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The MTA has installed "hundreds of thousands" of social distancing decals on subway platforms across the city to guide straphangers on how to stay 6 feet away from each other, officials said Thursday -- but some are a little weirder than others.

The family of an unarmed man killed by cops during a routine traffic stop last year has brought a $350 million potential class action lawsuit against the city and the NYPD for an alleged pattern of racial profiling and excessive use of force, new court papers show. The family of Allan Feliz — an ex-con...

Around 100 protesters left a trail of red paint down Fifth Avenue on Thursday as part of a so-called “Blood on the Street” march against police brutality — with at least one arrested. At least one of the demonstrators spray-painted “BLM” (Black Lives Matter) on a street sign near The Metropolitan Museum of Art and...

Restaurants in Asbury Park, New Jersey are clear to resume indoor dining starting Monday, city officials have ruled — in defiance of Garden State Gov. Phil Murphy’s coronavirus shutdown. “We believe indoor restaurants can run in a safe manner provided they are subject to all the requirements outlined in Executive Order 152,” said Deputy Mayor...

Thieves clutched handbags by the armful as they swiped more than $375,000 worth of Hermes, Fendi, Louis Vuitton and Balenciaga swag while looting Rebag last week.

He’s hair to stay. A Williamsburg barber has reopened in defiance of the state’s coronavirus lockdown — and is vowing to keep on clipping despite facing thousands of dollars in fines. Ilya Iskhakov, owner of Beard Barberia Cut & Shave, said Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s order has drowned his business in debt — and with nearby...

Lawmakers and police unions denounced the City Council for allowing members of the public testifying at a remote NYPD oversight hearing to curse out cops, flip the bird and display offensive signs. “The hearing descended into vile, cop-hating rhetoric that was completely unproductive and dangerous,” said Councilman Robert Holden (D-Queens). “Some of this would never...

New York’s June 23 primary elections could turn out to be the most unpredictable in modern history.

City Comptroller Scott Stringer subpoenaed City Hall on Thursday for all records relating to the Big Apple’s response to the coronavirus pandemic — because, he said, Mayor Bill de Blasio refused to cough up the information. “The city has refused to provide my office with any of the documents we need to conduct this investigation...

A Manhattan NYPD lieutenant sent an email to his fellow officers apologizing for kneeling alongside George Floyd protesters late last month — telling them that “the cop in me wants to kick my own ass.” In a June 3 email obtained by The Post Thursday, Lt. Robert Cattani of the Midtown South Precinct said he...