Author: NY Daily News

A road rage incident turned deadly when a man quarreling with another driver Wednesday in Manhattan was mowed down and killed after whipping out a knife and slashing the tires of his rival’s car, according to police and witnesses. A fender bender, described by a police source as a “love tap,” between a gray Chevy…

A recently passed state law to shrink class sizes in New York City could cost at least $1.6 billion each year to employ an additional 17,700 teachers, according to an analysis by the Independent Budget Office released Wednesday. The projections topped the city’s own estimates to comply with the law, which the Adams administration has…

The heir apparent to the Colombo crime family pleaded guilty Wednesday to taking part in a labor union extortion plot that led the feds to bust the Mafia clan’s entire leadership in 2021. Theodore “Skinny Teddy” Persico Jr., the nephew of notorious Colombo boss Carmine “The Snake” Persico,” pleaded guilty to racketeering in Brooklyn Federal…

A 16-year-old boy has been charged with manslaughter for crashing a stolen car in Manhattan, killing two teenage passengers, police said Wednesday. The teen is facing manslaughter, criminally negligent homicide, assault, criminal possession of stolen property and other charges for the early-morning July 3 crash in Washington Heights. The arrested driver’s name was not released…

A fugitive hit-and-run suspect has been nabbed three-and-a-half years after police say he fatally mowed down a woman visiting her son for Christmas in Brooklyn. Tyreke Hamil is accused of striking Maria Lorente, 70, as she stepped onto Flatlands Ave. near E. 78th St. in Canarsie after buying a loaf of bread on Jan. 3,…

A 41-year-old man riding a dirt bike died after he slammed into a parked pick-up truck in Queens, cops said Wednesday. The victim was zipping along Hollis Ave. in Hollis at an unsafe speed and without a headlight when he veered to the right to avoid a car making a left turn onto 201st St.…

Police have charged the man accused of stabbing a Lyft driver during a wild botched carjacking attempt on Manhattan’s FDR Drive that ended with the suspect breaking both legs jumping off the overpass, police said Wednesday. Ismael English is facing attempted murder, attempted robbery, reckless endangerment and weapons possession charges for Tuesday’s chaos on the…

A 26-year-old man was shot to death on a Brooklyn street, police said Wednesday. The victim was shot in the chest during a confrontation on Seventh Ave. near 56th St. in Sunset Park about 9:40 p.m. Tuesday, cops said. Someone drove the wounded man to Bellevue Hospital and dropped him off there. The victim could…

Four people, including two brothers ages 3 and 6, were shot and wounded by a gunman on a scooter just outside a Bronx park on Tuesday night, law enforcement sources and cops said. Two cousins, ages 23 and 25, were standing next to a parked gray Acura on E. 193rd St. near Morris Ave. just…

The newest suspect in the cold-case murder of hip-hop legend Jam Master Jay wants to have a separate trial from the other two accused killers, since he expects them to blame him for the killing. The lawyer for Jay Bryant, 49, who was indicted in Brooklyn Federal Court in May for the Run-DMC icon’s murder,…