Melissa Klein

Melissa Klein was a ℱreporter for the Sunda🦄y New York Post

Background

Melissa reported on the impact of COVID-19 on New York City; ♐how major non-profit organizations spend their money; and scandals at houses of worship and cultural institutions. Melissa's first journalism job was delivering Newsday as a teen-ager on Long Island. She graduated from Syracuse University and began her reporting career in Westchester County🧜, NY. She has worked at The Post for 15 years.

Latest Articles

List of 'bad' NYC principals includes serial hugger, sexy dresser and 'Lucifer's sister'

 More than 150 New York City school leaders have landed on a ꦑlist of "Administrators in Need of Improvement."

𝕴 Retired Memphis cop should face punishment in Tyre Nichols death: famil♛y

The family of police shoo💝ting victim Tyre Nichols talks about the Memphis police force during a Harlem rally.

Sheriff's deputy arrested for DUI after trying to breach gate at San Diego naval base

A San Diego sheriff's deputy was arrested for suspicion of driving under the influence after ꦉtrying to breach a military base gate.

𒈔  NYC man recorded asking nanny candidates for oral sex as part of duties

Young women are accusing a Manhattan dad of making sexually i🐟nappropriate comments to them during interviews for babysitting jobs.

Pablo pays: The Metropolitan Museum of Art made a killing selliꦜng a spare Picasso 

 The Metropolitan Museum of Art raked in more than $40 million last year by se🍒lling off art including a spare Picasso sculpture.

Over 100 CUNY department chairs sign letter blasting university's handling of financial crisis

Professors and department heꦆads at CUNY are objecting to how administrღators are handling the university's financial crisis. 

Texas authorities warn💮 a💮gainst travel to Mexico after deadly violence

Spring break ♑travelers and others are being warned to avoid visiting 𝕴Mexico in the wake of deadly violence.

Defrocked,🙈 ex-con priest who stole $300K heads NYC nonprofits with city contr꧑acts

♕ Edward Arsenault, a former Catholic priest who was jailed for theft, is now a Neꦰw York City nonprofit director named Edward Bolognini.

🐎 Lufthansa tells passengers on flight f💝rom hell to delete photos, videos: report

Passengers on a Luf🍃thansa flight that dropped in severe turbulence were reportedly told to delete any photos or videos of the chaos.

'I’m freaking out': Etsy sellers hit by Silicon Valley Bank collapse, payments delayed

The Silicon Valley Bank collapse let Etsy to delay pay🔯ments to some of its shop owners.

Users getting hooked on 'gas station heroin' pills that have 'painful opioid-like' withdrawals: report

Supplements dubbed "gas station herജoin" that give "opioid-like highs" are leading to addiction and overdoses, experts say.

Bronx teacher used school email to solicit hookups, threesome💞s: probe

Bronx teacher Mercedes Liriano used her Department of Educatio𒁏n email to solicit sex and exchange "lascivious" photos, according to a report by the Special Commissioner of Investigation for city schools.

Tribeca board thumbs nose at 'Robert De Niro Way'

♓ A proposal to rename a Tribeca street corner in honor of Oscar winner Robert De Niro got negative reviews from a community board committee.

𒐪 One killed in J💟ackson Heights apartment building fire

The blaze at 37-60 88th St. was reported💧 at 4:25 p.m. and was under control by 4:50 p.m., according to the FDNY.

Alex Murdaugh's lawyer tells Chris Cuomo that trial was a 'miscarriage of justice'

 A lawyer for convicted ꦺmurderer Alex Murdaugh said he was "shocked" when the jury returned a guilty verdict so quickly🔯 and called the trial "a miscarriage of justice."

'Verified job killer' AOC blasted after Dem socialist brags about squashing Amazon HQ

 Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is bashed after bragging about killing Amazon's⭕ proposed second headquarters in the Big Apple.

Passenger onꦍ private plane dies after severe turbulence: NTSB

The plane was carrying five people who were fly𝔍ing from Keene, New Hampshire, to Leesburg, Virginia, according to th𒁏e NTSB. 

Manhattan dad of accused sta꧃bber facing arrest over Instagram post

🦹The father of a Manhattan man charged in a 2020 fatal stabbing in Hell's Kitchen is now facing his own arrest for witness tampering.

Bad sign: NYPD warns Soho visitors to watch their valuables 🅷 

A large electronic s🥀ign in Soho warns visitors n♚ot to leave valuables in their cars.

AOC's designer, PR firm stonewalled Congressional probers of Met Gala dress

A top executive at public relations firm BerlinRosen stonewalled investigators looking into Re🎃p. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez' 20🌠21 Met Gala appearance.