NYC police upping patrol amid uptick in 'subway shove' incidents, shootings

Former Democratic presidential contender Andrew Yang is planning to enter the race to succeed New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio in elections next fall.

“We have made staggering numbers of gun arrests, taking guns off the streets from felons,” New York City Police Commissioner Dermot Shea said Tuesday, “but when you look, three days later, four days later, those individuals are back on the street committing more gun violence.” Too many bad guys — gang members, in particular — are walking the streets. In the past, cops could get them jailed and, often enough, imprisoned after catching them once.

J.Lo kept it simple and stylish while out in New York City.Yesterday, the superstar was photographed taking care of presumably some holiday shopping and wearing a sleek but comfortable look while doing so. Dressed in a pair of skintight leather leggings and a matching black turtleneck, she sported platform combat boots from her own JLo x DSW footwear line.

Jeremy Renner and Hailee Steinfeld are continuing filming scenes for their upcoming series.

Selena Gomez is back to work.

Shaun Donovan, the former Secretary of Urban Housing and Development and budget director under the Obama administration, launched his campaign for New York City mayor on Tuesday.

Santa is a working man. Dana Friedman, a silver-haired 61-year-old New York City-based trial attorney, converted a kids clothing store (which had shuttered as a result of the pandemic) into his workshop, where he's making toys for tots and delivering them in his 1968 “bikini blue” Oldsmobile Cutlass convertible.

A New York City steakhouse got seared on social media Monday over its outdoor dining setup, which nearly blocked the sidewalk. But the Midtown Manhattan restaurant maintained it believed it was following coronavirus rules, and began making changes when questioned by The Post.

Rep.-elect Nicole Malliotakis is waving the warning flag about Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's growing influence in New York politics and pledged to be a fighter against socialism not just at the national level with the burgeoning "Freedom Force," but also in Ocasio-Cortez's Big Apple backyard.

Selena Gomez grabs attention with a fluorescent green face mask while arriving at the set of Only Murders in the Building in New York City on Monday (December 7).

It's back to school again for some New York City schoolchildren, weeks after the schools were closed to in-person learning because of rising COVID-19 infections. The city's public school system, which shut down in-person learning earlier this month, will bring back on Monday preschool students and children in kindergarten through fifth grade whose parents chose a mix of in-school and remote learning.

Hailee Steinfeld walks and talks with Jeremy Renner while filming new scenes for Hawkeye in New York City on Sunday afternoon (December 6).

NEW YORK — A historic church in lower Manhattan that houses New York's Liberty Bell and whose congregation dates to the city's earliest days was gutted by a massive fire early Saturday that sent flames shooting through the roof. The Middle Collegiate Church in the East Village burned before dawn after a fire spread from a five-story vacant building adjacent to the church around 5 a.m.

rock ’n’ roll photographer Bob Gruen, and invited him to the Record Plant studio in Midtown Manhattan. Lennon and his wife, Yoko Ono, were working on a new song there, called “Walking on Thin Ice.”Gruen had shot the iconic photo of Lennon wearing a T-shirt emblazoned with the words “New York City,” and they had established a friendship where the singer would regularly ask  Gruen to photograph him.It was Friday afternoon, Dec.