After a hard day of just being a friggin' hero, pulling your fellow man out of the twisted, flaming wreckage of a highway pileup, a guy is entitled to $1,200 of body work on his Expedition, a little $21,000 shoulder surgery and maybe a cold one, right? But the NYPD has slapped the cuffs on Gabriel Hernandez, a Bronx resident who is accused of insurance fraud after authorities viewed a tape of the accident that shows Hernandez wasn't actually involved in the accident. more ›

Yesterday morning, a 6-year-old boy died after being struck by a MTA tow truck in East Harlem near the RFK Bridge. Max Mendez and his mother, Erika Lorenzo, who were walking to the Wagner Pool on East 124th Street for swim lessons, were both struck. Lorenzo, 7 months pregnant, told the Post, "I will never recover from the death of my son, but I do want justice." more ›

The police believe that the U-Haul abandoned on the RFK Bridge last night was the work of a car thief. NYPD spokesman Paul Browne said the vehicle was reported stolen from a lot at East 138th Street. Because of a gas smell and witness reports of a man fleeing on foot, plus it's a post-Times Square car bomb world, the NYPD's bomb squad and ESU spent a couple ours examining the truck, which was empty (the bridge was closed in both direction for three hours). Browne said, "We think, preliminarily, that it's a conventional perp." more ›

The NYPD shut down the RFK (aka Triborough) Bridge in both directions last night when they were alerted to a U-Haul truck abandoned on the span. After an investigation—which included the bomb squad—it was determined there was nothing in the truck. more ›

Yesterday, the Triborough Bridge was renamed the Robert F. Kennedy Bridge to honor former Attorney General and Senator from New York. Former president Bill Clinton, Mayor Bloomberg and Governor David Paterson joined RFK's children and widow, Ethel Kennedy, for the event. Paterson said, "Robert F. Kennedy was a champion of social justice and human rights and his spirit is kept alive by his family’s continued commitment to those causes. I am particularly pleased to have had the opportunity to sign this bill into law, making possible the renaming of the Triborough Bridge as the Robert F. Kennedy Bridge, which is a fitting tribute to the man and his legacy.” The idea was proposed earlier this year by former governor Eliot Spitzer. more ›