‘Unprecedented’ 8 dead bodies wash up in Jamaica Bay area in past year
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‘Unprecedented’ 8 dead bodies wash up in Jamaica Bay area in past year

ByNews Polite

Jamaica Bay is quietly earning a reputation as the Big Apple’s version of the Bermuda Triangle — with at least eight dead bodies discovered in and around the area over the past year, some under mysterious circumstances.  Investigations into five of the eight “floaters” who washed ashore or turned up…

Early voting in NYC officially begins — here’s what to know
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Early voting in NYC officially begins — here’s what to know

ByNews Polite

Vote early, but not often. Early voting in New York kicks off Saturday at 8 a.m., giving city dwellers a chance to cast their ballot in the seemingly razor-thin 2024 presidential race between Democrat Vice President Kamala Harris and Republican former President Donald Trump. Harris holds a commanding 19-point lead…

Mets fans watch team lose to Dodgers in NLCS during watch party at Citi Field
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Mets fans watch team lose to Dodgers in NLCS during watch party at Citi Field

ByNews Polite

This Amazin’ ride is all she wrote. New York Mets fans were left disappointed, but not surprised when their team lost to the Los Angeles Dodgers 10-5 Sunday night — accepting the loss after a magical postseason as part of being a blue and orange fan while vowing to root…

Mom of NYC teen allegedly assaulted by James Madison HS coach ‘not really surprised’ by new sexual hazing claim
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Mom of NYC teen allegedly assaulted by James Madison HS coach ‘not really surprised’ by new sexual hazing claim

ByNews Polite

The mom of a Brooklyn high-schooler who allegedly had his head slammed into a wall by his football coach says she is not surprised by new claims that another player was sexually assaulted at the school. Deslyn Willock — who filed a $2.5 million lawsuit against James Madison High School…

Hippie Oko Farms volunteers to get evicted from NYC plot before they can harvest crops
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Hippie Oko Farms volunteers to get evicted from NYC plot before they can harvest crops

ByNews Polite

About 600 urban farmers say they are being evicted from their Williamsburg plot so suddenly that they won’t even be able to harvest their last batch of crops. The volunteer gardeners toiling for Oko Farms — which provides fresh produce to low-income Brooklynites — was warned by Two Trees Management in…

Transit workers’ union calls for MTA to ramp up safety measures at the end of subway lines, following brutal train operator stabbing
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Transit workers’ union calls for MTA to ramp up safety measures at the end of subway lines, following brutal train operator stabbing

ByNews Polite

The city’s largest transit workers’ union is demanding that the MTA ramp up safety measures at the end of subway lines in the wake of the brutal stabbing of train operator Myran Pollack in Brooklyn last week.  Members of the Transport Workers Union Local 100 – which represents more than…

No-bid migrant contractor DocGo’s successor reaped 0M in NYC taxpayer money
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No-bid migrant contractor DocGo’s successor reaped $450M in NYC taxpayer money

ByNews Polite

A disaster response company that replaced the controversial DocGo as a migrant services provider for New York City has cost taxpayers more than $450 million over the last year, The Post has learned. Councilman Justin Brannan (D-Brooklyn) called on the city and state comptrollers to investigate Garner Environmental Services’ contract…

NYC correction officers union calls for firing of security chief after another slashing at Rikers
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NYC correction officers union calls for firing of security chief after another slashing at Rikers

ByNews Polite

A correction officer was allegedly slashed in the head by a gangbanger during a fight inside troubled Rikers Island on Wednesday — leading the officer’s union to call for the firing of the jail’s security boss as attacks soar inside the lockup. The worker was breaking up a brawl in the…