Month: December 2014
Councilman Donovan Richards is set to propose a limit on the number of lights commercial buildings in NYC are allowed to keep on at night. Richards sees the legislation as an effort to curb carbon emissions. With a citywide goal of reducing the energy footprint by 80% in 2050 already in place, Richards is presenting […]
Alfred, Union Square. (Photo: Aymann Ismail/ANIMALNewYork) […]
Saturday marked the fourth day of continuous protests in New York City for Eric Garner and more are expected on Sunday. The royals arrive from the UK this afternoon and the NYPD is beefing up security to make sure no one bothers them. Meanwhile, at a demonstration against police violence in Berkeley, police responded with […]
Protests against a grand jury’s decision not to indict a Staten Island cop for putting Eric Garner in a fatal chokehold continued for a third night in New York and other cities. Despite the pouring rain, protesters marched through the streets and held a die-in at Apple’s flagship store in Manhattan. Garner’s mom, Gwen Carr, […]
Just ahead of the funeral on Saturday morning, more than 100 friends, family, and elected officials gathered at the Brown Memorial Baptist Church in Clinton Hill on Friday night for the wake of Akai Gurley. Over 100 people attend the wake for Akai Gurley at the Brown Memorial Baptist Church in Clinton Hill, Brooklyn. pic.twitter.com/K0pyR0klB3 […]
“I can’t breathe,” the last words uttered by Eric Garner and the rallying cry of protesters, tagged inside the Broadway-Lafayette subway station. (Photo: Aymann Ismail/ANIMALNewYork) […]
The new conspiracy theory site thebeatlesneverexisted.com hedges its official title a bit once you click through. Technically its claiming that “The Beatles (as they were presented to us) Never Existed.” The first line makes it clear that these people really believe that something fishy went down with the beloved fab four: This is a serious subject, […]
The Riverside Center tower at 1 West End Avenue, one of Manhattan’s luxury apartment complexes to have a separate “poor door” for its affordable housing residents, continues to move forward. The Dickensian nightmare of developers Larry Silverstein the Elad Group now has full renderings, compliments of New York YIMBY, by way of Curbed. Feast your […]
Here are some art, film, music and other things happening in NYC so you can Have a Good Weekend. Drop your suggestions in the comments or to tips@animalnewyork.com. FRIDAY 48°F LOW 43°F In theaters: Nicolas Cage goes rogue in spy thriller Dying Of The Light , satirical comedy about Israeli soldiers in Zero Motivation […]
Perhaps sensing the historic nature of the protests for Eric Garner and other unarmed black men and women who have been killed without any recourse from the law, some parents brought their children out to Foley Square on Thursday night. The massive event drew thousands of people, who used the location as a gathering point. […]
