Chris Christie Booed at Times Square Super Bowl Rally
New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie’s “Bridgegate” scandal today followed him all the way across the George Washington Bridge and into New York City. At a Times Square Super Bowl hand-off ceremony, where...
View ArticleRene Ricard Has Died
Rene Ricard, the Massachussets-born artist and poet who was a fixture of New York’s art world since he arrived in 1965, has died. He passed away early this morning in Bellevue Hospital, said Brice...
View ArticleVideo: De Blasio Drops Staten Island Chuck Before Announcing More Weeks of...
He dropped the furball. Mayor Bill de Blasio had some trouble this morning with his first official Groundhog Day ceremony, as the skittish Staten Island Chuck squirmed out of his arms mid...
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To Do Sunday: Catch the Game
Joe Montana. (Photo via Getty Images) Happy Super Bowl Sunday! If you’re not watching the big game with friends, why not do so along with football legends and Super Bowl Champions Joe Montana, Dwight...
View ArticleDe Blasio Receives Threatening Letter Ahead of Super Bowl
Mayor Bill de Blasio became the latest city official to receive a threatening letter ahead of the Super Bowl, police confirmed this morning. The letter, received yesterday, did not contain white powder...
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RIP Philip Seymour Hoffman: Actor Dead at 46
Philip Seymour Hoffman (Getty Images)Academy Award winner Philip Seymour Hoffman, 46, was found dead in a New York apartment earlier today, report The New York Times. Mr. Hoffman, who had appeared in...
View Article17 Hot Tips That Prove Online Dating Is a Nightmare
Everyone knows the only thing more awkward than searching for love IRL is trying to find it online. Even the experts say you should be yourself. But if that really worked, you wouldn’t be scouring...
View Article11 Things to Do in New York’s Art World Before Feb. 10
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 3 Artist Talk: B. Wurtz at the New School SculptureCenter has organized this lecture with the California-born, New York-based artist B. Wurtz, whose recent shows at Metro Pictures (in...
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Co-Educational? Columbia & Barnard Students Film Porno in Butler Library
(purple) Columbia is the sight of many historical moments. The newest one? A porno filmed in Butler Library. Filmed in November, directors Coco Young, a Columbia College student, and Karley Sciortino...
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Super Bowl Boulevard: Remembering the Hype
Super Bowl Boulevard. (Photo via Getty Images) Remember when enthusiasm for Super Bowl XLVIII was alive and well, with Broncos and Seahawks fans alike taking to the streets to share in a joint feeling...
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Being Miley Cyrus: Ronan Farrow Delves Inside the Mind of Most-Googled American
Miley Cyrus (Getty Images) Ronan Farrow has an amazing inteview with Miley Cyrus in this month's W. It's pretty New Journalism-y, which is code for "not a puff piece," but also for "Ronan Farrow...
View ArticleBill de Blasio Promises to Handle the Snow Much Better This Time
Mayor Bill de Blasio promised today that the city’s response to the latest snow storm will be much better than last time, when Upper East Side residents complained about unplowed streets and the mayor...
View ArticleSchumer Wants to Bring the Super Bowl Back to New York
The Super Bowl might touch down in New York twice in one decade–at least if Senator Chuck Schumer has his way. Mr. Schumer held a Midtown press conference this morning to call on the National Football...
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River Club to Remain in River House: Posh Club Signs Letter of Intent to...
Game, set, match! River Club inks deal to stay in River House. In November, when River House, the non plus ultra of elite Upper East Side co-ops, put the 62,000-square-foot space that houses the River...
View ArticleTech Is Cruelly Ripping Teens From Their Natural Shopping Mall Habitats
Malls and cool teens: they go together like a Redditor and his fedora. Or at least, they used to. According to this troubling report from the New York Times, the malls of America are no longer teens’...
View ArticleDe Blasio Threatens to Unleash Locusts on East Side During Daily Show Appearance
Mayor Bill de Blasio took his infamous “dad humor” to The Daily Show this evening, where he took jabs at the Upper East Side and his predecessor Michael Bloomberg, and proved he could eat pizza like a...
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It’s Not All Luxury Condos: City’s ‘Worst’ 187 Buildings Total 26,000 Open...
982 Eastern Parkway, one of the apartment buildings added to the list this year. As more and more of New York is colonized by gleaming luxury towers and elegant condo conversions, the grim experience...
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Graffiti Mecca 5 Pointz Sprayed With ‘Art Murder’
5 Pointz last November. Someone has killed 5 Pointz, again. A new message has been splashed across the whitewashed building that was once New York’s graffiti mecca. “Art Murder” was sprayed in blue...
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The Tyranny and Lethargy of the Times Editorial Page
Illustration by Torren Thomas. IT’S WELL KNOWN AMONG THE SMALL WORLD of people who pay attention to such things that the liberal-leaning reporters at The Wall Street Journal resent the...
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Big Gulp: Restaurants Can Finally Serve You Unsolicited Glasses of Water
Fill it up (Getty). Apparently, it's prohibited to serve patrons H2O unless they request it, but an abolition of this scarcely known law later this month will change that. The repeal is turning heads,...
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