Danny O’Donnell Endorses and Gives Advice to Christine Quinn
At press conference today in West Harlem, the first openly gay New York State assemblyman, Danny O’Donnell, endorsed the woman who is vying to be the city’s first openly gay mayor. But he had more than...
View ArticleJohn Catsimatidis Wants New York to Buy the Best Condoms
Earlier this evening, in a live televised debate on CBS, the three Republican mayoral candidates discussed an unexpected topic: New York City’s condom policy. Specifically, they were asked if–like...
View ArticleAnti-Quinn Organizers Shift Tactics in Mayoral Race’s Final Stretch
Advocates hoping to swing the election by urging voters to elect “Anybody but Quinn” gathered across the street from the closed St. Vincent’s Hospital this evening for a get-out-the-vote rally they...
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Like a Lauren in a Candy Shop: Dylan Lauren and Beau Buy $8.85 M. Upper East...
A red library, whose owners were apparently not even interested in pretending that they own readable books. Normally when you're the scion of multi-billion-dollar global fashion enterprise like Ralph...
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To Do Thursday: Hightail it to the Highline
(Photo: Wikimedia Commons) The Friends of the Highline and 13 teenagers are hosting an open to the public fashion show on the winding outdoor park/overpass with a back to school theme. The student...
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Thomas Scarangello Engineers His Way Into $8.2 M. Philip House Pad
Almost too boring to merit a caption. We'd take it, though. From Barclays Center to Hudson Yards, Kingdom Tower in Jeddah to the Petronas Towers in Kuala Lumpur, structural engineering firm Thornton...
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Carpenter Wasps Are Such Mirandas! Enthusiastic Scientist Explains Entomology...
Bzzzz. Just ask Ben Taylor, whose multimedia presentation "Sex and the Sick Bee" casts insects in appropriate roles from Sex and the City. The mildly aggressive carpenter wasp kills live prey and is...
View ArticleEliot Spitzer Courts Women With Latest Ad
Former Gov. Eliot Spitzer, who has suddenly found himself locked in a neck-and-neck battle in the city comptroller’s race, is pushing back against rival Scott Stringer when it comes to women. Less than...
View ArticleOpponents Batter Bill de Blasio With Lobbyist-Related Criticisms
With Bill de Blasio now leading the mayor’s race and less than two weeks to go before the primary, his top rivals are attacking as hard as they can to try and tear him down. The negative hit today?...
View ArticleBill de Blasio Thinks Christine Quinn Thinks Too Small
Public Advocate Bill de Blasio wants to be known as the ambition candidate–at least when it comes to his policy book. “One of my opponents, Speaker Quinn, has a very clear pattern throughout her time...
View ArticleScott Stringer Credits ‘Disciplined’ Strategy for Poll Gains
Scott Stringer can’t claim to be completely surprised by the dramatic boost in his poll numbers over the past two weeks. In fact, the Manhattan borough president and city comptroller candidate...
View ArticleQuinn and Weiner Skewered by Some Fast Food Workers
At least they weren’t throwing food. City Council Speaker Christine Quinn and former Congressman Anthony Weiner received a round of boos this afternoon when they appeared at a fast food workers...
View ArticleTwo New Polls Put de Blasio in Lead, Quinn in Third
Two more polls have Public Advocate Bill de Blasio far ahead of his Democratic rivals less than two weeks before the primary–with former front-runner Christine Quinn now lagging in third. According to...
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To Do Friday: Multi-Culti Night
Richard Bona. Before he sets out on tour to promote his new album, Bonafied, singer, songwriter and bassist Richard Bona plays at SubCulture with his Afro-Cuban band, Mandekan Cubano. Born in Cameroon,...
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Morning Media Mix
(Illustration by Lauren Payne) Bill O'Reilly erroneously kvetched on his show The O'Reilly Factor earlier this week, in conversation with James Carville, that "no Republicans and no conservatives were...
View ArticleOn the Market: Major League Soccer Considers the Bronx; One57 Bans Pigs, Nude...
Major League Soccer explores a move to the Bronx, by Yankee Stadium. [WSJ] Bloomberg's new bill charges fridge makers for portion of disposal costs. [Crain's] Some developers snub penthouses for...
View ArticleMeet Steve Wozniak, the Brooklyn Programmer Who Isn’t That Steve Wozniak
Steve Wozniak is a dedicated vegetarian who has never ridden a Segway. He has never worked for Apple, never met Steve Jobs and he does not have a penchant for checking in at Chili’s for free chips and...
View ArticleLatest Poll Conflicts With Others and Shows Spitzer Still Ahead
A day after two polls came out showing ex-Gov. Eliot Spitzer’s once-commanding lead in the comptroller’s race had vanished, another new poll tells quite a different story. A New York Times poll...
View ArticleThompson Calls Out ‘Bill de Bliar’
It’s better to tell the truth than to blie. Thus argued Bill Thompson’s mayoral campaign this afternoon as they pushed forward with what they clearly feel is a winning issue against front-runner Bill...
View ArticleJohn Catsimatidis Suggests Newspaper Rigged Its Poll
Republican mayoral candidate John Catsimatidis is slamming a new Newsday poll that shows him badly trailing his rival, Joe Lhota, accusing the poll’s sponsor of skewing its results to put Mr. Lhota far...
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