Bronx Man Robs 9-Year-Old Boy, Latest in String of Thefts Against Children
Photo Courtesy of Wiki Commons One 9-year-old Bronx boy is sure to be traumatized for awhile following an incident last Wednesday. NBC reports a man, who appeared to be about 50, pushed the young boy...
View ArticleDid the NYPD Use Excessive Force on Darius Kennedy in Times Square?
Photo Courtesy of Wiki Commons By Alissa Fleck By now everyone in the City has heard about the shooting by the NYPD of a knife-wielding man in Times Square this weekend. After the incident, officers...
View ArticleOne Queensbridge Community Vigilante Knows How to Raise a Stink with Authorities
Photo Courtesy of Raymond Normandeau/Normandeau Newswire Raymond Normandeau, press secretary of the Queensbridge Houses Tenants Council in Queens, was tired of the conditions in the Queensbridge...
View ArticleTwo Maseratis Stolen in the City, Reminiscent of Blockbuster Film “Drive”
Photo Courtesy of Wiki Commons There are some Maserati-loving thieves on the loose in the City, and they’ve gotten totally bold. (by Alissa Fleck) This week alone, two Maseratis have been filched from...
View ArticleGreyhound Looking to Corner Cheap Chinatown Bus Market
Photo Courtesy of Wiki Commons You may recall the early June fiasco when several Chinatown bus services were shut down by the government, which cited serious public safety hazards on those carriers....
View ArticleRussian Feminist Punk Band Found Guilty, New Yorkers Protested in Anticipation
Photo Courtesy of Wiki Commons By Alissa Fleck Pussy Riot supporters worldwide will be disappointed to hear this morning’s news. Just before 8 a.m. EST, David M. Herszenhorn, the New York Times...
View ArticleNYPD Officer Hit by Ferrari Suing Driver for $10 Million
Photo Courtesy of Wiki Commons Hundreds of deadly drivers go free every year in New York City because NYPD protocol limits investigations into crashes which do not appear life-threatening. While no...
View ArticleLGBTQ History Becomes Focus of Saving 186 Spring Street Federal Style House
Photo Courtesy of Alissa Fleck By Alissa Fleck When the Greenwich Village Society for Historic Preservation (GVSHP) first discovered that developer Stephan Boivin intended to raze the 1824 federal...
View ArticleAssembly Speaker Sheldon Silver Claims He Asked Vito Lopez to Resign
Photo Courtesy of Wiki Commons Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver is now claiming he asked Assemblyman Vito Lopez to step down following accusations against him of sexual harassment in the workplace....
View ArticleHigh Society November 16, 2005 NY Press &…
November 16, 2005 NY Press & Virgin Vines invite you to High Society at High Chai. On November 16, 2005 from 6pm-9pm, High Chai, a new restaurant/bar in the East Village, will be sampling both...
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