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Yeshiva University Squashes Photo Series Featuring Jews of New York
A girl wears her heart on her hands. (Photo by Steve Rosenfield) Would you spend 45 minutes discussing your deepest insecurities, only to have those insecurities written on your face, then photographed...
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Brooklyn Dumpster Snakes Confused for Trash Baby (Video)
Brooklyn Dumpster Snakes (YouTube) Frowny-face emoticon! Frowny-face emoticon! (ICYMI from earlier today: This guy found a bag moving in a dumpster on Baltic Street and thought it was a baby, but it...
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Michael Grimm Should Ask Charlie Rangel for Media Training
Grimm tidings (Getty) Staten Island Congressman Michael Grimm makes a great TV villain. With his chiseled jaw, pretty eyes and growing record of unsavory behavior, he recalls the deliciously conniving...
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Strange Brew: Why Java Champion Erin McCarthy Can’t Make You A Cup of Joe
Erin McCarthy. (Counter Culture) In the city that never sleeps, a delicious cup of caffeine is a necessity. Just ask Erin McCarthy, the best coffee brewer in the world. Mr. McCarthy is the first...
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It is a little-known fact that Shindigger spent the greater part of his childhood whirling into sit-spins, double Salchows and double toe-loop combinations. Unfortunately, we didn't make Team USA for...
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Braving the Storm: Shindigger Takes on the Elements in Search of Earthly...
Sir Ian McKellen, Carol Channing and Justin Vivian Bond (Photo: Wilson Models) Last Monday at the Museum of Modern Art’s Celeste Bartos Theater, HBO hosted a private screening of Josh Groban: Sing Your...
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Vodka, Ativan, Hipster Boots: Gary Shteyngart’s Guide to Surviving a Book Party
Gary Shteyngart. (Photo courtesy of the PEN American Center) Gary Shteyngart was sipping a vodka tonic in a roomful of writers at PowerHouse Arena in Dumbo last night. It was a particularly cold...
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Cove Club Condo Drops Eviction Suit Against Service Dog Owner, But...
The Cove Club. The Cove Club Condominium in Battery Park City has halted eviction proceedings against a deaf, 76-year-old deaf resident who has kept a service dog since 2012. The condo board moved to...
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He’s Got Game: Once Again, Eric Simonson Is Bringing Sports to the Stage
'Bronx Bombers.' (Photo by James Leynse) It’s best that this doesn’t get back to the boys in the bleachers, but Eric Simonson got a Tony nomination his first time at bat on Broadway 20 years ago,...
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The Most Hated Man In Sports (For an Afternoon at Least): Friars Club Roasts...
Boomer Esiason, before the roast. (Photo via Getty Images) Yesterday afternoon, celebrities, athletes and comedians gathered at the Waldorf Astoria to publicly humiliate the most reviled man in...
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Revisiting the Classics: City Ballet Brings Restored Energy to Balanchine
Joaquin De Luzand Tiler Peckin 'Dances ata Gathering.' (Photo by Paul Kolnik) To start off its new season, City Ballet put its best foot forward: its Balanchine foot. Much as the company tries—year in,...
View ArticleWhite Powder Sent to Rudy Giuliani ‘Not Toxic’: Police
Mysterious white powder sent today to former Mayor Rudy Giuliani has tested not-toxic, according to police and Mr. Giuliani’s security team. The powder was sent to Mr. Giuliani’s office on 49th Street...
View ArticleA Love-Hate Relationship With America’s Favorite Sport
Whenever I watch football, I have this vivid image of a 16-year-old boy, lying at just about the 15-yard line, nonsensically asking his father where his cell phone is while paramedics strap his neck...
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Seinfeld Reunion Won’t Be a SuperBowl Commercial
Jerry Seinfeld and co. (NBC) Praise the stars! It turns out that Jerry Seinfeld's "secret project" with Larry David may, in fact, be related to his recent appearance at Tom's Restaurant with Jason...
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How Else Could Businessweek Awkwardly Convey That Facebook Is Turning Ten?
Bloomberg Businessweek unveiled a cover story on Facebook's ten year anniversary. "Facebook Hits Puberty," reads the headline, layered over a large photo of Mark Zuckerberg, clad in his signature...
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Phantom of the Opera: Anonymous Buyers Make Land Grab at the Century Condominium
Views near and far. A mysterious buyer, hiding—as mysterious buyers will do—behind the camouflage on an LLC, is scooping up property in the Century Condominium building, at 25 Central Park West, The...
View ArticlePolice Union Pans de Blasio’s Speed Camera Plan
The city’s Patrolmen’s Benevolent Association today questioned the benefits of speed cameras, which Mayor Bill de Blasio has been touting as part of the “Vision Zero” plan aimed at dramatically cutting...
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East River Partners Revealed as Developer for Fort Greene ‘Compound’
The compound at 164 South Oxford Street When we spoke earlier this month with Corcoran's Vicki Negron about the recent sale for $7.5 million of a kingly assemblage at 164 South Oxford Street in Fort...
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To Do Saturday: Get a Taste of the NFL
Bill Ard. (Photo via Getty Images) Are you sad that your team didn't make it to the Super Bowl? Not to worry—a chef from each NFL city will be cooking up something delicious at football foodie...
View ArticleVideo: Bill de Blasio Taunts Son After Toboggan Victory
Mayor Bill de Blasio repeatedly slid down the “Super Bowl Toboggan Run” today to celebrate tomorrow’s big game. But what the mayor was really excited about was beating his son, Dante, down the slide...
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