Alex Oliveira
Alex Oliveira is a reporter at the New York Post.
Background
Alex covers everything from the scourge of scaffolding, slumlords, decaying parks, and crime across the Big Apple -- to education crises, disputes over pet alligators and backyard nightclubs across the country. Previously he’s written and reported for the digital weekly Air Mail, the Daily Mail, Where Magazine, and local Boston area outlets.
Latest Articles
NYC stores urging shoppers to buy now before Trump tariff price hikes hit: 'I just bought a Subaru'
April 3, 2025 | 6:42pmPresident Trump's 10% baseline tariff on all imports begins Saturday, with the heavier reciprocal tariffs taking effect April 9
Sordid new details of married teacher's alleged affair with teen student emerge �including a classroom romp
April 3, 2025 | 1:09pmChristina Formella allegedly started sending the student flirtatious messages on a school messaging platform, new court documents reveal.
Covenant School trans shooter targeted elementary class because little kids wouldn't put up a fight, her sick diaries reveal
April 2, 2025 | 2:19pmkilled three 9-year-olds: the pastor's daughter Hallie Scruggs, Evelyn Dieckhaus and William Kinney, and three adults.
Married teacher accused of raping student, 15, breaks down after learning charges: 'I'm gonna throw up'
April 1, 2025 | 6:30pmChristina Formella, 30, gasped for air and cried as she was placed in the back of a Downers Grove Police car on March 16, newly released bodycam footage shows.
Truck in Boston crashes into busy sidewalk, flips sideways, injuring 4 people including driver in critical condition
April 1, 2025 | 2:05pmSeveral people were injured after a box truck crashed into a busy Boston sidewalk Tuesday afternoon, according to reports.
Body of fourth US soldier who vanished in Lithuania during training exercise recovered after extensive search
April 1, 2025 | 1:09pmThe body was found a day after the remains of the three others were recovered.
Moscow moves to pull Taliban off terrorist list after Putin calls extremist group 'a trusted ally'
March 31, 2025 | 8:18pmFollowing the Prosecutor General's Office request, the Supreme Court has scheduled a closed-door hearing to discuss the matter on April 17.
Trump admin deports murderers, child molesters and drug dealers on latest flight to El Salvador's 'hellhole' prison
March 31, 2025 | 6:51pmSeventeen alleged Tren de Aragua and MS-13 gang members deported from the US were flown in shackles to an El Salvadoran tarmac Sunday night, where they were met by heavily...
Mystery man has been leaving jugs of urine in neighborhood recycling bins for months: 'It’s a lot of pee'
March 30, 2025 | 10:26pm"I mean, this guy’s really pissing me off.�
'Screaming Banshee' charged in fatal DUI after running down 73-year-old �and it's just the latest in a string of arrests
March 30, 2025 | 6:48pm"This seems like something that totally could've been avoided had people gotten her help in her life," O'Neil's niece, Meredith, said.
Mets owner Steve Cohen’s $8B casino project near Citi Field gets big boost from lawmaker with bill to build on parkland
March 30, 2025 | 12:37pmState Sen. John Liu  introduced a bill Sunday proposing to redesignate the parking lots around the Queens baseball stadium from parkland to commercial use, which would allow the application for Cohen’s ambitious...
Andrew Tate's ex-girlfriend reveals horrifying threats he made as she sues him for alleged violent abuse: 'You are my property'
March 27, 2025 | 6:56pmStern described horrifying details of her relationship with Tate.
Gene Hackman and Betsy Arakawa's bodies still unclaimed more than a month after their deaths
March 27, 2025 | 2:33pmThe bodies of Gene Hackman and wife Betsy Arakawa remain unclaimed at a New Mexico medical examiner’s office more than a month after their deaths, according to reports.
Suspect arrested in Molotov attack on Vegas Tesla dealership that had 'the hallmarks of terrorism'
March 27, 2025 | 2:23pmKim was charged with 15 counts ranging from destruction of property, suspicion of arson, and possessing a fire device.
Noem tours El Salvador's hell-hole prison ahead of negotiations for more gangbanger deportation flights
March 26, 2025 | 7:38pmNoem, 53, arrived at the Terrorism Confinement Center (CECOT), where 250 suspected Tren de Aragua and MS-13 gang members were shipped from the US by President Trump earlier this month.
Family of ex US Attorney offers hint about high-profile prosecutor's cause of death
March 26, 2025 | 2:57pmThe news comes a day after her autopsy results were released.
Kristi Noem vows to deport Mexican nationals —one HIV positive �charged with molesting boy, 14, on Royal Caribbean cruise ship
March 25, 2025 | 7:42pm"We WILL get these sickos out of our country," Noem wrote on X.
Dem firebrand rep insults Texas Gov. Greg Abbott for using wheelchair in latest nasty gaffe
March 25, 2025 | 3:56pmRepublican Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, 67, has used a wheelchair since 1984, when he was paralyzed after oak tree fell on him while he was out on a run.
Elderly Israeli hostage reveals how he was forced to cook for Hamas captors: 'If someone tells them to kill us, they’ll do it'
March 24, 2025 | 7:37pmLuis Har, 72, who was held for 129 days, was tasked with cooking for the five terrorists who watched over him and four other hostages at gunpoint all hours of...
Defiant Forest Hills Stadium promises summer concerts, puts neighbors on blast after NYPD says it can't issue permits
March 24, 2025 | 5:54pmThe outdoor Queens venue lost its permit to hold concerts after a local neighborhood association denied the NYPD access to private streets surrounding the venue.