Month: August 2019

There’s no bigger mismatch in baseball right now — or in sports, for that matter — than Yankees-Orioles. And no one embodies it more than Gleyber Torres, who continued his dominance over Baltimore in both games of the Yankees’ sweep of Monday’s split doubleheader in The Bronx. He hit a first-inning homer in an 8-5Read moreRead more

The man who is on his way to owning the most valuable waterfront property in Montauk is a Greek immigrant and restaurateur who owns three NY eateries and a construction empire — despite starting his life in America working in a factory. But not much more seems to be known about Merkourios Angeliades, 77, whoRead moreRead more

Jessica Mendoza missed ESPN’s “Sunday Night Baseball” broadcast from San Francisco because the analyst was in a car accident Friday. Click Here: cheap true religion jeans Mendoza, who is also a Mets’ baseball operations adviser, had her car rear-ended at full speed while driving on the Southern California freeway, according to USA Today. She isRead moreRead more

A six-story Queens apartment building with a large elderly population is losing its only elevator for four months starting Monday — leaving its residents up in arms. “I am angry and frustrated,” said Farida Ghani, 75, a longtime resident of the 66-unit, pre-war building at 40-66 Ithaca St. in Elmhurst. Click Here: afl store Ghani,Read moreRead more

Gov. Andrew Cuomo would have taxpayers believe that he sincerely wants to restore the authority of state Comptroller Tom DiNapoli to audit massive economic-development projects — but the lawyers are still haggling over the exact language. Ha! Eight months ago, Cuomo announced he and DiNapoli had reached an agreement on the issue. But somehow legislationRead moreRead more

A couple in a ritzy lower Manhattan building say their apartment has a nasty “bug infestation” — that has cost them more than $70,000 worth of artwork and designer furniture, according to a new lawsuit. Leonard and Darrell Morse claim the critters infested their $10,000-a-month New York by Gehry pad — and fumigators then chippedRead moreRead more

PARIS — The day after a preventable fire collapsed Notre Dame’s roof on April 15, Emmanuel Macron pledged to “rebuild the cathedral even more beautifully, and I want it to be finished within five years.” Four months into this deadline, the French president’s words appear naïve. It may take years to get the site readyRead moreRead more

In 2010, when scientists at Knome Inc. were looking to study a remarkable human’s DNA, they didn’t ring up Steve Jobs or Beyoncé. Instead, the Cambridge, Mass.-based human genome company reached out to Ozzy Osbourne. They wanted to know what genes had kept the rocker alive through decades of heavy drug and alcohol abuse. TheirRead moreRead more

According to Transport Workers Union chief John Samuelson, the MTA’s efforts to rein in overtime and pension abuse amount to “creating a hostile [work] environment.” Wow. Check your privilege, John. The reason your members — and workers represented by other MTA unions — face treatment as if they might be criminals is that some ofRead moreRead more

Last week began with President Trump labeling China a currency manipulator in his tweets about levying new tariffs on that country, causing an overall escalation of trade tensions. The way it was done — and the way the wizards of Wall Street and many politically bent pundits interpreted it — was shameful. For starters, theRead moreRead more