John Liu Says He Has ‘A Very Clear Path to Victory’
In a 14-hour series of events yesterday, Comptroller John Liu formalized his mayoral candidacy as he traversed the city’s five boroughs. Throughout the early part of the day, Mr. Liu showed impressive...
View Article‘Worth’ the Wait: As Lower Manhattan Population Soars, Alchemy Properties...
The luxury residential real estate market has soared to unprecedented heights in the past year, in terms of both price tags and building heights. But none of today’s $100 million penthouses rest atop a...
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QueensWay: New York City’s Most Controversial Potential Park
Just imagine the yam fufu! Parks: what's there not to dislike? A group of parks activists in Queens have been pushing "QueensWay," a linear park that would be built atop the old Rockaway Beach Branch...
View ArticlePeople Will Think Less of You When You Show Them Your BlackBerry Z10
In 2006, I came to college and I had a flip phone, which did not make me feel inadequate because in 2006, almost every other college student had a flip phone, except this one kid in my French class who...
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Man Offers $25K Reward to Catch Disturbing Viral Video Makers
A screenshot from the horrific video posted to YouTube, which showed two young girls being forced to fight in a Bronx park. Last month, we reported on the horrific video of two young girls being forced...
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The Washington Examiner Announces a ‘Shift’ in Their Business Model
The Washington Examiner will become a weekly instead of a daily, the newspaper announced this morning. The decrease in publication, which is being called a new business strategy, will go into effect in...
View ArticleAspiring Rapper Shoots Friend Because He Thought He Had to Make a Human...
What does it take to join the Illuminati, a secret society of power players that Internet conspiracy theorists believe are looking to take over the world? Being super rich and famous helps–just look at...
View ArticleCampaign Finance Analysis Shows Real Estate Execs Buttering Up Multiple...
Did you ever uncover that your grandmother had numerous “favorite” grandchildren, or that your brother or sister was earning a bigger allowance? If so, you might have felt like the city’s mayoral...
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A Velodrome Grows in Brooklyn: Long Live the ‘Fresh’
A Velodrome. (YouTube)It is very dangerous to ride a bicycle around the city and Brooklyn. Cars are everywhere, and you really need to where a helmet, no matter how silly it looks, because people will...
View ArticleFinally an App to Disrupt Dumpster Diving: TrashSwag, Your Treasure Map to...
Wondering where you might be able to find some greasy old bedsheets to hang as ironic curtains in your Williamsburg loft? Perhaps you want to fashion a termite-infested piece of wood into a “rustic”...
View ArticleNewt Gingrich Really, Really Wants Your Opinions About Driverless Cars
Hey, got a minute? Newt Gingrich would like to get your two cents on the subject of driverless cars. The GOP’s foremost moon enthusiast and “idea man” has spent the last hour spamming his 1.5 million...
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To Do Wednesday: Make a Scene
Catherine Malandrino. SCENE magazine, a member of the Observer Media Group family, turns a year old today, and this chic little baby is ready to party way past bedtime. To toast the occasion, the...
View ArticleEnjoy Your Diseases From These Touchscreen Subway Maps
Good to know the MTA is putting the increased cost of our metro cards to good use: Fast Company reports that several stations are getting a high-tech new amenity. The agency has hired a design firm,...
View ArticleBrooklyn Couple Is Shocked Subletter Filmed a ‘Raunchy Internet Reality Show’...
A Brooklyn couple just learned the hard way to always Google potential subletters after their East Hampton home was transformed into a studio for a “raunchy Internet reality show,” reports the New York...
View ArticleBloomberg Calls Quinn’s NYPD Bill ‘Terrible and Tragic and Dangerous’
Mayor Michael Bloomberg and Council Speaker Christine Quinn may be allies, but they thoroughly disagree on Quinn-backed legislation that would install an inspector general to oversee the city’s police...
View ArticleRepublicans Argue NYPD Inspector General Is ‘Absolutely Unnecessary’
City Council Republicans and mayoral candidate Joe Lhota were mostly in sync with Mayor Michael Bloomberg today, denouncing a bill that would create an inspector general’s office for the NYPD. “There’s...
View Article432 Park Makes Splashy Debut With a Third Of Its Units Already In Contract
How does one describe a luxury housing market where a tower can sell more than a third of its units before it officially hits the market. Frothy? Overheated? How about insane? Well, the tower that...
View ArticleEmpire State Building, 30 Rock Battle for Big Observatory Bucks; 1 WTC May...
The view from the Empire State Building observation deck was especially expansive on March 13, with crystal-clear skies hovering over the five boroughs, New Jersey and, visible to the north,...
View ArticleSheryl Sandberg Now Even More Embarrassingly Successful
Guess you can convince a friend to cover up your Most Likely to Succeed win, but there’s no escaping destiny. On top of everything else, Sheryl Sandberg, COO of Facebook, is now a successful author....
View ArticleElon Musk Can Have Mars, Jeff Bezos Will Take the Sea
Not that long ago at a piano bar in Davos, America’s preeminent billionaires got together to divvy up dominion over the land, sea, and stars. The minutes of the meeting have been kept secret–so as not...
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