Dean Balsamini
About the Author
Dean Balsamini is a reporter for the Sunday New York Post. He has broken stories on an FDNY hazing scandal and NYPD officers quitting in record numbers. A graduate of Villanova University, he has also written for US magazine, Rockbill, the Staten Island Advance and the East Coast Rocker. His past interview subjects range from former mobster John Gotti Jr. to football great Joe Namath to punk god Joey Ramone and -- his hero -- comedy icon George Carlin. He ran the San Francisco and Washington marathons and sits in the student section at USC football games.
The Archive
Taylor Swift's effect on the Chiefs' audience revealed in mindblowing study
June 22, 2024 | 11:35amDespite a bump from superstar singer Taylor Swift, the Super Bowl champion Kansas City Chiefs -- with 40% of its fans being female -- lagged behind the Green Bay Packers...
TikTokker wows millions with 'prison' make-up challenge
June 22, 2024 | 8:46amFor the vids, Violette "did her homework" and studied YouTube clips made by incarcerated women, who shared their behind-bars beauty secrets.
John Sterling's kids reveal what it's like to have legendary Yankees announcer as a dad: 'Unlike any other human'
June 16, 2024 | 6:14amJohn Sterling's loopy home run calls weren't the recently retired Yankee announcer's greatest creations!
Where is Rodgers? NJ neighbors haven't seen 'Cedar Grove Sasquatch' for days
June 15, 2024 | 10:53amJets superstar Aaron Rodgers has seemingly disappeared into thin air and his whereabouts have become a parlor game.
DA Bragg 'dragging his heels' in 'Soup Nazi' hate case on UES: source
June 15, 2024 | 10:35amA so-called "Soup Nazi" who allegedly went on an antisemitic rampage at the kosher Hummus Kitchen in December is still roaming the streets, despite her identity and whereabouts being publicly...
Jaws-dropping! Scientists spot 'nursery' of baby great white sharks off NYC's coast
June 15, 2024 | 8:58amBiologists have tagged the first baby great white shark -- which they named Liberty -- in a "nursery" of maneaters off the coast of New York City.
NYPD cracks down on out-of-control mopeds terrorizing NYC: 'Not on our watch!'
June 8, 2024 | 2:04pmThe seizures come amid mopeds and scooters being used for crimes at an alarming rate citywide.
Andy Warhol 'by hand' auction captures pop art icon's 1950s 'formative years'
June 8, 2024 | 1:02pmThey may not be Campbell Soup cans, but tasty, original works from pop art icon Andy Warhol’s formative years are currently under the hammer.
Two shot in Brooklyn deli late this morning — after four wounded in overnight NYC shootings
June 8, 2024 | 12:27pmTwo men were wounded after a gunman walked into a Brooklyn deli and opened fire late Saturday morning, police said.
YouTuber who helped ID first 'Son of Sam' vic pushing ‘very interested’ cops to find more bodies
June 8, 2024 | 10:53amThe citizen sleuth who recently help police identify the "Son of Sam" David Berkowitz's first true victim is now telling “very interested” cops to look for additional bodies around two...
Citi Bike rider dies in Manhattan crash with beer truck
June 8, 2024 | 10:26amA cyclist riding an electric Citi Bike was killed when he was struck by a beer delivery truck in Manhattan, police said.
FLASHBACK: NYPD finally validates 'Son of Sam' killer's first known victim decades later
June 1, 2024 | 5:54pmSince 1976, Wendy Savino has been telling whoever would listen she miraculously survived being shot by "Son of Sam" killer David Berkowitz.
Princess Di's letters about 'glorious' honeymoon, motherhood head to auction
June 1, 2024 | 12:12pmA series of personal letters and holiday cards written by Diana, Princess of Wales, to one of her former housekeepers, is expected to fetch "six figures" at auction June 27.
Swimming season opens in Big Apple without full staff of lifeguards, leaving some beaches partly closed
May 25, 2024 | 6:39pmThousands of sun worshippers and wanna-be Michael Phelpses were out in full force at the city's eight public beaches, including Coney Island.
Daughter of NYC 'family man' carpenter who died in apartment fire calls for arsonist to be held 'accountable'
May 25, 2024 | 4:48pmThe elderly man who perished in a Brooklyn arson blaze was a "kind" carpenter who "put family first," his grieving daughter told The Post.
Napoleon's one-and-a-half inch long penis last known to be in the possession of NJ urologist's daughter
May 25, 2024 | 2:15pmFrench emperor Napoleon Bonaparte died 203 years ago May 5, but his legendarily petite privates were last known to be in the hands of an Englewood, NJ, resident.
Landmark Inn's plan to add a pool has locals worried they'll turn the Hamptons into the next 'Jersey Shore'
May 25, 2024 | 12:30pmEast Hampton Village residents are trying to sink a proposal by the landmark Huntting Inn to add a pool to its grounds, claiming it will destroy the historic character of...
Three dead, five hurt in bloody night across the Big Apple
May 25, 2024 | 12:12pmTwo people were killed -- including an elderly man in a Brooklyn arson fire -- and five others hurt in separate incidents across the city, authorities said.
Missing woman latest tragedy for 'cursed' NJ family with Christmas suicide and fatal car crash
May 25, 2024 | 12:12pmA heartbroken mom rocked by the tragic deaths of two children is now on edge after her last surviving child went missing "under suspicious circumstances."
Rockaway shark bite victim on long road to recovery — as beach season opens in NYC
May 25, 2024 | 11:59amA shark-attack survivor recently celebrated her 66th birthday and continues to heal after a maneater took a chunk out of her thigh last summer at Rockaway Beach.