Chris Young talks with Yankees about return to Bronx: sources

Chris Young could end up staying in The Bronx. The outfielder, who signed with the Yankees in August after a disastrous stint with the Mets that led to his release, has talked with the Yankees about a new deal, sources confirmed. The right-handed hitting...

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Teachers at 2 of city’s worst high schools will have to reapply for jobs

Teachers at two of the city's worst performing schools will have to reapply for their jobs in a deal between city and state education officials and the teachers union. School officials, principals and union officials will review staff at Boys and Girls...

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Nets’ Johnson happy Arkansas pal Fisher is coaching Knicks

Joe Johnson might have been happy to beat Derek Fisher on Friday night, but he also is happy about his fellow Arkansan's new job with the Knicks. "You got two country boys from Little Rock, Ark., who are from the big city and enjoying life," Johnson...

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Rapper shocked his song dragged into legal battle on LI

A hip-hop pioneer was stunned to learn that his 1984 song "Roxanne, Roxanne" was at the center of an explosive legal war between a pair of Long Island library staffers. "Before, we had to worry about mediating hip-hop beefs in the streets," Kangol Kid...

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Why return to Seattle brings back bad memory for Giants’ McAdoo

SEATTLE — If someone can smile and cringe simultaneously, that's what Ben McAdoo did when the Giants' first-year offensive coordinator was reminded Sunday's game will be his first time back for a game in Seattle since … "Mayhem,'' McAdoo recalled. ...

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Human Rights chief fired after Letitia James demands new head

In an unusual move, Mayor de Blasio is replacing the head of the city's Commission on Human Rights — one day after getting a strongly worded letter from Public Advocate Letitia James attacking her and demanding she be fired. James charged in a letter...

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Librarian fired after refusing to discriminate against whites: suit

An old-school rap battle broke out at a Long Island library, when the director used lyrics from a classic track to diss an underling who refused to discriminate against white people, according to a new lawsuit. Diane Woodcheke, 46, says her boss, Joy...

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Was Azealia Banks new album worth the wait?

Azealia Banks first announced her debut album would be called "Broke With Expensive Taste" in early 2012. In the time since, Apple have released five different iPhones, Egypt has had four different heads of state, even the world's most famous bachelor...

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Disney stock falls 2.5%

Walt Disney stock fell 2.5 percent in after-market trading Thursday as investors missed the magic that normally accompanies quarterly reports from the Mouse House. For its fiscal fourth quarter, Disney's $0.86 earning per share fell two cents short...

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SEC hits Detroit suburb with fraud charges over studio plans

Lights, camera, SEC action! So ends a Hollywood Dream that was supposed to shore up the sagging economy of a Detroit suburb — and turn Motown into a motion-picture mecca capable of taking on Tinsel town. But instead of attracting fanfare and film fests,...

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Nets’ Hollins interviewed with Timberwolves in offseason

When Jason Kidd flew the coop this summer to coach the Bucks, Nets general manager Billy King quickly responded by hiring Lionel Hollins to replace him as the team's head coach two days later. But, in an alternate universe, Hollins already could have...

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Prigioni exits with sprained right ankle, says it’s ‘not too bad’

AUBURN HILLS, Mich. — Say it ain't so, Pablo. Knicks backup point guard Pablo Prigioni suffered a sprained right ankle late in the second quarter of the Knicks' 98-95 loss Wednesday to the Pistons after stepping on the foot of Brandon Jennings and his...

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Mom picking kids up at school hit by stray bullet

A Brooklyn woman on her way to pick up her kids at school Wednesday afternoon was hit by a stray bullet, cops said. Safia Bibi, 35, was walking to PS 253 in Brighton Beach at about 2:30 p.m. when someone at nearby William E. Grady HS started firing...

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NY breaks lowest voter turnout record in governors race

New York voters shattered a record in Tuesday's elections — but no one's going to be bragging about it. This record is for the lowest turnout in a New York gubernatorial election in the modern era. Only 3.7 million people bothered to go to the polls...

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Daily Blotter

Bronx He stole brews, they got bruised. A man who boosted three beers from a Parkchester bodega joined his pals in beating up and robbing two men who tried to stop him, cops said. The suds swiper grabbed a bottled beer from a case in the Hathash Deli...

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Church’s closure could be the end of its treasured murals

A Midtown church slated to close as part of a massive shakeup by the Archdiocese of New York is a veritable art museum filled with dozens of stunning murals painted by a world-renowned artist — and parishioners fear the treasured works could be lost...

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Just call Chirlane the city’s co-mayor

In politics, the color of one's skin is not nearly as important as its thickness. Chirlane McCray's can be measured in microns. Also her husband's, Mayor de Blasio — who last week likened running City Hall to that time when he managed his now-teenage...

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Scott Stringer fired cops for being late to pick him up at home

City Comptroller Scott Stringer dumped two cops from his NYPD security detail because they were late picking him up in the morning and then didn't notice him and left an event that night and walked back home, The Post has learned. Stringer also booted...

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Despite indictment, even Grimm is a favorite

Voters mobbed Staten Island Rep. Michael Grimm on Monday, ignoring his federal criminal indictment as he heads into a race where he's suddenly the favorite. The latest Siena College poll shows the Republican with a startling 19-point lead over his fading...

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‘They stole my son': Mom sues over adoption ‘trick’

A struggling single mom thought she was giving her young son a chance at a better life by entering into an open adoption with a wealthy Manhattan couple. But Nina Yusupov, of Brooklyn, never imagined she would have to cut off all ties with the boy —...

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Book reveals reason for rift betwen ex-chancellor and education honcho

A well-connected city education honcho suddenly turned on then-Schools Chancellor Joel Klein because he passed over her girlfriend for a top job, Klein suggests in his new book. The now-infamous rift that developed between Klein and education powerhouse...

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Brad and Carrie team up again for 48th CMAs

"MasterChef Junior" Tuesday at 8 p.m. on Fox The pint-sized version of Gordon Ramsay's umpteenth cooking competition show is back for Season Two with 16 new junior home cooks (ranging in age from 8 to 13). In the premiere, Season One winner Alexander...

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Comedians test their punchlines before Comedy Festival

So much funny, so little time. That's our motto for trying to catch the many great shows coming to town this week as part of the New York Comedy Festival, which kicks off Wednesday. As a preview, here are our favorite jokes from some of the performers....

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Elderly man struck and critically injured by car

A man was struck by a car and critically injured on the Upper East Side Sunday, authorities and witnesses said. The 58-year-old victim was crossing East 79th Street near York Avenue at 10 p.m. when he was hit. "Blood was just spilling from his head,"...

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Key function of crashed spaceship deployed early: investigators

An investigation into the deadly crash of a Virgin Galactic spaceship has found that a function to help the craft descend into the atmosphere was deployed early, a federal safety official said on Sunday, adding pilot error could not be ruled out. The...

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Gansevoort Hotel tangled in $5M stiletto-stab suit

What a heel! Amanda Keisoglu went to a Manhattan hot spot for fun and ended up the victim of a stabbing — by a stiletto. Keisoglu, 26, was out on the town for her cousin's bachelorette party in August when the group of 12 friends and relatives hit...

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Stalwarts push to revive cursive in city schools

If your kid can't sign his or her name, here's why: Most city public schools stopped teaching cursive handwriting years ago. The focus on high-stakes testing and rigorous Common Core math and reading standards has reduced handwriting to a "lost art."...

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School hires monitor for girls’ ‘exposed collarbones and calves’

The morality police aren't just patrolling Iran or the Islamic State — they're standing watch at a school in Brooklyn. Female students at ­Yeshiva of Flatbush are outraged that two monitors were hired this school year to patrol hallways for exposed...

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Two girls’ 10-hour-long sorority hazing hell

Two Medgar Evers College freshmen have blown the whistle on a CUNY ­sorority's secret hazing. Wooed by Gamma Beta Delta, Shawntee Caton, 17, and Gabby Jones, 18, had planned to join the impressive-seeming sisterhood when things turned ugly. They were...

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Police find nunchucks in South African man’s luggage

No nunchucks for you! A South African man passing through JFK Airport found himself thrown in the slammer after police found nunchucks in his checked luggage, according to a lawsuit. Karate brown-belt Jef d'Engle, 59, and his wife, Barbra, checked...

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Walmart pulls offensive Halloween costume from shelves

Halloween was another diplomatic disaster for Walmart. The retail giant got blasted Friday for selling a costume called the "Pashtun Papa" (right) — a mock-up of traditional Afghan robes and turban, coupled with a big, fake silver beard. "Whether you're...

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Starbucks introducing delivery service to NYC

Hot coffee delivered right to the office — that's what Starbucks is promising with the launch of a coffee-delivery service where customers will be able to place ­orders from a mobile app. "Imagine the ability to create a standing order of Starbucks...

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Forbes sells directory that catalogs Old Money families

The Forbes family has quietly sold off The Social Register — the 128-year-old biannual directory that has cataloged the country's old money families, particularly of the WASP elite. "The ownership of the Social Register Association, previously owned...

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Taylor Swift’s label eyes over $200M in sales

Big Machine, the record label of Taylor Swift, Rascal Flats and Tim McGraw, is on the block, The Post has learned. Owner Scott Borchetta, who started the label in 2005, is looking for a price in excess of $200 million, sources said. While Borchetta...

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Apple investors feel ‘gay’

One day after Apple CEO Tim Cook revealed he was gay, any fear — no matter how remote — that investors would punish the stock disappeared. Apple shares closed Friday at an all-time high, rising 1 percent to $108. Cook on Thursday became the most powerful...

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