Day: July 16, 2018

Chappell led Wake Forest to the Final Four in 1962 and was the top scorer for the Knicks in 1963-64, averaging more than 17 points per game.

Magic radio analyst Richie Adubato has a Croatian neighbor who gave him a language tip. After every Mario Hezonja 3-pointer, Adubato bellowed, “Gee La Vee, Mario!” on the air. That’s a Croatian expression for “Bravo.’’ The phrase wasn’t uttered nearly enough during Hezonja’s failed three-year run in Orlando. On July 1, the 6-foot-8 forward joined…

After more than 15 years in the U.S., Edwin Garcia found himself at a crossroads.

Should he stay in New York in order to continue sending money to his wife and three kids back in El Salvador — or return home to finally be with them?

The 41-year-old East Harlem man worked from morning to night,…

You’ve probably never seen a sewer backup quite like this.

The planned fix for a flood-prone Staten Island strip has dragged on more than two decades, now, and the much-needed project still isn’t even remotely close to completion.

The proposal to install a storm sewer under a stretch of Willow…

It’s a monumental mistake that’s taken centuries to fix. But with the same #MeToo outrage that’s made assaults on women’s bodies intolerable, a growing movement is now demanding that more women’s bodies be put on display — in our parks and squares and assembly halls.

I’m talking, of course, about…

Count on Gov. Cuomo to create a problem where there is none. Here’s a governor, after all, who once made New York sheriffs and police officers criminals for fully loading their sidearms.

Now Cuomo is going after the New York restaurant industry and its hundreds of thousands of food servers. It’s…

If the mask was ever on, it’s off now. President Trump is not simply crusading against illegal immigration. Nor is he basing the opposition to what he ridiculously calls “open borders” on the specious notion that undocumented immigrants are likelier to commit violent crimes, or that they drive…

Happily setting a different tone from his predecessor, newish Schools Chancellor Richard Carranza says “charter schools are public schools” and pledges to treat the independently run, publicly funded institutions fairly.

Words are nice, but he’s failing his first big pragmatic test.

A middle school…

As Democratic candidates for governor and state attorney general square off in bruising primaries, Republicans have flown mostly under the radar while raising campaign cash in hopes of being competitive in the fall.

Marcus Molinaro, the Duchess County executive running for governor, and GOP attorney…

Govs. Andrew Cuomo and Phil Murphy, joint masters of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, really do want higher wages for 40,000 cleaners, guards and bag handlers at JFK, LaGuardia and Newark airports. But the airlines objected at the last minute, forcing the Port to add another public…

Federal prosecutors are fighting to make sure a Trinitarios gang member stays locked up while awaiting trial on charges related to a broad-daylight beatdown linked to the murder of Bronx teen Lesandro (Junior) Guzman-Feliz.

Ramon Paulino, 21, is accused of bashing a 14-year-old boy with a log…

A subway rail improperly attached to the roadbed led to 39 straphangers getting hurt, two subway cars wrecked — and the MTA on the hook for $3.4 million.

That’s the conclusion of an MTA probe into the June 27, 2017, derailment of an A train in Harlem.

Most of the expense of the crash — $3.1 million…

The following is an expanded version of the second item from my “Albany Insider” column from Monday’s print editions:

ALBANY — With control of the state Senate up for grabs, Democratic senators have greatly reduced their usual fund-raising gap with Republicans.

The state Democratic Senate Campaign…

Expanding a campaign he began last week, Gov. Cuomo is set to take direct aim at eight state Senate Republicans for not taking up a bill that would strengthen the state’s abortion rights laws.

Cuomo plans a new round of digital ads starting Monday that will target the eight mostly vulnerable senators…

President Trump’s meeting with Russia’s Vladimir Putin is mired in the continued story of the 2016 election, though those with one eye to 2020 have another on the Helsinki summit.

With rumblings about who is running starting to get louder ahead of the midterm elections, potential challengers among…

Right to choose – a life of regret

Rego Park: So Gov. Cuomo and New York State’s legislative Democrats want to codify the Roe v. Wade provisions that the state passed two years before the Supreme Court ruling in 1973 (“Roe, Roe, Roe your vote,” July 9).

In 1972 I had an abortion in New York City,…

At least two people died and dozens were arrested after France’s win in the World Cup final sparked revelling and chaos across the country.

A man in his 50s in the city of Annecy died after he jumped into a canal without enough water in it and in the Oise region a man in his 30s died when he ran…

An “unhinged” Minnesota city council candidate is under investigation for posting a topless photo of his wife to his official campaign website in response to an order of protection she filed against him.

In a July 14 blog entry on the now-deleted page, David Martinez of St. Paul included the picture…

A jilted lover who shot his ex-girlfriend’s fiancé to death in the Bronx, then walked off with his victim’s dog was cuffed a day after the slaying, police said Sunday night.

Cops on Sunday apprehended Jose Quinones, 49, who was wanted for killing Juan Flores in the lobby of his building on Webb…

LAS LOMITAS, Texas — Border Patrol supervisor Rene Quintanilla followed a trail of kids’ clothing and empty water bottles down a makeshift trail to the edge of the Rio Grande, then squinted into the morning sun as he took a long look around.

“Some people were just here. Look at that child’s underwear…

President Trump said he isn’t going into his meeting with Russian leader Vladimir Putin with “high expectations.” Trump said he “hadn’t thought” to ask Putin to extradite the indicted Russians accused of meddling in the 2016 presidential election.

So, what exactly will the leader of the free world…

Ivanka Trump’s name has quietly disappeared from Canada’s largest department store chain.

Hudson’s Bay has pulled the First Daughter’s brand from its website and is poised to remove all of her items from their brick-and-mortar stores.

But the 90-store retailer, which also owns Saks Fifth Avenue…

CLEVELAND – The Yankees ended a solid first half on a bad note.

Chad Green allowed a go-ahead homer to Michael Brantley leading off the eighth inning, and the Bombers lost to the Indians 5-2 on Sunday at Progressive Field.

Green has allowed a homer in each of his last two appearances after posting…

CLEVELAND – After clobbering the Red Sox on July 1, no one expected the Yankees to be 4.5 games back of their hated rivals in the AL East division standings.

But that’s where they are right now, headed into the All-Star break on the heels of a 5-2 loss to the Indians on Sunday at Progressive Field.

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A drunken driver plowed his pickup truck into a Queens woman’s minivan on a Long Island road, killing the driver and injuring his six passengers Sunday morning, police said.

Glenn Zaleski, 36, was driving east on Route 48 in Greenport when he slammed into a minivan going in the opposite direction…

The royal children keep getting cuter with age.

Kensington Palace released new royal family photos Sunday, this time from 2-month-old Prince Louis’ christening last week.

While newlyweds Prince Harry and Meghan Markle continued a seemingly nonstop post-wedding photo op, 3-year-old Charlotte and…

WASHINGTON — Andres Gimenez had goals coming into this season. The Mets’ top prospect wanted to try and make the most of his speed. He looked to hit more line drives into the gap and run hard to get the extra base. He wanted to try and become more of a threat on the base paths.

And, he wanted to…