Backers of Gov. Kathy Hochul’s proposed “bell-to-bell” ban on the use of smartphones in schools are calling out Democrats in the state Senate for pushing to “water down” the proposal. Hochul’s plan would forbid students from using smartphones during the entire school day, but the Senate’s proposed budget resolution would only ban cell phone usage during classroom or…
Safety is the new luxury in Gotham. A new app called Protector will offer New Yorkers on-demand access to armed ex-military and law enforcement to chauffeur them around town. “Ultra high-profile individuals like Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos have dedicated full-time protection teams in place, but for most people, navigating security options is more challenging…
New York City’s schools chancellor complained that $13.5 million earmarked in Gov. Kathy Hochul’s budget proposal to help ban cellphones is “inadequate” — even though roughly half of Big Apple schools already have bans in place. Hochul’s proposal in her $252 billion spending plan leaves it up to individual school districts to come up with…
Gov. Kathy Hochul’s proposed phone ban in New York schools would launch at the start of the next school year and require most devices be stored away until dismissal. Hochul began Wednesday unveiling specifics of the ban that was part of her massive $252 billion budget proposal, saying it would require all public and charter…
A new advocacy group armed with a hefty funding pot has launched a push to ban smart-phone use in New York’s schools. The group — Phone Free New York — has already raised six figures for its campaign to persuade Gov. Kathy Hochul and the state legislature to approve a law to bar mobile-phone usage during the school day,…
Shoot to kill. A growing chorus of local officials in New Jersey and New York are demanding the feds stop gaslighting locals and finally shoot down a drone. Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ) demanded Saturday the Pentagon open fire on one of the nearly 1,000 drones that’ve been spotted above the Garden State since Nov. 18, so answers…
The owner of P’nut the Squirrel gave a tearful statement on TikTok, Saturday about the tiny creature’s death at the hands of New York State officials. Mark Longo, joined by his girlfriend, sobbed through his prepared remarks on the killing of his beloved best friend. “I’m angry, I’m sad, I’m disgusted,” Longo said while choking…
Melinda’s moved on. Billionaire Melinda French Gates was spotted arriving in the Big Apple by helicopter with her new techie boyfriend roughly three years after an “unbelievably painful” divorce to Microsoft founder Bill Gates. The 60-year-old philanthropist was seen holding hands with Seattle-based entrepreneur Philip Vaughn — who formerly worked as a computer programmer at…
Dozens of Jewish anti-Israel protesters were arrested Monday after hundreds of rowdy demonstrators rushed the New York Stock Exchange and staged a sit-in outside the historic Manhattan building. Scores of pro-Palestinian protesters wearing red shirts stormed toward the building on Broad Street in Lower Manhattan — then chained themselves to the doors just before the…
Cracking into Mayor Eric Adams’ encrypted cell phone is going to be an uphill battle for federal authorities, experts told The Post. Hizzoner changed his cell phone password just one day before the FBI seized his electronic devices on Nov. 7 — claiming he did so in order to “preserve the contents of his phone…