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A suspended Brooklyn court officer was hit with departmental charges Monday for allegedly posting images depicting the lynchings of Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton, union officials said. Sgt. Terri Pinto Napolitano, an officer in Brooklyn Criminal Court, was suspended without pay and stripped of her gun and badge after posting doctored images on Facebook depicting...

The NYPD cop shown in a viral video pushing a woman to the ground during Brooklyn protests over the death of George Floyd is expected to be arrested Tuesday, police sources said. The officer, who hasn’t been officially identified, was a 73rd Precinct cop. He has already been suspended without pay. It was unclear what...

Police Commissioner Dermot Shea has admonished politicians and the public for trafficking in “rumors” while criticizing the NYPD’s response to city unrest — but hasn’t held himself to the same standard, a Post investigation found. “We are living in a toxic time. One that relies increasingly on the selective use of a combination of things:...

Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Monday defended the push to approve a state law to release disciplinary files of police officers — saying cops should be treated the same as other government workers whose records are open to public inspection. Cuomo said Monday he and the Legislature will be “just reversing an exemption” that shields the...

Current and former members of Mayor Bill de Blasio’s administration took to the streets on Monday in a protest attended by hundreds that called out Hizzoner’s handling of recent unrest in the city. “I feel like I am doing my job as a public servant out here today,” Cat Almonte, 28, told The Post of...

New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy announced Monday the Garden State will allow cities to reopen public and private pools on June 22, bringing back a staple of summer life as the season officially begins. “Municipal and private-club swimming pools can REOPEN on Monday, June 22nd,” Murphy tweeted, adding the Garden State’s Health Department “will release...

Two black former employees at a New Jersey car warranty company claim they endured constant racism in a workplace that allowed drug abuse and the defrauding of customers, new court papers say. Kendrick Hester, 41, and James Waters, 47, both started at Motor Vehicles Assurance in Toms River as sales associates last October and were...

The rate of new coronavirus infections in New York City has dropped to its lowest level since the pandemic began, Mayor Bill de Blasio said Monday — as the Big Apple started reopening for business. “This is the biggest measure in terms of showing us where things really are,” de Blasio said of the new-infection...

The woman who went viral after being shoved to the ground by a now-suspended NYPD cop had previously sued a Long Island school for turning a blind eye to bullying, court papers show. Dounya Zayer, 20, sued East Islip High School, campus officials and students in 2016 — alleging that in 2014 and 2015 she...

Speculation swirled Sunday that Shea and Chief of Department Terence Monahan, the highest-ranking uniformed cop, would soon be out, according to sources.