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To Do Friday: See Bill Janovitz
Bill Janovitz. (Getty Images) In the late ’80s and early ’90s, the Boston band Buffalo Tom just killed it, man. That’s not just my opinion. Ask Jon Stewart, who said they were one of his favorite bands...
View ArticleScience Says It’s Totally Fine to Pee in the Ocean
There’s something about the motion of the ocean that can evoke the need to pee–or it could just be all those High Lifes you crushed while soaking up the rays. Peeing in the ocean is pretty nasty,...
View ArticleThompson Wonders Why the Media Isn’t Addressing Weiner Controversy
Yesterday, Public Advocate Bill de Blasio got to go on Morning Joe and bask in the new interest in his candidacy following re-scandalized Anthony Weiner’s drop in the mayoral race’s polls. Today it was...
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Military Bases Stop Selling Hundreds of Print Magazines
One of the 891 print magazines no longer sold on military bases The war on print has moved to actual war zones. The Army and Air Force Exchange Service, which operates stores on military bases,...
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To Do Wednesday: Beasts and Beats
Beasts of the Southern Wild. If you missed the Oscar-nominated film Beasts of the Southern Wild (about a headstrong 6-year-old girl in a surreal and beaten-down bayou community), you can see it...
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Dan Doctoroff and John Zuccotti Don’t Think the East Side Needs Another Subway
The Upper East Side is only among the densest neighborhoods in the country—why does it need another subway? (Photo by Patrick J. Cashin of the MTA.) Last night at the Forum for Urban Design's Next New...
View ArticleBill de Blasio Finds Himself an Indirect Beneficiary of the Weiner Scandal
Just weeks ago, Public Advocate Bill de Blasio’s campaign appeared to be treading water. He was behind in the public polls. He had failed to unify labor. And the unlikely comeback candidacy of former...
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Gwyneth Paltrow’s Lifestyle Advice License Officially Revoked
For your health! With her newsletter GOOP, Gwyneth Paltrow has managed to turn her career from actress to something resembling more of an entrepreneur/life advice coach. Like Oprah! Unlike Oprah,...
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Eager to Pass Midtown East Rezoning, Bloomberg Decides that City Should Front...
Bloomberg sweetens the deal. Mayor Bloomberg is clearly a fan of the Field of Dreams, if-you-pay-for-it-they-will-come mentality. In order to make Hudson Yards a reality, the city agreed to pick up the...
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Weiner Rep Claimed Past Profanity Quotes Were Also Off-the-Record
A generic New York Post Weiner cover. The "slutbag" incident was not Anthony Weiner's spokeswoman's first go-around with on-or-off-the-record disputes with reporters. Barbara Morgan, the mouthpiece for...
View ArticleJimmy McMillan Endorses and Gives Advice to Anthony Weiner
Former Congressman Anthony Weiner doesn’t receive many endorsements for his embattled mayoral campaign these days, but he certainly landed one this morning. Jimmy McMillan, a perennial candidate whose...
View ArticleAnthony Weiner Says ‘Carlos Danger’ Was Just a Joke
Anthony Weiner was finally forced this morning to acknowledge he used the much-mocked nickname “Carlos Danger” for his latest batch of digital dalliances. “Why did you pick a Hispanic name? And how...
View ArticleInstaRabies: Musician Photographs ‘Dancing’ Raccoon as it Attacks Her in...
There are times when it's totally okay to stop and capture nature's beauty. And then, there are times when you should just let it be. Apparently Taraka Larson, frontwoman for the Brooklyn...
View ArticleBill de Blasio Touts His Spanish Language Skills
Step aside Carlos Danger, Bill de Blasio is ready to make his own pitch to Latino voters as he and his fellow mayoral candidates increasingly tailor their message to the city’s sizable Hispanic...
View ArticleQuinn Launches ‘Multi-Pronged Effort to Energize Female Voters’
Two days ago, Council Speaker Christine Quinn pivoted away from the Anthony Weiner brouhaha by pointing to the fact that if she emerges victorious from this year’s mayoral race, she’d be the first...
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Too Late 144 Duane Lovers! Tribeca ‘Loft Mansion’ Goes Into Contract
Inside... In a move that is sure to break the hearts of all extremely wealthy Tribeca househunters, 144 Duane Street, the incredibly-renovated six-story Tribeca building that can only be described as a...
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Upfront Transit Money Sways Scott Stringer on Midtown East Rezoning
Mr. Stringer's suggestions include a provision aimed at 425 Park. Michael Bloomberg appears desperate to pass the Midtown East rezoning before his 12-year stint as mayor ends, and with his announcement...
View ArticleWant To Be Chelsea Clinton’s Upstairs Neighbor? The Whitman Penthouse, Revealed
The Whitman has been getting a lot of attention lately, though very little of it has been directed at the building itself. Ever since word got out in March that Chelsea Clinton was buying at the...
View ArticleWeiner Confronts Disappointed Supporters in the Rockaways
Anthony Weiner returned to the Sandy-damaged Rockaways last night–in the heart of his old congressional district–to rally his former base as he tries to rescue his spiraling campaign in the wake of his...
View ArticleModerator Threatens to Cut Off Rival’s Mic For Dissing Weiner at Heated Forum
Comptroller John Liu, known for his rapport with minority groups across the city, drew rare scorn from a predominately black crowd in Queens last night because he dared to make a joke about Anthony...
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