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Shellyne Rodriguez, the former Hunter College professor axed after threatening a Post reporter with a machete, will dodge jail time if she makes it through six months of therapy, according to a Bronx plea deal.

It’s a majority-Republican first-term class. One of them chose a military helicopter for a Patronus, and they believe in free will over fate.

On the New York City ballot are 25 judgeships for state Supreme Court and 21 openings for Civil Court. With the exception of the lone Civil Court contest on Staten Island with a Democrat and Republican competing, in all 45 other judicial “elections,” the Democratic candidate is guaranteed victory, almost always running unopposed.

The Rising Stars who are shaping city politics and policy.

You get a Facebook friend request from someone you don’t know. An unknown profile seeks...

We spent decades in prison for crimes we didn’t commit and it’s time the Legislature...

Boyd Ward's letter criticizing us for writing about knife laws on Feb. 20 gave us a graceful opportunity to make a correction.

With Majority Leader Peoples-Stokes’ support, Fair Pay for Home Care Act reaches 71 Democratic Assembly sponsors — five short of Democratic Assembly Majority. In State Senate, Fair Pay for Home Care Act reaches Senate Majority with 32 Democratic Senate sponsors. New York State faces worst homecare shortage in the nation — forcing seniors and disabled people into dangerous nursing homes.

A judge’s order restricting defense attorney’s abilities to challenge withheld evidence has opened up a rift between Albany and the state court system.

State lawmakers are pushing the Challenging Wrongful Convictions Act, to help vacate convictions based on new or suppressed evidence.