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A prominent Pakistani-American businessman who spent years cozying up to powerful Democrats stands accused of being part of a $38 million Medicaid scam. Civic leader and well-known Brooklyn Community Board 13 member Pervez Siddiqui, 78, was arrested Monday along with seven co-conspirators. They are alleged to have run a large-scale Medicaid kickback and false-billing scheme through two social adult day care (SADC) centers in Brooklyn: APNA Adult Daycare and Ashiana Social Adult Daycare. The scam ran from 2019 through December 2025, feds allege, with seniors being signed up for day cares that they rarely or never attended, then getting a...

Zohran Mamdani is promising free grocery stores, free housing and free everything, but the only free thing New Yorkers can really count on getting for free is an infectious disease. And flavored condoms for the sickest city in America. Gonorrhea rates in New York City have more than doubled in a decade and syphilis is ‘surging’ statewide. Mamdani’s Department of Health has responded to this crisis by rushing a free supply of lubricant and chocolate flavored condoms. “Providing high-quality sexual and reproductive healthcare services is a priority for the Mamdani Administration,” explained NYC Deputy Mayor for Health and Human Services...

A Florida woman was stabbed in the stomach after a heated argument inside a busy Manhattan subway station on Wednesday afternoon, authorities and sources said. An unidentified individual plunged a knife into the 32-year-old tourist on the platform of the 42nd Street-Bryant Park station around 4 p.m., according to the NYPD and sources. A 32-year-old tourist from Florida was stabbed inside the 42nd Street-Bryant Park station on Wednesday. The victim was taken to Bellevue Hospital in stable condition, cops and sources said. A dispute sparked the stabbing, but it’s unclear whether the victim and attacker knew each other, sources added.

Owner James Dolan says the Knicks are going to the White House: "We just received an invitation which we've accepted, still have to figure out the details…I've known the president 30 years and I'm very proud to bring the team to the White House"

Who celebrates a basketball victory by torching a school bus?New York City reacted to a championship victory by its Knicks basketball team with an orgy of violence and property damage, torching school buses, shattering a police-vehicle windshield, and attacking police officers. The riot was downplayed by the city’s political class and press.The city’s "there is only one solution, intifada revolution" mayor, socialist Zohran Mamdani, offered a generalized, "it is, frankly, unacceptable when we see violence, whether it's directed at those around them or at police officers," while insisting, "there were a select few who acted in a way that does...

Mayor Zohran Mamdani crony and far-left congressional candidate Darializa Avila Chevalier has claimed the US has committed worse atrocities than the terror group Hamas. Chevalier made the shocking assertion in June 2021 — two years before the terrorists would launch their widespread Oct. 7 slaughter of innocent Israelis — while responding to a Twitter post from someone saying, “I agree the US wanton violence is categorically incomparable to the worst things Hamas has ever done or ever could do.” Chevalier wrote, “Only one is a nuclear power that’s ever used that kind of force 😶” — likely referring to the...

Japanese World Cup fans put American sports culture to shame over the weekend as videos circulated across social media showing Japanese supporters staying behind after matches to clean up trash throughout the stadium. Many even brought their own trash bags, viewing it as a sign of respect for the host country, the players, fellow fans, and the venue itself. Their display of courtesy was quickly contrasted with the aftermath of the New York Knicks' NBA Finals victory over the weekend, when crowds poured into the streets, smashing vehicles, setting fires, and causing widespread destruction across parts of the city.

The NYPD made dozens of arrests overnight after the New York Knicks clinched their first NBA Finals win in 53 years early Sunday. At least 63 people were arrested, and there were four stabbings and a shooting reported as the celebrations turned violent, according to cops. The charges include assault on a police officer, criminal possession of a gun, criminal mischief, disorderly conduct, resisting arrest, obstruction of governmental administration, cops said. Amid the mayhem, 10 members of the NYPD were injured, including one officer who was struck by a glass bottle. Videos circulating the web show shameless destruction of school...

As hate crimes surge at an alarming rate—up 150% in just one month—the Islamo-socialist mayor’s legacy is increasingly being defined by that grim statistic: the “Hate Crime Mayor.”Congratulations-NOT - Islamo-Socialist Mamdani is officially the 'HATE CRIME MAYOR'. Anti-Jewish hate surging at ‘staggering margin’ in NYC, up 150% last month, by some NYPD metrics. JNS. June 12, 2026. *

New York was a picture of pandemonium on Saturday night as the city's rowdy NBA Championship celebrations culminated in police officers tackling manic fans as they clambered on top of cop cars and school buses. Thousands of the Big Apple's raucous citizens invaded the streets to celebrate the Knicks' first NBA Championship in 53 years. The Knicks completed a fairytale playoffs with the ultimate prize as they produced another epic comeback on the road to beat the San Antonio Spurs 94-90 in a dramatic Game 5 in front of a star-studded crowd that included even Prince Harry. The Knicks won...

A father of seven is dead after a dispute with a reported teenager over a loud cellphone conversation on a New York City bus turned deadly this week. According to CBS News, 41-year-old Jonathan Pettigrew was fatally shot about 2:30 p.m. Monday after confronting another passenger who was speaking loudly on a phone aboard a bus in the Bronx. At some point during what was an exchange of words, the other passenger — described by the New York Post as being between 13 and 16 years old — opened fire on Pettigrew. Surveillance video showed passengers rushing off the bus...

The New York Knicks‘ return to the NBA Finals has created one of the hottest ticket markets in sports history, and the prices fans paid to attend Game 3 at Madison Square Garden have left many stunned... One fan revealed she paid an astonishing $20,000... For many supporters, the biggest frustration is how quickly lifelong Knicks fans have been priced out of the building... "It’s unfair to us true Knicks fans. I feel like a peasant outside the castle.” A different fan echoed those concerns. “I think the price of tickets is kind of outrageous. You see a lot of...

Days after the Pride flag was raised for the first time ever at Webster Town Hall, it was taken down. The move came as the result of a new flag policy passed Thursday by the Town Board in a 3-2 vote. Town Board member John Cahill introduced the policy, which established the United States flag and the New York state flag as the only ones allowed on flagpoles on town propert

The outspoken pro-Israel comedian laughed off a troll’s request for a 'Free Palestine' message with a brief and pointed response. Jewish-American comedian Jerry Seinfeld had a quick response on Wednesday for a troll who tried to challenge his known support of Israel. A streamer known as FinesseFave approached the comedian, best known for the sitcom bearing his name, outside Madison Square Garden in New York, after the Knicks' 107-106 victory over the San Antonio Spurs in game four of the NBA Finals. While streaming live, the troll put a microphone in front of Seinfeld and asked: "Can we get a...

1:07 VIDEO AT LINK................. $270 MILLION DOLLARS for it's departmental budget for TWO EMPLOYEES! NY City Council member asks a straight question, Where is the money going? gets a word salad for an answer...............

Donald Trump has been booed at a basketball match in New York as he became the first sitting US president to attend the NBA Finals. The catcalls came after frustrated ticketholders waited for hours in queues that stretched more than two blocks outside Madison Square Garden on Monday due to the intense security restrictions that came with the US president's appearance. The New York Knicks lost 111-115 to the San Antonio Spurs in game three of the best-of-seven NBA finals, cutting the Knicks' lead in the series to 2-1. After the game, Trump told reporters: "It was, I think, mostly...

NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch on Sunday slammed the exclusion of LGBT cops from walking in uniform with their guns at Manhattan’s Pride March — before participating with a group in Queens’ version. “Once again, they banned NYPD officers from marching in full uniform later this month,” Tisch said of the Manhattan organizers. “That decision is as hypocritical as it is a slap in the face to the New York City Police Department and to the spirit of pride.”

The Trump administration is reportedly preparing a major surge of Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents into New York City, escalating a growing confrontation with Democrat Gov. Kathy Hochul over President Donald Trump's immigration crackdown. Trump border czar Tom Homan revealed Monday that the administration has already drawn up an operational plan and warned Hochul before she signed legislation late last month restricting ICE activities and banning masked immigration agents in New York. "You're going to see more ICE than you've ever seen in New York City, and it's coming," Homan said, according to Bloomberg. "I just reviewed an operational plan....

They’re rules to literally die from! New York’s health department released rules for the state’s controversial new doctor-assisted suicide law — as critics argue it’ll herald a “new and frightening era” allowing government and corporations to view patients as expendable. The rules aim to set strict standards for how patients “self-administer” suicide medications, including requiring two verbal requests and mandatory waiting period. But the rules and the medical euthanasia wider law – which goes into effect Aug. 5 and likely will be challenged in court – were condemned by New York Archdiocese Archbishop Ronald Hicks as the expression of a...

New York bill replaces ‘mother’ with ‘gestating parent’ in state lawA memo accompanying the legislation says the change is needed to align with standards for family court cases involving same-sex parents and surrogate parents.The New York state legislature passed a bill that replaces the words “mother” and “father” with “gestating parent” and “non-gestating parent” in child custody and parental laws.The gender-neutral terms, reminiscent of the dystopian fiction Brave New World, would be included in domestic and education law under the bill, according to the New York Post.“‘Paternity’ proceedings to determine a child’s biological father would meanwhile become ‘parentage’ cases,” the...