Wild video shows fire engulf Queens commercial building
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Wild video shows fire engulf Queens commercial building

Towering flames and thick plumes of smoke engulfed a Queens strip mall early Saturday afternoon.  One firefighter was taken to Northwell Health with minor injuries from battling the two-alarm blaze in the rear of 62-16 Woodhaven Blvd., between 62nd Avenue and 62nd Road, which housed Uzbeki restaurant Taste of Samarkand,…

New York, Michigan brace for lake-effect snow to threaten football
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New York, Michigan brace for lake-effect snow to threaten football

The first big snow of the season threatened to bury towns in New York along lakes Erie and Ontario during a hectic holiday travel and shopping weekend. In Michigan, heavy lake-effect snow in northern parts of the state was expected to continue into the weekend, according to the National Weather…

Long Island school superintendent plows into Harley Davidson in drunk-driving crash: cops
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Long Island school superintendent plows into Harley Davidson in drunk-driving crash: cops

An outgoing Long Island school district superintendent was busted for drunk driving after critically injuring a motorcyclist in a weekend smash-up, authorities said. Dr. Michael Hynes, 53 – the Superintendent of Schools for the Port Washington Union Free School District – left 63-year-old Alberto Fernandez with serious injuries in the…

Elderly man falls to his death during pre-dawn home invasion in NYC apartment building
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Elderly man falls to his death during pre-dawn home invasion in NYC apartment building

An elderly man plunged to his death during a home invasion in Washington Heights early Saturday morning after a neighbor saw the victim climb out a window and fall onto scaffolding, according to cops and a report. A trio of burglars descended on an apartment in the residential building near…

Car found in Georgia pond could be linked to 44-year disappearance of wealthy Scarsdale, NY couple
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Car found in Georgia pond could be linked to 44-year disappearance of wealthy Scarsdale, NY couple

The recent discovery of a submerged car in a Georgia pond could be linked to a wealthy Scarsdale, NY couple who went missing more than 40 years ago and sparked one of the largest searches in the state’s history. Charles and Catharine Romer, “snowbirds” who lived in the ritzy Westchester…

NYC thief, Deikel Alcantara, accused of stealing gold-plated 9/11 memorial rose, laughs at arraignment
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NYC thief, Deikel Alcantara, accused of stealing gold-plated 9/11 memorial rose, laughs at arraignment

The man accused of stealing a $3k gold-plated rose from a church’s 9/11 memorial laughed through his arraignment on Saturday night as prosecutors listed a string of crimes that he allegedly committed within the last month. Deikel Alcantara, 21, was admonished by Judge Simiyon Haniff for his egregious behavior —…

NYC ICE director: It’d ‘take a lifetime’ to deport city’s migrant criminals
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NYC ICE director: It’d ‘take a lifetime’ to deport city’s migrant criminals

There are thousands of migrant criminals roaming the streets of Gotham, the head of US Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s NYC field office told The Post. “In New York City, it would take a lifetime to clear the city of the criminals that we have” if the status quo remains the…

Bronx man threatens NYC sheriff ‘physical harm’ in email: cops
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Bronx man threatens NYC sheriff ‘physical harm’ in email: cops

The city’s sheriff was forced to take precautions for his safety after a Bronx man threatened him with “physical harm” in a bizarre email, police and law enforcement sources said. Dimitry Rappoport allegedly sent the menacing missive to Lehman College on Oct. 29, the NYPD said. The nature of the…