Mayor Zohran Mamdani on Friday honored one of New York's Bravest, who saved a Brooklyn public school principal from nearly drowning in her vehicle during the city's first major flash flood of the year.

Off-duty FDNY first responder Travis Langan, of Crown Heights' Ladder 123, was recognized for saving the life of Carmen Pinto, who got trapped inside her Tesla Model 3 Wednesday when it malfunctioned from the rising water levels.

"She tried everything. She tried to open her car door. She tried to bring down her windows. She tried calling 911. Nothing was working fast enough," Mamdani said during an event at FDNY headquarters in Brooklyn.

Two inches of rain fell in less than one hour that evening, as Langan drove home from work on the Jackie Robinson Parkway -- and noticed six cars "basically submerged" in the flood waters, he said.

Langan, who was on the phone with his dad at the time, immediately hung up and jumped into action to try to lead people to safety.

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MONTEBELLO – Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman and his GOP running mate for governor, Todd Hood, are seeking a third party line for governor, The Post has learned.

Petitioners for the independent line were spotted by The Post gathering signatures outside President Trump's rally with Blakeman and Rep. Mike Lawler (R-NY) in Rockland County Friday morning.

“I am very grateful that tens of thousands of Republicans, Democrats, and Independent voters have signed the petition to stop Kathy Hochul’s tax and utility rate hikes and place me on the “Vote Affordable” Independent Line,” Blakeman later confirmed to The Post.

“It’s a high bar to get over, but the enthusiasm alone among nonpartisan voters ensures we will be successful in November,” he said.

One of the members of the “committee to fill vacancies” listed on the petitions said the  independent nominating effort was being undertaken by various county committees and referred The Post to the Blakeman campaign.

“County committees across New York have been carrying the line,” the person said.

A spokesperson for Blakeman’s campaign couldn't immediately indicate why the campaign was seeking a third line.

Blakeman is set to appear on both the Republican and conservative party lines on the November ballot, where he'll go up against incumbent Democrat Gov. Kathy Hochul.

The vacancy committee includes the names of several GOP County Committee chairs including Nassau Chair Joe Cairo, Erie County Chair Michael Kracker, Ontario County Chair Trisha Turner, Westchester Chair Doug Colety and Oswego County Chair Terry Wilbur.

Gov. Kathy Hochul has struck a final sweetheart pensions deal with public service unions — and Albany is only footing a fraction of the $557 million bill.

The state’s seemingly endless budget negotiations have taken place alongside talks between Hochul and AFL-CIO Prez Mario Cilento over the massive deal to sweeten pensions covering critical public employees like teachers, public health workers, and state cops.

But according to sources, only $118 million of the funding will be directly carried by the state. The remaining $440 million hole will be filled by local municipalities and public employers.

Fiscal experts warned that it could leave localities with no choice but to hike property taxes or make cuts to services.

It's a massive comedown from the original proposals advanced by labor unions, which would have cost a staggering $1.5 billion overall, with a $249 million price tag for the state.

Under the finalized deal, Tier 6 teachers will be able to retire penalty-free at age 58 after 30 years of service, rather than at 63, sources with knowledge of the agreement said Friday. Unions had initially pushed to lower the retirement age to 55.

State and local public employees across New York will see their pension contributions lowered to a tiered range of 3% to 5.75%, depending on their salary bracket. That change carries an overall $244 million price tag, with Albany doling out just $85 million.

The new agreement also makes changes to the overtime caps used to calculate retirement benefits for emergency personnel and civil servants.

The overtime cap for police officers and firefighters will jump to 25% of their wages, up from the current 15%. Meanwhile, corrections staff and county sheriff's deputies will hit an overtime cap of approximately $30,000, up from the previous $22,000 limit.

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Mayor Zohran Mamdani kept up the self-congratulations Friday, after his office recovered $9 million in unpaid city fines from the tech giant.

Hizzoner slammed the $2 trillion company for not paying environmental fines related to their truck exhaust in a post to X on Friday morning.

"Amazon is worth $2 trillion. But it didn't deign to pay the millions of dollars it racked up in unpaid fines as its’ trucks illegally polluted our air and forced New Yorkers to breathe in their exhaust," he said.

"No company — no matter how large or powerful — is above the law."

The internet trolls had a ball.

Chronically online Mayor Zohran Mamdani was given a hard lesson on how livestreams can go wrong -- as trolls bombed Hizzoner's weekly Twitch chat show with a hail of penis drawings. 

The 34-year-old mayor had touted the show as the next iteration of FDR's famous Fireside Chats -- but the unmoderated questions quickly devolved from softball questions to hardcore porn imagery.

Mamdani sat alongside NYC TikToker Moose on the streaming platform Twitch, fielding questions like "where can you get the best tacos" before a near seizure-inducing stream of unmoderated comments appeared on the right side of the screen, with users posting random comments.

The decorum of the chat quickly devolved — as the unfiltered internet users repeatedly posted images of erect penises with the caption "Do you like what you see?"

Moose was left begged viewers to ease up on the chat bombing but his pleas for decency went limp.

"Guys, to everyone spamming the chat, let’s try to keep it respectful, family-friendly," he said as the trolls continued to insert their phallic sketches in the chat.

Notably spotted as a spectator was far-left streamer Hasan Piker, who streamed himself watching the mayor's feed. 

City Hall also promoted "Talk With The People" by drawing comparisons to Mamdani's idol Fiorello LaGuardia.

"By hosting the country’s first recurring cross-platform stream led by an elected official, where New Yorkers can ask questions live on Twitch, we’re opening up a new conversation between government and the people it serves, especially younger generations who have too often been ignored,” Mamdani said in a statement.

The mayor noted that the show will be simulcast to other platforms like YouTube, TikTok, Instagram, Facebook, X and Bluesky.

Great Depression-era Mayor Fiorello La Guardia — whom Mamdani frequently cites as an inspiration — hosted a WNYC radio show called “Talk to the People” in a similar effort to directly connect with Big Apple residents.

“In 1942, Mayor Fiorello LaGuardia spoke directly to New Yorkers through his radio program “Talk to the People,” using the most cutting-edge technology of his era to break through traditional gatekeepers and connect with working people across the city. Today, Mayor Mamdani is building on that legacy for a new generation,” City Hall said in a press release.

The new program was announced shortly after recent data showed that pre-k and 3-k program enrollment has dipped since last year, despite the administration's advertising blitz.

Around 64,000 Empire State residents use Twitch, the live-streaming platform, according to start.io.

Mayor Zohran Mamdani announced Thursday that his administration recovered over $9 million in unpaid fines from Amazon -- a day after its billionaire founder Jeff Bezos ripped into Hizzoner for pouring billions into the city's mismanaged public school system.

A targeted effort to collect unpaid idling summonses within Amazon's delivery network and its third-party contractors started earlier this year, according to a City Hall press release.

"Amazon is worth $2 trillion. Yet, it did not deign to pay the millions of dollars it racked up in unpaid fines as its’ trucks illegally polluted our air and forced New Yorkers to breathe in their exhaust," the mayor said in a statement.

The millions in unpaid fines came from raked-up violations by the delivery juggernaut's vehicles for idling longer than three minutes in general and longer than one minute when adjacent to a school, City Hall officials said.

The announcement calling out Amazon was announced just a day after Bezos shredded Mamdani for forking over a whopping $43 billion to city public schools despite their plummeting enrollment and lackluster testing results.

“If we ran Amazon the way New York City runs their school system – your packages would take six weeks to arrive,” the billionaire bigwig said on CNCBC's "Squawk Box."

The record-setting funding translates to the Big Apple spending $44,000 per student, which is around 30% higher than other major American cities.

Bezos, who pledged to donate up to $150 million to support early childhood education in New York, hammered the idea that extra funding from new taxes would do little to help teachers or students, but rather only expand the city's sprawling bureaucracy.

"I know a few teachers in Queens who would be to differ," Hizzoner shot back on X Wednesday.

Leigh Anne Gullett, Amazon spokesperson, said Thursday, "We've worked with city officials to resolve these fines, many of which didn't reach the delivery service partners whose vehicles were cited because of gaps in how violations were tracked.

"We've since established a new process to help ensure potential future violations reach the right parties," she said in a statement.

"We're looking forward to continuing our work in New York City including efforts like the growth of our e-cargo bike, electric delivery van and walker programs that support customer delivery.”

Mayor Zohran Mamdani on Thursday launched a new livestreamed social media show to take questions from New Yorkers -- as he compared himself to his idol Fiorello LaGuardia.

Hizzoner will debut the first episode of "Talk With The People" at 4 p.m. on the popular streaming website Twitch, where the mayor will answer questions from a live chat.

"By hosting the country’s first recurring cross-platform stream led by an elected official, where New Yorkers can ask questions live on Twitch, we’re opening up a new conversation between government and the people it serves, especially younger generations who have too often been ignored," Mamdani said in a statement.

The mayor noted that the show will be simulcasted to other platforms like YouTube, TikTok, Instagram, Facebook, X and Bluesky.

Great Depression-era Mayor Fiorello La Guardia --- whom Mamdani frequently cites as an inspiration -- hosted a WNYC radio show called "Talk to the People" in a similar effort to directly connect with Big Apple residents.

"In 1942, Mayor Fiorello LaGuardia spoke directly to New Yorkers through his radio program “Talk to the People,” using the most cutting-edge technology of his era to break through traditional gatekeepers and connect with working people across the city. Today, Mayor Mamdani is building on that legacy for a new generation," City Hall said in a press release.

The new program was announced shortly after recent data shows that pre-k and 3-k program enrollment has dipped since last year, despite the administrations advertising blitz.

Around 64,000 Empire State residents use Twitch, the live-streaming platform, according to start.io.

A national Jewish civil rights group is demanding that the Park Slope Food Coop Board protect Jewish members from "intimidation, retaliation, social targeting, and coercive pressure" ahead of a vote on a proposed boycott of Israeli products.

The appeal, in a Wednesday letter from the Brandeis Center, comes after weeks of escalating conflict inside the socialist-leaning Brooklyn market, including a general meeting at which an attendee declared that “Jewish supremacism is a problem in this country," drawing applause from dozens of other members.

"Jewish people should not have to choose between local and organic food and their safety and their voice," said Brandeis Center Chairman and CEO Kenneth Marcus. 

The Louis Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under Law argued that the boycott proposal, set to be voted on May 26, should not proceed.

But if it does, the lefty organization has a legal obligation to ensure that Jewish members can participate free from intimidation, the Brandeis Center said.

This goal can be achieved by creating anonymous balloting to prevent votes from being publicly identified and by not requiring members to appear in person to cast ballots, "given the alarming increase in anti-Semitism at the coop and across New York City," the civil rights group said.

"A  confidential referendum process will not only protect vulnerable members, but it will also encourage broader participation, reduce coercion, ensure that members vote freely, and better reflect the views of your membership as a whole," said the Brandeis Center's senior counsel, Omer Wiczyk.

"We will continue to monitor the situation closely to ensure that all members are able to participate free from intimidation or discriminatory treatment."

The coop's proposal would also eliminate the 75% supermajority vote required to approve boycott measures, the said.

One coop member said he's alarmed by the growing anti-Jewish hostility.

“When I joined the Park Slope Food Coop 15 years ago, antisemitism within its walls was the last thing on my mind. Yet here we are in 2026; many of our fellow members, distraught at the war in Gaza, have aligned themselves with a movement where anti-Jewish rhetoric has become routine,” said Coop member Ramon Maislen.

The Park Slope Food Coop confirmed it plans to move ahead with the vote on the proposal to boycott Israeli products. This will be preceded by a separate vote on a proposed rule regarding whether to proceed by a simple majority.

"Currently, the meeting will be held in a hybrid (in-person and virtual) format. Members interested in attending have the option to attend virtually," said Coop General Coordinator Ann Herpel.

"Over 3,500 members have registered to attend virtually. Votes cast in the virtual meeting will be electronic, shielding the privacy of any member's vote. The number of members who can attend in person is limited by the venue's capacity. The vast majority of members will attend virtually and cast their votes electronically," she said.

The Coop will decide soon on whether the meeting should be conducted 100 percent remotely, Herpel added.

The coop, founded in 1973, requires its roughly 16,000 members to work 2.75-hour shifts every six weeks, in exchange for the privilege to purchase heavily discounted groceries, in addition to voting on store policies.

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JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon cautioned Mayor Zohran Mamdani about his hard-left vision for the Big Apple, warning the millennial mayor that he can relentlessly preach morality and ideology — but if the city keeps struggling, he’s failing to do his job.

“I don’t care what he says. What does he do? I will judge that … because you can talk about morality and ideology all you want, but if things don’t get better, you didn’t do a good job,” the Wall Street titan told Bloomberg TV Thursday.

“And my view, and I’m talking about him now, I have seen mayors who make statements, and they make it worse and worse and worse, you know, and they don’t know, they can’t get into details of why is affordable housing not there anymore? Why does this not work?

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New York Rep. Dan Goldman could badly lose his re-election bid, a shocking new survey found.

Former City Comptroller Brad Lander leads the incumbent congressman by a yawning 34 points --  57% to 23% -- in the upcoming Democratic primary for the 10th House District, according to the Emerson College poll.

“While all age groups break for Lander, his most significant support comes from voters under 40, who break for Lander over Goldman, 73% to 15%,” said Emerson pollster Spencer Kimball.

Mayor Zohran Mamdani, who also made big gains among the city's younger voter, propelling him to victory in November, is supporting Lander.

Lander previously represented much of the Brooklyn portion of the district -- which encompasses Lower Manhattan and brownstone Brooklyn -- while serving in the City Council.

Goldman, a Levi Strauss fortune heir and former federal prosecutor who served as lead counsel in the first impeachment proceeding against President Trump, was first elected to Congress in 2022.

His main liability seems to be his record backing Israel in a progressive district where many Democrats have turned against the Jewish state amid fighting in the Middle East. 

The survey of 450 voters taken on May 16-17 has a margin of error of plus or minus 4.6 percentage points.

Two other Democratic primaries for open seats in the 7th and 12th House districts to replace retiring Reps. Nydia Velazquez and Jerry Nadler, respectively, are too close to call, with a large number of voters undecided, the Emerson surveys found.

In the 7th District, encompassing parts of Brooklyn and Queens,  23% of Democrats favored democratic socialist state Assemblywoman Claire Valdez, who also grabbed her fellow lefty Mamdani's endorsement.

Brooklyn Borough President Antonio Reynoso -- Velazquez's pick to succeed her -- was near-even at 21% support. City Councilwoman Julie Won had 13% support, with a large 43% of voters undecided.

More younger voters supported Valdez while more older voters favor Reynoso, who also has the backing of some other leftists and many establishment groups, according to the Emerson poll in that race.

The results, based on interviews of 350 Democrats, are within the poll's 5.2 percentage point margin of error.

In the race to replace Nadler in Manhattan's 12th House District, 22% of Democrats back state Assemblyman Micah Lasher, 20% support Assemblyman Alex Bores, 11% support Kennedy scion Jack Schlossberg and 10% favor lawyer George Conway.

About one-third of voters were undecided.

The poll in the 12th District interviewed 425 Democrats and has a margin of error of plus or minus 4.8 percentage points.

The primary takes place June 23, with nine days of  early voting beginning June 13.

Mamdani is popular among Democratic primary voters in the three congressional districts: 78% of Democratic voters in the 7th District approve of Mamdani, as do 79% in the 10th District and 66% in the 12th District.

The mayor has not endorsed a candidate -- at least yet -- in the race to succeed Nadler in a district that encompasses the east and west sides of Manhattan with a large Jewish population.

Mamdani campaign strategist Morris Katz is working for Lasher.

Mayor Mamdani announced Thursday that the city will hold a lottery for 1,000 World Cup tickets that will only come at a cost of $50 for those lucky enough to be selected.

The lottery will be split up into batches for various games in the group stage and knockout round during the six-week tournament — but none for the finals.

Tickets are currently selling for some of those early games, such as France vs Senegal, on the secondary market for around $500 to $800 for the cheapest seats.

The city's $50 ticket program also comes with round-trip tickets to the games in New Jersey via bus.

Mamdani touted the announcement in one of his signature social vids — joking what else you could get for $50, including 10 months of "hard-hitting journalism" from the New York Post.

City Hall says the Host Committee, which has been largely funded by New York and New Jersey taxpayer dollars, is providing the tickets.

However, Hizzoner danced around the answer when pressed on how much they cost.

"These are part of the conversation so we've been having with the host committee and the partnership that we built with the host video of this time, I can tell you that there's no taxpayer funding going towards the allocation of these tickets," he said.

New York City alone has sent $35 million to the Host Committee.

It was unclear why New Yorkers outside the city weren't eligible for a similar program, as well as New Jersey residents.

Swish! 

Madison Square Garden will not be forced to relocate under a Penn Station redesign plan approved by the Trump administration and Amtrak Wednesday -- with the federal government pledging $8 billion to revamp the decrepit train hub.

Halmar/Penn Transformation Partners was the "master developer" chosen to lead the overhaul of the nation's busiest commuter rail station, US Department of Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy and the Amtrak Board of Directors said in a joint announcement.

Officials said Halmar's construction design will be released in the coming months, with groundbreaking expected by the end of 2027.

The makeover will include:

• Constructing a grand entrance on Eighth Avenue to a new train hall.
• Replacing cramped, decrepit walkways with open, beautiful concourses.
• Expanding track capacity and adding new retail stores.
• Keeping the iconic MSG linked to the station, while making passenger experience improvements there.

Some planners argued that dramatically transforming Penn was not possible without moving MSG.

Another bidder for the project, Grand Penn Partners supported by Trump and GOP mega-donor Tom Klingenstein, had proposed moving MSG across Seventh Avenue.

But MSG owner James Dolan opposed relocating what's called "The World's Most Famous Arena'' -- home of the red hot playoff Knicks basketball team and Rangers hockey team.  

The facelift of the run-down Midtown commuter hub is a top priority for President Trump, and his admin announced the feds will dedicate $8 billion for the long-delayed project. 

“When it comes to our rail, we’re making generational improvements to the Northeast Corridor,” Duffy said during testimony at a Senate hearing Wednesday.

“That means … a transformative investment in New York’s Penn Station — $8 billion, by the way.”

Trump fired the Metropolitan Transportation Authority last year and put the feds in charge of redeveloping Penn Station with Amtrak following years of delay and squabbling among the hub's stakeholders.

The MTA's Long Island Railroad uses Penn along with Amtrak and New Jersey Transit and the city subway system connects to it.

“We took over the transformation of New York Penn Station because the project was behind schedule, over budget, and hopelessly mismanaged. One year later, we continue to hit major milestones at record speed,” Duffy said. 

“In selecting Penn Transformation Partners (Halmar) and their innovative plan, we are one step closer to delivering a world-class travel hub that daily commuters and travelers have dreamed of for decades," he said.

"Under President Trump’s historic leadership, the days of Penn Station’s cramped hallways, broken infrastructure, and snarled rail lines are numbered. 2027 can’t come soon enough.”

The firm also works on the Second Avenue subway extension. 

Former NYC Transit  President Andy Byford, affectionately called "train daddy," served as Amtrak's special advisor, overseeing the bidding process.

“Everyone at Amtrak is thrilled to announce Penn Transformation Partners (Halmar) and even more excited that the project is one step closer to having shovels in the ground next year,” Byford said.

“The rapid completion of a rigorous procurement process represents more than just delivering on a highly ambitious milestone; it demonstrates that Amtrak and USDOT are uniquely capable of making this vision a reality.”

Gov. Kathy Hochul welcomed the news, calling the selection of a developer "an important step" in Penn Station's reconstruction.

“From the day I took office, I made reimagining Penn Station a priority. While Penn is a federal asset, New York spent years trying to move this project forward, only to face significant federal bureaucratic hurdles at nearly every step," she said.

"Last year, I took my case directly to the White House to cut through red tape and secure full federal funding for delivery of this project, saving New York taxpayers over $1 billion and accelerating this long overdue transformation," Hochul continued.

"To be successful, this project must accomplish two things: dramatically improve the experience for every rider who passes through Penn Station, from the A train to the Acela, while protecting the record performance of the LIRR and ensuring the costs are not borne by New York commuters or taxpayers," she said. "I will accept nothing less."

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