Chris Harris

Montclair

Reporter, Sunday Team at New York Post

Reporter, @NYPost Freelancer: @Billboard, @different_leaf Past: @People, @ABCNews, @SPIN, @RollingStone, @MTVNEWS, @TheRecordNJ, @TheMessenger, @HtfdAdvTonight

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Re-election for teachers union prez Michael Mulgrew in low-turnout vote

6 days ago | nypost.com | Susan Edelman |Chris Harris

Michael Mulgrew handily won re-election as United Federation of Teachers president Saturday, clinching more than half the votes for his sixth term. Mulgrew got 54 percent of the mailed-in ballots, sources said. His closest competitor, A Better Contract candidate Amy Arundell, netted 32 percent, according to numbers obtained by The Post.
Exclusive | West Village residents blast church’s plans to build mission for junkies, vagrants: ‘We’re losing the Village’

1 week ago | nypost.com | Gabrielle Fahmy |Chris Harris |Deirdre Bardolf

West Villagers are up in arms over a church’s plan to build a new $11 million mission at a historic NYC street corner, arguing it would lure even more junkies and vagrants to the already besieged area. The Church of St. Luke in the Field’s plans to erect a 4,400-square-foot building on the iconic corner of Christopher and Hudson streets — on the same block as a swanky school — complete with Narcan kits and free meals, to serve up to 300 hobos and drug addicts.
West Village residents blast church’s plans to build mission for junkies, vagrants: ‘We’re losing the Village’

1 week ago | yahoo.com | Gabrielle Fahmy |Chris Harris |Deirdre Bardolf

West Villagers are up in arms over a church’s plan to build a new $11 million mission at a historic NYC street corner, arguing it would lure even more junkies and vagrants to the already besieged area. The Church of St. Luke in the Field’s plans to erect a 4,400-square-foot building on the iconic corner of Christopher and Hudson streets — on the same block as a swanky school — complete with Narcan kits and free meals, to serve up to 300 hobos and drug addicts.
Connecticut influencer busted for going 137-mph after sharing video of the stunt online

1 week ago | nypost.com | Chris Harris

A social media influencer in Connecticut who filmed himself driving at a whopping 137-miles per hour got busted after he shared footage of the stunt online. Giovanni Petruzziello who owns a high-end car repair shop in North Haven, filmed himself driving his Porche zipping through a 25 mph zone at the breathtaking speed. Petruzziello, 27, then shared the footage with his 250,000-plus Instagram followers.
NJ man who rejected Walmart slip-and-fall settlement filing $2M federal lawsuit

1 week ago | nypost.com | Chris Harris

A Jersey City man is taking Walmart to court for $2 million after falling inside one of the mega-retailer’s New York locations and suffering “severe, grievous, and permanent injuries” to his back and spine. Ramon Camilo claimed in federal court records he was shopping at the Walmart in Suffern on July 26, 2024, and he slipped, NJ.com reports.
British mom dies, heart allegedly goes missing during holiday trip to Turkey

1 week ago | nypost.com | Chris Harris

Turkish officials are not saying definitively what killed a vacationing British mother whose heart was allegedly removed from her chest cavity. Beth Martin, 28, reported feeling ill on her flight from the UK to Turkey, and initially dismissed it as food poisoning. However, within hours of touching down in Istanbul, Martin grew “delirious,” and was hospitalized.
European man unaware he had a rare cancer-causing gene donated his sperm — 10 kids now have cancer

1 week ago | nypost.com | Chris Harris

There are term limits — why not sperm limits? The debate over how often a donor’s sperm should be used to conceive children has been reignited in Europe, after 67 children were birthed accidentally using the sperm of a man that had a rare cancer-causing mutation. Ten of those 67 have been diagnosed with some form of cancer, The Guardian reported. More than 20 others are confirmed to have the variant.
Study finds NJ leads nation in missing cat reports

1 week ago | nypost.com | Chris Harris

Let’s hope they have nine lives. More cats have gone missing in New Jersey than in any other state in the US — and it could be a result of the Garden State having some of the “deadliest” roads. A new study conducted by Pet911.org, which maintains a national database of missing pets, found there were 18,580 reports of missing Jersey cats in 2024. Utah followed with 15,165 missing felines, while 13,010 vanished in Massachusetts followed by 12,905 and 12,470 in Illinois and Michigan, respectively.
NJ couple finds long forgotten lottery ticket worth $1M in junk drawer

1 week ago | nypost.com | Chris Harris

There’s not just junk in this drawer!A junk drawer find has changed the lives of an absentminded New Jersey couple forever. A couple sifting through the often overlooked drawer in their Mercer County home came across three Mega Millions tickets they had purchased on New Year’s Eve from a West Trenton Speedymart Food Store. They forgot about the lottery tickets, so they never checked the numbers to see if they had won.
One dead in freak boat mishap on Hudson River

1 week ago | nypost.com | Chris Harris |Tina Moore

A 59-year-old man was reported dead Saturday after a boating mishap on the Hudson River near West 138th Street. NYPD received a 911 call about a person in the water at about 10:30 a.m., and responded to the scene along with the FDNY. Police sources have been unable to confirm earlier reports the man was killed in a boat explosion. Officials did say “we know that something malfunctioned with the vessel,” but shared no further details.