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It’s Not About Yuppies Anymore: Gentrification Has Changed and So Has New York
Bed-Stuy brownstones: good luck affording one. (AdomAtom, flickr) In the most recent issue of New York magazine, architecture critic Justin Davidson attempts to lob a grenade, arguing in favor of...
View ArticleDe Blasio Blasts ‘Patently Inaccurate’ Times Report on Sanitation Commissioner
Bill de Blasio slammed the New York Times this afternoon for its front-page profile of John Doherty, which suggested the new mayor had snubbed the long-standing sanitation commissioner at a press...
View ArticleBill de Blasio Says He’ll Build Upon Bloomberg’s Young Men’s Initiative
Mayor Bill de Blasio asserted today he would build on Michael Bloomberg’s far-reaching and personally-financed initiative to help young minority men, but said he had no immediate plans to ask his...
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Why NBC Can’t Catch a Comedy Break
Apparently not. So long, Sean Hayes! Goodbye, Michael J. Fox! According to Variety, NBC will be yanking both Sean Saves the World and The Michael J. Fox Show off the air after the Olympics. Though a...
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Con Ed Asks Upper Manhattanites Not to Do Any Chores This Weekend
Harlem residents clear snow for the umpteenth time this week.STAN HONDA/AFP/Getty Images If you clean your plate with the dishwasher, machine wash your clothes or use the freight elevator to take out...
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‘Anybody Can Be Pussy Riot’
Maria Alekhina, left, and Nadezhda Tolokonnikova of Pussy Riot. (Photo via Getty Images) About three hours into Amnesty International’s expansive 5-hour concert for human rights last night at Barclays...
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Queens Library Crowdsources New Digital Archive
(New York City Municipal Archive) The Queens Library is doing its part to keep the borough from flushing its history away. In partnership with Historypin, an online archive, the library has developed...
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‘If I’m the Best Man, Why Is She Marrying Him?’: Brooklyn Couple Sues Over...
Pictured: Happiness, not enough transvestites. Brooklyn couple Monica Nickchemny and Felix Komrash wanted a wedding video they could proudly show to their loved ones during their reception. So they...
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Amazon Outsourcing Its Pilot Season to Viewers (Video)
Amazon Originals.In an ingenious bit of marketing that will have executives at Fox wringing their hands, Amazon has taken the pilots for 10 new original series and made them available for free...
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Underemployed, Debt-Ridden Millennials Dream of Home Ownership, Make Sad,...
Change your bedspread, change everything! (not_on_display, flickr) Poor millennials! A new study has found that 79 percent of them believe that owning a home is part of the American dream, despite the...
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This Interview With Venmo’s Lucas Makes Us Want to Punch Him Just a Little Less
Riding the subway these past two months, one name has been all consuming in our minds. Who are you Lucas? Why is Venmo plastering your face all over the station? For that matter, what the hell is...
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Fashion Week Satisfaction ScoreCard: Rebecca Minkoff
Agyness Deyn and Coco Rocha watch the Rebecca Minkoff show from the front row. As much as we love Fashion Week, anyone who has ever been to the shows will tell you that it’s not an easy stroll down the...
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Playing Ketchup: The NYPD’s Most Wanted Hot Dog Vendor Is at It Again
Choose your hot dog wisely. Would you like some mustard ... and an arrest warrant on that? A Manhattan hot dog vendor is on the run after accumulating $300,000 in unpaid fines for various violations,...
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The Russian Police Choir Wins the Olympics
The Russian Police Choir performs at Sochi. )Photo via Getty Images) Unfortunately the Olympics do not feature competitive singing. But there is no doubt, if such a sport existed, that the Russian...
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Happy Valentine’s Day? Living in New York City Means You’re Probably Going to...
Look at all that sadness. (Getty) When it comes to being sad and lonely human beings, New York takes the bronze medal. The Big Apple comes in a depressing third place in a new study by CreditDonkey,...
View ArticleDe Blasio Spends Nearly an Hour With Ex-Pussy Riot Members
Mayor Bill de Blasio spent nearly than an hour this evening meeting with ex-members of the Russian feminist punk band Pussy Riot–longer, some noted, than he’d spent meeting with Attorney General Eric...
View ArticleBill de Blasio Appoints Members of Housing ‘Dream Team’
Mayor Bill de Blasio this afternoon rolled out the members of his housing team, promising a “total reset” of the previous administration’s approach to public housing. Shola Olatoye will serve as the...
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To Do Saturday: Dinner With Dee
Tommy Hilfiger and Dee Ocleppo. (Photo via Getty Images) Fashion Week is one of the best weeks of the year to be in New York. I love the feeling of the fashion industry coming together to celebrate the...
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To Do Saturday: Human Rights Campaign’s New York Gala
Eric Holder. (Photo via Getty Images) Where are you going to find United States Attorney General Eric H. Holder, Tony Award winner Patti LuPone, interior designer Nate Berkus and Architectural Digest...
View ArticleMayor de Blasio Casts Doubt on His New Official Height
Is it six-foot-five or six-foot six? Bill de Blasio, the towering mayor of New York City, is not completely sure about his true stature, he revealed to reporters today. Read More
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