Uber Limo Driver Allegedly Raped a 20-Year-Old Customer In D.C., But Won’t Be...
The Washington Post reports that a 35-year-old limousine driver named Anouar Habib Trabelsi allegedly raped a 20-year-old passenger. The woman used Uber’s smartphone app to e-hail a black car from...
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Josie’s Chef Serves Up $3.3 M. Upper West Side Combo Platter
The unit has a beautiful professional chef-designed kitchen to admire while you wait for your Seamless order to arrive. Josephina, the Lincoln Center standby, stopped serving its pre-theater dinners in...
View ArticleJohn Liu’s Campaign War Chest Is Almost Full
Comptroller John Liu is the only one of the major Democratic mayoral contender whose campaign hasn’t officially released his fundraising numbers from the latest filing period to the press. However, Mr....
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Jay McInerney Is Not Writing a Book About The Great Gatsby, Except in the Way...
Jay McInerney at Observer's 25th Anniversary party. (PMc)"I don't know where you got that idea," Jay McInerney scoffed at The New York Observer at our 25th Anniversary Party last night at the Four...
View ArticleWill.i.am’s New Song Has a Hashtag In the Title, Naturally
Recording artist Will.i.am, as you may know, is something of a self-styled technologist. Besides holding down a sweet gig as Intel’s director of “creative innovation,” he pops up in pro-coding...
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Scenes From a (New York Observer) Party
Jared Kushner, Katie Holmes and Mike Bloomberg (PMc) - The intimidatingly assiduous Peggy Siegal greets people at the door; thanks us for coming to celebrate party with The New York Observer. "We are...
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Flutist Buys Co-op on Smoke-Filled Floor at the El Dorado
Don't mind the smoke billowing out of the ninth floor—that's just Ms. Wells. The El Dorado (our sincerest apologies to the Spanish language) was home to one of New York's cattiest co-op dramas of 2012,...
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To Do Saturday: Crown Around
Mallory Hagan. Join Miss America 2013 Mallory Hagan for her official New York Homecoming Celebration at The Fashion Institute of Technology’s Haft Auditorium, for drinks and a show aptly called “Here...
View ArticleA Muslim Democratic Club Rises in New York
New York City’s first Muslim club is looking to have an impact on the mayor’s race. And organizers of the group, the Muslim Democratic Club of New York, cited current Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s...
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To Do Sunday: Get Your Irish Up
Patrick McMullan. It’s Saint Patrick’s Day, and we beg you to avoid the Blarney Stone at all costs. Start your day with a big bowl of Lucky Charms cereal, which is naturally magically delicious—and...
View ArticleJohn Liu Begins His Mayoral Marathon
Comptroller John Liu will officially announce his campaign for mayor on the steps of City Hall this afternoon as part of a more than 14 hour tour across all five boroughs. His first stop was the...
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Steve Coll Named New Dean of Columbia J-School
Author photo of Steven Coll. Steve Coll has been named the new dean Columbia's Journalism School, University President Lee Bollinger announced today. “Steve Coll is one of the most experienced and...
View ArticleWhat Does it Take to Get Kicked Off an Elite, Invite-Only Social Network?
Sounds like someone’s been fouling the waters over at the tiny pond that is aSmallWorld. (Perhaps you remember the mid-aughts-era VIPs-only social network from its heyday as a Gawker punchline?) The...
View ArticleAssemblyman Boyland Is Indicted Again
Assemblyman William Boyland, Jr. just can’t catch a break. Days after his former chief-of-staff pleaded guilty and testified against him in his bribery trial, federal prosecutors announced new wire...
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Three Things We Learned at the New York Observer Party
The Observer staff with Chuck Close. (Photo: Patrick McMullan) Early on at the Observer's 25th anniversary party at the Four Seasons Restaurant on Thursday night, we had a brief encounter with New York...
View ArticleMayor Bloomberg Moves to Hide Cigarettes in Stores
Fresh off a setback in his effort to ban large soda cups in restaurants, Mayor Michael Bloomberg is out with another health initiative that could cause controversy: requiring stores to keep cigarette...
View ArticleInfamous Hacker Weev Sentenced to 41 Months in Jail for AT&T ‘Hack’
Andrew Auernheimer, better known by his pseudonym “weev,” was sentenced today to 41 months in prison for exploiting an AT&T security flaw that allowed him to collect and publish the email addresses...
View ArticleOkStupid: There’s a New Dating Site for All Your Trolling Needs
From Jews to Hipsters, and even Star Trek aficionados, the number of dating websites directed at everyone’s comfortable little subculture seems limitless. But there’s a new matchmaking service that...
View ArticleRobbers Can’t Be Choosers: Teens Decline to Steal Man’s Phone Because It...
One foolproof way to avoid getting your phone jacked by a roving band of hoodlum teenagers? Have a really shitty phone. Read More
View Article‘Stop the Cyborgs’ Begins With Stopping Google Glass
Now that Google Glass has officially established itself as the newest buzzy gadget, a backlash is brewing, uniting the technophobic and privacy-obsessed to form an anti-cyborg movement. A new site,...
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