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A Brooklyn gangbanger got busted with a loaded, stolen revolver in a caught-on-video incident — but a softie judge cut him loose with little more than a homework assignment, The Post has learned. Judge Ellen Edwards rejected a prosecution request to set bail at $25,000 for Ismail Abraham, 18...

Democrats who control the state Legislature want to make New York prison inmates eligible for parole once they reach 55 after serving 15 consecutive years. NY Legislation Would Parole Certain Eligible Inmates At 55

For nearly a year, activists have raised alarm-bells about how New York is creating the digital equivalent of widespread “stop & frisk” -- expansive new surveillance systems. One of the latest missteps comes from Governor Andrew Cuomo, who last July launched an MTA facial recognition program to...

NY Senate compromise would extend free college tuition for Gold Star families NY Senate compromise would extend free college tuition for Gold Star families

A new bill introduced by Assemblyman Pat Burke would automatically enroll New York residents 18 years of age or older as organ donors unless they choose to opt-out of the registry. “I’m introducing this legislation because I want to start a conversation about how we can get more people on the...

Gov. Andrew Cuomo portrayed President Trump’s tax reform and its $10,000 cap on state and local tax deductions as a disaster for the Empire State — “an all-out direct attack on New York’s future” that would effectively raise state and local taxes on middle-class families by 25 percent, as Cuomo...

Apparently Anger Management hasn't helped Kevin Parker at all. This is the guy that wants byour social media passwords to renew your pistol permit. The closed-door meeting of the State Senate Democrats began with a discussion about social media use. But it quickly devolved into a shouting...

Authorities in Brooklyn have busted a gun-running ring that trafficked 35 legally purchased out-of-state firearms — including a machine gun — into the Big Apple. “These are killing machines,” Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez said Wednesday while holding up what he called a “fully...

An effort to impose tougher drunken driving restrictions in New York is generating opposition from a national trade association representing restaurant chains and retailers. The legislation from Democratic lawmakers would lower the legal blood-alcohol limit for driving while intoxicated from...

A good Samaritan was killed at a Florida Waffle House during an "altercation" that was allegedly sparked by his own good deeds. Craig Brewer, 41, was fatally shot in the head around 3 a.m. on Sunday after picking up the tabs of several customers at the restaurant's Gainesville, Fla., location...

New York has pumped millions of dollars into flashy new projects. Most haven’t paid off. Gov. Andrew Cuomo has made it his business to funnel cash to upstate initiatives that promise the return of good jobs in once-booming cities. Some of these projects have turned out better than others...

The conservative takeover of the Supreme Court that was anticipated following President Donald Trump's two selections has been stalled by a budding bromance between the senior and junior justices. Chief Justice John Roberts and the court's newest member, Brett Kavanaugh, have voted in tandem on...

Gunfire erupted after two men kicked in the front door of a Long Island home overnight, Suffolk Police said. According to police, two men kicked in the door of a home on Horizon View Drive in Farmingville around 2:10 a.m. They displayed a gun and demanded drugs and money from the homeowner...

New York has hired 19 attorneys to provide full-time legal assistance at no cost to immigrants in every region across the state in conjunction with the Office for New Americans, Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Thursday. Those attorneys, who were not named in the announcement from Cuomo, will each...

Cops: Pals Took Turns Shooting Each Other

Oregon lawmakers have scheduled about four hours of public hearings on Tuesday to tackle what’s shaping up to be this year’s principal gun legislation.In the morning, the Senate Judiciary Committee will take testimony on a 44-page proposal that would, among other things, penalize some gun owners...

St. Lawrence County legislators voted 11-4 Monday night to file a legal brief supporting a case pending in U.S. Supreme Court filed by a gun rights group against New York City. The vote followed a fairly lengthy debate among legislators, with supporters arguing the case is relevant to St...

Weld County Sheriff Steve Reams disagrees so much with a gun bill making its way through the Colorado legislature that he's willing to go to jail rather than enforce it. "It's a matter of doing what's right," he said. He's not the only one who feels so strongly. The controversial "red flag" bill...

I have always said that the Demoratic Party was nothing more then a criminal entity masquerading as a political party.

If you rent a car in Upstate New York, you’ll have to pay one more surcharge on top of existing taxes and fees charged at the rental counter. A budget deal reached by Gov. Andrew Cuomo and the state Legislature includes a new 6 percent surcharge on any car rental in Upstate New York. The state...

Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Friday he’s planning to run for a fourth term — just months after cruising to re-election to his third term. During an interview on Albany’s WCNY radio, the governor was asked whether he was planning to run for president since he held a fundraiser a couple of weeks ago...

The NYPD says video captured 10 people hunting down and killing a man in Brooklyn earlier this month. It happened at 5:15 p.m. on March 19 near New Lots Avenue on Cleveland and Elton Streets in East New York. “You are literally going to see a 21-year-old male fighting for his life running on...

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A loaded handgun was found in a student's backpack at a Long Island elementary school, a law enforcement source says. A school employee found the gun in the backpack at Meadow Elementary School in Baldwin on Monday after noticing that it seemed heavy, according to the law enforcement source...

A man threw a suitcase with an AR-15 sticking out of it at a police officer after the officer noticed him rolling it down the sidewalk in Brooklyn, prosecutors say. Two NYPD officers responding to a 911 call reporting a man with a gun near Halsey Street and Marcy Avenue in Bedford-Stuyvesant...

More than a decade after Wall Street's crash wrecked the global economy, House Democrats are threatening to stigmatize the nation's biggest banks again. Progressive freshmen like Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) and Ayanna Pressley (D-Mass.) are joining with veteran lawmakers to try to...

Andrew Gillum announced a plan Wednesday to register and turn-out 1 million new and low-propensity Florida voters in an effort to crush President Donald Trump’s reelection chances in the nation’s largest swing state. “Voter registration is red flag No. 1,” the former Tallahassee mayor told...

A Yonkers attorney was arrested Wednesday for shooting her hubby in the gut, authorities said. Police say Sloane Fleckman-Finn, 44, called them at 5:03 a.m. to say she’d just blasted her husband, Eric Finn, once in the stomach. Cops showed up to find Finn lying bloodied on the living room...

Gun owners in New Zealand brace for big changes to their right to carry

A shooting on a tram in the central Dutch city of Utrecht on Monday left “multiple” people wounded, police said, adding that they are considering the possibility of a “terrorist motive.” A manhunt was launched for the shooter. Police, including heavily armed officers, flooded the area after the...

Imagine going to a movie and being asked to stand for the national anthem when the previews finish. Being at a concert and the opening act not taking the stage until after the last notes of "The Star-Spangled Banner" have faded. Trying to corral kids at an arcade birthday party while the anthem...

Andrew Cuomo for president?! Four more years as governor?! Gov. Cuomo held a swanky, hush-hush fundraiser at the posh St. Regis hotel in midtown Thursday night — while in the midst of negotiations with state lawmakers to adopt a $173 billion budget by April 1. And wouldn’t you know? Donors...

Last December, the Twitter account for the animal-rights group People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) set off a full-fledged media furor. The tweet in question set out to enumerate the linguistic sins of “speciesism”—the practice of discriminating against living things based on their...

A bill that would place new taxes on wine and beer sales would raise $260 million meant for addiction prevention and recovery programs. That bill, backed by Assemblyman Michael DenDekker, would add 3 cents to the price of a 12 ounce can of beer and 2 cents per glass of wine. Ten cents would be...

As such, Cuomo’s plan amounts to a tax on pain. It’s a tax on cancer patients, hospice patients and others suffering from legitimate chronic pain for which only prescription medication can provide relief. In contrast, distributors have good options for avoiding the tax, namely selling more to...

A three-judge appeals panel took a hard, and unusually long look Wednesday at ex-Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver’s appeal of his second conviction over $4 million in bribes — leaving open the chance that he could get yet a third trial. The panel spent more than an hour hearing out Silver’s...

Both the state Senate and the Assembly have rejected Gov. Andrew Cuomo's sweeping proposals to dramatically increase oversight of the state's limousine industry following the tragic Oct. 6 limousine crash in Schoharie that killed 20 people. Budget bills released Monday by the Senate and...

HBO told employees it is shutting down a communications center in Hauppauge, New York, a move that’s expected to impact dozens of jobs on the network’s broadcast technology team, including an unspecified number of layoffs. Some of the approximately 200 employees will transfer to new facilities...

State guaranteed loans, grants, tax benefits and contracts would be off limits to companies that move their call centers out of New York under legislation approved by the state Senate on Tuesday. The proposal, which is designed to put companies “on notice,” also enables the state to claw back...

Assembly Democrats are proposing to redirect $250 million of financial settlement money earmarked in Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo’s budget. The proposal still plans on using nearly $1.2 billion of the settlement money in the coming fiscal year, but the financial plan from the Assembly reveals they have...

New York Attorney General Tish James said she’s reached an agreement with the state legislature to amend the state’s double jeopardy laws to make it easier to go after people accused of crimes in New York, even if a president pardons them. The measure is aimed at holding associates of President...

The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC), a far-left nonprofit known for its "hate group" designations, has surpassed a half billion dollars in total assets and now has $121 million parked offshore, according to the group's most recent financial statements. The SPLC, which is based in Montgomery...