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A Friendly Public Service Reminder From Your Neighborhood Rat King
This guy. The decline in New York's murder rate might have bumped us off the "10 Most Dangerous Cities to Live In" list, but sometimes we worry that we're being lulled into a false sense of security....
View ArticleChilly Reception for Anthony Weiner in Jewish Flatbush
Anthony Weiner and his media circus descended on Jewish Flatbush this morning, as the comeback candidate attempted to revive his embattled mayoral campaign with a photo-op volunteering at a kosher food...
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Does ‘Carlos Danger’ Work for The New York Post?
'Carlos Danger' (Twitter/Emily Ngo) Carlos Danger was present at yesterday's housing policy discussion at Pace University. No, not Anthony Weiner, though the mayoral candidate who allegedly uses the...
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The New York City Roach Map Updated As City Cancels Dinner Plans
New York City Roach Map The other day, we were washing our dishes and the world's largest f*cking cockroach came scurrying out of the sink. We're sorry to gross you out, but imagine how we felt. Jesus,...
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Housing Crisis: Developers Vie to Replace Barracks and Dorms With Pricey New...
One of the model bedrooms. (WSJ) For years, students and soldiers, different though most aspects of their lives are, have shared one thing in common: their bedrooms. Barracks and dorms both evolved as...
View ArticleEliot Spitzer Hunts for Votes in Brief Bronx Visit
A group of six campaigners standing on the corner of 149 St and 3rd Avenue in the Bronx offered flyers to pedestrians with mixed results as they awaited for Eliot Spitzer’s delayed arrival. One...
View ArticleAnthony Weiner Still Confident He’ll Be Your Next Mayor
Anthony Weiner continued to plow ahead with his increasingly embattled mayoral campaign this evening, telling the audience at a forum in Queens that he’ll be the next man running City Hall. “You watch,...
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Brooklyn’s Fourth Avenue Comes Revving Back to Life
McDonald's today, luxury rental building tomorrow! (Or, a few years.) Since its rezoning in 2003, Fourth Avenue in Park Slope has seen a few new apartment buildings go up, but developers only got a few...
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Morning Media Mix
(Illustration by Lauren Payne) Jay Caspian Kang takes a deep and worthwhile look at the culture of Reddit and the state of modern journalism. Is Reddit to blame for the witch hunts that ensued in the...
View ArticleJohn Liu Has His Limits
As he campaigns tirelessly around the city in this year’s mayor’s race, there’s one thing City Comptroller John Liu knows for sure he does not want to see. “You know, I spoke with some of the women on...
View ArticleScott Stringer Battles Eliot Spitzer for the Outer Borough Vote
A long train ride away from his Upper West Side home, comptroller hopeful Scott Stringer stumped at a bustling Brooklyn intersection yesterday, straining to introduce himself to voters who had never...
View ArticleElsie Thompson Definitively Goes Public
In the wake of Anthony Weiner’s sexting scandal, at least one of his rivals in the mayor’s race is doubling down on his less headline-grabbing family life. For the first time today, former Comptroller...
View ArticleMayor Bloomberg Wants the Weiner Questions to Stop
Mayor Michael Bloomberg again refused to weigh in on the latest Weinergate developments, but said this morning the scandal-scarred campaigns of Anthony Weiner and Eliot Spitzer have provided an...
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“David vs. Goliath”: Tory Burch Countersued by Alleged Counterfeiter
(L): Lin & J bracelets bearing the "Isis Cross" design, which Tory Burch has deemed a counterfeit version of her brand's own trademark. (R): The Tory Burch Skinny Double Snap bracelet, featuring...
View ArticleJennifer Lopez Showed Up at Her Viva Movil Store Opening in Brooklyn and Took...
In case if you were wondering what Jennifer Lopez was doing on her summer Friday, we found her! The self-labeled “mobile neophyte” showed up in Brooklyn this afternoon for the grand opening of her new...
View ArticleWeiner ‘Absolutely’ Rejects Report on Brother’s Outreach to Old Sext Pals
Anthony Weiner says there’s no truth to a new report that claims his brother tried to silence his latest sexting partner as he ramped up his run for mayor. Earlier this afternoon, the New York Post...
View ArticleAnthony Weiner Gets Into Verbal Dust-Up in Staten Island
Anthony Weiner can’t escape his sexting scandal, not even on the southern tip of Staten Island–one of the farther reaches of New York City. During a press event this afternoon in Tottenville, a local...
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To Do Saturday: Swiss and Shout
Organized by the Swiss Benevolent Society, the annual Swiss National Day celebrates the country with the chic, square red-cross flag that doesn’t like to take sides and is a good place to hide money. A...
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To Do Sunday: On a Lark
Mary Alouette. Have Sunday brunch with award-winning gypsy jazz band Mary Alouette & the Bailsmen on the rooftop of Hotel Chantelle on the Lower East Side. The Bushwick-based singer was born Mary...
View ArticleBill Thompson Gives a Big Speech on Race Relations
Bill Thompson is the only black candidate in the mayor’s race. This Sunday morning, he did more to call attention to this fact than he has thus far in the campaign. Mr. Thompson–still troubled by the...
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