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At the height of the coronavirus pandemic, Dr. Margarita Oks worked 14 days straight, for 12 hours a day, so she could save as many lives as possible. “I’ve never seen anything like this. I don’t think I will ever see anything like this [again],” Oks, 37, a critical care pulmonologist at Lenox Hill Hospital,...

The New York City Council voted overwhelmingly Thursday to replace all mentions of “alien” in city documents, regulations and local laws with “noncitizen,” a move that critics derided as political correctness run amok. “It’s like the speech police is out again,” said Councilman Robert Holden (D-Queens), who was one of four votes against the measure....

A White Plains substitute teacher allegedly bombarded a teen student with inappropriate messages after schools were closed due to the coronavirus outbreak, authorities said. Craig Rosenberg, 56, allegedly sent the 17-year-old student “non-school-related” texts and Instagram direct messages that “made the student uncomfortable,” according to a statement from the Westchester County DA’s Office. The student...

Crowds created havoc in Union Square Thursday during a protest against the police-involved death of George Floyd. Clashes with cops led to at least 30 arrests in the latest national demonstration sparked after Floyd, who was black, died in police custody on Monday. Widely-circulated cellphone video showed Floyd, a 46-year-old father, crying out “I can’t...

The Department of Education official overseeing the city’s school admissions debate is sending his child to a highly selective and disproportionately white Manhattan middle school, sources told The Post. Deputy Chancellor Josh Wallack resides in Brooklyn’s District 15 in Park Slope, which scrapped screened admissions in 2018 to spur diversity in its racially segregated schools. Among...

A man is suing the city for $20 million over claims that he was raped by the director of an NYPD youth program as a child in the 1970s, new court papers show. Alfredo Dones claims Gilberto Maldonado preyed on him from 1978 to 1979, while he was 13 years old and part of the...

Looking for a summer camp to occupy the kids? You’re not flat out of luck. Some day and overnight camp programs are still up and running despite the coronavirus pandemic. Sleepaway camps are still operating in Arkansas, Georgia, Maine, North Carolina, and Texas, though with health screenings and smaller groups. And they’re still open county...

“We’ll also see the partial reopening of restaurants and coffee shops with a focus on outdoor space,” said Lightfoot in a press briefing, according to Eater.

"Please kill me... please kill me... please kill me... shoot me here, shoot me here please," Ricardo Cardona begged of Officer Xaiver Marcus.

An NYPD detective this week denounced Minneapolis cop Derek Chauvin, shown in viral footage pinning his knee on the neck of George Floyd, as a failure — and called him his “enemy” because he dishonored the badge. Detective Dmaine Freeland spoke out in a public video posted to Facebook Wednesday about the Monday night incident...