At a press conference Thursday, Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg said a “meticulous” multiagency review determined two officers were assaulted after they told a group of young men outside a Midtown shelter to disperse, and one refused.

NYPD Chief of Detectives Joseph Kenny said the group was impeding pedestrians outside the shelter on W. 42nd St. near Seventh Ave. when 24-year-old Yohenry Brito — who’s being held on Rikers Island — became hostile.

“Everybody disperses except for Mr. Brito. He turned around and got confrontational with the police officers,” Kenny said. “He refused a lawful order, they attempted to place him under arrest, and the melee began with the officers trying to take Mr. Brito into custody, and the next thing you know, they’re being attacked by 13 other people. So that’s how it started.”

Footage released hours after the press conference appears to conflict with that narrative and claims that the group was blocking pedestrians while gathered by concrete dividers near the curb.

“Hey! Por favor! Como esta. Vamos. West 41! West 41! Go to West 41! Move! Vamos!” one of the cops is heard saying.

The video shows most of the group immediately complying, singing in unison as they walk away. But Brito lags behind and ignores the officers while looking at his phone, then gets confrontational with a cop who tries to nudge him along.

“Don’t touch me,” Brito says in Spanish more than once.

As Brito walks away, he stops to retrieve a baby stroller on the sidewalk. Body-cam footage shows him pushing the stroller and starting to walk away from the cops again before quipping in Spanish that one of the officers looked like the fictional TV character “Ugly Betty.” NYPD Lt. Ben Kurian then grabs him by the scruff of the neck and throws him up against a wall.

In the footage captured by the lieutenant’s bodycam, Brito repeatedly asks what is happening in Spanish. The situation quickly escalates as Brito tries to escape Kurian’s grasp, with both tumbling to the ground in seconds.

Officer Zunxu Tian then intervenes, and several of those with Brito descend on the two cops and repeatedly grab and kick them as they grapple with Brito on the ground, various pieces of footage show.

Neither of the officers was seriously injured, according to the NYPD. In the immediate aftermath, one of them is heard on body cam footage telling a colleague the fight started when they sought to “clear out” the migrants from the front of the shelter.

In all, seven of the 11 asylum seekers suspected of involvement have been indicted on a range of charges carrying significant prison time. Prosecutors are looking to speak with five unindicted suspects.

A spokesperson for the Legal Aid Society, representing Yorman Reveron, one of the initial arrestees, said his lawyers were still probing what happened but that the bodycam footage suggests charges should be dropped against the 24-year-old who’s been “fully compliant with the court’s conditions” since his release under supervision. Reveron is accused of grabbing one of the officers, pulling him away from the struggle with Brito, and pushing both cops to the ground.

“Late last night, we were finally provided discovery by the DA’s office, including body worn camera footage and other evidence,” Redmond Haskins said. “On its face, the footage directly contradicts the narrative peddled by law enforcement. We are still conducting our investigation and review, but based on this footage, these charges should have never been brought against our client.”

The whereabouts are unknown of two of those indicted accused of playing a more direct role, like kicking and grabbing the officers while they wrestled with Brito, who fled the scene and was arrested days later and held on $15,000 cash bail or a $50,000 bond. His attorney couldn’t be reached.

Some of those hit with felony charges in the indictments unsealed Thursday include two members of the group who aren’t accused of touching either officer. Kelvin Servita Arocha, 19, faces more than seven years in prison if convicted of assault and obstructing government administration for allegedly kicking an officer’s radio. Authorities now say Wilson Juarez — accused initially of assault — watched from the sidelines and changed sweaters with someone afterwards. He could serve up to four years if found guilty of tampering with physical evidence.

Juarez’s attorney said the newly released footage directly contradicted what law enforcement said about anyone in the group refusing to comply with the dispersal order, noting the initial version of events had already been altered to clear her 24-year-old client of assault allegations.

“Originally, Mr. Juarez was arrested and charged with assault on a police officer, and his name and picture spread all over the media outlets,” Adrienne Edward said.

Edward said the deluge of media coverage couldn’t be taken back and lamented elected officials exploiting the hot-button issues for political gain.

“This case has garnered so much media attention and the politicians are using it as part of their reelection,” Edwards said.

Asked Friday to clarify what prosecutors believe Brito did to prompt being grabbed by the lieutenant, Bragg’s spokesman Doug Cohen declined to expand on what’s in the charging papers — which say he had declined to comply with orders to disperse, contrary to the newly released footage. A spokesperson for the police department did not respond to a request for comment.

The incident set off a media frenzy and led police unions and right-wing groups to call on DA Bragg to resign for not seeking bail for the suspects initially charged and Gov. Hochul to call on authorities to “get them all and send them back” to their native countries.

When asked about the conflicting information presented by the police footage on Friday, the governor said she wouldn’t “second guess” the information the DA has “in making sure that we take people who have committed crimes off the streets.”

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The comedic actress, known for roles in “White Chicks” and “Freaks and Geeks,” has teamed up with her ex-husband, Marc Silverstein, to host an NYC “garage sale” — the proceeds of which will go to causes close to her heart.

The event takes place this Saturday and Sunday at Cure Thrift Shop (97 3rd Ave.) from noon to 5 p.m. The former couple will even be on hand to sell swag that was stuck in storage since they relocated from Los Angeles to New York City during the pandemic.

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Founded in 2008 by Elizabeth Wolff — a self-described thrift shop-scouring, dumpster-diving New Yorker, who dedicates her life to finding a cure for juvenile diabetes — the purpose-driven emporium has become one of the “CougarTown” star’s favorite haunts.

“I love Cure Thrift and shop there myself,” Philipps told the Daily News on Friday.

“Liz Wolff has an incredible eye and I love that Cure has a charity component,” she added. “Amy Sedaris had done pop up sales with her and after Liz and I met, I knew the only way Marc and I could do this sale was with Cure.”

During a Fashion Week event at The Plaza Hotel on Thursday, Philipps revealed that her best friend, five-time Oscar-nominated actress Michelle Williams, also donated some items to sell off.

A portion of the proceeds from the sale will go to benefit organizations supporting women’s reproductive rights. Philipps, who opened up in 2019 about having an abortion at the age of 15, has long been a staunch advocate for reproductive freedom.

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The actress initially promoted the weekend event in a Jan. 27 Instagram video, describing it “as the garage sale to end them all” and laid out the ground rules (no early birds! no cash! and no being a jerk to anyone at the sale, etc).

On Friday, Philipps again promoted the sale while shouting out friend Gwyneth Paltrow for “paving the way by talking about a different way to separate” — nodding to Paltrow’s “conscious uncoupling” from ex-husband, Chris Martin.

Philipps and the “I Feel Pretty” filmmaker, who wed in June 2007, quietly separated in 2021. The former couple share two children, Birdie Leigh, 15, and 10-year-old Cricket Pearl.

The Puerto Rican eatery, located in a remote industrial section of Westchester Square, is owned by Richard Caban, the brother of NYPD Commissioner Edward Caban. The establishment has for the past few years gained a reputation as a hangout for Adams, who celebrated his birthday there last year, other high-profile elected leaders, including State Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie, as well as top NYPD brass, including Commissioner Caban and Chief of Department Jeffrey Maddrey.

But Con Sofrito has since 2022 faced a bevy of open building and fire safety violations over a sprawling “party room” it erected in its parking lot during the pandemic without proper permits. The restaurant’s landlord, a corporate entity named 1315 Commerce LLC, sued Richard Caban in Bronx Civil Court over the party room in October after it refused to dismantle the illegal structure, a development first reported last month by the news outlet The City.

In a previously unreported development, Jamie Schreck, an attorney for the landlord, filed court papers in that case last week saying Richard Caban had finally agreed to break down the party room by March 1 — and close Con Sofrito for good by Aug. 31.

In addition, Caban agreed as part of a settlement to cough up $14,000 to cover Schreck’s attorney fees and continue to pay rent through the final date of Con Sofrito’s occupancy, the court papers show. The presiding judge, Betty Lugo, approved the settlement in a decision released on the court docket Friday.

Speaking to the Daily News on Friday afternoon, Schreck said his client is pleased with the settlement and looking to find a new tenant who’s not in the hospitality industry.

“What he told me is that he’s done with restaurants after this,” Schreck said, referring to Joseph Dedona III, the manager of the corporate landlord entity. “He’s fed up with the restaurant industry.”

The settlement might not spell the absolute end of Con Sofrito, though.

“They want to find a new location and a new liquor license,” Schreck said of Caban and his Con Sofrito partners.

An attorney for Richard Caban did not immediately return a request for comment, nor did a spokesman for the mayor.

The illegal party room that sparked the court feud has been featured prominently in photos and videos posted to Instagram by Jimmy Rodriguez, an infamous Bronx restaurateur who lists himself online as the “manager” and “creator” of Con Sofrito.

Rodriguez posted videos and photos in September from the mayor’s 63rd birthday party — which was held in the party room.

Rodriguez used to run Jimmy’s Bronx Cafe, a popular club shuttered in 2004 after coming under suspicion of being a hotbed for gang and drug activity. In the 1990s, Major League Baseball officials warned Yankees players to stay away from Jimmy’s after two shootings took place in front of the club.

Rodriguez did not return a request for comment Friday.

Guardian Angel Kimberly Torres filed a harassment complaint against the 22-year-old man, who was surrounded and strong-armed to the ground during a live Fox News interview focusing on the city’s migrant crisis that Sean Hannity conducted with Sliwa this week.

In a video released Friday on X, Torres, who identifies herself as a Mexican, a mother and a Muslim, said she was trying to “deescalate the situation” when the Bronxite shoved her.

“He was aggressive, very angry,” Torres explained, getting emotional at times during the video, which she recorded in both English and Spanish. “He took his hands with all his might and all his force pushed me. I went back. At that point, the Guardian Angels saw me hurt. They came to my defense.”

Torres, who wears a Muslim headscarf under her red Guardian Angels beret, is behind Sliwa during the segment and can be seen confronting the pedestrian before the takedown.

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As the altercation was filmed, Sliwa identified the man as a “migrant” and a “shoplifter,” although neither were true.

“Our guys have just taken down one of the migrant guys right here on the corner — 42nd [St.] and Seventh [Ave.],” The 2021 GOP mayoral candidate said. “Let’s just say we gave him a little pain compliance. His mother back in Venezuela felt the vibrations. He’s sucking concrete.”

The 22-year-old eventually received a summons for disorderly conduct.

Surveillance video contradicted what Sliwa said. The man the Angels roughed up “may have been a little bit drunk, but he was just trying to make his way down Seventh Ave. when Sliwa’s goons stopped him,” a police source with knowledge of the case said. “He tried to push past them and they strong-arm him to the ground,”

A high-ranking NYPD police official said Torres was recorded on body worn camera saying she didn’t want to file a complaint right after the incident, although she has every right to change her mind and file a complaint at a later date.

It was not immediately clear if the man was facing harassment charges Friday.

Police were continuing to painstakingly investigate every aspect of the incident, from the man and the Guardian Angels’ actions to steps taken by responding officers, the police official said.

“It’s a very thorough investigation,” the source said.

Facing a torrent of controversy over his flippant flub, Sliwa gave a half-hearted apology over calling the man a migrant.

“I apologize for miss characterizing the man’s citizenship status, misunderstanding what had caused Guardian Angels to step in,” Sliwa said on X Friday. “The organization and its members would not stand by when someone has hurt a woman, while creating an unsafe situation for all.”

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Sliwa, a conservative talk radio staple, has courted controversy throughout his time in the limelight.

In 1992, he admitted to having faked several crimes years earlier, including his own kidnapping, to gain publicity and spotlight dangers in the subway system.

This week’s incident added fuel to already high tensions in New York City as officials struggle to handle an ongoing rise in migrant arrivals for more than a year.

A group of migrants attacked two NYPD officers outside a shelter in Times Square on Jan. 27, sparking outrage.

There’s also been heated debate over the city’s shelter and benefits policies for the new arrivals. A growing number of progressives have voiced concern over the prospect of anti-migrant bigotry sweeping the city.

The Guardian Angels, which Sliwa launched in the 1970s to fight rampant subway crime, have long had a tense relationship with police.

City progressives have called for the tables to be turned on the Angels, with some saying they committed a hate crime, but Sliwa rejected the suggestion Friday.

“No Guardian Angel, a majority minority organization, would ever have provoked an attack based on who someone is or where they came from,” he said. “They responded to a man intentionally being disruptive, aggressive towards film crew members, the crowd and unfortunately put his hands on a female.”

James Hardy was arrested on Thursday and hit with murder, manslaughter and other charges for shooting Thomas Washington near W. 175th St. and Macombs Road in Morris Heights, cops said.

Washington’s fiancée, Kisha Davis, was overjoyed to learn an arrest was made.

“[The detective] was like, ‘I got good news for you,'” she recalled. “He said, ‘We picked him up. We have him in custody.’ It felt like a big relief just came over me.

“I can’t stop doing this,” Davis said, pointing to a tear rolling down her face.

Washington, 44, was attending the Sept. 2 barbecue at the nearby Galileo Playground with Davis and Davis’ aunt when he was shot in the leg about 11 p.m., cops said.

“It’s crazy because it was so quiet,” she said. “We were sitting outside the park, up against the gate. He said, ‘Let’s go to the store,’ so I was like ‘OK, let’s go.’ I went to turn around and I hear like a pop like a firecracker. I turn and look and I’m like, ‘Who put off a firecracker, what the hell is going on?’ I turn around to him and he’s walking to me [holding his leg].”

“They shot me!” Washington screamed.

“I’m panicking, I’m bugging,” Davis recalled. “The wound is underneath his thigh, and now blood’s coming down the back of his leg. You smelled the gas, I thought it was firecracker powder, but it was gunpowder.”

Medics took the father of three to St. Barnabas Hospital, where he died, police said. The bullet had hit an artery and Washington bled to death.

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A person of interest was apprehended at the scene, but initially let go, cops said. It was not immediately clear how police connected the shooting to Hardy and if he was the man initially taken into custody.

A motive wasn’t immediately disclosed although Hardy admitted to being at the scene, detectives told Davis.

The annual barbecue where Washington was killed was organized to celebrate a memorial mural showing the names of people who recently died in the neighborhood, both from street violence and natural causes, friends told the Daily News at the time.

“Now they’re gonna put him on the wall,” said one woman who passed by the scene, shaking her head as she walked by.

The mural shows a stone angel on a pedestal flanked by two large gravestones in a cemetery. “Welcome To Da Road,” an inscription above the angel reads.

Several witnesses described the gathering as calm and said they did not hear gunshots or see any fights. Another friend, a 58-year-old man who gave his nickname, Shadow, said people on the block treat each other like family.

“There was nobody that was gonna have animosity towards anyone because everyone that we knew there was part of a family,” he said.

Davis didn’t recognize Hardy’s name when detectives identified him as the killer. Months after the shooting, she still didn’t know what sparked the shooting.

“I want to know why,” she said when asked what she would say if she could speak to Hardy. “We were at a memorial for people that passed away and you do that? You don’t give a f–k, period. Us being grown, they could’ve fought, and got it off his chest, and he would’ve lived to see another day.”

Hardy has a criminal record with 11 arrests. In 2001, he was sentenced to six years in prison after being convicted of assault in Manhattan, according to state prison records. He was released early in 2005 but was put back in jail for violating his parole and was ultimately freed in 2010, records show.

His arraignment in Bronx Criminal Court for the Sept. 2 shooting was pending Friday.

Washington did a stint in prison as well, but had turned his life around and was working as a dishwasher at a kitchen for a Midtown law firm when he was shot. He and Davis began dating four years ago and got engaged a year before his death.

“He didn’t have an issue with nobody. That’s why it’s so crazy to me,” Davis said. “He went to work Monday to Friday. He would leave at 5:30 a.m. in the morning, he would get off around 4, 4:30 p.m.”

Her fiancé’s death has Davis “all the way broken,” she said.

“It takes everything in me to get up in the morning and do what I have to do,” she said. “This is something that’s really gonna bother me for the rest of my life.”

Charges were pending against the 15-year-old suspect, who allegedly opened fire on a loss prevention officer at a Times Square sporting goods store but hit the tourist instead.

The suspect ran off, and fired twice at police who pursued him on foot Thursday evening through the crowded Crossroads of the World.

Police released surveillance images of the teen on Friday afternoon, and said shell casings from the .45 caliber handgun he used in the Thursday night shoplifting and shooting at JD Sports in Times Square match up with evidence of a Jan. 27 armed robbery in the Bronx and a shooting in Bryant Park on Jan. 25.

But around the time cops issued the images and announced a $13,500 award for information leading to the teen’s capture, he was in custody at a residential address in Yonkers, said police.

“Just like we promised — 24 hours later, he’s locked up and off our streets,” said Police Commissioner Edward Caban.

“He’s considered armed and dangerous,” NYPD Chief of Patrol John Chell said at a news conference earlier Friday.

“He had no problems firing into a crowd at the store, striking a tourist (and) not shooting at cops once, but shooting them twice.”

The shooter was with two other teenagers inside JD Sports on the corner of W. 42nd St. and Broadway around 7 p.m. Thursday when a female security guard stopped them from leaving the store with items they intended to steal, cops said. Police said the items were either a jacket or some shoes.

The guard took the items from the teens, who according to cops then moved as if they were leaving the store.

But the baby-faced shooter suddenly turned an fired a gun at the guard, said cops.

The bullet missed the security guard but struck a 38-year-old woman from Brazil who was in line to buy a pair of sneakers, said Detective Bureau Assistant Chief Jason Savino.

“I was standing right next to her,” Lone Hanson, 62, a tourist from Denmark, told the Daily News Thursday. “She was just shopping with her girlfriend. I heard a boom and she was shot.”

The woman was hit in the left leg. She was taken to Bellevue Hospital in stable condition.

“She was standing there saying, ‘Help, Help,’” said a witness who did not want to be named. “I took her shirt off of her and tied it to her leg.”

“I was asking her if everything was OK and she said she doesn’t speak English,” the woman added.

Meanwhle, the shooter and the other teens ran out of the store toward W. 47th St. Cops nearby grabbed one teen “without incident,” said Savino.

The teen shooter ran into a passageway that runs at sidewalk level between W. 47th and W. 48th Sts. at 1211 Sixth Ave., the home to Fox News studios, Chell said at at news conference Thursday night.

“The perpetrator goes in there, he fires one time at our officer,” Chell said. “Our officer draws his weapon but he cannot fire. There are too many people around.”

The teen kept running and fired a second shot at the officer from under his armpit, Chell said. The officer did not return fire in that situation, again because too many people were present, Chell said.

Chell said police showed “great restraint” in not returning fire at the teen shooter.

“Our uniformed officer was not struck,” Savino said. He added: “That officer was well aware of the danger that firing that gun on a crowded, busy street could potentially inflict.”

Chell said at the earlier press conference Friday: “I gotta tell you — one of those bullets hits our cop last night, it’s a whole different conversation we’re having today.”

“Let’s be clear: The stance of the city’s police department — we don’t care who you are, what your status is. We’re not going to broad brush the whole migrant community as being bad people,” said Chell.

“But we’re not going to put up with this.”

The shooter fled the scene wearing a white T-shirt and white pants.

An intense manhunt that involved collection of video images, witness interviews and ballistic evidence led to “pristine” pictures of the suspect that were made public on Friday afternoon, Savino said — and ultimately to the suspect’s arrest in Yonkers.

The teen was with his mother when he was arrested by Yonkers police and members of the U.S. Marshals Regional Fugitive Task Force, said cops.

The teen lived with his family at the Stratford Arms on W. 70th St. on the Upper West Side — a 10-story building and former SRO with more than 100 units that now houses migrants.

“He’s a very calm kid who went to church with his parents,” said an Ecuadoran shelter resident who said he works as a commercial painter and did not want to give his name.

“He was never any problem. Very tranquilo,” said the Ecuadoran man. He added: “I never saw him with any other kids. I always saw him alone.”

The city’s net rental vacancy rate dropped to just 1.4%, the worst it’s been since 1968. Between January and June of 2023 a little more than 33,200 units were up for grabs out of a total stock of 2.35 million occupied and available rentals, according to initial findings from the New York City Housing and Vacancy Survey, released Thursday.

The report has been compiled approximately every three years since 1965 by the Department of Housing Preservation and Development and the U.S. Census Bureau. The last recorded vacancy rate was 4.54% in 2021, during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic.

“The data is clear: the demand to live in our city is far outpacing our ability to build housing. New Yorkers need our help, and they need it now,” Mayor Adams said in a statement. “While our administration continues to create a record number of affordable homes and helps more New Yorkers move into these homes than the city ever has before, we need more tools to house our neighbors, protect tenants, and deliver the affordability New Yorkers deserve. I am calling on all levels of government to help us meet this moment and ensure New York City remains a viable home for working class New Yorkers.”

The housing crisis has come to the fore in recent years as city rents have reached record highs and half of New Yorkers struggle to afford the basics.

There was a particular strain on middle- and working-class renters, according to the survey: Nearly all low-income New Yorkers spent more than 30% of their income on rent, making them “rent burdened.”

At the same time, relatively affordable apartments became harder to find: just 0.4% of units on the market in 2023 went for under $1,100 and less than 1% were under $2,400.

The vacancy survey did include a few silver linings. There was a net gain of 60,000 units between 2021 and 2023, a 2% increase — though that was far outpaced by demand.

It comes as Adams is making a push for his “City of Yes for Housing Opportunity” proposal, which includes zoning changes that would allow for up to 100,000 new apartments to be built. He’s also been calling on lawmakers in Albany to enact several measures including the renewal of a construction tax break.

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“There’s only one solution to our housing shortage: build more supply,” Gov. Hochul said in a statement following the survey’s release. “This new report, revealing the lowest vacancy rate in six decades, is the latest reminder that we can only build our way out of this crisis — and there’s no time to waste.”

Declyn Lauper, 26, was nabbed minutes after a shooting on W. 112th St. near Adam Clayton Powell Jr. Blvd. that was reported around 7:15 p.m. Wednesday, police said.

A 24-year-old man was shot in the leg and taken to Mount Sinai Morningside hospital in stable condition.

Lauper possessed a fanny pack that contained the Glock, which had seven bullets in its magazine, said a complaint filed in Manhattan Criminal Court.

The complaint says Lauper possessed the weapon “with intent to use it unlawfully against another.”

Also arrested in the gunfire was Omar Lewin, 24, of Washington Heights. Information about Lewin’s case was not immediately available.

Lauper was charged with two counts of criminal possession of a firearm, and Manhattan prosecutors sought bail of $50,000 cash or $150,000 bond.

But a criminal court judge set lower bail, at $20,000 cash and $100,000 bond.

Lauper’s family posted cash bail, and he walked out of court with his lawyer.

Lauper’s arrest was not the first for the troubled son of the ’80s pop star, who won a Tony Award for writing the music in the Broadway show “Kinky Boots.”

In July 2022, police found Lauper sitting in the driver’s seat of a stolen car, the Daily News reported at the time.

Cops noticed the illegally double-parked 2014 Mercedes-Benz C350 at the corner of W. 140th St. and Broadway in Hamilton Heights. They determined the vehicle was stolen, police said.

Lauper was charged with unauthorized use of a vehicle in that incident.

Lauper, who raps under the name Dex Lauper, lives on the Upper West Side. He is the only child of Cyndi Lauper.

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“Curtis said that the man was a migrant and that he was shoplifting. Fox News has since spoken to the NYPD. Apparently the statement made by Curtis that the man is a migrant is not true and the man was given a summons for disorderly conduct,” Hannity said Thursday night.

In the middle of a Tuesday interview with Hannity, Sliwa stunningly directed the camera to a takedown of a man in the middle of Times Square, saying the target was a “migrant” and a “shoplifter” — claims the NYPD later refuted, explaining that the man was a 22-year-old Bronxite who had done no shoplifting. He still received a summons for disorderly conduct.

“On this show, we always want to set the record straight,” Hannity said Thursday night.

Sliwa admitted to the Daily News earlier Thursday that he’d been wrong about details of his initial accusations, but newly claimed the 22-year-old had punched a female member of his vigilante group in the breast.

That member filed a harassment complaint against the 22-year-old at the NYPD’s Midtown South Precinct on Thursday night, records showed.

Prior to that, a cop source told The News that Sliwa had been completely off the mark during Hannity’s Tuesday show.

Surveillance and bodycam footage show the 22-year-old was simply trying to make his way through Times Square at the time of the confrontation, the source said, adding that Sliwa was “just babbling” when he made the initial allegations.

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Sliwa did not immediately answer a News request for comment on the Hannity correction late Thursday.

City Council member Lincoln Restler (D-Brooklyn), would require the DOT to light up the sidewalks of at least 500 blocks of the city annually.

“Lots of regulations and policy-making goes into roadway lighting, but the majority of New Yorkers don’t drive — we walk,” said City Council member Lincoln Restler (D-Brooklyn). “Better sidewalk lighting will improve the day to day experience for New Yorkers.”

The legislation specifically targets “commercial corridors,” mixed-use blocks with residential and commercial zoning. A spokesperson for Restler estimated there are roughly 10,000 such blocks citywide.

The legislation specifically calls for “pedestrian lighting fixtures,” aimed at sidewalks and not roads.

Kelly Carroll, executive director of Brooklyn’s Atlantic Ave. Business Improvement District, told the Daily News she hoped the legislation becomes law.

“It’s past due for a city like New York,” she said. “Its an economic issue and a public safety issue.”

Carroll said that some business owners in her business improvement district — which extends from the BQE overpass west of Hicks St. to 4th Ave. in parts of Brooklyn Heights, Cobble Hill and Boerum Hill — have taken to installing sets of decorative string lights on their storefronts to illuminate the sidewalk in front of their shops.

“It’s woefully under-lit,” Carroll said of the avenue, which includes many historic storefronts.

Jack Chester, owner of Free Range Wine and Spirits on the corner of Atlantic Ave. and Hoyt St., said that while his section of Atlantic Ave. was lined with “type B” lampposts — designed to light up sidewalks rather than roadways — many had been dark for years.

“On our block, they’re almost all burnt out,” Chester told The News.

The vintner said he’d recently moved his shop from to the corner, which has more light, and had seen business improve.

A lamppost near his old shop three doors down towards Smith St. has been burnt out for ten years, he said.

A Transportation Department spokesman said the agency is reviewing the legislation.