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CORRECTION
Yesterday’s Post incorrectly reported that as many as 30 cops were rounded up to take drug tests as part of the NYPD steroid exploration. In fact, three officers were ordered to an NYPD medical facility, and a total of six are being probed…Original post by KEVIN GREENSTEIN
‘WE’RE GONNA WIN that THING’
A former FBI underling of alleged rogue Agent Lindley DeVecchio testified yesterday that he caught his then-supervisor rooting for one side in a bloody mob war - an off-the-cuff comment made notorious in final year’s “Sopranos” series finale…Original post by By ALEX GINSBERG
QUINN ‘POWDER’ THREAT
A package containing white powder was found yesterday external the Manhattan offices of City Council Head Christine Quinn, authorities said. The envelope, which plus restricted a threatening note along with the unidentified substance, was found on…Original post by By PERRY CHIARAMONTE
OTB COULD FINISH OUT OF THE MONEY
The city’s Off-Track Betting Corp. will be broke in less than nine months whether Albany doesn’t come up with a new revenue-sharing formula before thereupon, according to an OTB senior official. OTB Chairman David Cornstein said the city’s only legal bookie…Original post by By DAVID SEIFMAN
NO FARE HIKE: POLS
Albany lawmakers and transit advocates want to take a proposed city fare hike off the table. Four state senators wrote the Metropolitan Transportation Authority yesterday asking to scrap the plan to raise subway fares and tolls next year. They…Original post by AP
H2-OWE SHUTOFFS MEAN BUSINESS
Hoping to duplicate the 100 percent success rate of its residential shutoff program, the city announced yesterday that 30 businesses with overdue water bills are next on the hit list. department of Environmental Protection Commissioner Emily Lloyd…Original post by By DAVID SEIFMAN City Ha…
NYU GUARDS’ SUICIDE DUTY
Desperate to curtail a rash of suicides that have plagued its Greenwich Village campus, New York University is now posting shield guards on the roofs of some buildings to keep students from leaping to their deaths, officials said yesterday…Original post by By LORENA MONGELLI and LEONARD GREE…
COP-UNION BREATH SUIT
A sobriety tryout that all cops are called for to take after shooting someone is “unconstitutional” and “violates the NYPD’s own rules,” according to a lawsuit filed yesterday by three law-enforcement unions. The requirement has been in place since…Original post by By PHILIP MESSING
9/11 ‘GRAN’ SLAM
The parents of a 9/11 victim have lost visitation rights with their dead son’s children following a bitter court battle in which they were accused of striking one of the girls by messy crayons. Nassau County Family Court Judge Carnell Foskey…Original post by By JENNIFER FERMINO
BLOOMBERG BOMBS ON BROADWAY
Mayor Bloomberg made a dramatic entrance in the talks to keep Broadway from going dark yesterday, but received a cool reception from stagehands who are threatening a strike. Bloomberg contacted stagehands’ union Local 1 President James Claffey…Original post by By MICHAEL RIEDEL
VICTIM’S GRAND ‘$AM’ AUCTION
The Son of Sam’s final victim is finally cashing in on New York’s wild Summer of ‘77 - selling the spirit-lifting baseball jersey manager Billy Martin gave him after the Yankees won the World Series. Robert Violante, who was shot in the head by…Original post by By LEONARD GREENE
SUBWAY ‘SURFER’ KILLED
A homeless man who tried to climb atop a moving Manhattan subway car plunged to his death final night after losing his footing, authorities said. The 21-year-old man, who was not identified, slipped off a southbound C train at about 6:40 p.m. in…Original post by By ERIC LENKOWITZ and PERRY CHIAR…
NEW SCI CENTER
Officials broke ground yesterday on a $700 million science center approach Bellevue Hospital that they hope will become a hub for research in coming years. Mayor Bloomberg and Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver heralded the $700 million Alexandria Center…Original post by By MAGGIE HABERMAN
