Rich Calder
New York Post
New York, United States
Contact Rich
Discover and connect with journalists and influencers around the world, save time on email research, monitor the news, and more.
| Recent: |
|
| Past: |
|
Past articles by Rich:
House Dems eying immigration law update to provide citizenship for millions
A coalition of House Democrats are reviving efforts to provide a pathway to citizenship for millions of undocumented immigrants. → Read More
US Navy renames 2 ships in bid to sink Confederate ties
The US Navy is renaming two of its vessels as part of the Biden administration’s ongoing efforts to cut ties with Confederate history. The former USNS Maury, an oceanographic survey ship, has been re-named in honor of Marie Tharp, an oceanographer who first mapped the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean. → Read More
Florida Sen. Scott: Adams an ‘embarrassment’ for migrant college plan
US Sen. Rick Scott claims Mayor Eric Adams is an “embarrassment” for floating a $1.2 million plan to send migrants to college on the taxpayers’ dime. → Read More
NYC toy store Camp begs customers for help following Silicon Valley Bank collapse
Camp, a New York City-based toy company, is in hot water after getting caught up the sudden collapse of Silicon Valley Bank — and is now pleading with customers for help keeping it afloat. → Read More
Bombing at press event in Afghanistan kills at least 1, wounds 5
At least one person was killed and five others wounded after a bomb exploded Saturday during an award ceremony for journalists in Afghanistan, according to Taliban police. → Read More
Michigan schools, staff ‘immune’ to Ethan Crumbley mass shooting lawsuits
A Michigan judge has ruled that staff at Detroit area school cannot be sued for a mass shooting by a teen gunman that left four students dead and seven others wounded. → Read More
NYC Dept. of Education fails to make grade on sexual harassment training
Only a mere 62% of the city’s Department of Education’s staffers from September 2021 through last August took a mandatory sexual harassment training course. → Read More
Opioid-plagued Staten Island wrongly cut out of $1.5B settlement fund: pol
Assemblyman Sam Pirozzolo says Staten Island is getting illegally screwed out of its cut from a $1.5 billion settlement that top drug companies agreed to pay the state towards overdose prevention. → Read More
EPA puts breaks on shipping of toxic Ohio train derailment waste
The Environmental Protection Agency has ordered Norfolk Southern to slam the brakes on shipping toxic waste from the site of the train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio. → Read More
Teens charged in carjacking murder of Michigan honor student Jack Snyder
17-year-old Jack Snyder was allegedly killed by a 14-year-old and 15-year-old after leaving a birthday party. → Read More
Teachers union cash to Heastie, Stewart-Cousins could doom Hochul charter plan: critics
VOTE-COPE has donated a combined $147,100 to Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie’s PAC and campaigns since 2017. → Read More
Nearly half of NYC DOE grads at CUNY need remedial classes
Amid chronic absenteeism, widespread grade inflation, and high school graduates who can't hack introductory-level college classes, city school kids are being shoved through an educational revolving door without truly learning, experts told The Post. → Read More
Brooklyn pizzeria featured in ‘Saturday Night Fever’ Lenny’s Pizza closing after 70 years
Lenny’s Pizza, a beloved Brooklyn pizzeria made famous for its cameo in “Saturday Night Fever,” will be serving up his final pies Sunday. → Read More
Embattled FDNY Commissioner names decorated, retired hero chief as second-in-command
Embattled FDNY Commissioner Laura Kavanagh named her department’s second-in-command Saturday. → Read More
Children’s author Roald Dahl’s beloved books scrubbed by ‘sensitivity experts’
Roald Dahl's famed children's books are being re-written and scrubbed by so-called sensitivity experts to remove language they deemed offensive – including creating a mythical world where characters aren’t “fat” or "ugly” and making the beloved Oompa Loompas of “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory” gender neutral. → Read More
Close friend of Carl Heastie has cashed in as a lobbyist
Patrick Jenkins saw his fortunes rise significantly when Speaker Sheldon Silver was felled by federal corruption charges. → Read More
Syria ambush that killed at least 53 people blamed on ISIS
At least 53 people have been killed in an ambush attack in Syria being blamed on ISIS – making it the deadliest attack by the terrorist group in over a year, according to multiple reports. → Read More
Illegal NYC weed shop across from City Hall returns after third raid
An unlicensed Big Apple pot shop that smugly operates across the street from City Hall is back in business after a third raid in just over two months. → Read More
NYC food vendor attacked with tire iron in alleged $20K shakedown outside City Hall
A longtime NYC food vendor was smashed in the legs and back with a tire iron on Saturday — allegedly by a rival’s enforcer trying to shake him down for $20,000, eyewitnesses said. → Read More
FDNY Commissioner Laura Kavanagh facing mutiny over ‘breach of trust’
Embattled FDNY Chief Laura Kavanagh is facing a mutiny by her top chiefs, with five already demanding demotions and others threatening to follow suit in solidarity. → Read More