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The brother of Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr. was slashed in the back of the head during an argument with an employee this week.

A Corcoran realtor has been fired for trying to lure Big Apple home buyers to Florida — by using a photo of an NYPD van in flames during the recent George Floyd protests. “Looking for Change?” South Florida agent Joseph Swedroe asked in an email blast — juxtaposing the engulfed cop vehicle with images of...

A man in a wheelchair was among the victims in a spate of shootings that rocked Brooklyn on Monday night, police sources revealed Tuesday. Victor Windley, 35, was hanging out with three other people in front of a house on Bristol Street in Brownsville when shots rang out at about 11:45 p.m. “Everybody was having...

In a seismic shift on Long Island’s East End, Ron Perelman-owned weekly The Independent will end its print edition after a 27-year run and merge with Dan’s Papers, Media Ink has learned. The new company will be called Dan’s Independent Media. Under the deal, Dan’s Papers will continue to publish its usual assortment of iconic...

Surveillance footage released by police on Tuesday night shows over a dozen suspected looters breaking into Macy’s flagship on Herald Square last week amid widespread mayhem in Manhattan. The suspects can be seen crowding near an entrance of the 34th Street superstore, with two whacking a glass door with a hammer and a wooden baseball...

No condoms? Quarantining at home? No problem! City Department of Health officials are offering free home delivery of condoms, lubricant and HIV self-test kits to New Yorkers enduring restricted access to sexual health clinics during the coronavirus crisis. “Even during a global pandemic, sex remains an important part of overall health and well-being for many...

The New York state court system will begin an independent review of its policies to address possible racial inequities — spurred by the death of George Floyd, officials announced Tuesday. The review will be led by lawyer Jeh Johnson, the former Secretary of Homeland Security under the Obama administration, who will look at policies and...

NYPD cops are forgoing required coronavirus masks at police brutality protests, in part, because “they can’t breathe,” First Deputy Commissioner Benjamin Tucker said Tuesday — echoing to final words of George Floyd and Eric Garner, two unarmed black men killed by police whose deaths have inspired ongoing protests. Among the barrage of criticism that Tucker...

The words were stenciled and painted in traditional yellow road road paint along the popular street between Hudson Avenue and Lancaster Street.

Subway ridership on Monday reached its highest level since the coronavirus hit the city in March, transit officials said Tuesday. Straphangers took 800,000 subway trips as the Big Apple began to reopen — the most since March 23, the first full week of the state’s coronavirus lockdown. In total, 213,000 more people rode buses and...