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‘Scandal’ Glossary Guide: ‘Flesh and Blood’
Olivia’s mom is up to no good. (ABC)That masterpiece of Washington high-stakes machinations and trickery, Scandal, can be hard to follow. Those fixers and movers and shakers toss buzzwords around just...
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Red Hook Winery Recovers at Last
The corrugated-metal gate opens with a tooth-clenching rattle, and there she is, the Statue of Liberty, facing you, New York Harbor lapping against the pier. “You want to know why I started a winery...
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Obama Pays Tribute to Sharpton in Wake of FBI Controversy
President Barack Obama with Rev. Al Sharpton. (Photo: Getty) Days after a new report detailed Rev. Al Sharpton’s controversial role as an alleged FBI informant in the 1980s, President Barack Obama...
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Doormen Reach a Tentative Agreement With Landlords
The contract now awaits member ratification This afternoon, the union representing New York City’s 30,000 doormen, superintendents, handypersons and porters announced that it had reached a tentative...
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Mayor de Blasio to Announce ‘Major Overhaul’ of Sandy Recovery Efforts
Debris sits on a Staten Island beach damaged by flooding from Hurricane Sandy. (Photo: Mario Tama/Getty Images) Mayor Bill de Blasio has repeatedly vowed to prioritize Hurricane Sandy rebuilding...
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Mossy Gets Glossy: Kate Moss’s New Topshop Line Goes Luxe
Just in time for festival season, Kate Moss and Topshop are releasing a spring and summer collection of boho-luxe garments perfect for Coachella and Glastonbury. With the priciest dress (which is...
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Cityfox Revives the Brooklyn Underground with DJ Tennis, Adriatique
Thugfucker plays to the Cityfox: Enclave crowd. Just when New York techno and house heads were (once again) convinced that the underground circuit had gone under, Cityfox came out of involuntary...
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Horse Trade: Race Stable Owner Swaps $6.9 M. for Pad at One57
One57. Well, we all knew this day would come. Product is flying from the proverbial shelves at One57. Or rather, the paper trail for the product that has already flown from said shelves is beginning to...
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David Paterson Fund-Raising for Staten Island Assembly Hopeful
David Paterson. (Photo: Getty) Former Gov. David Paterson is diving into a Staten Island assembly race. Mr. Paterson is fund-raising for Marybeth Melendez, a Democrat taking on Republican Assemblywoman...
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Westeros Explainer: The 7 Questions You Had About ‘Game of Thrones’ 4×2
Weddings always make us cry. (HBO) 1. Who is Myranda, and why does Ramsay Snow kill a lady for her? Remember that time that Theon Greyjoy lost his head, and then lost his other head? Ramsay has two of...
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Melissa Mark-Viverito Still Hasn’t Opened Bronx Office
Bill de Blasio and Melissa Mark-Viverito. (Photo: BilldeBlasio.com) As Congressman Charlie Rangel is lambasted by supporters of his chief challenger, Adriano Espaillat, for failing to open a second...
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The Power Broker
Bret Lockett (Photo courtesy of Bret Lockett) Residential real estate is a business known to attract a motley assortment. Its disciples include but are not limited to: recent college graduates, poets...
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De Blasio Says He’s Encouraged by Next Generation After College Visit
Mayor Bill de Blasio and his family. (Photo: Facebook/Wesleying) Mayor Bill de Blasio spent part of the weekend taking a college tour with his son, Dante, and said today he walked away encouraged by...
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New York Pols Throw Shade at New Jersey During East River Fireworks Announcement
Mayor Bill de Blasio and other Brooklyn and Queens pols at today’s event. (Photo: Ed Reed/NYC Mayor’s Office.) Sorry New Jersey, but New York has stolen the show again. At today’s press conference...
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New ‘Mad Men’ Season Gets Off to an Angsty Start
For the love of God, get this guy a new hat. (Photo: blogs.amctv.com/mad-men) Wahoo, the swingin’ ’60s! A time when hemlines were high, inhibitions were low, the acid was flowing and the fun never...
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Interior Guru Ryan Korban’s Neo-Luxe
If interior designer Ryan Korban’s name sounds familiar it’s because he’s super well known in elite design circles. His is a name that filters down slowly so that you might walk round several of...
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The Story Behind John Jeremiah Sullivan’s Times Magazine Cover Story
The cover of this week’s Times Magazine. John Jeremiah Sullivan’s groundbreaking New York Times Magazine cover story, published this weekend, goes deep on the never-before-known backgrounds of blues...
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Tom Shadyac Had It All, and Gave It Away
Morgan Freeman, left, and Steve Carell in Evan Almighty. Imagine you own a 17,000-square-foot mansion, your movies have grossed more than $2 billion and you are worth close to $50 million. Now imagine...
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Go For Gold! (Or Sliver) Olympian Anne Montminy Snags Brooklyn Townhouse for...
291 Clinton Avenue. Olympic medalist, corporate attorney, CBC on-air sports analyst, Goldman Sachs vice president: These are just a few of Anne Montminy‘s many hats. Are you envious yet, of this...
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The Preet Goes On
Governor Cuomo is taking a political beating on a new front these days, although it is worth noting that none of his colleagues in Albany seem particularly upset with him. Then again, that makes...
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