NYC teacher accused of putting 15-year-old in a headlock
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NYC teacher accused of putting 15-year-old in a headlock

ByNews Polite

A 27-year-old teacher was arrested after he allegedly put a 15-year-old student in a headlock at a Brooklyn high school, according to police and sources. The shocking incident at International High School at Lafayette took place Tuesday around 12:30 p.m., sending the injured student to Maimonides Midwood Community Hospital in…

NYC airport named best in the US: new survey
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NYC airport named best in the US: new survey

ByNews Polite

Hold onto your luggage, folks!  NYC’s dramatically made-over LaGuardia Airport has been named best in the fifty states, according to the Forbes Travel Guide.  Yes, that’s the same LaGuardia that President Biden once infamously compared to “some third-world country.”  President Biden once infamously compared the hub to “some third-world country.”…

Romeo Beckham confirms romance with fellow nepo baby Gray Sorrenti during PDA-packed NYC outing
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Romeo Beckham confirms romance with fellow nepo baby Gray Sorrenti during PDA-packed NYC outing

ByNews Polite

Romeo Beckham packed on the PDA and confirmed his relationship with Gray Sorrenti during their first public outing as a couple. The model was photographed kissing and embracing the budding photographer while out with friends in New York City on Saturday. Beckham –– who is the son of Victoria and…

Lucali pizza owner finds dying customer a kidney donor match
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Lucali pizza owner finds dying customer a kidney donor match

ByNews Polite

One of Brooklyn’s most famous pizza men cooked up a miracle for a customer in need. When Mark Iacono, owner of wood-fired-pizza institution Lucali in Carroll Gardens, learned his patron and friend Theo Alano, 54, was suffering from end-stage kidney disease, he was devastated. Desperate to help in some way,…

Popular food influencers dish on ‘iconic or overrated’ NYC restaurants
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Popular food influencers dish on ‘iconic or overrated’ NYC restaurants

ByNews Polite

These sisters are eating their way through the Big Apple, and they’re not sugar-coating their reviews of Manhattan’s culinary landmarks. The Shapiro sisters — Sara, 32, Madison, 29, Carly, 28, and Julia, 21 — run the popular social media food account @sistersnacking, which has amassed nearly half a million followers…

Without a clear mayoral upgrade, nobody has been able to deliver the KO to Eric Adams – yet
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Without a clear mayoral upgrade, nobody has been able to deliver the KO to Eric Adams – yet

ByNews Polite

The reports are full of drama, with tales of resignations, indictments and chatter about the next head to roll.  Or as New Yorkers say, it’s another day in the tenure of Mayor Adams.  Gothamites attuned to the messy history of local government realize we are living in a unique moment,…

NYC squatters ‘terrorized’ neighborhood after taking control of M brownstone
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NYC squatters ‘terrorized’ neighborhood after taking control of $4M brownstone

ByNews Polite

Almost two dozen disheveled squatters tormented and terrorized the residents and businesses surrounding a vacant $4 million Brooklyn brownstone they commandeered. The young miscreants stole packages off neighbor’s porches, threatened passersby, damaged private property, got high on the stoop, and set off fireworks in the early morning hours, neighbors told…

Angelina Jolie and son Pax step out for lunch in NYC
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Angelina Jolie and son Pax step out for lunch in NYC

ByNews Polite

Angelina Jolie and her son Pax enjoyed some quality time together in New York City. The “Maleficent” star and the 20-year-old stepped out for lunch at Rubirosa Italian restaurant in Soho on Tuesday. Jolie, 49, looked effortlessly chic, wearing a long, black coat and black heels. She accessorized with aviator sunglasses…