Month: December 2014
Along with the Cyclone, the iconic Riegelmann Boardwalk at Coney Island is one of the most recognizable features of the amusement-themed beach area. However, after it was temporarily stalled during the Bloomberg administration, a plan to convert parts of the wooden boardwalk to concrete is moving forward and some local lawmakers are very unhappy with […]
Hundreds of people are expected to sue New York City following March’s devastating East Harlem explosion, which destroyed two buildings, killed eight people, and wounded at least 70 others. DNAinfo reports that the city could “face up to $1 billion in payouts,” ranging from wrongful death to property damage lawsuits. First responders injured by the […]
European Space Agency astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti shot a photo of New York City from aboard the International Space Station, which hovers over 200 miles above the Earth at a speed of about 17,150 miles per hour. “Can almost see the Statue of Liberty,” wrote Cristoforetti, a captain in the Italian Air Force, on Twitter accompanied […]
Protesters gathered in East New York on Saturday to demand justice for Akai Gurley, a resident of the Pink Houses who was shot in a darkened stairwell by a rookie cop. More than 200 protesters reportedly gathered at the site of the shooting before making their way to the 75th Precinct. After arriving at the station, protestors […]
Huey, Times Square. (Photo: Bucky Turco/ANIMALNewYork) […]
Hundreds of NYPD officers attending the funeral for Rafael Ramos — the police officer who was shot to death along with his partner Wenjian Liu in Bed Stuy — turned their backs on screens showing Mayor Bill De Blasio as he spoke at a Queens church on Saturday. The cops were watching the service on […]
Artists Sweet Toof and Dark Clouds collaborated on the Bowery. (Photo: Aymann Ismail/ANIMALNewYork) […]
If you felt like you were in The Twilight Zone while you watched Sony self-censor The Interview because of unreasonable demands by a faceless organization, you weren’t far off. If you haven’t yet seen this 1959 interview with Twilight Zone creator Rod Serling, now might be a good time to watch it. In it, Serling talks about how pressure […]
Clearly in a league of its own, electric car manufacturer Tesla Motors has no one to compete with but itself. If there were any doubt of that observation, a Tesla Motors update on the company’s newest Roadster 3.0 model will settle it: The company announced that the new Roadster will boasts significant improvements in the […]
In Colorado — a shining beacon of pot policy in the Unites States — weed for recreational use is as legal as alcohol and tobacco. Naturally, that means residents from nearby crappy states like Nebraska flock to its dispensaries to purchase buds, dabs, and edibles before they head back across the border to their rural […]
