How a Mayor Mamdani can fix the NYPD’s oversight

In 2019, Lt. Jonathan Rivera violated NYPD department guidelines when he killed Allan Feliz at a traffic stop. The NYPD’s own deputy commissioner of trials recommended firing the lieutenant following a disciplinary trial initiated by the Civilian Complaint Review Board (CCRB), which was in line with the NYPD’s discipline matrix. However, Rivera is still on… Read More »

Giants need a competent offense to score win over Cowboys

ARLINGTON, Tex. — Multiple NFL sources told the Daily News that Brian Daboll‘s offense was “predictable” and “lacked creativity” in the Giants’ season opening 21-6 loss at Washington. Running back Tyrone Tracy Jr. publicly criticized the play calling, telling reporters the players believe they should have run the ball on the goal line rather than calling… Read More »

‘He’s a hell of a player’

BOSTON — As the Yankees tried to pad their lead in the ninth inning on Saturday, Cody Bellinger delivered one of the team’s most impressive at-bats this season. With Aaron Judge on second and fellow lefty Aroldis Chapman on the mound, Bellinger won a nine-pitch at-bat with an RBI double. The two-bagger, driven off The… Read More »

Broadway investor sues ‘Cabaret’ producers

Entertainment lawyer, Broadway producer and investor James L. Walker Jr. has filed a lawsuit against the producers of the latest production of “Cabaret” to find out why he hasn’t gotten paid. “Investors have not received any profits despite the show grossing nearly $100 million to date,” Walker said. Walker was one of multiple investors who… Read More »

Jeffrey Epstein birthday book, laced with vulgar sexuality, underscores ties to wealth and power

The release of Jeffrey Epstein’s 50th birthday book has brought the deceased financier’s intimate ties to political, financial, corporate, and academic centers of power into sharp focus — along with the casualness with which prominent figures just two decades ago celebrated his sexual appetites. Headlines about the 2003 book, titled “The First Fifty Years,” were… Read More »

Keep Senate’s remaining check on Trump’s power grab

U.S. Senate Majority Leader John Thune is very wrong to weaken the Senate’s historic filibuster procedure — which allows legislation and nominations to be slowed or blocked in the absence of 60 votes. Thune, pushed by fellow Republican President Trump, is taking this damaging and drastic step over frustrations at Senate Democrats, who have been… Read More »