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Exclusive | Rowdy ‘party pirates’ are taking over the waters off NYC’s City Island and driving locals nuts: ‘Fun on steroids’ These buccaneers are blasting more than just sea shanties.

I spent two months reporting on rowdy boat and jet ski parties in and around City Island for the New York Post. People on both sides of the argument had a lot to say and gave me rare access.

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LI franchisees of Dickey’s Barbecue Pit roast chain for money woes amid scathing lawsuits: ‘Worst financial decision I ever made’ A national barbecue chain is being taken to court by numerous franchisees for allegedly misleading them with claims of sweet profits that turned out to be all smoke and mirrors — and several …

For the New York Post, I spoke to former Dickey’s Barbecue Pit owners on Long Island who say they were misled by the company with claims of sweet profits that turned out to be all smoke and mirrors.

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How a Fordham grad reunited with long-lost college ring over 55 years after it vanished Al DiStefano’s college ring was returned after 56 years when a man found it using a metal detector as he swept a Mount Sinai beach.

For the New York Post, I wrote about a 1969 Fordham University graduate who, thanks to a kind Long Islander with a metal detector, was reunited with his long-lost college ring more than 55 years after it vanished into the Long Island Sound.
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I saw Superman last night and I wondered if I was the only one worried that the Daily Planet might not have a robust enough digital content strategy to survive in the Metropolis’ very active media market.

Connecticut police department’s ‘copsicle’ truck paid for by legal weed sales A Connecticut police department has a sweet new ride — a customized ice cream truck paid for by the sale of legal weed.

For the New York Post, I wrote about the Danbury Police Department's ‘copsicle’ truck, an ice cream cruiser operated by good-humored officers and paid for by legal weed sales.

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State teachers union blasts regents exams for failing to match classroom curriculum: ‘Truly traumatic’ “We heard many reports from our members that this year’s Biology and Earth Science exams contained topics and questions with unforeseen, off-curriculum material,” NYSUT President …

“The whole testing culture has made people feel betrayed if the exam doesn’t exactly reflect the published curriculum.” @dcbloomfield.bsky.social @brooklyncollege.bsky.social
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I continued my reporting on the deafening speakers used at loud New York City “car music” meetups with comments from shops in New York and New Jersey, where the giant sound systems are built and sold.

Biz behind obnoxiously loud NYC ‘churchero’ car speakers used at meet-ups insists, ‘Our clientele is all families’ Critics "are making it seem like it's worse than drug dealers right now,'' business owner Luis Colon said of the meet-ups.

Biz behind obnoxiously loud NYC ‘churchero’ car speakers used at meet-ups insists, ‘Our clientele is all families’

Illegal NYC car meetups feature strippers, drugs and ear-splitting speaker systems driving residents nuts The unregulated revelries are often louder than planes landing at LaGuardia and feature drugs, booze, strippers and wet t-shirt contests, all within earshot of neighborhoods such as Maspeth in Quee…

For the New York Post, I reported on the the massive automotive meetups that are making life hell for residents from Queens to the Bronx to Brooklyn.
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