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A teen involved in the slaying of Barnard College freshman Tessa Majors will be sentenced to 18 months in juvenile detention on Monday afternoon — the maximum under the law, according to the city Law Department. Zyairr Davis, 14, is expected to appear by video monitor at 3 p.m. in Manhattan Family Court, where Judge...

A police officer was suspended without pay for macing a group of people in Manhattan earlier this month, NYPD Commissioner Dermot Shea said in a statement Monday. “Today I have an update on a troubling incident involving a member of the department that occurred during recent demonstration activity,” Shea said, adding he was sharing the...

Two Catholic priests and a trio of Orthodox Jews are suing Mayor Bill de Blasio and Gov. Andrew Cuomo — accusing them of an “unprecedented abuse of power” in shuttering houses of worship while supporting mass protests. Upstate priests Rev. Steven Soos and Rev. Nicholas Stamos and Brooklyn Jewish congregants Elchanan Perr, Daniel Schonborn and...

A security guard at Aqueduct Racetrack was charged Monday as the “inside man” in the armed heist of more than $280,000 in gamblers’ lost wagers — as the feds alleged that he was busted with one of the crooks in another robbery more than 20 years ago. Lafayette Morrison was charged with providing Lamel Miller...

President Trump’s recent revelation to state governors that he still lives in Manhattan proves that he can’t fight E. Jean Carroll’s New York defamation suit on the grounds that he no longer lives there, she argues in new court papers. The Elle magazine “Ask E. Jean” columnist sued Trump in November, alleging that he defamed...

New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez insisted Monday she’s “not skipping debates” like her predecessor, Joe Crowley, did to disastrous effect two years ago — as she defended her decision not to attend an in-person face-off with her primary challengers Wednesday. The first-term incumbent Queens-Bronx congresswoman took the stance that she can’t attend the debate because...

The NYPD is disbanding its undercover anti-crime unit — after being involved in a “disproportionate” number of shootings, Police Commissioner Dermot Shea said Monday. The roughly 600 cops, spread out at precincts and police service areas across the city, will be reassigned into other posts, including the detective bureau and neighborhood police, the city’s top...

Pool’s out — for summer! There is little chance the Big Apple will be able to open its outdoor public pools this summer due to staffing shortages and training snafus — despite Mayor Bill de Blasio publicly floating the notion in recent days — according to the head of the union representing city lifeguards. “I’m...

Police officers will have to file a report every time they discharge their weapon under a new law approved by Gov. Andrew Cuomo Monday. The discharge bill was one of three police accountability measures signed into law by the governor — following a slew of other proposals approved last week in response to the police...

The body of a man was found burning on the side of the Hutchinson River Parkway early Monday, according to police. The unidentified man was discovered around 12:15 a.m. on the northbound parkway near exit 6, toward New Haven, cops said. Firefighters were responding to a call of a rubbish fire at the location and discovered...