Month: April 2015
Chelsea Manning, the former U.S. intelligence analyst who leaked thousands of classified documents to WikiLeaks, is not allowed to speak to reporters on the phone or in person, and is forbidden from using the internet as part of her 35-year sentence. But she’s managed a way around all of the restrictions, having given her first […]
This story has been overshadowed by the shooting death of Walter Scott in North Charleston, South Carolina, but is no less horrible: police in Vineland, New Jersey sicced a police dog on a non-resisting, already-down man named Phillip White, who later died as a result of his injuries. The incident happened on March 31, but […]
Belgian street artist ROA is known for creating massive murals of woodland creatures (and their anatomies) in cities all around the world. The gargantuan animals he inserts into gritty urban landscapes make for some very interesting juxtapositions. When it comes to his galleries shows though, ROA doesn’t just mimic the stuff he does on the […]
Starting Friday April 10, select New York bodegas will begin shelving Killa Crunch cereal by Cam’ron, the rapper who brought you Ebola masks with his face and custom capes. Lest you get too excited about a new Cam’ron cereal, though, beware that it’s a stunt by some weird #brand called Virgin Mega. The boxes of […]
Some people have such a visceral reaction to graffiti that they will go through great lengths to cover it, even if it means making the whole wall, door or gate look way worse than the newly scrawled tag or fill-in. In an effort to document and evaluate these eccentric acts of post-vandalism, ANIMAL is launching […]
The two East Village women suing the city for $40 million despite emerging from the blast unscathed may be opportunists, but the person who has launched a campaign against them is not much better. EV Grieve shared a GoFundMe campaign that aims to “Evict Fire Victim Bilkers from NYC” and it has already raised $120 […]
Sheepshead Bites reports that the Parks Department has caved to demands of luxury condo residents that a boardwalk comfort station (aka public restroom) be moved out of view. God forbid residents of the Oceana luxury condos on Brighton Beach should have to look at a beachfront comfort station that’s elevated to avoid being destroyed by […]
A water main break at 13th Street and 7th Avenue in the West Village flooded the 14th Street station on the 123 trains Wednesday night, suspending service and making the station look like the set of a movie about Noah’s Ark in Manhattan. The Daily News reports that witnesses saw Con Ed workers jackhammering on […]
Cleo, Williamsburg. (Aymann Ismail/ANIMALNewYork) […]
Stay vigilant on your commute home, the Dildo Terrorist is still at large. (Photo: Aymann Ismail/ANIMALNewYork) […]
