ALBANY — Gov. Cuomo on Monday described Donald Trump as a gift from God whose “imploding” campaign has put the House of Representatives in play for Democrats. Speaking at a fund-raiser for House Democrats, Cuomo said the prospect of a Democratic takeover is no longer a long shot thanks to Trump’s bizarre campaign and the damage he is doing to GOP candidates. “The good Lord gave us a moment with this Donald Trump,” Cuomo said at the event, which also featured House Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi. “He really, really did.”(nydailynews.com)…[+]

The lucky winner of a storage container in a Queens auction also lost Monday night — after making the gruesome discovery of about 40 dead and frozen cats in the unit, police said. Cops found the cats in two freezers, and the discovery got even more grisly from there. In one freezer, the cats were stacked on top of the other, police said. In the second, police found them individually wrapped in paper and plastic bags. One cat was found skinned, resting on a catering platter. Police responded to American Self Storage on 29th St. near 47th Ave. in Long Island City at about 5:30 p.m.(nydailynews)…[+]

The federal judge who presided over appeals from various accused drug lords — including Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman — was killed with a bullet to the head outside his Mexico home Monday, authorities said. Judge Vicente Bermudez Zacarias, 37, was shot at close range as he exited his home in Metepec, which is located about 43 miles outside of Mexico City, officials confirmed. He was rushed to a nearby hospital in an ambulance but could not be saved, local media reported. Bermudez had handled several legal challenges from lawyers for “El Chapo,” the jailed leader of the Sinaloa Cartel.(nydailynews.com)…[+]

RIDGETOWN– The Board of Directors of the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) has approved a country strategy for Belize for 2016 to 2020. The strategy proposes support of USD200.5 million (mn) for Belize over the four-year period. It will help the country address some of the social, environmental and economic challenges it faces. Dr. Justin Ram, Director of Economics, CDB, notes: “CDB remains a committed partner in helping Belize achieve sustained growth and development. This strategy will bolster the Government of Belize’s ongoing reform efforts by supporting interventions that will support inclusive social and economic development, environmental sustainability, and the promotion of good governance.”  The strategy aims to drive five development outcomes:  increasing competitiveness and productivity; improved quality and access to education and training; improved social sector outcomes;enhanced environmental management and reduced vulnerability to natural disasters; and improved governance and development planning. (CDB)…[+]

7-year-old Muslim boy was badly beaten by some of his classmates onboard a school bus in North Carolina — and the boy’s father is blaming Donald Trump’s inflammatory rhetoric for the senseless attack.

“Welcome to the United States of America of Donald Trump,” Zeeshan-ul-hassan Usmani captioned a Facebook photo showing his son, Abdul, with his left arm in a sling. “He is in grade 1, bullied and beaten by his own classmates in school bus for eing a Muslim.” Usmani told the Daily News at least two Weatherstone Elementary School students called his son racial slurs and challenged him to a fight once they got on the bus after school last Friday. (nydailynews.com)…[+]

The wife of a missing North Carolina man was found dead in a creek a year after her husband disappeared, police said.

Authorities told ABC 11 Lillian Terry’s body had likely been floating in the Granville County’s Grassy Creek — near the Virginia border — for several days before she was found around 4 p.m. Saturday. Law enforcement officials did not specify whether her death was suspicious, nor how she died.

In September, her husband John Terry vanished the same day he was scheduled to appear in court for a divorce application. The 57-year-old allegedly filed for separation after accusing his wife of having an affair and trying to poison him, according to the news station. Lillian has repeatedly denied her husband’s allegation while simultaneously accusing him of cheating on her with a masseuse. In the month after her husband disappeared, Lillian told ABC 11 she didn’t find it reasonable officers were questioning her in connection with John’s disappearance.(nydailynews.com)…[+]

WASHINGTON — So much for “never forget.”

Republican nominee Donald Trump claims he gave generously to help his city in the dark days after the deadly terrorist attacks. But new records show a pledged promise to donate $10,000 to a major 9/11 charity must have somehow slipped his mind.

City Controller Scott Stringer conducted a review of hundreds of pages of previously sealed records of the two main 9/11 charities at the request of the Daily News, and found that Trump and his charity hadn’t donated a dime in the months after 9/11.

“For the periods covered by the audits, we did not find any record of a donation from Trump himself or a Trump entity to either the Twin Towers Fund or the New York City Public/Private Initiatives Inc.,” Stringer’s office said in a statement to the Daily News in response to a Freedom of Information Law request.(nydailynews.com)…[+]

Police have arrested a brute they say hurled anti-white epithets at a 40-year-old man before attacking him with a knife at a Chelsea deli, officials said Friday. Jerry Bercy, 26, is accused of making “anti-white statements” as he whipped out a knife and attacked his victim in front of the Empire Deli on Ninth Ave. near W. 25th St. about 6 a.m. on Sept. 23. Surveillance footage shows Bercy swinging the knife toward the victim, who suffered a cut to his wrist.(nydailynews.com)…[+]

A 32-year-old man was arrested after police raided his Bronx apartment Thursday and caught him with a stash of drugs and guns, cops said.

Police executed a search warrant at Earl Hogg’s apartment on Walton Ave. near E. 184th St. in Fordham Heights and found crack cocaine, marijuana, a semi-automatic pistol, a revolver, a stolen handgun and numerous rounds of ammunition, officials said. Cops also seized $1,601 in cash, according to police. Hogg was arrested at the scene on a slew of charges, including criminal possession of a weapon, criminal possession of narcotic drugs and criminal possession of stolen property, officials said.(ndailynews.com)…[+]

Cops have nabbed a dim-witted ex-con they say assaulted, robbed and tried to rape a woman in Central Park by tracking the victim’s cellphone he stole, police sources said Thursday.

Forest Richardson, 26, was nabbed Wednesday afternoon after the iPhone he stole from his victim was tracked to his location in the Bronx, officials said. When questioned, he admitted to the Monday night robbery but not the sex assault on the 28-year-old victim, police sources said. Cops say Richardson grabbed the young Harlem woman, who was listening to music on her headphones, as she walked through Central Park along East Drive near 110th about 10:30 p.m, police said. Holding her in a bear hug, he said “Don’t scream or I will cut your throat,” as he dragged her away, pulled off her sweatshirt and T-shirt and rifled through her pockets, according to cops.(nydailynews.com)…[+]