The Big Apple’s surge in coronavirus cases continued unabated Friday as new stats from the Health Department reveal the city is now averaging 2,000 new cases every day. The 2,043 new cases revealed Friday represents a doubling in the average number of new cases in just one month, up from the 1,098 reported on the...

"When people are irresponsible it makes my job harder," she said.

A drunk driver with a water bottle filled with alcohol took a joyride up and down the Brooklyn Heights Promenade — as shocked pedestrians looked on, according to cops. Police say got the call about a reckless driver speeding on the car-free walkway just before 5 p.m. on Wednesday. A video posted to Reddit shows...

Twenty percent of Gotham residents said they would not take the vaccine and 27 percent were not sure.

Crooked ex-union boss Norman Seabrook claims that going to prison could cause him to catch the coronavirus -- but he's repeatedly gone maskless while partying amid the pandemic, court papers allege.

Statues of eagles don’t just fly away — and New York cops want the public’s help in tracking down whoever is responsible for stealing a Long Island landmark. A 4-foot-tall bronze eagle statue was stolen from Washington Memorial Park in Mount Sinai last month, Suffolk County police said. The bold theft of the eagle from...

City principals are set to clash with parents who haven’t submitted COVID-19 testing consent forms but still want their kids in class when schools reopen Monday. The Department of Education has stressed that students who lack the document can’t participate in building instruction. “In order to come to school in person, students need to have...

The BOE employees work at the agency's warehouse and offices in the borough and fell ill over the last several days, sources said.

Thirteen people were shot across the city Thursday and Friday — including the two deputy US Marshals and one suspect shot during an exchange of gunfire in the Bronx.  The marshals showed up around 5:30 a.m. Friday at 4085 Ely Ave. in Wakefield to search for Andre Sterling, 35, wanted for shooting a Massachusetts state...

Longtime Department of Transportation official Margeret Forgione is taking over for outgoing Commissioner Polly Trottenberg, City Hall said Friday. Forgione, a senior DOT leader since the Giuliani administration, will assume the role in an acting capacity on Dec. 11. She has served as the agency’s chief operating officer since 2016. “Margaret Forgione is a polished...

A former Metropolitan Correctional Center officer who was found guilty of sexually assaulting prisoners earlier this year was hit with a federal suit Friday alleging he abused three more inmates — forcing one woman to perform sex acts on her cellmate as he watched. Colin Akparanta, 43, pleaded guilty in March in Manhattan federal court...

The former head of the New York City government watchdog Citizens Union allegedly attacked a man with a hammer the day after Thanksgiving, police said. Ex-executive director Dick Dadey, 62, was arrested Thursday evening and charged with assault over the domestic incident outside 785 Belmont Ave. in East New York, according to cops. Dadey allegedly...

The Big Apple has gone down the rabbit hole — to the bad old days. At least two dozen subway cars across six lines were vandalized with ’80s-era graffiti over the weekend — including “Alice in Wonderland” Mad Hatter caricatures, the MTA said. The brazen vandals targeted cars on the Q, G, M, 1, 6...

New York Congressman Sean Patrick Maloney has been tapped to lead the Democrats’ campaign arm into the 2022 elections — as the House analyzes why it unexpectedly lost seats in November. Maloney, an openly gay centrist who represents the conservative-leaning Hudson Valley, will chair the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee — which helps recruit House candidates,...

Two deputy US Marshals were shot and a man wanted for opening fire on a Massachusetts state trooper was killed during a wild gun battle in The Bronx early Friday. The marshals, with the New York/New Jersey Regional Fugitive Task Force, were part of a team executing a warrant at 4085 Ely Avenue in Wakefield...

A state appellate court on Thursday overturned the conviction of a schizophrenic Staten Island man found guilty of murdering his parents. Eric Bellucci, 40, now has a chance at a new trial after the ruling that found the Staten Island Supreme Court judge presiding over his first trial should not have ordered his counsel to...

A vicious street gang responsible for murders and brutal assaults allegedly founded a fraudulent nonprofit to solicit grants and donations to fuel the members’ lifestyles, according to federal prosecutors. Shanay Outlaw, aka Easy, with the help of other gang members, launched the charity D.A.E.M.P.I.R.E. — Determined Adults Exceedingly Motivating Peers Into Responsible Entrepreneurs. Outlaw and...

A minor coronavirus outbreak in the Madison County board of elections office this week has caused two employees to quarantine, marking the latest mishap in yet-to-be called race for New York’s 22nd Congressional district.

Uber-loving New Yorkers are directing resources South to aid their favored candidates and get voters to the polls in two key Georgia races that could decide which party controls the US Senate. The race pits Democrats Jon Ossoff and the Rev. Raphael Warnock against GOP incumbents David Perdue and Kelly Loeffler, respectively. The left-leaning millennial...

Multiple rescue pooches found their forever homes during a pet adoption drive held at a Long Island jewelry store on Thursday.