Jay Pandolfo watched it for two years from his perch behind the Boston University bench. Cole Eiserman, he said, wants to score. Loves to score. Thinks it’s the way that he — as a 19-year-old and 2024 first-round pick now officially in the Islanders organization — can help.  Eiserman possessed a shot that goalies just couldn’t find a way to stop. “He’s special at scoring goals,” Pandolfo, the BU head coach, told The Post. He collected 25 as a freshman, produced a clutch one in the Beanpot title game, anchored the Terriers’ run to the Frozen Four and collected six…

Airbnb is doubling down on New York City despite its years-long battle with local officials over short-term rental restrictions, buying its first office in the Big Apple. The San Francisco-based home-sharing giant paid $81.5 million for the landmarked property at 281 Park Ave. South in Manhattan’s Gramercy neighborhood, the Wall Street Journal first reported. An Airbnb spokesperson confirmed to The Post that the company purchased the building and said the transaction closed Wednesday. The six-story, 42,500-square-foot Beaux-Arts building will serve as a dedicated hub for Airbnb’s New York workforce, which numbers more than 600 employees in the region. “This building…

Gov. Gavin Newsom is ratcheting up spending on California’s public schools as the number of students with extraordinary needs skyrockets. Newsom sidned away $2.4 billion for special education, part of Newsom’s recently signed California budget, is a stunning 43% increase over last year and is intended to help pay for literacy aides, behavioral health assistance and other specialized services for pupils with disabilities, advocates said at a Thursday press conference in Davis. “I think we did fine with some earlier investments, but there was this gnawing understanding that we were, you know, failing more efficiently,” Newsom said at the press…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Graham Platner is taking his name off the ballot, but the trail of debris left from the mounting controversies that brought down his nearly year-long insurgent Senate campaign in Maine is giving Republicans ammunition to use against Democrats in other crucial midterm races.”Democrats rolled in the mud with Platner, and now they are completely stained by their association with this sick monster,” Republican National Committee Chair Joe Gruters charged in a statement minutes after the Marine Corp veteran announced on Wednesday night that he was suspending his campaign.Republicans are now linking Platner…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! If you or someone you know is having thoughts of suicide, please contact the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 1-800-273-TALK (8255).Dramatic bodycam video shows the moment New York City police officers rescued a woman perched atop the steel cables of the Brooklyn Bridge above the East River on Wednesday.The NYPD said its Emergency Service Unit responded to the bridge around 7:38 p.m. to reports of a person in distress.BROOKLYN BRIDGE CATCHES FIRE AMID NYC FIREWORKS DISPLAY AS TRUMP HAILS IT IN DC SPEECH An NYPD Emergency Service Unit officer reaches a woman…

NYC’s not number one — and it’s not even close. The Big Apple has received a big Bronx cheer from the worldly readers of a high-end travel publication — shoved down to a mediocre number eight on a list of the best cities in the country. Travel + Leisure’s hotly anticipated annual Best Cities awards saw Gotham garrotted by charmers like Charleston, SC, and Santa Fe, NM — the latter muscling into the top spot. The elite list is part of the glossy rag’s World’s Best Awards — determined annually by reader votes for three decades. With an overall score of 88.5, readers praised…

Michael Phelps opened up about the harsh financial realities that many Olympians face. “I don’t think you’re going into the Olympic space to be a millionaire,” Phelps, 41, admitted on the Tuesday, July 7, edition of the “Richer Lives” podcast. “I think you’re doing it just because you love the sport.” The competitive swimmer has won more Olympic medals than any other athlete in any sport, with 28 total medals across four Summer Games. (Phelps also holds the all-time record for most gold medal wins with 23, in addition to his three silver and two bronze medals.) Phelps parlayed his…

Big man Jonas Valanciunas is now a free agent. On Wednesday, the Nuggets waived Valanciunas despite his fully guaranteed $10 million salary for the 2026-27 season, according to multiple reports. Denver still owes him $2 million following the move, but will save cap space after signing Marvin Bagley III to a veteran minimum, keeping them under the second luxury tax apron.  Valanciunas considered leaving for the EuroLeague last summer after being traded to the Nuggets, but ended up staying in the NBA and averaged 8.7 points with 5.1 rebounds in 65 games played.  The 34-year-old shot 58.2 percent from the…

US existing home sales unexpectedly fell in June as house prices hit a record high and mortgage rates remained elevated, pushing potential buyers to the sidelines. Home sales dropped 2.4% last month to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 4.09 million units, the National Association of Realtors said on Thursday. Economists polled by Reuters had forecast home resales would climb to a rate of 4.20 million units. Sales increased in the Northeast, but declined in the Midwest, South and West. Existing home sales are counted at the closing of a contract. Last month’s sales likely reflected contracts signed in April and May.…

WASHINGTON — Democrats are growing anxious that the Graham Platner fiasco has left them with just under four months to throw a campaign together for a new candidate and to get the oyster farmer’s base of loyal followers to “cool off” from his implosion. While many Dem strategists argue that Platner’s announced exit has improved their chances against incumbent Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine), they acknowledge that the debacle created a lot of headaches for the party, eerily reminiscent of where they were under Joe Biden two years ago. “Good riddance to Nepo Nazi, Oyster Adolf, Maine Kampf. It can only go…