Month: January 2015
While the city embraces more nuanced messaging for a new public health campaign around HIV, New York’s highest court is considering whether or not it is a crime for individuals with HIV to not disclose their status before engaging in unprotected sex. NBC reports that New York’s Court of Appeals is reviewing the rulings of […]
This fireworks factory located in Bogota, Colombia exploded on Sunday and the cameraman filming it literally got blown off his feet. To his credit, dude gets back up and keeps filming from behind a truck. According to the Telegraph, a passing truck driver was injured but he soon continued on his journey after receiving medical […]
The National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), an influential federal agency with a billion dollar budget that conducts studies and helps shape public policy, has officially changed its stance on the benefits of medical cannabis. On the agency’s “DrugFacts: Is Marijuana Medicine?” webpage, it reads: Revised December 2014 The marijuana plant contains several chemicals that […]
After reading a recent Businessweek article about how much New Yorkers tip cabbies, Ben Wellington at I Quant NY (IQNY) noticed something weird about the numbers. With some research and analysis, he discovered that half of New York’s cabs calculate tipping differently. That difference generates an extra $5.3 million a year in tips. Businessweek used publicly […]
Two plainclothes officers were shot Monday night after approaching two men suspected in a robbery at a Fordham grocery store. The officers are expected to survive but the suspects remain at large. UPDATE: A suspect has been arrested and identified as Jason Polanco of the Bronx. Police say that the suspects robbed a store at 363 E. 180th […]
Whole Foods has suspended employees who were caught on video beating up a man outside of its Union Square location, reports GrubStreet. The disturbing footage from December 30th recently surfaced on LiveLeak, and has since gone viral. In it, a man who self-identifies as a veteran can be seen being forced out of the store, […]
Diabolous, Jamaica Station. (Photo: Bucky Turco/ANIMALNewYork) […]
Denton Burrows for the Centre-fuge Public Art Project. (Photo: Aymann Ismail/ANIMALNewYork) […]
On Sunday, about three dozen people gathered in New York City in solidarity with Oakland’s #BlackBrunch movement, a peaceful demonstration that sent activists into restaurants to remind captive audiences of the social injustices that people of color face every day. In New York, protesters hit up spots like Lallisse, Maialino and Pershing Square in Midtown […]
For months, tens of thousands of (mostly) peaceful protesters have demanded that the NYPD halt its Broken Windows theory of policing — a theory that mandates the enforcement of low level crimes as a way to prevent major crimes from taking place — resulting in a disproportionate amount of arrests amongst black and Hispanics. Well, […]
