Month: March 2015
It just got a little bit harder for the NYPD to stop-and-frisk you for no reason. Well, at least on paper. Earlier this week, a memo was sent out to all officers stating new rules regarding stop-and-frisk policies, effective immediately, DNAinfo reported. Officers can no longer stop people based solely on “furtive movements,” or because […]
In a fucked up coincidence that highlights how bad it’s gotten over at the George Washington Bridge, two strangers at different places jumped from the bridge within one minute of each other. Police say that the two men did not know each other and had nothing in common aside from the time they committed suicide, […]
Thanks to the continued snow, ice and road salt, manhole covers are still popping off all over the city. According to ABC7, up to 13 covers exploded into the air on Greenpoint’s Norman Avenue early Thursday morning, a manhole fire broke out in Richmond Hill, and on Wednesday afternoon, officials responded to a manhole fire […]
Miko, LES. (Photo: Aymann Ismail/ANIMALNewYork) […]
AS IF, New York City. (Photo: Aymann Ismail/ANIMALNewYork) […]
While most of us dream about bumping into our personal heroes, few of us would be prepared to make a lasting impression on them. Not Swoon, however. The artist recently met women’s rights icon Gloria Steinem and handed her the perfect gift: a ring depicting the female clitorus (Note: this not the same thing as […]
The city has limited the involvement of police in its new school suspension policy, but a new video by the New York Civil Liberties Union compels one to wonder how in the world this could count as reform. “I’ve had instances where we had police assigned to our building, who I believe overreacted to particular […]
Wednesday afternoon marks the final 24 hours of a now-viral Kickstarter campaign to erect a museum for figure skaters Tonya Harding and Nancy Kerrigan in a Brooklyn apartment hallway. With the modest goal of $75 having been met and far surpassed, the museum is already underway. The museum’s proprietors are Matt Harkins and Viviana Olen, […]
For the past three years, Jennifer Maravillas has been strategically wandering through the streets of Brooklyn, picking up garbage — for art. Her project, titled “71 Square Miles,” consists of a 10×10 foot map of the borough wherein each block is represented by trash she found on it. And to her delight, it’s finally done. […]
Though four police unions have negotiated new contracts with the city, Patrolmen’s Benevolent Association Patrick Lynch does not seem to be interested in working with the Mayor De Blasio’s administration, Capital reports. This comes as no surprise, as Lynch has had a strained relationship with de Blasio, to say the least. One of the major […]
