Did Colorado’s Governor Insult Andrew Cuomo?
Earlier today, National Rifle Association President David Keene went on Fred Dicker’s radio show to tout yesterday’s pro-gun rally in Albany. As they are both wont to do, Mr. Dicker and Mr. Keene took...
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The Station that Started It All: Grand Central Embodies the Battle Over...
Grand Central Station: progress vs. preservation. (TravelJapanBlog) When the plan to rezone Midtown East was revealed last year, there was much excitement and much grumbling, but the outlines of the...
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LiveSTRONG Exec Gives a Speech Literally Titled ‘What Now?’ [Video]
New logo will fix everything. (LiveStrong Foundation) Despite the lack of of its president and CEO Doug Ulman--delayed because of weather--the LiveSTRONG Foundation went ahead with its planned "State...
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Woman Who Brought You Creed Cashes Out of $8.15 M. Park Avenue Penthouse
Windows, not arms, are wide open in this apartment. Music lovers around the world may never forgive Diana Meltzer for foisting Christian rock band Creed on them, but the ex-model laughed all the way to...
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Amy Poehler Prank Calls Watch What Happens Live, Asks Seth Meyers About...
Best prank ever! (Bravo) Ha ha. Love this. It's not even technically a "prank," so much as a very good method for finding out what former co-workers really thought about you. All you do is wait until...
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To Do Saturday: Green Party
Hark, the hoi polloi sing! The Hark Society presents the Emerald Tie Gala, which is very timely, as emerald green has been officially dubbed the color of 2013 by Pantone, truly the final word on all...
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To Do Sunday: Never Forget
Spend your Sunday on a serious note by observing the 20th anniversary of the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum. The museum is embarking on a four-city national tour today to bring its work to the masses...
View ArticleNew Tampon Delivery Startup Discriminates Against Gals with a ‘Heavy Flo’
There’s a new entry into the oversubscribed subscription market. The Verge reports that today brings the launch of HelloFlo, a startup that’ll ship you a box of necessities once a month. As...
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James Franco Can’t Even Read a Book Like a Normal Person
Actors reading books. (Credit: Free Press, Division Pictures) We do not know how you were taught to read serious literature, but below you can educate yourselves via actor/whatever James Franco, who...
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The New York Times Shutters Its Green Blog
On Friday, The New York Times Green blog, devoted to energy and environmental issues, said goodbye to its readers. The blog's abrupt close came shortly after the Times shut down its environment desk in...
View ArticleLena Dunham Takes a Stab At the ‘Bougie Nightmare’ Of Working In Startups
It’s been said that if Sex And The City were still on the air, Carrie would be dating a startup dude. (For related theories on how George Costanza would deal with Snapchat, please see @ModernSeinfeld.)...
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MTA Working to Reopen 1 Train at Old South Ferry Loop, Video Shows
Staten Islanders, rejoice: the MTA is reopening the old South Ferry station on the 1 line! At least, that's what it looks like in a video posted late Sunday night to Subchat, an online forum popular...
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CityRealty Revamps Real Estate Site; Hopes To Dominate Increasingly Crowded...
CityRealty has undergone a redesign. CityRealty was found back in 1995, before Google and Facebook. Geocities and Yahoo—basically an online directory at the time—were both newly-launched companies. It...
View ArticleActually, That ‘Mom Crowdsources Baby Name for $5,000′ Story Was a Giant Hoax
Last week, the story of 26-year-old mom to be Natasha Hill went viral, appearing on sites from BuzzFeed to CNET to Today, and even earning an SNL spoof. The Los Angeles based Ms. Hill was supposedly...
View ArticleMayor Bloomberg Says He Wasn’t Bothered by the Booing
At the St. Patrick’s Day parade in the Rockaways this weekend, Mayor Michael Bloomberg found himself the target of angry protesters who heckled him and accused City Hall of ignoring their neighborhood...
View ArticleThe White House Says They’d Love for You to Be Able to Unlock Your Phones So...
At the end of January, it became technically illegal for you to unlock your phone without your carrier’s permission, even if your contract had expired. The call was made by the Librarian of Congress,...
View ArticleBloomberg Doesn’t Like the Forbes Billionaires List
Mayor Michael Bloomberg is now the 13th richest person in the world, according to Forbes magazine’s latest rankings, up from his 20th place position last year. Nevertheless, despite his reported $5...
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No Fury: The Bowery’s Changed, But Richard Hell Doesn’t Mind
Richard Hell. (Photo by Iniz & Vinoodh) In January, I was on the Bowery with Richard Hell, who invented punk rock. We went into an art bookstore on Bond Street and he found a collection of pictures...
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Fear of a Black Pundit
Before Ta-Nehisi Coates was a superstar at The Atlantic, he was fired from three consecutive writing jobs. Well, not quite fired. “I’m still not exactly sure what happened,” he said, sipping a single...
View ArticleFlexible Flood Zones
Should flood-prone areas along the city’s coastline be turned back to nature? Or should some of the properties be redeveloped creatively, using modern construction methods that take into account the...
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