primary, acknowledging that any strategic mistakes ultimately fall on him. “It was my campaign, I take the responsibility — period,” Cuomo told the Daily News in a series of interviews from the campaign … Read more
Mayoral front-runner Zohran Mamdani, who faced fierce backlash after declining to condemn the phrase “globalize the intifada,” told a group of business leaders this week he decided to discourage its use after a recent conversation with a Jewish woman who told him the phrase evoked memories of violence. Mamdani came under fire for not condemning … Read more
A man dozing aboard a Manhattan subway train early Monday morning woke up to a nightmare — a belligerent straphanger who ended up stabbing him in the head. The 56-year-old victim was sleeping on a southbound 1 train when Geovalny Alcantara, 20, sat next to him around 6:14 a.m.. The victim woke up from his … Read more