By MELANIE GOLDBERG Central Park became the recipient Tuesday of $100 million, the largest gift ever to any park in the , by financier John Paulson. “Central Park is a…
Bus Crash Survivor Says Insomnia Saved His Life
By CONOR FEBOS A survivor of the casino bus crash that killed 15 people last March took the stand Tuesday and said he was the only passenger who was awake…
Spotlight on ‘Stop and Frisk’ in Federal Court
By STEPHANIE BERZON & CADITA ROUSSEAU A Bronx resident broke down on the witness stand Tuesday as he described the ordeal of being stopped and frisked while visiting his fiancée…
Witnesses Accuse Ex St. John’s Dean of Fraud and Forced Labor
By AVRIL REGIS Another former St. John’s student testified Tuesday that the disgraced dean of Asian Studies made her wash her underwear and prepare dinner or lose her scholarship. Another…
Housing Planned for Grandparents Raising Grandkids in Queens
By NAKIA COPELAND A church residence project received a $550,000 grant today to construct affordable housing for elderly grandparents raising grandchildren in southeast Queens. Calvary Baptist Church accepted the grant…
Murder and Castration Described in Courtroom
By YVONNE JURIS & MELANIE GOLDBERG He just wanted to make the world a better place, by first killing his homosexual partner and then admitting to it. That was how…
DNC dispute over Jerusalem lingers
By MELANIE GOLDBERG The controversy over removing support for Jerusalem as the capital of Israel from the Democratic platform is causing some Zionistic American Jews to reconsider backing President Barack…
In East NY, Gun Control not a Campaign Priority
By KRYSTAL DANIEL Titus McQueen ran as fast as he could. He took cover from scattering bullets in the tall, red-brick buildings he has come to know very well, Cypress…
Iraq War Veterans Skeptical of Both Parties
By KIRAN SURY There is Sgt. Jacob Payne, 26, from Texas, who speaks in slow, measured sentences with a classic southern drawl and still says negative instead of no. He…
East Village and Lower East Side Landmarks Named
By SIGOURNEY SEALEY The New York City Landmark Preservation Commission on Tuesday voted 6 to 1 to landmark some 330 buildings for preservation in a new East Village/Lower East Side…