Author: NY Daily News

New York Fire Commissioner Laura Kavanagh ignored her staff’’s calls for action against deadly e-bike batteries and refused to publicly support banning them from NYCHA housing out of fear of “political winds,” FDNY chiefs in an ongoing ageism lawsuit said in a new court filing. Last summer, shortly after becoming acting fire commissioner, Kavanagh “refused”…

Five people were injured — one critically— in a Queens apartment fire on Tuesday night, FDNY officials said. The blaze erupted inside a first-floor apartment at the three-story apartment building on 86th Drive near 209th St. in Queens Village at about 3:33 p.m. The flames drew 60 firefighters to the scene. They brought the fire…

The Justice Department on Tuesday backed down from its argument that Donald Trump couldn’t be sued for comments he made about E. Jean Carroll from the White House. Government officials revealed their determination in a letter to Trump’s lawyers and a Manhattan federal court filing to Judge Lewis Kaplan, who presides over Carroll’s two lawsuits…

ALyft driver was hospitalized Tuesday after his passenger repeatedly stabbed him in a botched robbery attempt in lower Manhattan — and then jumped right off FDR Drive, breaking both legs — cops and law enforcement sources said. The 36-year-old victim was headed south on FDR Drive and approaching the Manhattan Bridge when his passenger pulled…

Coney Island residents appear skeptical of a bid to build a glitzy casino and resort on the sandy amusement stretch in southern Brooklyn, according to a public engagement report from the office of Borough President Antonio Reynoso. The 40-page report, out Tuesday, drew on and distilled feedback from two public forums held by the Brooklyn…

A 4-year-old boy who plummeted out the fourth-floor window of his family’s Brooklyn apartment was being babysat by his mom’s friend when he took the fatal plunge, a grieving relative told the Daily News Tuesday. Little Jonathan Pierre’s mother left him in the care of a longtime pal visiting from Canada when she went to…

A conniving crook has been busted for illegally towing a dozen vehicles off the streets of Brooklyn and Queens and selling them for scrap metal, police say. Franklin Payne was arrested Monday for allegedly swiping the vehicles from East New York, Brooklyn, and southwest Queens between February and May. Payne, 21, targeted Hondas, Nissans, Volkswagens,…

A 21-year-old homeless man has been busted for the unprovoked assault of a 75-year-old woman using a walker outside Macy’s flagship Manhattan store, police said Tuesday. Anthony Kwamel was arrested Monday and charged with assault. Police had released surveillance footage of the shirtless suspect following the June 10 attack and asked the public’s help identifying…

A 17-year-old girl was wounded by a stray bullet when a gunman fired into a crowd at a Bronx park, police said Tuesday. The victim was standing with a group of people on the south end of Grant Park near E. 169th St. and Grant Ave. when the gunman fired a single shot into the…

A 58-year-old man is fighting for his life after he was slashed and shot in the chest during a clash with a rival on a Citi Bike outside a Brooklyn deli Tuesday morning, cops said. The victim got in an argument with a gunman wearing a yellow shirt in front of Lucky Deli Gourmet on…