December 16, 2018
‘Conservative’ seeks Democratic Socialist's endorsement in public advocate race
✅ Councilman Rafael Espinal is the life of the party — too many parties and ideologies, critics say. The Brooklyn councilman, ♍who is running for public advocate, identified himself in a...
The Giants' only offensive highlight was actually a mistake
It is not a goo🥀d sign when the most exciting and eye-opening play🌊 comes with the ball in the hands of the punter. That is the sad reality of the...
Why Jets should keep Mike Maccagnan, despite fans' anger
In the spring of 2017, I reached out⛄ to Jets season-ticket holde🅰rs and asked them a series of questions about the direction of the team. One of those questions was...
How Derrick He🦄nry gashed Giants for another big day
The Giants knew exactly what was coming and they couldn’t stop it.🐽 That, aꦡbove anything else in Sunday’s moribund 17-0 home loss to the Titans was the most damning element...
Diplomat's husband gets to use her immunity after alleged beatdown at party
A boozy party at the Cuban Embassy in Midtown turned i𝓀nto a real bash when the husband of an Argentine diplomat beat a United Nations wꦏorker to a pulp, police...
Adam Schiff threatens to probe Donald Trump's personal finances
Democratic Rep. Adam Sꦜchiff on Sunday ramped up his threats to investigate President Trump’s personal finances — a subject Trump has called a “red line.” The California congressman, who is...
ꦗ Mom whose baby was ripped from her arms by 𒉰cops breaks her silence
The Brooklyn mom who got her baby ripped from her arms in a scuffle with police and sec▨urity officers at a social services office earlier this month has finally broken...
Queens senator vows that the MTA will finally be held accountable 🌠
Attention, riders: there’s a new sheriff in town — and he’s gunnin🎶g for the mismanaged MTA! With Democrats about to take power in the state Senate, the incoming chairman of...
Beto O’Rourke's fundraising skills shake up 2020 presidential race
ꦉ WASHINGTON — Beto O’Rourke, who even in defeat shook up politics in Texas, is now poised to shake up how funds are raised in the 202ꦉ0 presidential race thanks to...
Camp Fire cleaning crew fired over 'abhorrent' social media posts
🎶 Three construction company employees assigned to clean up the Camp Fire burn zone were fired — and face a criminal investigation — after one of them allegedly posted🅘 to social media a...
🥀 Soaring suicides are another sign of our toxic social discon🗹nect
Americans are dying — earlier than they have been and often at their🐓 own hands. Accordin𝓰g to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s 2017 tally, there has been a...
China is now t🐽he biggest threat to your privacy, and ဣother commentary
Foreign desk: China’s Now Biggest US Privacy Threat Americans have long believed that the biggest threats to their privacy come from the US government: the FBI, the National Security Agency,... 🍃
Team✤ Cuomo still keeping secrets on the Crystal Run scandal
Even by the notoriously secretive standards of Team Cuomo, the sta⛎te Department of Health’s latest stonewall is way over the top. What exactly is the agency trying to hi✅de from...
Even Giants were in awe of Titans' Saquon Barkley plan
The Titans’ plan was simple: Stop Saquon Barkley and you stop the Giants offense. So the Titans stopped the star rookie running back and the Giants went from scoring 40... ♏ 💎
Queens jogger's accused killer whines about sexual depravity at Rikers Island
Aww, poor guy. The Brooklyn man facing retrial for the sex assault and murder of Queens jogger Karina Vetrano says Rikers Island💟 is traumatizing him. Whining in a series of...
This is what happens when ꦕEli Manni🍰ng is abandoned
It was an illusion, of course, and a delusion that the Giants could stage a miracle run into the playoffs, a pipe dream that they can now s🤡top smokingဣ, because...
Parents hate de Blasio's racist plans for the city's top schools
Mayor de Blasio’s plans to racially re-engineer admissions to t♚he city’s top high schools are now getting hit from all sides — and rightly so. One set of concerns surely...
🎀Everything comes together for emphatic Nets statement♔
🐼 The Nets have their longest winning streak in five seasons and the second-longest in the NBA. And they got it in style, with an e⛄mphatic 144-127 rout of Atlanta with...
Knicks' college-style defensive scheme can't hold back Pacers
INDIANAPOLIS — Knicks coach David Fizdale will try anything to get the Knicks’ 26th-ranked defense humming. The zone sta𒐪rted in🦩 Charlotte’s overtime victory Friday, and Fizdale employed more of it...
The real winners of Mets lan⛄ding Wilson Ramos: Mets fans 🅘
♍ It’s OK, Mets fans. You can exhale. For the time being, you can even iron your No.🔜 34 jerseys if you so desire. For the time being, it would appear...
꧑ Man struck and killed by LIRR train in Queens ♛
A man was struck and killed by a Long Island Rail Road train in Forest Hills early Sunday, officials said🃏. The unidentified man, believed to be in his 20s, was...
Career do's and don'ts from Jennifer Lopez's 'Second Act'
💙 In the new movie “Second Act,” out Dec. 21, Jennifer Lopez plays Maya, an ambitious woman from Queens who reinvents herself by leaving her job at a big box store...
Shamorie Ponds masterpiece puts St. John's at remarkable 10-0
The symmetry was fitting. The timing was apropos.ᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚ On the day St. John’s equaled its best start in 36 years, Shamorie Ponds — tꦜhe player most responsible for the Johnnies’...
Shame on us for believing in Giants🎉, who played 𝄹like team they are
At the end, there wasn’t enough energy left in the season to boo anybody, mostly because there weren’t enou🐷gh people left at MetLife Stadium to hold a quorum, let alone...
Tour-bus drivers' beef ends in stabbing: cops
A fight between two Manhattan tour-bus drivers ended in bl𓆉oodshed Sunday when one of them stabbed the other for refusing to back up so he could make a turn, police...
Kyle Lauletta is not haꦐppy after Giants demotion 𓃲
Kyle Lauletta’s NFL debut did not go well last week and as a result, he was hit with a demotion he did not see coming. “I’m disappointed," Lauletta said Sun🔴day...
Now it's Jesper Fast who goes down in blow to Rangers
Just when the Rangers believed t💜hey had regained top-nine full health with Friday’s return of Mats Zuccarello and Pavel Buchnevich from long-term absen𝔉ces, the club has lost Jesper Fast for...
Bears lineman celꩵebrates win with midfield marriage proposal
Chicago offensive lineman Charles Leno Jr. will get a chance to pursue a ring next month𒐪 but his girlfriend got hers moments after the Bears clinched the NFC North. After...
⛄ Santa launched out of sled during Disneyland parade
Here comes Santa Clausꩲ, right off Santa Claus’ sleigh. Kris Kringle found himself in a precarious position during the Christmas Fantasy Parade down Disneyland’s Main Street U.S.A. on Saturday. According...
This pizza spot is NYC's new healthy choice for pies
New Yorkers love their slice — and th๊eir healthy options too. Marinara Pizza is making a name for itself with both and is opening an Upper West Side location next...
Giants report card: It doesn't get much worse than this
Grades from the Giants' 17-0 loss to the Tita♑♏ns on Sunday: Offense Stopping Saquon Barkley was the end-all, be-all for the Titans defense, and that unit did it spectacularly, limiting...
♏ Corpse found in Queens bird sanctuary: NYPD
A man's body turned up in a Queens bird sanctuary Sunday, according to pol෴ice. A passer-by discovered the corpse in Bayswater Point State Park in Far Rockaway shortly before noon,...
Chris🌠tmas tree superbug could destroy Central Park
Bah hum-bug! An invasive foreign insect may be hitching rides 𒐪on fresh-cut Christmas trees from out of state, which could wreak havoc on Central Park and other green areas of...
✅ Mets land a catcher and give up J.T. Realmuto chase 𒆙
🍌 After a highly publicized Marlin-fishing expedition, the Mets put down their poles Sunday and landed themselves a Buffalo instead. J.T. Realmuto won’t be taking his talents from South Florida to...✃
NFL playoff picture: Who's in, who's out and who's still fighting
A look at how the playoff picture looks for the NFC and AFC after the afternoon games Sunday: NFC The Bears have joined the Saints and Rams in the NF♕C...
Leg๊al weed-grower temporarily shut down over pesticides
A marijuana firm in Massachusetts was temporarily shut down by state health officials for🌊 spraying plants with harmful pesticides, accor꧂ding to a report. In a buzz-killing move, the company Triple...
Cowboys' momentum evaporates in surprising humiliation
INDIANAPOLIS — Marlon Mack rushed for a career-high 139 yards and two scores and the Indianapolis Colts defense shut out one of the le𝕴ague's hottest offenses, rolling to a 23-0...
'Good Samaritan' rapist nailed by DNA in 2012 case: prosecutors
The man accused of posing as a good Samaritan to rape a Brooklyn woman 🎀was nailed because his DNA was already on file from a 2012 felony conviction, prosecutors said...
2 arrested in Bronx teen's ambulette-push death
🗹 Two people have been arrested in the death of a teen who was fatally struck by an ambulette in The Bronx last week. Bronx residents Mario Almonte, 20, and Obeb...
Giants' playoff dream dies in an offensive disaster
It was nice for the Gia🔯nts while it lasted, their𒀰 reversal of fortune, seeing rookie Saquon Barkley tear through defenses, taking the heat off Eli Manning, giving the Giants a...
Cops hunt for suspecꦍt in Queens rape
Police are looking for a man who raped a woman in Queens early Sunday morning. The 44-year-old victim was walking near Augustina Ave in Far Rockaway at about 4:30 a.m.... 𓆏 ൩
𝓰 Fifth victim of French Christmas market attack dies ജ
A 🍎fifth victim died Sunday of woundsജ inflicted during a deadly shooting spree at a Christmas market in France -- and the gunman's father said he was inspired by ISIS,...
Henrik Lundqvist calls out Rangers after 'embarrassing' effort
Disengaged, lethargic hockey was suppo🃏sed to be a thing of the past upon the enforced passing of the coaching baton from Alain Vigneault to Davi𒈔d Quinn. Yet, here were the...
😼 A thankful Jeremy Lin opens up on hurtful Nets trade 𓄧
In Jerem♛y Lin’s bittersweet return to Brooklyn, he felt gratitude at finally being healthy, but pain at the way he was cast aside by the Netꦅs. The Atlanta Hawks guard...
'Addicts' found wandering hotel with dying baby released without charges
The two drug-addled women found wandering the halls of the Hotel Pennsylvania holding an unresponsive baby — w💜ho later died — have been released by poli♔ce, authorities said Sunday. Roneisha...
Michael Cohen has evidence for 'everything': lawyer
WASHINGTON — President Trum𝕴p’s ex-lawyer Michael Cohen has “corroborating evidence for everythin♐g" he has told investigators, his former attorney Lanny Davis revealed Sunday on “Face the Nation.” Davis, who is...
More than half of Americans think Trump is 🉐lying about Russ👍ia
WASHINGTON -- New polling shows that 62 percent of Americans don’t believe President Trump when he talks about the R💮ussia probe. Pollsters conducting the NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll, which...
𓄧 Another Jets offensive lineman may be finished for year
Brandon Shell spent his Sunday morning undergoing an MRI exam after suffering a potentially serious knee injury in Satuཧrday’s loss to the Texans. The Jets right tackle was blocking in...
'Mrs. Maisel' star pushes to revive boarding house for young actresses
A safe haven for actresses that went out of fashion decades ago is undergoing a revival in the #MeToo era. The Rehearsal𓂃🧸 Club, a Midtown meeting place set up in...
The Ravens ar൩e done with Joe Flacco
The Baltimore Ravens are expected to release or trade quarterback Joe Flacco this offse♛ason, NFL insider Ian Rapoport reported Sunday morning. Coach John Harbaugh announced earlier this week that rookie...
UFC fighter gets viciously knocked out cold — and stays uprig🧜ht
There were three knockouts on the undercard of UFC Fight Night: Milwaukee but none more ferocious than Joaquim Silva’s 🅠third-round finish of Jared Gordon. After a wild fight, Silva improved...♕
Stephen Miller: White House will do 'whatever is necessary' to build border wall
WASHINGTON -- Echoing his boss, White House adviser Stephen Miller said he would be OK with a government shutdown over ꦅthe Christmas holiday in order to get funding for President...
ꦐ Giants bury Kyle Lauletta after his debut dud 🃏
Kyle Lauletta’s NFL debut did not go well last week and as a result, he was hit with🦋 a demotion. The Giants made another change in their quarterback pecking order...
Lance Thomas' return gives Knicks a Noah Vonleh dilemma
𒊎INDIANAPOLIS -- Remember Lance Thomas? He’s back. The longest-tenured Knick will♊ return to action after arthroscopic knee surgery when the Knicks face the Pacers on Sunday at 5 p.m. The...
♛ Price of bitcoin falls below cost to mine
To add to the misery to bitcoin enthusiasts, the act of finding or “mining” th🔯e cryptocurrency has become unprofitable as the price continues to crater. This raises further questions about...
🍬 Lenny Dykstra reveals his new life as an amateur Torah scholar
A rabbi and Lenny Dykstra walk into an East Side wine shop . . . In fact, it happens nearly every Wednꦆesday afternoon, as the bad-boy former Met attends ♐Torah...
Yankees set date with Manny Machado as🔯 sweepstakes begin
Man꧟ny Machado and the Yankees have a meeting scheduled for Wednesday in New York, where the very talented but controversial infielder will get a chance to explain his questionable behavior...
Trump praises Green Beret charged with rogue🦩 killing of Afghan man
The Army Green Beret charged with murder for the rogue killing of an Afghan man in 2010 is a “hero,” President Trump tweeted Sunday as he promised to "review" the... 🐻
🍒 Masked thug raped woman in broad daylight: cꩵops
The man in this sketch raped a woman in her Bronx home in the middle of the day Wednesday, according to police. The 41-year-old victim had stepped out of h♓er...
⛦ Ruth Bader Ginsburg worke🧸d out the day after she broke three ribs
Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg wasted no time bouncing back from a November fall that bro⛎ke three of her ribs — working out the very next day. The famously...
Iowa Democrats eye Joe Biden and Bernie Sanders for White House bid 🐠
Democrats in the bellwether 𝓀state of Iowa are looking to Joe Biden and Bernie Sanders to unseat President Trump, according to a new poll. With more than a year until...
Grab a tissue for viral story of Charles Barkley's bond with cat litter scientist
A heartfelt story about the unlikely and enduring friendship between a cat litter scientist and NBA star Charles 🎃Barkley has gone viral. Shirley Wang, the daughter of Lin Wang, told...
Texans showed Jets exactly what Sam Darnold doesn't have
The Jets lost to the Texans 29-22 on Saturday, falling to 4-10 this season. Here are some thoughts and observations from t♔he game: 1. Jets fans had to be thrilled...
Trump calls Michael Cohen a 'Rat' in tweetstorm
President Trump on Sund🦩ay blasted his lawyer-turned-federal cooperator Michael Cohen as a "Rat" — and wondered why the FBI did▨n't "break into" DNC headquarters the same way they raided Cohen's...
Blackhawks mascot body-slams attackerꦚ in surreal vi💯deo
Not all mascots are warm and fuzzy. The Chicago Blackhawks released a statement Saturday after a video surfaced showing the team's mascot, Tommy Hawk, 🍒body-slamming and punching a fan who...
HQ Trivia and Vi🔴ne co-founder Colin🐭 Kroll dead at 34 of apparent drug OD
♓ The 34-year-old CEO of HQ Trivia and former co-founder of Vine was found dead of an apparent drug overdose in his luxury Manhattan apartment Sunday, police sources෴ told The Post....
Trump rips NBC and 'SNL' as 'Democrat spin machines'
President Trump in a Sunday morning tweetstorm gripedඣ about “one sided coverage” from the media and "Saturday Night Live" -- suggesting it is “collusion” that “should be tested in courts.”...
Giuliani: Trump will sit down with Mueller 'over my dead body'
WASHINGTON — President Trump’s lawyer Rudy Giuliani said Sunday his client-in-chi༒ef would sit down with special counsel Robert Mueller “over my dead body.” “But I could be dead,” Giuliani added...
Hoboken's SantaCon turns into drunken chaos with 14 arrests
Scores of red-clad revelers unleashed chaos on the streets of Hoboken during Saturday’s SantaCon, as 14 people were arrested and four cops landed in the hospital. “That's 4 officers needin𒈔g...
Alex Smi🌞th out of hospital after scary complications
💜 Alex Smith's recovery continues. The Redskins quarterback, who suffered a broken tibia and fibula against the Texans i𒊎n Week 11, has been released from the hospital, according to ESPN, who...
Mulvaney once called Trump a 'terrible human being'
WASHINGTON -- President Trump’s incoming acting Chief of Staff Mick Mulvaney had some harsh words for his future boss at a Congressional debate ﷽held days before the 2016 election. “Yes,...
🉐 Should I hire someone who was fired for inappropriate conduct? ജ
I was considering hiring a very talented professional, until I learned that he was fired last year for inappropriate conduct toward a female colleague. He never touched or ♌threatened anyone...
Woman sues Army for $35M after being crushed by Humvee 🌳
A Long Island woman whose left arm had to be amputated when a runaway military Humvee careened down a hill 🔴and pinned her against a food truck last summer has...🔯
CUNY 'integrity expert' ousted for allegedly pulling student's hair
CUNY’s ℱdirector of vendor integrity could use a lesson on how to conductꩵ himself. Vincent Green was ousted from John Jay College of Criminal Justice in November under a settlement...
S🗹taten Island principal pleads guilty to car insurance fraud
The Staten Island principal exposed aꦿs a car-insurance cheat 🌸by The Post has pleaded guilty to insurance fraud. Oneatha Swinton, who was interim acting principal of Port Richmond HS, registered...
🌠 Tax cuts are causing a massive US debt deficit, believe it or not
Dear John: Your recent article on tax breaks looks like you wrote it at dinner on 🎐a napkin. Zero research, only speculation. I’m sorry if the tax breaks we🌳ren’t good...
Major hedge funds are scrambling to preve🌼nt financial wipeout 🌸
The stars of the biggest hedge funds are losing their shirts as analysts fear a major financial wipeou♌t is imminent. From Ken Griffin’s Citadel, to Israel Englander’s𓄧 Millennium Management, one...
🍒 Obscene interest rates continue to bury stude✱nts in loan debt
As the Federal Reserve is believed to be raising rates another quarter-point this week — making the rate 2.5 percent — I wonder if it wil﷽l stop to consider the...
Family defends peace officer involved in 'baby snatching' incident
A peace officer suspended for her handling ofꦜ a Brooklyn mom who got into a tug-of-war with cops over her young son inside a social services o⛄ffice tearfully defended herself,...
The Jets are the most maddening team🐈 therꦍe is
This is why the Jets🍬 are the most maddening team of all: They’re just good enough. Just good enough to tease their tortured fans, coaxing them into an occasional state...
The first step to Giants making this playoff fantasy a reality 💙
It all starts with the five-word caveat that, when spoken swiftly🍌 or written casually, sounds so simple. If the Giants win out ... There is s🦂o much that has to...
NFL's Week 15 has an impossible standard to live up to
NFL fans are surely catching their collective breath from Thursday night’s scintillating AFC West showdown be🐓tween the Chargers and Chiefs, which following a thrilling collection of games Sunday afternoon. Now...
Bears can win but Aaron Rodgers won't make it easy
Packers (+5 ½) over BEARS: The Pack🌸ers are winless on the road this season. The Bears are fresh off destroying warm-weather Hollywood Rams and🎶 their Cal QB (Jared Goff) at...
Elijah McGuire's feet weren't even on the ground for big run
The Jets were on the eve of desওtruction before backup running back Elijah McGuire picked up two of the biggest yards♋ of the game with five minutes to go in...
Giants' B.J. Hill doesn't care if you think he's boring
Rookie Giants defensive end B.J. Hill, a third-round pick out of N.C. Stat🌳e, tackles some Q&A with Post columnist Steve Serby. Q: What is your career goal? A: My career...
Jerജry Jones has shut you up
Who’s laughing at the Cowboys now? When Dallas traded away its 2019 first-round draft choice to the Raiders for receiver Amari ꦍCooper earlier this season, more than a few eyes...
൩ Man breaks both legs after being struck b🌠y cop car
A man suffered two broken legs when he was struck by a police car that 🐓swerved to avoid a child 🍌in the middle of a Brooklyn road, cops said Saturday....
🌳 Canelo Alvarez destroys Fielding in first fight of massive deal 🐈
Saul “Canelo” Al๊varez stood on the ropes in the corner of the ring with his glove raised Saturday night and soaked in the ad🐼ulation of a sellout crowd at Madison...
The legend of 'phenomenal' Sam Darnold has begun
🐻 The statements, delivered loudly and boldly and in no uncertain terms Saturday at MetLife Stadium by Sam Darnold: You ain’t seen nothing yet. You have seen the future, and it’s...
Robby Anderson makes all the plaꦯys for Jets but one
The Jets’ limited receiv🌱ing corps showed🔯 some life against the Texans on Saturday at MetLife Stadium, but in the end they once again fell short. With Quincy Enunwa sidelined because...
#ChurchToo nuns threatened with exile for speaking out against 'abusive' priest
The #churchtoo nuns who’ve become on-line warriors against sexual misconduct in the Greekℱ Orthodox church were a🥂llegedly abused by a Brooklyn priest — and then threatened by church officials for...