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Connecticut has a new way to welcome drivers as they enter the state — which may elicit strong reactions from other parts of the tri-state. The new "Welcome to Connecticut" signs are meant to highlight aspects of the state that are near and dear to Nutmeggers, but also may get some passionate responses from New York and New Jersey residents. A sign reading "Welcome to Connecticut, Home of the Pizza Capital of the United States" has been placed on I-95 and I-84 entering Connecticut from New York. “These new signs are not just markers on our highways, they are a...

The price of pizza is soaring in the Big Apple thanks to a dyspeptic recipe of inflationary food costs, a global supply-chain crisis and national labor shortage. The sticker shock is hitting pizza-passionate Gothamites right in the gut. “It’s a little bit scary at times,” said Slone Elias, a customer at 2 Bros. Pizza on Eighth Avenue in Chelsea. “Eventually it’s going to reflect in rising food prices at every restaurant.”

A bigoted attacker screamed anti-white statements at a man sitting in a Bronx pizzeria, then punched him in the face and fractured his eye socket, cops said Wednesday. The 59-year-old victim was sitting at a table in Ray’s Pizza on E. 138th St. at St. Ann’s Ave. in Mott Haven Oct. 6, using his laptop, when another man stormed in and started yelling, police said. “Look at this f---ing white guy! These f---ing white people think they own the world!” the man bellowed. The victim tried to leave, but the man blocked his path, then punched him in the face,...

A Bronx man trying to enjoy lunch at his favorite pizza joint had his face slashed and his eye socket broken with what he described as “a Mike Tyson punch” in an unprovoked bias attack, the victim told The Post. Chris Bilcik, 59, said he was sitting alone in Ray’s Pizza on East 138th Street on Oct. 6 when the unhinged man walked in, grabbed a slice of his own, and launched into a racially charged diatribe for no apparent reason.