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Party Monster Michael Alig Celebrates First Day of Freedom on Twitter
Happy to be free and so grateful for this second chance. Can't wait 2C @JSJdarling at dinner. #frenemy http://t.co/AJwvtPcyFf— Michael Alig (@Alig_Aligula) May 05, 2014 Is he ready for Beliebers and...
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Council Housing Committee Chair Wants a Bolder Plan From City Hall
Councilman Jumaane Williams. (Photo: NYC Council/William Alatriste) Brooklyn Councilman Jumaane Williams, who chairs the City Council’s housing committee, expressed mild disappointment today over the...
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Stella Tower Comes to Market; This Time It’s Official
Stella Tower. The JDS Development Group, Property Markets Group and Starwood Capital Group—the oh-so-shrewd trio behind Walker Tower—announced the opening of sales today at another Ralph Walker-themed...
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Charlie Rangel Not Worried About Bill de Blasio’s Endorsement
Charlie Rangel in the Bronx today. Congressman Charlie Rangel, who is fighting one of the toughest re-election battles of his life, today heaped praise on Mayor Bill de Blasio–who has yet to offer his...
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Another Christine Quinn Confidant Leaves the City Council
Council Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito. (Photo: NYC Council/William Alatriste) Another top City Council staffer and confidant to ex-Speaker Christine Quinn is leaving City Hall, a spokesman for Council...
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Staten Island Insomniac Scratches His Way to Millions of Dollars
Up all night. (Flickr) Money never sleeps. And neither does Salvatore Gandolfo, 55, a former NYC Department of Finance worker living in Arden Heights. When the self-professed insomniac couldn’t sleep...
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Why We’re All Talking About ‘Nathaniel P.’
Allie Lee hadn’t actually read the book, but she still referred to a guy as a “total Nathaniel P.” Her friend, of course, got it. “It’s definitely becoming a term,” said Ms. Lee, a 23-year-old who...
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Divergence: When TV Shows Mess With Source Material, Results Are Violent
Will Graham, killer? (NBC) SPOILER ALERTS ABOUND! YOU’VE BEEN WARNED! Fans of Game of Thrones raised hell the other week, when Jaime Lannister raped his sister Cersei in the same room as the corpse of...
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Queens Man Killed Over Parking Spot
Finding a parking spot in New York is a big deal. When Darrell Lynch got into an argument with a man after parking his car in a spot on 113th Avenue in Jamaica, Queens, on Monday afternoon, he thought...
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What Does de Blasio’s Affordable Housing Policy Mean for the Homeless?
The Prince George Hotel, one of Common Ground’s supportive housing facilities. (DaytonianinManhattan) Among the many proposals included in the $41.1 billion affordable housing plan unveiled by Mayor...
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Jewelry Designer Spins Cable Ties Into Gold
Hard, yes. Cold, no. Designer Cristina Gabriele pours her ‘heart’ into a clever collection of hardware-inspired jewelry. Heart and Noble, as her brand is warmly called, patterns men’s and women’s...
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Tale of Two States
You have to hand it to Andrew Cuomo. During the last four years, he has governed in the shadow of his colleague in New Jersey—you know, that jolly fellow who used to yuk it up on late-night television...
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Silver Lining
When word leaked about the racist ravings of Los Angeles Clippers’ owner Donald Sterling, many in the sports media figured that some punishment would be in order but probably nothing drastic. At least...
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An Unfare Mandate
A popular federal program allows about 750,000 workers in New York to take advantage of a tax break that covers a portion of their mass-transit costs. Called TransitCheck, the program allows many...
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Cuomo and Christie Launch ‘Special Panel’ on Port Authority
Govs. Andrew Cuomo and Chris Christie (Photos: Getty) Govs. Andrew Cuomo and Chris Christie today announced the formation of a “Spacial Panel on the Future of the Port Authority,” aimed at scrutinizing...
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Breastmilk: Eat It, Drink It, Pump It, Freak Out Over It
Breast milk cheese! Nursing second-graders! Toxic breast milk! Male lactation! A woman is making herself scrambled eggs before feeding her toddler. She cracks two eggs into a bowl, then beats them...
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Bravo’s 2014 Lineup is Utterly Insane and Quite Possibly Brilliant
Next season on Bravo: a show about sex women who really don’t like each other very much. Get ready to be…MANZO’D WITH CHILDREN! This press release for Bravo’s new slate of summer programming might...
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To Do This Week: The Young Collectors Art Studio Tour
Wednesday May 7 Whose eyebrows couldn’t use a little help looking their best? Today the first 40 people to hit up Ricky’s NYC will be treated to a free brow wax by “eyebrow queen” Malynda Vigliotti,...
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Daniel Squadron Quotes Kanye West’s ‘Gold Digger’ on Senate Floor
Rihanna and Kanye West perform. (Photo: Robyn Beck/Getty) State Senator Daniel Squadron drinks a Boost for breakfast, an Ensure for dessert. Somebody ordered pancakes, he just sips the sizzurp. And...
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Up in Flames! De Blasio’s Wood-Burning Fireplace Ban Produces Lukewarm Reactions
Not anymore! (@rild/flickr) Sometimes it seems that Mayor Bill de Blasio has a secret campaign to eliminate all traces of lingering Victorian charm from the city. After first going after carriage...
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