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Spring Fever: Freak Stomach Bug Sends 400 Students Home Sick
Always use protection. (Getty) It’s a good thing chicken soup is also good for the soul. More than 400 students at Montclair High School in Montclair, New Jersey were home sick this week with a brutal...
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Park Slope Kiddie Shop Hunts for Owner of ‘Lulu’s Anal Bleaching’ WiFi
Not shown: anal bleaching. The Park Slope children’s boutique Lulu’s specializes in $26 haircuts and a large toy selection. According to its owner, it does not specialize in anal bleaching. Go figure....
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Tish James Renews Public Advocate’s Legislative Role
Public Advocate Tish James during a January council meeting. (Photo: Official NYC Council/William Alatriste.) She may no longer be a city councilwoman, but Public Advocate Tish James remains one of the...
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‘Scandal’ Recap: The Kids Aren’t All Right
A presidential dinner. (ABC) Dear Scandal: Wellllll, that was a little bit of a hot mess, wasn’t it? “Mama Said Knock You Out” (props to ABC for its second LL Cool J reference this week, after Nolan...
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Going Gaga: OUT NYC Transforms Into G.U.Y. Hotel
Flowers not included. Lady Gaga is putting the pop in pop-up. The Haus of Gaga has transformed the lobby of The Out NYC in Hell’s Kitchen into a museum dedicated to her new music video, G.U.Y. “They...
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Putting a Bird on It: Meet the Hipster Sisters in Charge of Portlandia’s...
Amanda and Jessica Needham, the sister duo behind the characters of Portlandia (Photo by Fernanda DeSouza/Observer). When we walked into the back corner of a Chelsea café last week, a beautiful blonde...
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Lena Dunham’s Music Video Directorial Debut: ‘I Wanna Get Better’
Because being nominated for an MTV Music Video Award is one of the final steps to the GIRLS creator getting her own EGOTMV. Yesterday, Lena Dunham and boyfriend Jack Antonoff debuted their first...
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Keep Walking: PMG Head Kevin Maloney Drops $11.4 M. on Home-grown Walker...
The “massive” living room. It was with heavy heart—well, heavier than average, anyway—that we read recently about a falling out between Michael Stern, founder of JDS Development, and Property Markets...
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Access Denied: Faux-bouncer Pranks Starbucks’ Customers
Comedian Jena Kingsley strictly enforcing the Starbucks guest list (YouTube). Is Starbucks the new Lavo? Since Starbucks is beginning to add beer and wine to their beverage list, comedian Jena Kingsley...
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Chirlane McCray Reminds New Yorkers to #GetCovered
Chirlane McCray reminds New Yorkers to register for healthcare (via YouTube) Social media-savvy Chirlane McCray is using her online platform to urge New Yorkers to sign up for Obamacare. The city’s...
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To Do Saturday: Autism Speaks
Few subway riders will forget the haunting MTA announcements requesting information on Avonte Oquendo, the autistic teen later found dead in the East River. Arielle Patrick was among those moved,...
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De Blasio Appoints His Sandy Recovery Team
A man watches the waves in New York Harbor from Battery Park during the arrival of Hurricane Sandy. (Photo: Getty Images) Mayor Bill de Blasio today announced the appointment of three new staffers who...
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Albany Lawmakers Reach Deal on Pre-K, Charter Schools
Gov. Andrew Cuomo with Mayor Bill de Blasio. (Photo: Getty) State lawmakers late last night reached a deal on the state budget that will allocate $300 million to the city to fund universal...
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Albany Budget Paves Way for End of Anti-Corruption Commission, Cuomo Says
Andrew Cuomo. (Photo: Getty) The state budget deal finalized late last night paves the way for the dissolution of the anti-corruption Moreland Commission, Gov. Andrew Cuomo said today. “If this package...
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Bill de Blasio Hails ‘Historic’ State Budget Agreement
Mayor Bill de Blasio visits a pre-K enrollment workshop in Brooklyn earlier this month. (Photo: Rob Bennett/NYC Mayor’s Office) Mayor Bill de Blasio says he’s a happy man today. Though the state budget...
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Congressman Michael Grimm Fund-Raises Off ‘Anti-Catholic’ Bill Maher
Part of Congressman Michael Grimm’s fund-raising email. Congressman Michael Grimm is using comedian Bill Maher’s “Flip a District” campaign as a fund-raising opportunity. The Republican lawmaker’s...
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Most New Yorker Artists Eat Meat
“A New Leaf” by Peter de Sève The cover of this week’s New Yorker by Peter de Sève shows an unhappy lion eating a salad and drinking a green juice at what looks like a farm to table restaurant (there...
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Queer Eye Makes Brooklyn Buy: Reality Show Producer Drops $2 M. on Dumbo Condo
70 Washington Street Increasingly, Brooklyn’s reputation as a mecca for young creative types feels less like a stereotype than a cynical marketing gimmick. However well-honed the barista skills of an...
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1199 SEIU Backs Lori Boozer for Vacant Boyland Seat
Lori Boozer. (Photo: Facebook) The influential healthcare workers’ union 1199 SEIU has endorsed Lori Boozer in the race to replace disgraced former Assemblyman William Boyland. The endorsement sets up...
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De Blasio Insists He’s Happy With Tax-Free Budget Plan
Mayor Bill de Blasio this afternoon. (Photo: Rob Bennett/NYC Mayor’s Office) Mayor Bill de Blasio today brushed aside suggestions that his win on pre-K was anything but a slam dunk, insisting the...
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