Big-time scoops

CAME TV. Years on WNBC’s “Live at Five.” I recall one tight close-up while the contact lens in my right eye spiralled down my cheek. Anchor Sue Simmons’ Yorkshire terriers come from my same breeder. Once, closeted in a small room, door shut, with just her Yorkie, she smoked pot. The tiny 4-pound dog fell over. December ’79, my very first Post story was the Shah of Iran. Reporters covered his hospital’s sidewalk desperate for an interview. I alone had it. Front-page headline around the world: “NY Post exclusive interview with dying Shah.” The enormously grateful Post’s payment to me? A handful of stringy flowers. Like soup greens.

MINDY Levine and Yankees president Randy Levine — posting antique photos of me back when I was 16 — all around the 102nd floor of the World Trade Center which overlooks history — could happen only in New York, kids, only in New York.