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The NYPD on Monday released new surveillance photos of two women being sought for spray-painting graffiti at St. Patrick’s Cathedral during George Floyd protests in the city. The women are accused of scrawling “No Justice No Peace” and “BLM” — Black Lives Matter — on the wall of the historic Catholic church shortly after 5...

Seven people were wounded in three shootings just 10 minutes apart Monday night in different Brooklyn neighborhoods, police said. The gunplay started at about 10:40 p.m. on Bainbridge Street near Malcolm X Boulevard in Bedford-Stuyvesant, cops said. Two men, ages 27 and 34, were each struck in the leg, authorities said. They were taken to...

The Manhattan US attorney ripped Prince Andrew on Monday after the royal’s lawyers claimed that their client has been offering to talk to the feds about his pedophile pal Jeffrey Epstein, to no avail. “Today, Prince Andrew yet again sought to falsely portray himself to the public as eager and willing to cooperate with an...

New York Democratic Rep. Eliot Engel on Sunday scolded firebrand lawmaker Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez for backing his progressive primary challenger — going so far as to accuse her of acting like a dictator. Ocasio-Cortez on Wednesday broke with her veteran House Democrat colleague, 73, and backed former middle school teacher Jamaal Bowman whose Justice Democrats-backed campaign...

An NYPD detective is seeking monetary damages against a man who allegedly assaulted him during looting in Midtown last week, according to a lawsuit filed in Manhattan civil court. Det. Joseph Nicolosi was patrolling June 1 when he saw Rivera allegedly inside a Fifth Avenue CVS that was closed amid widespread looting, according to the...

Containers packed with hardened concrete done up to look like chocolate chip ice cream were found near the scene of a recent George Floyd protest in Lower Manhattan, leaving the NYPD on alert, police sources said Monday. At least three portions of the hard serve — poured into what appear to be the to-go coffee...

NYPD Commissioner Dermot Shea joked Monday that he might get fired by Mayor Bill de Blasio — but swatted down rumors that he was resigning from the department. “Not imminently, but give me a few days,” said Shea with a playful grin when asked by Fox News anchor Neil Cavuto whether he thought Hizzoner might...

Gov. Andrew Cuomo doubled down on his criticism of NYPD leadership Monday when asked about rumored departures of the top brass. Cuomo, during an interview on cable news channel NY1, said he “didn’t know” anything and “had no information” about the job status of Police Commissioner Dermot Shea and Chief of Department Terence Monahan. But...

ALBANY — Many New York Nursing homes — now in their third round of COVID-19 testing of staffers — still haven’t received the results back from their first tests three weeks ago because the research labs are so overwhelmed, The Post has learned. “The governor’s thought was, you get a test and get the results...

A Queens vigilante shot at a pair of black people passing through his neighborhood Saturday — then chased them out with his car, officials said Monday. Yosef Aranbayev allegedly opened fire on two black men as he pursued their Dodge Durango through Jamaica Queens in his Chevy Tahoe, the Queens District Attorney’s office said. The...