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City Council Set to Pass Bill Allowing Unpaid Interns to Sue for Sexual...
Councilman Jimmy Vacca with Councilwoman Melissa Mark-Viverito. The City Council is set to pass a bill today that would allow unpaid interns to sue for sexual harassment. The bill, sponsored by...
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RHONY Season 6, Episode 3: Bad For Feminism
#Bookgate rages on. Season 6 of The Real Housewives of New York City is shaping up to be a bizarre, funhouse-mirror style rehash of the argument for second-wave feminism. They should teach this season...
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Yankees’ Budget Dips to Second Place for the First Time in 15 Years
Silver medal for spending green. The evil empire has been knocked off its throne, at least in terms of spending the most cash. For the first time in 15 years, the New York Yankees do not have the...
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A Horse and a Dog Speak Out
A horse. (Photo via Getty Images) Perhaps inspired by the fake column written from the perspective of a rather scatter-brained dog that Gawker posted yesterday, the Daily News took it upon itself to...
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Plastic Bag Law Is Recycled Back Into City Council
Council member Margaret Chin speaks (via NYLCV Twitter) City politicians want to give plastic bags the sack. City Council members relaunched efforts this morning to reduce plastic and paper bag use,...
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The Five Craziest Gwyneth Paltrow GOOP Divorce Theories
The GOOPy-ist divorce. Yesterday evening, Gwyneth Paltrow announced her divorce “conscious uncoupling” from husband Chris Martin in her newsletter, GOOP. This comes after over a year of rumors about...
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Unlocked Horns: Wall Street Bull’s Barricades Removed Three Years After OWS
Free at last (chargingbull.com) Be free, non-sentient animal. The Charging Bull of Wall Street was released from its barriers on Tuesday, according to the New York Post. Barricades have surrounded the...
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Camara Stands by Silver Following Report on Blocked Affordable Housing
Karim Camara (Photo: Facebook) Assemblyman Karim Camara is standing by Assembly Speaker Shelly Silver following a report that suggests the longtime leader stymied the construction of new affordable...
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Brooklyn Fashion Designer’s Disappearance Sparks City-Wide Search
Jay, from Facebook. Budding fashion designer James “Jay” Ott has been missing since Saturday night, and his friends have began a city-wide search for the missing Bushwick resident. Coworkers knew...
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Lucky Thieves Score ‘Pot of Gold’ in Greenpoint Robbery
Cha ching. Too bad they were a week late and a gold dollar short of having it for St. Patty’s day. A 37-year-old Greenpoint resident returned home to find his five-gallon jug containing thousands of...
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Adriano Espaillat Set to Hire Red Horse to Boost Congressional Bid
State Senator Adriano Espaillat. (Photo: Facebook) State Senator Adriano Espaillat will hire Red Horse Strategies, a prominent left-leaning public relations firm, to manage targeted field operations...
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Cook Me Somethin’, Mister
Cindi Leive toasts Glamour’s new fashion director, Jillian Davison. (Photo by Patrick McMullan) Last week, Shindigger was on the hunt for something epic to serve at our first spring dinner party. Soon,...
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To Do Thursday: Lindsey Palmer in Conversation With Jeannie Kim
Did the devil really wear Prada? Whenever I read a roman à clef, I want to know how much was true (though of course those shifty authors never tell you, do they?) Tonight, you’re likely to get some...
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The Wolf Whisperer: The Man Who Taught Jordan Belfort Some of What He Knows
Leonardo DiCaprio in The Wolf of Wall Street. My friend was telling me his story of 20 years ago when he worked for the Wolf of Wall Street, Mr. Belfort, played recently in the movie by the same name...
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At Home With Lois Robbins
Lois Robbins. (Photo by Emily Anne Epstein) Walking through Lois Robbins’ sprawling Upper East Side apartment, you’re treated to a visual feast of artwork. A Wayne Thiebaud hangs casually in the den,...
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The Chinese Buyers’ Club: Economic Shifts and Cultural Idiosyncrasies Guide a...
Brokers Juan and Li Chen, from left, have capitalized on booming Chinese demand for New York real estate. (Sasha Maslov) It is not unheard of in certain towns on Long Island’s rarified Gold Coast—in...
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The End of Television Without Pity
Shown no pity. (TWoP) Recapping television shows has always struck me as an odd endeavor on the surface. Who are the recaps being written for? People who have seen the episodes of said show (in which...
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The Other Shosh
(Ben Fink) On a chilly Manhattan morning, Shoshanna Lonstein Gruss exudes a professional calm and charismatic composure. This is a woman with too many blessings not to be nice. With a thriving...
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Tina Brown Explains Theatrical Journalism
Tina Brown (Getty Images) Tina Brown announced that she was leaving the Daily Beast back in September to devote herself to what she termed “theatrical journalism.” With her first major event in the...
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City Council Chooses Members of New Policy Working Group
Melissa Mark-Viverito. (Photo: William Alatriste/NYC Council) Council Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito has chosen the members of the council’s new “Policy Working Group,” according to a letter obtained by...
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