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Soda Ban Fizzles Out
Bloomberg’s soda ban finally dies. (Photo Illustration by Mario Tama/Getty Images) New Yorkers are officially free to guzzle down as much soda as their hearts desire. The state’s highest court decided...
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No Money for the Homeless, But Billionaire Chen Guangbiao Sings On
The Central Park Loeb Boathouse, where dreams apparently don’t come true. Looks like Chen Guangbiao’s eagerly anticipated homeless luncheon extravaganza didn’t live up to expectations. While Mr....
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“Platform” at the Transit Museum Brings a New Meaning to Underground Art
Inside an old subway car at the New York Transit Musuem (Lauren Feiner) If you’ve ever been stuck underground at rush hour pressed up against at least three other bodies with sweat dripping down their...
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Mark de Clive-Lowe’s Secular Sermon
Raised in New Zealand, now based in Los Angeles after a long stint in London, Mark de Clive-Lowe has carved out a significant reputation over the past 20 years as an electronic dance music producer...
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Adriano Espaillat Led All of State Senate in Missed Votes
State Senator Adriano Espaillat on election night. (Photo: Ross Barkan) A chance to represent upper Manhattan and the Bronx in Congress wasn’t the only thing Adriano Espaillat missed this year. The...
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James Sanders, Author of ‘Scenes from the City,’ on New York’s Filmic Presence
James Sanders. (Illustration by Paul Kisselev) James Sanders is an Emmy-winning architect, filmmaker and writer fascinated with New York as it’s represented in the movies. His 2006 book, Scenes from...
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Skelos Vows to Keep GOP State Senate Majority by Taking Out Democrats
State Senator Dean Skelos. (Photo: Facebook) State Senate Republican co-majority leader Dean Skelos told radio listeners that his party would retain control of the legislative body, despite his...
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‘Breaking Bad’ For Your Health: How to Avoid Death by Binge-Watch
A story from NBC News titled “Could Watching TV Kill You? Binge Watchers at Higher Risk” has been making the Internet rounds. Based on a study from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, the story...
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(Ass) ‘Holes’: A Personal Message To Shia LaBeouf
Dear Mr. LaBeouf, Over the years of watching you in the public eye, I’ve amassed many things I’ve wanted to say to you, but I never got the chance. Your movies aren’t really interesting enough for me...
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Chirlane McCray Recalls Time As Card-Carrying Lesbian Before Gay Pride Weekend
Mayor Bill de Blasio and First Lady Chirlane McCray march in the Brooklyn Pride Parade earlier this month. (Photo: Rob Bennett/Mayoral Photography Office) At a a Gracie Mansion reception ahead of this...
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The New York Times Names Cara Buckley The New Carpetbagger
Cara Buckley (via Twitter) New York Times writer Cara Buckley is replacing Melena Ryzik as The Carpetbagger, culture editor Danielle Mattoon announced today. Ms. Ryzik is moving over to general news...
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Cloak and Dagger: Shadow Companies Trade Spiffy Condop at 995 Fifth for $12.5 M.
One of those very sprawling living rooms. There is something rather impersonal about the tenth-floor four-bedroom that just sold to unknown buyers for $12.5 million at 995 Fifth Avenue. Chairs and...
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Bill de Blasio Didn’t Know Gabriela Rosa Was Charged
Assemblywoman Gabriela Rosa with ally State Senator Adriano Espaillat and the future mayor, Bill de Blasio, in 2012. (Screengrab: NY1) Mayor Bill de Blasio hadn’t even heard about Assemblywoman...
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Lien In: Lien Sales Help New York Recoup More Cash Than Foreclosures, Report...
Government cheese. (Wiki) While the drama of a threatened foreclosure might seem to be the best motivation for getting a property owner to pay back taxes, a new report from the Independent Budget...
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Gabriela Rosa Forced From Assembly After Marriage Fraud Conviction
Assemblywoman Gabriela Rosa. (Screengrab: NYS Assembly) Manhattan Assemblywoman Gabriela Rosa confessed in court today to marrying a man under false pretenses to obtain United States citizenship and to...
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Bill de Blasio On Pace of Staffing Up: ‘You Better Damn Well Get It Right’
Mayor Bill de Blasio harkened back to the earlier days of his administration Friday, with a press conference to announcing a new commissioner. But even as the news came in late June, and at least one...
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BREAKING: Meet Emmet Sullivan, IRS Judge Who Once Sicced a Special Prosecutor...
Former Internal Revenue Service official Lois Lerner takes the Fifth before the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, March 5, 2014 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty...
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Mickalene Thomas Brings Collage and Glitz to Lehmann Maupin
Mickalene Thomas, ‘Untitled #1,’ 2014 (Courtesy Mickalene Thomas and Lehmann Maupin, New York and Hong Kong, and ARS (Artists Rights Society). New York Photo by Elisabeth Bernstein) Lehmann Maupin...
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‘The Bachelorette’ Morning-After Rose Ceremony: Week 7
Andi and Josh on a totally zzzzz date in Belgium. The Bachelorette is so good, it’s frustrating that we have to cap it off at a measly two hours per week. That’s why each Tuesday, we’ll be having a...
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“Cannibal Cop” Acquitted on Charges of Planning to Cook, Rape and Eat Women
Valle left the courtroom today a free man. (Facebook) New York City reacted in collective horror when NYPD officer Gilberto Valle was convicted for hatching a plan to cook, rape, kill and eat women,...
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