DAILY NEWS
Vax day Citi Field of dreams & praise
City workers flocked to Citi Field on Saturday to get their shot at the COVID-19 vaccine after suffering through what leaders called a terrible year on the front lines of the coronavirus pandemic....
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State COVID rates stuck at high level
The good news: COVID-19 infection rates and deaths aren’t rising in New York State. The bad news: They aren’t falling, either. Infections, hospitalizations and deaths all remained stuck at high levels...
CLASH OF TITANS González says ‘Godzilla vs. Kong’ will entertain viewers
“Godzilla vs. Kong” is a movie of monstrous proportions — and actress Eiza González is thrilled to be part of it. The “Baby Driver” actress can’t wait for audiences to experience the epic showdown...
FAMILY LOST WAY & LIVES 3 young B’klyn men slain, one in prison – kin insist they weren’t gangbangers but vics of streets, NYPD
One by one, like doomed dominoes dropping on the Brooklyn streets, the sons of the Gravenhise family fell across the last 11 years. The first was Hakeem, only 16 when gunned down outside his home in a...
‘We have to break cycle’ of escalating violence, says expert
Shootings continue to rise in the city, and the cloud of gun smoke blanketing the five boroughs won’t part until the brutal cycle of gang violence is finally cracked, experts say. “The shootings we...
END OF AN ERA FOR LONGTIME CHINATOWN FAVORITE Workers feeling closure of banquet hall Jing Fong, hit hard by pandemic
Hope is on the menu, but it may not be enough to save a beloved Chinatown restaurant from the pandemic storm that has swept through much of the industry’s landscape. The dim sum was to die for, food...
Official claims demotion for being white Ed. bias suit linked to anti-Asian slam
A visit to lower Manhattan’s Stuyvesant High School was like being in “Chinatown,” a former city Education Department official said, according to a lawsuit by another former official who says he was...
N.Y.ers step out as balmy days March on Looking for answers Family upset no arrest made in Nov. slay
The grief-stricken family of a slain immigrant construction worker was still waiting for an arrest Saturday after authorities officially ruled his November subway stabbing a homicide. “To be honest, I...
Dying teen: I was stabbed by a stranger
A teenager fatally stabbed in upper Manhattan on Saturday afternoon didn’t know his attacker, police and sources said. An argument between the 17-year-old victim and the suspect in Washington Heights...
Chuck urges feds to fund subway lifts
Disabled subway riders have waited far too long for working elevators at two Manhattan subway stations, Sen. Chuck Schumer said Saturday as he urged federal officials to green-light the stalled...
1 man dead, 2 others wounded in Brooklyn shootings
One man was killed and two others were wounded Saturday in three separate shootings less than 24 hours apart in the same Brooklyn neighborhood, police said. Cops responding to a ShotSpot-ter alert...
FATAL FACEOFF Charge Bravest in deadly fight outside Qns. bar
An off-duty city firefighter was busted Saturday for throwing a deadly punch outside a Queens bar, police said. Justin Deieso, 35, is facing assault charges for hitting Devin Deegan during a fight...
SPRING TV: THE GOOD, THE BAD, THE MAYBE Foxx, Winslet — yay — and bunch of superheroes
Caught up on all your winter binge watching yet? Because spring is here and it’s brought a whole new collection of shows. Elliot Stabler is back and so is Jamie Foxx. John Stamos coaches basketball...
Teen killed, man wounded in Rockland County shooting
A teenager was killed and a man critically wounded in a shooting at a Rockland County apartment complex, police said Saturday. Spring Valley police responded to the Monsey Blvd. scene near Fletcher...
Cocaine dealer is accused of forging COVID claim, faces more time in clink
A convicted cocaine trafficker forged a doctor’s note claiming he had coronavirus to delay his prison sentence — and now faces additional time behind bars, prosecutors said. Felix Santiago allegedly...
DEAD PASSENGER Dismembered ex, set for burial, is part of blended family’s 1,200-mi. car trip
On the sweltering summer afternoon of July 24, 2011, police searching for a missing woman found a headless, limbless torso in Oyster Creek, a canal near Richmond, Texas. Through the next day, divers...
Key SUNY showing for Engels the Artist
It’s a first for both the Neuberger Museum of Art at the State University of New York’s Purchase College and Haiti-born Engels the Artist — his 2016 “Once Was I” artwork has been added to the museum’s...
STILL DOING GOOD Staub’s legacy of love endures 3 years after his death
Three years after his death, Rusty Staub lives in the hearts of those who loved him. The revered Mets star endures in the home of Theresa Giammona, whose firefighter husband died on 9/11 at the twin...
‘I’M LOVED, WHAT DID I DO WRONG?’ Novelist Philip Roth’s journey from scrappy Newark to heights of literary fame & back
Philip Roth left Newark, but it never left him. As soon as he could, Roth fled the brash, blue-collar city. First came college, grad school, and teaching, mainly in the Midwest. Then, a young writer’s...
OPINION
A PAINFUL STRUGGLE Opioids can be dangerous, but restrictrions — or a ban — are worse
For the last nine years, this country has suffered from a growing overdose crisis caused by illicit fentanyl — aka “the opioid crisis” — which is responsible for killing more than 80,000 Americans in...
EDITORIAL
Parking lots or homes?
An absurd drama is now playing downtown at the South Street Seaport, where developer Howard Hughes Corp. wants to use a parking lot it owns at 250 Water St. to erect an apartment building. For reasons...
Rotten peach election curbs
It must have confounded Georgia Republicans that even though they had a GOP governor and both houses of the legislature and a fellow partisan, the now-famous Brad Raffensperger, as the elected...
A Band-Aid on Medicaid costs
Little more than a year ago, before COVID blew holes in the state budget, New York already had a $6 billion deficit to close. The biggest culprit last year, before the virus killed jobs and tax...
It’s not wrong to love pink
I stared at the couch’s glory online, swiping again and again through every available picture. I zoomed in to see what the seaming was like. I took out the measuring tape to check if the dimensions...
BRAMHALL’S WORLD
Fat NYPD contracts breed resentment
I once paid a visit to a politician whose campaign I’d worked on when he’d been in one pretty big public office and was running for a much bigger public office — one of the dozens of people in America...
VOICE OF THE PEOPLE
We are at the mercy of utilities
Mahopac, N.Y.: New York State Electric and Gas Corp. is only obligated to read meters once a year. They often have multiple estimated bills between two actual readings. Last month, they took advantage...
SUCCESS
Clarification on what to do with 401(k) after leaving a company
Q: In a recent column, you encouraged readers to roll over retirement accounts into IRAs when they terminate employment. I have a 401(k) account from a former employer that is still active. Should I...
How to be a ‘user-friendly’ coworker
At a time when 67% of us are facing work-from-home burnout, it’s easy — and expected — to let our discipline slip. It began with our attire: 60% of U.S. workers admit to wearing casual or athletic...
DAILY NEWS
How to make student debt forgiveness more equitable
In 2008, subprime mortgages toppled the housing market to disastrous effect, setting off our country’s Great Recession. In 2021, many economists are worried the nation’s burgeoning ledger of student...
Should you switch accounts for a better yield?
Interest rates on savings accounts often fluctuate, making the hunt for the highest yield on your savings stash a cat-and-mouse game. If your account’s yield falls, is it worth switching to a...
It’s time to reinvent the 9-5 workday
Is the 9-to-5 workday dead? The answer is no — but not for the reasons you think. Instead, the pandemic revealed it to be the modern-day illusion it always was. Even before lockdown, most workers...
Slain B’klyn dad had big plans for family
A Coney Island man’s plans for a new apartment with his girlfriend and their two sons disappeared with the pull of a trigger. Raul Cordero, 39, was helping his longtime love set up furniture in their...
Worker in Bx. pistol-whipped, $1,500 taken
A hooded gunman pistol-whipped a Bronx laundromat worker before robbing the place of $1,500, startling video released Saturday shows. The 30-year-old employee was maintaining the washing machines at...
Myanmar forces slay at least 100
As Myanmar’s military celebrated the annual Armed Forces Day holiday with a parade Saturday in the country’s capital, soldiers and police elsewhere reportedly killed dozens of people as they...
PERFECTLY EASY PORK Celebrate Easter with quick-cooking chops or tenderloin embellished with a luxurious sauce
Like many, we traditionally serve ham on Easter Sunday. Once upon a time, my grandfather cured and smoked his own hams, harvested in the fall from the family farm. By spring, the ham proved perfectly...
A colorful cake for your Easter table
Easter is perhaps my favorite food holiday. It’s the day that the food of my people comes out: Slovenian and Czech braided bread, fried krofi and sausage with sauerkraut. But also this cake, which is...
H.E.R. GIVES VOICE TO BLACK ACTIVISM NOW AND THEN 2020 protest song wins at Grammys; track for 1960s-era film gets Oscar nod
Few musicians have had a better 12 hours at awards shows than Gabi Wilson, the 23-year-old R&B singer-songwriter who performs as H.E.R. At the recent Grammy Awards, she won song of the year for “I...
Have a good cry with Pixar’s Pete Docter Director’s films give lessons in accepting all of life’s emotions
What are we doing with our lives? Are we making the most of our time? If we define ourselves by our work, what happens to our identity when that changes ... or goes away? During the past year of...
TikTok ‘like a trap’ for those with eating disorders Experts caution app’s algorithm makes it hard for users to avoid triggering content
While scrolling through TikTok during the early months of the pandemic, Haley Collins often encountered videos showing people’s exercise routines or the foods they ate throughout the day. Collins, 19,...
Impressive Cadillac XT4 has carved a niche for itself
It arrived late to the luxury-compact party just two years ago, but the 2021 Cadillac XT4 already has no problem attracting attention. It is one of the sharpest looking SUVs in this extremely...
HOROSCOPE
Your HOROSCOPE BY TAROT.COM For Sunday, March 28
Balance is restored, but this can be uncomfortable when you’re used to unevenness. The Full Moon in Libra is the star of the show at 2 :4 8 p.m. EDT, rewarding those who have cultivated a happy...
SPORTS
LUKE SHELVED TO OPEN YEAR Voit will have knee surgery and miss start of season, so Bruce fills in at first
TAMPA — The Yankees lost the 2020 Home Run king to injury on Saturday, but added a lefty slugger who may help balance their lineup. Luke Voit, who won the home run title last season on an injured...
Stanton ready to talk about moving All-Star Game from Georgia over vote law
TAMPA — Giancarlo Stanton expects to have conversations with the union and other players about possibly moving this year’s All-Star Game from Atlanta to protest Georgia’s legislature enacted voting...
A NEW BAD KNICKS BREAK Beat Bucks to move to 2 games over .500 but lose Robinson to foot fracture
Mitchell Robinson is out indefinitely again. This time it’s more serious: a broken foot. The starting Knicks center, who only recently recovered from a fractured hand, suffered the injury in the first...
Knicks likely out on Drummond
The Nets, at this point, are not just a super team. They are a special event crossover super team special. Expectations have elevated to title-or-flop for the outer borough. But as one NYC squad...
Monty still in mix to be in Mets’ rotation
If the Mets fifth starter role is in fact a competition, then Joey Lucchesi has the inside track. But Luis Rojas still sees Mike Montgomery as a viable option to join the Mets rotation. According to...
Mets test Barnes as an opener
With Noah Syndergaard, Carlos Carrasco, and Seth Lugo all dealing on the mend recovering from a variety of injuries, the Mets have nearly as much pitching talent on their injured list as they do in...
Mr. Thibs is changing everything at Garden Thibodeau walked in and fixed Knicks’ damaged brand
For a long time Madison Square Garden hasn’t been much of a garden at all in basketball. More accurately it has been a boneyard for famous coaches and famous executives thinking they could be the ones...
JETS STILL DREAM OF A QB, HARVEY’S LAST BEST CHANCE & DJ STANDS TALL FOR BOMBERS...
In case you missed it, this was my pal Adam Schefter’s tweet the other day: “Jets could pick Zach Wilson second overall after taking Sam Darnold with the third pick in the 2018 Draft. If that happen,...
DESHAUN’S FUTURE NOW AN UNKNOWN Watson lawsuits have huge NFL impact
The 16 lawsuits levied against Deshaun Watson have transformed the Houston Texans quarterback’s market value, slamming the brakes on what was about to be a league-changing trade to some other eager...
Harden: ‘I feel like I am the MVP’
After James Harden scored 44 points in a win over the Pistons on Friday night, I asked him if he felt he belongs in the conversation for Most Valuable Player. “Do I feel like I belong? I feel like I...
LaMarcus Aldridge to join Nets: report
The already stacked Nets just got seven feet taller. Veteran big man LaMarcus Aldridge is coming to Brooklyn as a free agent, according to ESPN. Aldridge and the Spurs agreed to a buyout earlier this...
Arkansas passes Oral exam!
INDIANAPOLIS — Davonte Davis hit a short jumper with 2.9 seconds left, and Arkansas advanced to the Elite Eight for the first time in 26 years with a 72-70 win over Oral Roberts in the South Region...
Williams and Bueckers lead UConn into Elite 8
SAN ANTONIO — Christyn Williams scored 27 points and Paige Bueckers added 18 to lead No. 1 UConn to a 92-72 win over fifth-seeded Iowa on Saturday in the Sweet 16 of the women’s NCAA Tournament. The...
Flyers edge Rangers
PHILADELPHIA — Sam Morin was slammed against the boards, suffocated by a mob of his Flyers teammates that smacked his helmet in celebration and wouldn’t let him wiggle free. Morin’s first NHL goal,...
Schnellenberger, former Miami and Louisville coach, dies at 87
MIAMI — Howard Schnellenberger, who revived football at the University of Miami and Louisville and started the program at Florida Atlantic during a coaching career that spanned a half century, died...
IT’S A MADD MADD WORLD...
Last week, the White Sox, who had previously been enjoying an extremely satisfying spring under Tony La Russa with the inspired play of their nucleus of exciting young players, suffered a terrible...
LEAGUE HALF EMPTY Too many MLB teams have absolutely no chance to win
They made it. Rob Manfred and the baseball poohbahs can take a bow. They were able to complete spring training relatively unscathed by the coronavirus and we will have a full season after all. That’s...
BAN ON CRITICISM Knick success takes eyes off sensitive Jim
There is no doubt Tom Thibodeau and his (so far) resilient, resurgent Knickerbockers are providing heavy-duty media cover for the owner, James (Guitar Jimmy) Dolan. Proof positive came recently after...
END ZONE
FOOLED BY A FASTBALL How Sports Illustrated, the Mets and ‘Sidd Finch’ got the best of baseball in 1985
The day the famous Sports Illustrated story about the Mets and a phenom pitcher hit newsstands, telephones all over New York and Florida started ringing. In Jay Horwitz’s office, a furious sports...