Topic: New York City

New York Busts Up a Massive Ring of Terror-Linked Cigarette Smugglers

AP

The link between drug smuggling and terror usually spurs images of Afghan poppy fields under the wary eye of men in fatigues. Sometimes, though, it's garbage bags filled with money from selling illegal cigarettes in Brooklyn.

By Dashiell Bennett

Feb 27, 2012

Federal Money Linked to NYPD's Muslim Surveillance Program

The Associated Press reports that the New York Police Departments's controversial program to monitor Muslim neighborhoods and organizations was funded, at least in part, by White House grants meant to pay for the drug war.

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By Dino Grandoni

Feb 24, 2012

New York and Newark Spat Over Muslim Spying

One way the New York Police Department is trying to deflect blame for this whole Muslim spying story: Tattling on their colleagues in New Jersey.

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By Dino Grandoni

Feb 23, 2012

Stat of the Day

New York City Made $190,000 Off of Gay Marriages Last Year

Yet again, we're shown that gay marriage is one of those topics on which social and fiscal conservatives don't quite align.

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By John Hudson

Feb 17, 2012

Occupy Wall Street Objects to the Occupy Wall Street PAC

The formation of an Occupy Wall Street super PAC by an activist in Decatur, Alabama is sparking a backlash from the movement's organizers in Washington, D.C. and New York City.

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By Adam Martin

Feb 16, 2012

World Trade Center Crane Accident Showed Near-Perfect Aim

A crane dropped a load of girders at the World Trade Center construction site in New York, but instead of a new tragedy, the accident wound up being a photo opportunity as the steel fell neatly onto the back of a flatbed truck, where they almost look like they belong.

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By Jen Doll

Feb 16, 2012

Zelda Kaplan, 95-Year-Old Socialite, Dies at Fashion Week

Zelda Kaplan, the 95-year-old dubbed "New York's oldest and most beloved night owl," seen by many as a positive model for aging, died yesterday after collapsing at Joanna Mastroianni's show at Lincoln Center at New York Fashion Week.

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By Adam Martin

Feb 15, 2012

Saudi Royal Family Friend Convicted of Rape in New York

Mustapha Ouanes, a member of a Saudi prince's traveling entourage charged with rape in New York, was just convicted on four felony counts including first-degree rape.

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By Dino Grandoni

Feb 14, 2012

It's Hard to Ignore Race in New York's Police Street Stop Totals

In another bit of negative Ray Kelly-related news that doesn't involve Islamophobia, the New York Police Department has announced a record number of on-the-street "stop-and-frisks" in 2011 with the overwhelming majority of them for black and hispanic males.

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By Jen Doll

Feb 14, 2012

Fashion Week Is a Money-Maker, Not an Occupier

Say what you will about Fashion Week, but it's good for New York City's economy.

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By Adam Martin

Feb 13, 2012

There's History in Eric Cantor's Love Life

You can plumb this for political meaning by yourselves: House Majority Leader Eric Cantor first met his wife at  New York restaurant called The New Deal. It's been closed for ages, but the space is now home to Boom.

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By Jen Doll

Feb 10, 2012

Meet Ruth Finley, Keeper of New York Fashion Week's Calendar for 67 Years

As keeper of the Fashion Calendar since 1945, Upper East Sider Ruth Finley has wrangled the runway shows, events, and parties of New York Fashion Week into a state of relative harmony for the past 67 years.

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By Jen Doll

Feb 10, 2012

NYPD Launches Full-Scale Investigation Into Theft of Staten Island Mailbox

The NYPD is on the trail of a dastardly mailbox thief in Staten Island.

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By Jen Doll

Feb 8, 2012

New York City Hotels Will Give Panic Buttons to Staff

New York City hotel operators have agreed to a contract with the city's hotel union that gives housekeepers and other hotel employees personal panic buttons to notify security if they run into trouble in a guest's room.

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By Jen Doll

Feb 8, 2012

After Rape Charges Are Dropped, New York Post Names Greg Kelly's Accuser

New York prosecutors will not file rape charges against Greg Kelly, anchor for Fox 5's Good Day New York and son of Police Commissioner Ray Kelly. So, the New York Post has taken that as the all-clear to name the accuser and publish her photo.

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By Jen Doll

Feb 7, 2012

Not Everyone Is Completely Thrilled About the Giants Parade

New York is chock-full of Giants fans today, reveling and doing what sports fans do best when their teams win: Having a parade! But everyone's not a Giants fan, and not everyone loves a parade.

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By Jen Doll

Feb 7, 2012

Wall Street Executives Discover Tiny Part of Brooklyn

Today's breathless ode to the Brooklyn zeitgeist comes from The New York Daily News, which describes a six block stretch of Brooklyn Heights as the new real estate candy to "Wall Street execs." There goes the neighborhood.

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By Adam Martin

Feb 6, 2012

Those Long-Haul Buses Really Don't Belong in New York City

New York's Midtown denizens constantly gripe about the inter-city bus companies that use Manhattan's curbs as loading zones, and on Monday it turned out their complaints were legitimate as at least one company's coaches were too heavy for city streets.

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By Jen Doll

Feb 6, 2012

David Schwimmer Wades into New York's East Village Gentrification Wars

In New York City the battle against new and old is everywhere, but its front lines could be said to be in the East Village, where "old-timers" fight tooth and nail to save their treasured businesses and buildings against the glut of Starbucks and developers.

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By Adam Clark Estes

Feb 2, 2012

As Komen Loses Leaders, Donations to Planned Parenthood Skyrocket

After the Komen Foundation kicked off a controversy by withdrawing its funding from Planned Parenthood, Michael Bloomberg has announced that he'll be donating up to $250,000 towards breast cancer screenings.

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By Jen Doll

Feb 2, 2012

If a Twitter Subpoena Comes by Fax, Did It Really Happen?

Malcolm Harris, a 23-year-old writer and editor, was informed by Twitter early this week that his account had been subpoenaed by the office of Manhattan District Attorney Cy Vance. He's concerned about law enforcement's reach into the newfangled social platform and is seeking to quash the subpoena, calling out, among other things, the method by which it was delivered.

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By Adam Clark Estes

Jan 31, 2012

Village Voice Nearing a Settlement in 'Best of NYC' Suit

It's a sad day at 36 Cooper Square, home of The Village Voice where the decades-old publication is finally giving up its legal battle with Time Out New York over exclusive use of the phrase "Best of NYC."

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By Adam Martin

Jan 31, 2012

NYPD Officers May No Longer Wear NYPD Stuff

This is just kind of ... weird: Cops in New York are going to have to give up their NYPD T-shirts, coffee mugs, hats, and everything else with "NYPD" on it that's not their actual uniform while worn on duty.

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By Adam Martin

Jan 27, 2012

Screwy Weather Makes New York Look Amazing

A peek at the calendar reveals that it's late January, but to look around New York, you'd think otherwise.

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By Adam Martin

Jan 26, 2012

A Modest Proposal from Alaska: Drill, Baby, Drill in Central Park

In a purely political and moderately funny stunt a state legislator has suggested that New York City's Central Park be declared a federal wilderness so that the city couldn't do anything with the land without an act of Congress.

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By Ray Gustini

Jan 26, 2012

TV Host Greg Kelly, Son of NYPD Commissioner Ray Kelly, Accused of Rape

The allegations against the Good Day New York co-anchor add to his father's week of bad news.

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By Alexander Abad-Santos

Jan 25, 2012

This Diabetes Amputation Was Photoshopped

The latest New York City public health campaign was so determined to make it very clear that diabetes leads to amputation that it created a fictional amputee. 

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By Adam Clark Estes

Jan 19, 2012

The Beginning of the Steve Jobs Education Legacy: iBooks Textbooks

Teachers and fanboys alike gasped, when Apple announced its latest disruptive foray into a new media space revealed at Manhattan's Guggenheim Museumon Thursday morning: a textbook business and self-publishing platform.

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By Dino Grandoni

Jan 17, 2012

Chart of the Day

The Fixie Index of Places Most Entranced by Hipster Trends

"Fixies (fixed gear bikes) are considered to be a strong indicator of hipsterness," argues Rohin Dhar at the Priceonomics Blog.

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By Adam Martin

Jan 17, 2012

Suspect Behind New York's Rash of Swastika Graffiti Is Jewish

The person arrested for a spate of anti-Semitic graffiti in New York is apparently just mad about a business dispute and not on a hate campaign against Jews; in fact, he's Jewish.

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By Adam Clark Estes

Jan 11, 2012

Mayor Bloomberg Backs Away from a War on Booze

Following some grumpy pushback from seemingly everyone, the Mayor Bloomberg's office said they have no plans to limit the sale of alcohol in New York City, adding "there are no bad ideas in brainstorming."

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By Adam Martin

Jan 11, 2012

Zuccotti Park Is Back to Being Boring

Before Occupy Wall Street protesters started sleeping in Zuccotti Park on Sept. 17, launching the movement that became one of the biggest stories of 2011, it was a forgotten little downtown park. And, even though it's been "re-occupied," it feels that way again.

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By Dino Grandoni

Jan 11, 2012

Mayor Bloomberg Adds Alcohol to the Vices He'd Like to Curb

Sugar? Check. Tobacco? Check. Trans-fats? Check. Hmm, what other substantive vice does New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg have left to crack down on? Oh, alcohol! 

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By Adam Martin

Jan 11, 2012

Occupy Wall Street Re-Occupies Zuccotti Park

Protesters surged into Zuccotti Park Tuesday night shortly after its owner, Brookfield Office Properties, quietly removed barriers that had been restricting access since police removed the encampment there in November.

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By Adam Clark Estes

Jan 4, 2012

The One Percent Loves Dining Near Fifth Avenue

Data nerds will love the latest Grub Street exploration of the economics of gastronomy -- "gastronomics," if you will -- that provides a fascinating portrait of where New York City's 1 percent prefers to dine.

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By Adam Martin

Jan 4, 2012

Occupy Livestream Operators Will Be Homeless After They Get Out of Jail

Some of the six people arrested on Tuesday for violating a New York City order to vacate a building where the Global Revolution live stream is produced actually live there and won't be able to return once they're released from jail, which is expected sometime Wednesday afternoon.

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By Dino Grandoni

Jan 3, 2012

Chart of the Day

All of the New York Subways That Could Have Been

New Yorkers, next time you moan about how long your commute is (i.e., when your leave work today), don't make your complaints aimlessly. Aim them straight at the subway lines that could've taken you home faster if only they'd been built!

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By Adam Martin

Jan 3, 2012

Occupy Wall Street's Livestream Operators Arrested

Occupy Wall Street is in the middle of one of its day-long marches in New York Tuesday, protesting the National Defense Authorization Act, but for those following along on the Global Revolution livestream, the real action is happening in the broadcast studio itself.

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By Adam Martin and Eric Randall

Jan 3, 2012

New York Cops Arrested a Suspect in the Queens Firebombings

New York police are questioning one man in the New Year's Day firebombing attacks in Queens, but they've also released a sketch of their suspect and a video of someone throwing a Molotov cocktail at a house, just in case the public happens to know something they don't.

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By Adam Martin

Jan 2, 2012

Queens Attacker Targeted Muslims with Molotov Cocktails

A series of arson attacks in Queens on Sunday night used Molotov cocktails made from Starbucks bottles to target Muslims, police said.

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By Connor Simpson

Jan 1, 2012

Mayor Bloomberg Kissed Lady Gaga and the World Didn't End

New Year's Eve is usually celebrated with drinks, chinese food, noise makers and confetti and sealed with a kiss at midnight, but some celebrate differently, like by kissing Lady Gaga, clashing with cops, burning cars in Hollywood and stripping on CNN. Welcome to 2012.

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By Adam Clark Estes

Dec 28, 2011

New York City's Alleys Aren't Filthy Enough Anymore

New York City's urban renewal efforts have been so successful over the past couple of decades that Hollywood is having a hard time finding alleyways that are gritty enough to use in movies in which characters hang out in (or run through) filthy alleyways.

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By Adam Martin

Dec 28, 2011

Morgan Stanley Starts Layoffs on Its Home Turf

On Wednesday, Morgan Stanley revealed through a government filing that the layoffs it had announced earlier this month have gotten underway in New York, where the financial services firm's headquarters is located and where it will cut 580 jobs.

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By Dino Grandoni

Dec 27, 2011

Stat of the Day

New Yorkers Now Live 2.4 Years Longer Than Other Americans

Rats and roaches and other assorted vermin aren't knocking New Yorkers like they used to, as the average life expectancy of a newborn today in New York is 2.4 years higher than the national average.

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By Adam Clark Estes

Dec 21, 2011

Sorry, New York: Alec Baldwin Won't Run for Mayor

Thousands of 30-Rock fans in New York City who hoped to one day tick a box next to Alec Baldwin's name in a mayoral election will be disappointed to hear that it's not happening.

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By Adam Martin

Dec 20, 2011

The War on Occupy Christmas

New York City can be a real grinch sometimes, especially if you're a protest movement with a history of antagonizing the authorities.

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By Ray Gustini

Dec 20, 2011

Meet Charles Feeney, Cornell's $350 Million Donor

The New York Times has unmasked 80-year-old Cornell alum Charles F. Feeney as the anonymous donor who gave the school a $350 million donation to construct a new technology-based satellite campus on Roosevelt Island in New York City.

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By Adam Clark Estes

Dec 19, 2011

How the Media Is Partying for the Holidays

Media fêtes still aren't the lavish champagne-soaked penthouse affairs they used to be, but with the economy (kind of) recovering and advertisers (sort of) returning, some say that the media's 2011 holiday celebration circuit is showing signs of a comeback.

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By Dino Grandoni

Dec 19, 2011

Bloomberg Chooses Cornell to Make New York a Silicon Valley 2.0

According to The Wall Street Journal and The New York Times, New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg will announce today that Cornell  University has won the city's competition to open a new technology-based campus on Roosevelt Island.

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By Adam Martin

Dec 19, 2011

Horrific Brooklyn Elevator Incineration Attack Was Over Pay for Odd Jobs

The man who allegedly burned a woman to death in her apartment elevator Saturday night told police in Brooklyn on Sunday that he had killed his 73-year-old neighbor in an arson attack because she owed him about $2,000 for odd jobs.

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By Eric Randall

Dec 16, 2011

Stanford University Won't Expand to New York After All

Stanford surprised some today by withdrawing a bid to open a tech campus in New York City.

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