A Queens man who intentionally killed his girlfriend’s dog was sentenced to six months in jail on Tuesday. Brando Henriquez was handed the sentence following his guilty plea last week to charges of aggravated animal cruelty, according to the Queens District Attorney’s Office. “The defendant in this case intentionally killed his girlfriend’s dog and then callously left...

Jeff Crilly was out on his boat the "Big Nutz Required II" with some pals Monday when a great white shark swam up to the stem of the boat and grabbed a bag of chum, in a tale reminiscent of the 1976 blockbuster "Jaws."

Long-stalled efforts to legalize marijuana in New York state gained new life Tuesday as state Senators signaled progress towards a tentative agreement — despite less-than-stellar assessments from those close to the talks. The newfound public optimism came after days of fruitless negotiations that stalled over a series of seemingly intractable issues: Will local municipalities be...

Mayor Bill de Blasio’s controversial plan to scrap the single admissions test that determines entry into the city’s specialized high schools is dead this year, a key state senator said Tuesday. “The Senate has a number of priorities to finish this session. Changes to specialized high school admissions is not among them,” said Heather Stewart,...

When the officers turned the corner in the stairwell on the third floor, the 19-year-old was sitting on the stairs with a shotgun barrel to his chin and his finger on the trigger.

Mayor Bill de Blasio on Tuesday nominated the deputy commissioner for the city’s Department of Veterans’ Services to head the Taxi and Limousine Commission. The mayor said in a statement that the nomination of Jeffrey D. Roth will be submitted to the City Council this month for its advice and consent. “I am thrilled to...

Dozens of goose boosters rallied at City Hall Tuesday in support of a bill that would ban foie gras — as upstate farmers squawked that they stand to lose the big bucks if the measure passes. Supporters of the bill told City Council members during a hearing that they want to make it illegal for Big...

Gov. Andrew Cuomo and transit officials this week revealed plans to redesign subway emergency exit gates as part of a larger effort to crack down on fare-beaters – after recently installing a new easy-to-hop version that has made evasion simpler than ever. Standing alongside Cuomo as the governor announced beefed-up police forces to combat fare-beaters...

New York City Schools Chancellor Richard Carranza has brought his agency’s culture of racial divisiveness to the steps City Hall, critics charged Tuesday “I don’t know why any elected official, any leader, any mayor would want to divide the city on racial lines and since the chancellor has come on that’s all he’s done,” said...

A black parolee arrested for raping and bashing a white woman on the roof of his Bronx apartment building allegedly told a witness that she “deserved” the brutal attack because of slavery, according to court papers. “She was a white girl. She deserved it because us minorities have been through slavery,” Temar Bishop, 23, allegedly...

Paul Manafort is holed up in solitary confinement at a Manhattan prison — and he’s expected to remain at the lockup as his mortgage-fraud case plays out, his lawyer and the Department of Justice said Tuesday. The president’s former campaign manager was recently transferred to the Metropolitan Correctional Center to await arraignment on state crimes....

The footage released by authorities late Monday shows the 28-year-old victim fast asleep aboard a northbound L train around 2:15 a.m. Sunday, cops said.

You won’t see ads for this Toy Story sequel in the subways. Women’s sex-toy company Dame Products is suing the MTA for refusing to run its sexy train ads while putting up similarly racy ads for male-enhancement pills, according to a new lawsuit filed in New York federal court. Brooklyn-based Dame says the MTA choked...

If the Nxivm cult wasn’t about sex, then why was its leader building a dungeon featuring cages, rubber-spiked paddles and “puppy trainer’’ dog collars to use on female members? a Brooklyn prosecutor said Tuesday. “So let me get this straight. What was going to happen in the dungeon? With the cages and the tails?” Assistant...

A wiseguy’s son had him whacked in a McDonald’s drive-thru in the Bronx — and was behind the botched hit on his own brother, federal authorities in Brooklyn said Tuesday. Anthony Zottola Sr. was named in a Brooklyn federal indictment that charges him with murder-for-hire conspiracy, unlawful use and possession of firearms and causing death...

The California man tapped by DOE Chancellor Richard Carranza to improve the city’s struggling schools has taken “personal time” after The Post reported his disciplinary history and resignation from a former job over mismanaged funds. Abram Jimenez abruptly took time off from his $205,416-a-year post as “senior executive director of continuous school improvement” and did...

Authorities have busted 25 people — several connected to the Bloods — for running a massive drug ring in New Jersey where they allegedly pedaled heroin and crack out of a “fast-food-style drive-through window” that was open for businesses 24/7, federal prosecutors said Tuesday. Shaheed Blake, 36, also known as “Sha Gotti,” and Anderson Hutchinson,...

The body of the marathon swimmer who disappeared during a 120-mile race in the Hudson River last week was found Tuesday, police said. Dr. Charles Van Der Horst’s body — still wearing a swimming cap and swimming trunks — was discovered around 9:50 a.m. along the Hudson River shoreline near Dyckman Street, cops said. Authorities were able...

The mother of the Beacon High School student severely burned in a botched chemistry experiment testified that her son looked like “a monster” as he emerged in public for the very first time Tuesday. A grim-faced Alonzo Yanes, wearing a baseball cap and blue Eddie Bauer windbreaker that all but covered his scars, and his...

A New Jersey mom attacked two police officers — and bit one of them three times — in front of her child’s school after she refused to comply with new student drop-off procedures, authorities said. Parona Brown, 40, of Hackensack was arrested and hit with charges including aggravated assault on a police officer by purposely...