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A Birder’s Guide to Central Park
Ken Kaufman (Photo credit: Michael Chen) It's been a chilly spring so far, but that hasn't delayed the parade of songbirds that migrate north through Central Park around this time every year. Last...
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The Sequester is Squashing Gay Bars’ Fleet Week Party Plans
(Photo: Tjook) Up until now, the threats of the federal sequester have seemed ominous but vague. We knew there would be cuts to, like, public goods and stuff, in a way that would, uh, somehow affect...
View ArticleBloomberg Goes to War With Press and Politicians in Passionate Safety Speech
Mayor Michael Bloomberg has always been critical of media outlets and politicians pushing policies that he argues will weaken the New York City’s police department, but he took his case to the next...
View ArticleTween Bites Teacher for Taking Away His Cell Phone
Dear city tweens, we need to have a chat. We thought this was fairly obvious, but considering recent events, apparently we need to reiterate this point: do not, under any circumstances, sink your...
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Luxury Real Estate Developers Salivate As the Rich Get Richer
Sunny skies ahead for the developers of ultra prime real estate. Great news, guys—the rich are getting richer and New York is one of the safe havens where the global billionaires will be stashing their...
View ArticleThe Tabloids Tout Bloomberg’s Times Tirade
Yesterday afternoon, Mayor Michael Bloomberg fiercely condemned The New York Times for its lackluster coverage of the shooting death of 17-year-old Alphonza Bryant and its editorials critical of the...
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Michael Dell’s Bid to Take Dell Private Is a Joke, but It’s Not Funny.
As far as mysteries go, this one kind of disappoints. Michael Dell and his private equity partner, Silver Lake, want us to believe that they have a secret plan for reviving the fortunes of the...
View ArticleSweet Dreams: A Party for Julian Schnabel at the Domino Sugar Factory
As far as repurposed spaces go, the Domino Sugar Factory, nestled beneath the Brooklyn half of the Williamsburg Bridge, airs on the side of unfinished. The building was a beautiful long column of...
View ArticleEmbattled Councilman Dan Halloran Won’t Seek Re-Election
Councilman Dan Halloran, who has been charged with helping quarterback a bribery scheme to rig the mayoral race, will not seek another term in office, he announced this afternoon. “Regrettably, I must...
View ArticleA Victim Speaks: Standing Up to a Revenge Porn Tormentor
On a drizzly evening in Tampa in 2006, 23-year-old Holly Jacobs was enjoying a typical date night with Ryan Seay, her boyfriend of a few short months. As the time to head home approached, he walked her...
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Lachlan Cartwright Moves Back to New York for the News
Lachlan Cartwright and Brian Niemietz. (Photo credit: Patrick McMullan). Former New York Post reporter Lachlan Cartwright is returning to New York next week to work for the Confident@l, The Daily...
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To Do Wednesday: See and Be Scene
Harley Viera-Newton. Hosts like ubiquitous party girl Hannah Bronfman, Mark Amadei and Maureen Nash lure the fashionably artsy crowd (think Kyle DeWoody, Arden Wohl and Bettina Prentice) to the Whitney...
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The Rent Is Too Damn High, But It’s About to Get a Whole Lot Higher
Bad news Jimmy: The rent is going up again! A rent stabilized apartment is often spoken of as a kind of golden ticket in New York, the rare real estate find that will enable its lucky denizen to stay...
View ArticleNew ‘Giant Margaritas’ Hip-Hop Song Blasts Bloomberg’s Soda Rules
Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s regulations against large soda cups in restaurants may have been blocked by the courts, but local hip-hop artist Awkwafina is putting him on notice anyway. “Hey Mayor Mike...
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Lewis Lapham Loves to Smoke
Lewis Lapham discusses his smoking habit. (Photo by Beowulf Sheehan) Lewis Lapham, the former longtime editor of Harper's Magazine, started smoking in 1952, and he's been going at it with zeal ever...
View ArticleThis Luxury Condo Can Be Yours for $1.9M, But Only If You Pay in Bitcoin
You can buy Domino’s pizza and busted Mercedes convertibles and a night in a Howard Johnson’s with Bitcoin, the digital cryptocurrency that’s taken New York and beyond by storm. Now added to the roster...
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$23 M. to Live Next to Gloria Vanderbilt’s Old Penthouse
For $23 million, you'll no longer have to gaze longingly at the limestone loggia perched atop at 10 Gracie Square. Not often do penthouse units at one of Manhattan's "Good Buildings" (as per Tom Wolfe,...
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Howard Kurtz Agrees it Was Best to ‘Part Company’ With The Beast
Screenshot via Twitter. The Daily Beast announced today that they were "have parted company" with media critic Howard Kurtz. The announcement came just a day after Mr. Kurtz came under fire for a blog...
View ArticleJoe Lhota Says Bloomberg’s Safety Speech Was the Best Ever
Earlier this week, after Mayor Michael Bloomberg breathed fire and brimstone at a plethora of politicians for failing to support his law-and-order agenda, some police reform advocates reacted harshly...
View ArticleJohn Liu’s Former Aide and Donor Found Guilty in Federal Court
Comptroller John Liu’s mayoral campaign took a significant hit this afternoon when a donor, Xing Wu “Oliver” Pan, and his young former campaign treasurer Jia “Jenny” Hou, were found guilty in federal...
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