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Monitors overseeing failing NYC agencies racked up $111M tab

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The city has shelled out at least $111 million on monitors and special masters overseeing agencies ordered to fix high-stakes failures — from horrific living conditions in public housing and jails to alleged racist practices at the NYPD, FDNY and Department of Education. The Post examined 11 ongoing cases in which most of the pricey outside overseers have amassed fortunes after being appointed by judges and government entities to ensure city agencies correct years — and sometimes decades — of malfeasance. They include: $36.9 million lawyer that Mark S. Cohen…

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FDNY, NYC employees under investigation for vaccine card scam: Sources

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COVID-19 The Post has learned that vaccination fraud may spread faster than the killer bug itself among New York City workers. At least two city agencies, the FDNY and the Department of Sanitation, are in the crosshairs of investigating employees who provide false evidence of a COVID-19 vaccine — in some cases steal blank fax cards — in order to comply with Mayor Bill de Blasio’s mandate. Insiders said. At FDNY, the scheme appears to have involved the theft of blank cards from the agency’s headquarters in Brooklyn and other…

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Nearly $15,000 stolen from burned-out NYC apartments

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Police sources said Sunday that thieves stole $15,000 worth of electronics and jewelry from a Bronx housing project shortly after the building caught fire — killing a 6-year-old boy, seriously injuring his father and displacing residents. Aiden Hayward and his 32-year-old father were found unconscious in a driveway on the 19th floor of 303rd Street East 135th in the Mitchell Homes of New York City Friday evening. Aiden, who suffered from smoke inhalation, was taken to Harlem Hospital but was not rescued. Police said his father, who also suffered from…

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A New York City father clings to life after a New York City apartment fire that killed his son

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Angry residents of a Bronx housing project where a 6-year-old boy died in a fire said the garbage compactor where the fire started has been broken for at least two months. Firefighters found Aiden Hayward and his 32-year-old father unconscious in a 19th-floor driveway of 303 East 135th Street in the Mitchell Homes of New York City on Friday evening. Aiden was taken to Harlem Hospital, but was not saved. The boy, the second child to die in a fire in the five boroughs last week, died of smoke inhalation.…

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80% of FDNY is now submerged

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One-fifth of the city’s firefighters are still not immune to COVID-19, a week after Mayor de Blasio’s deadline set for city workers to get vaccinated. In all, seven city agencies are still lagging behind the Big Apple’s overall adult vaccination rate, and nearly 9,000 city workers are on unpaid leave for refusing to comply with the mandate, leaving 26 firefighters temporarily closed across the city last Saturday due to Staff shortage. Because of the mandate of vaccination. On Friday at the WNYC, including the NYPD and FDNY, de Blasio said…

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De Blasio’s ban on propane heaters will crush NYC’s dining scene

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Cranks suing the city to end outdoor dining on issues like noise and litter can save their dough from legal fees, because City Hall is about to do the job for them. Last month, the FDNY, backed by Mayor de Blasio, unreasonably banned the use of propane heaters in outdoor restaurants. (Are any of the actions taken by the worst mayor in the history of the Big Apple? Not illogical?). The ban will likely end for thousands of places that relied on extra cash from outdoor seating to help offset…

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The Rikers Island fire started with at least three prisoners injured

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An inmate on Rikers Island set a fire inside a dispensary at the besieged prison Friday night, sources told The Post, injuring at least three people. The fire broke out at about 8:15 p.m. on the second floor of the seven-story Rikers Infirmary building where nine inmates are staying, according to the New York Department of Defense. A union source in the Department of Corrections said that the inmate placed him. “Everyone has been accounted for. A small fire in a condominium at Rikers Island’s North Infirmary Command, caused heavy…

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New York City fire kills 6-year-old boy, dad in critical condition

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A 6-year-old boy was killed and his father left to fight for his life when a fire broke out in a garbage compactor at a public apartment complex in the Bronx Friday night, authorities said. Firefighters discovered the child and a 32-year-old man — sources said was his father — unconscious at 303 East 135th Street at Mitchell Houses in NYCHA after responding to reports of a fire around 5:20 p.m., according to the NYPD and FDNY. A 6-year-old boy died at the scene of a Bronx fire while his…

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Bill de Blasio Leaves New York City Crises To Eric Adams

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Come January 1, Mayor-elect Eric Adams will be handing the keys to City Hall — and a pile of problems left by Mayor Bill de Blasio, including rising crime and union resistance due to COVID-19 mandates and a $5 billion budget deficit, on But not limited to. “Eric acknowledged in his victory speech that there are a lot of challenges in New York City,” said former City Council member David Greenfield, who chairs the Met Council anti-poverty group. “From public safety to budget issues to housing, we can definitely use…

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De Blasio strikes deal with NYC unions over COVID-19 vaccine mandate

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Mayor Bill de Blasio struck a deal with four unions in cities — including the largest in the Big Apple and sanitation workers — to allow unvaccinated workers more time to apply for waivers from his COVID-19 vaccine mandate, city officials announced. Notably, absent from the deal were unions representing FDNY and EMS workers, who strongly opposed de Blasio’s executive order requiring city employees to take a jab or go on unpaid leave. The deal — announced Thursday afternoon and signed by DC 37, Teamsters Local 237, Uniformed Sanitationmen’s Association…

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