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In a stunning about-face, former Gov. David Paterson on Monday suddenly walked back his criticism from a day earlier of successor Andrew Cuomo’s nursing home policy during the coronavirus pandemic. Paterson said he “misspoke,” just hours after The Post put a story online about his Sunday radio interview where he said Cuomo should admit he...

A 92-year-old woman was knocked to the ground by a man in a random broad daylight attack in Manhattan last Friday, police sources said. The elderly victim was walking with a pushcart on 3rd Avenue near East 16th Street at about 3:30 p.m. when the brute struck, sources said. As the two approach each other...

Embattled Rep. Eliot Engel landed a big endorsement Monday in his tough Democratic primary re-election fight – from former Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton. The backing from Clinton, the former US senator from New York and secretary of state, is another indication that the establishment and moderate wings of the party are rallying around Engel,...

Mayor de Blasio has expressed concern that the George Floyd protests could boost the coronavirus pandemic just as New Yorkers have finally gained the upper hand — but City Hall doesn’t seem too interested in finding out for sure. Workers for the city’s contact tracing program are told not to ask those who’ve tested positive...

Two people died and eight others were seriously injured when a van they were traveling in crashed into a tree in Rockland County on Monday afternoon, police said. The fatal wreck occurred on New Hempstead Road near Conway Court in Ramapo shortly after 4 p.m., authorities said. Some of eight surviving victims suffered serious injuries,...

T-shirts emblazoned with the message “Blue Lives Murder” are for sale on Amazon — and the founder of Blue Lives Matter NYC is demanding they be taken down, arguing that the message puts officers’ lives at risk. The shirts, manufactured by the company COTINAC, are being sold for $19.99 plus shipping, Amazon’s website shows. Sgt....

A pair of teens fatally stabbed a 51-year-old woman and tried to hide her body at the bottom of a New Jersey creek, police said Monday.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo is getting hit with some friendly fire for the state’s staggering nursing home death toll during the coronavirus pandemic — from his predecessor, former Gov. David Paterson. Paterson said Cuomo should admit he made a mistake with his controversial March 25 order directing nursing homes to admit or readmit recovering COVID-19 patients...

Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Monday doubled down on his calls for local elected officials, including New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio, to keep the coronavirus on the ropes. Cuomo on Sunday had threatened to reinstate shutdowns of Manhattan and the Hamptons, on eastern Long Island, unless they cracked down on violations of social distancing...

Amy Cooper, the white dog-walker known as Central Park “Karen” for calling 911 on a black bird-watcher, once tried to get her doorman fired, according to a report.  Alison Faircloth, one of Cooper’s neighbors at her Upper West Side apartment, recalled finding Cooper “on the verge of tears” after a confrontation with the building’s doorman...