The ex-boyfriend of the 20-year-old woman who was fatally shot in the head while walking her 3-month-old baby in a stroller on the Upper East Side has been taken into custody, according to police sources. The 24-year-old man, who police have been hunting down as a person of interest in the slaying of 20-year-old Azsia … Read more
The coronavirus pandemic may be ebbing, but the hospitality industry still ain’t doing so hot. In what has been an ongoing trend, another hotel — this time Chelsea’s Holiday Inn at 125 W. 26th St. — has sold, albeit at a steep discount. Two Kings Management paid owner Watermark Lodging Trust approximately $80.3 million for … Read more
New Yorkers could put the right to have an abortion in the state constitution as soon as next year after lawmakers agreed on a proposed amendment during a special session called by Gov. Kathy Hochul. The state Senate passed the measure with bipartisan support early Friday, with the Assembly expected to follow by Saturday morning. … Read more
Albany Democrats want to further restrict the sale of body armor weeks after passing similar legislation that fell short of banning the steel-plated gear used by a racist gunman as he allegedly massacred people at a Buffalo supermarket. The body armor ban is part of a sweeping gun control package passed by the state Senate … Read more
The young mom who was killed while walking with her baby on the Upper East Side spent the days and weeks leading up to her death selling her belongings so she could escape her allegedly abusive ex-boyfriend, locals said. Azsia Johnson, 20, had been living at a domestic violence shelter in East Harlem with her … Read more
Mayor Eric Adams warned the newest NYPD recruits they’re about to start policing in a climate “where everyone is against us,” but promised to have their backs and “lead from the front.” Speaking to the 561 members of the NYPD Academy’s latest class of 2022 graduates Friday morning, Adams spelled out challenges the new cops … Read more
Disturbing new video captures the moment a perv on a bike groped an 88-year-old woman in Brooklyn — causing her to fall and break her arm. Video released Thursday shows the senior walking slowly at Wyckoff and Greene avenues in Bushwick around 2:20 a.m. Tuesday when the creepy cyclist rolled up behind her and grabbed … Read more
A teen previously busted for two hate crime attacks on Sikh men in Queens was stabbed to death in Brooklyn this week, cops said. Vernon Douglas, 19 — arrested less than three months ago in connection to the hate crimes — was stabbed in the chest on Rockaway Avenue near Lott Avenue in Brownsville just … Read more
They’re cutting to the chase. Younger men in the Big Apple —- and across the country — are scrambling to book appointments to get vasectomies in the wake of last week’s Supreme Court decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, urologists and prospective patients told The Post. Dr. Alex Shteynshlyuger, director of urology at New York … Read more
The July Fourth weekend will get off to a steamy start in New York before intense storms descend throughout the tri-state region on Saturday, forecasters said. It’ll be humid and warm early Saturday — a “typical sultry summer day” with a high of 89 degrees in New York City — before conditions deteriorate significantly as … Read more