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Ras Baraka backs Kamala Harris for president
Newark Mayor Ras Baraka has become the second delegate from New Jersey to announce his endorsement of Vice President Kamala Harris as the Democratic nominee for president. “I do not celebrate this. Joe Biden, flawed as we all are, is a much better candidate and much better person than Donald Trump,” said Baraka. “Kamala Harris, in that same sense, is a far better human and will make an infinitely better President. I look forward to supporting her candidacy and doing everything I can to make sure Kamala Harris, once again, makes history. “
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For $22.5 million, you could buy Nascar legend Tony Stewart's 415-acre Hidden Hollow Ranch in Indiana, completed with a 8,700-gallon, two-story freshwater aquarium; a 1,500-gallon stream filled with a koi fish; a waterfall; and two separate buildings on the property for a guest house and a workshop. Or, for the...
Former NYC Rite Aid is now overrun by booze-swilling vagrants, zonked-out junkies: ‘F–king preposterous’
A former Rite Aid in Queens has been transformed into a nightmare out of “Mad Max,” overrun by booze-swilling hobos, zonked-out junkies and migrants who have transformed the forlorn spot into their own dystopian social club. The mostly middle-aged derelicts laid claim to the 25,058-square-foot Astoria plot seven months ago, neighbors say — planting Mexican, American and Puerto Rican flags atop the vacant building’s roof and furnishing it with sofas, tables, chairs and foam mattresses. They’ve since turned the site into a blight, dangling bizarre items from the roof’s edges. Everything from bras and bicycles, to pool noodles and a Power Wheels...
To cut down on immigrant kids selling candy on the subway, try child care, advocates say
It seems an inextricable problem: Scores of candy sellers with children in the depths of New York City’s serpentine subway system, on sweltering platforms and between moving cars. The adults, commonly moms from South American countries, in need of work. The kids — some strapped onto their parents’ chests, others trying to make a sale themselves — tagging along. “We’ve really seen the need of ...
NYC Mayor Adams’ administration asks for ‘peaceful political process’ in solidarity with Trump
Mayor Eric Adams’ administration is asking City Council members to sign a letter calling for a “peaceful political process” in the wake of the assassination attempt against former president Donald Trump, The Post has learned. “We cannot allow the single, horrifying act of political violence against former President Trump this past weekend to escalate into greater strife and disunity,” the message, obtained by The Post Friday, says. “We must say enough. Enough violent political rhetoric. Enough pitting one group of Americans against another. And enough spreading this kind of hate online and in real life.” The letter was attached in an email sent by...
10 Jails In New York With The Most People Locked Up
Some jails in New York State have more people locked up than others. Of course, nobody wants to go to jail, but sometimes things happen. New York collects data on how many people are in the various jails across the state. New York City jail population figures have been reported...
NYC mom beats heat by giving neighborhood kids sidewalk pools: ‘Inner city creativity’
One Brooklyn mom is making sure summer goes swimmingly for her son and other neighborhood kids. In what’s become a summer tradition that started during the pandemic, Jasmina “Jazz” Jeter has set up a small swimming pool on the sidewalk across from her apartment in Bed-Stuy. This year, she added a second, shallower one for the littlest kids. “All the parents on the block are appreciative, because now their kids have something to do,” Jeter told The Post. “Some of the kids have never even been to the beach.” 2 dead, 1 critical in pair of shootings near NYC migrant shelter; cops...
3 hot dog joints voted among NYC’s best are actually in NJ
As Bruce Springsteen sang in “Jack Of All Trades,” it’s all happened before and it’ll happen again. It isn’t the first time the most amazing New York City food establishments of a certain category wound up being named as a place across the river in New Jersey.
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