Month: May 2015
It’s been a rough week for Ahmed Mohammed, the assholish hot dog slinger who’s been ripping off tourists near ground zero: First he got caught charging outrageous markups ($30 for a hot dog and soda) and shortchanging customers for pretzels and other stuff from his cart. Then he received a fine for failing to post […]
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 […]
New York is pretty ancient and constantly in flux, which means lots of buildings that once existed are long gone or amazingly, still there, but surrounded by ugly new stuff, like badly-designed condo complexes or skyscrapers for the rich. Thanks to a partnership between software engineer Dan Vanderkam and the New York Public Library, anyone […]
So here’s something nice from the NYPD for a change: a pair of officers played a pickup basketball game with some kids in the Bronx. These cops, even in full uniform with gun and radio and ugly clunky cop shoes, can still ball. The shorter cop in particular has a great handle. Even if this […]
A spokesperson for animal rights advocates Last Chance Animals claims the MTA unfairly rejected the group’s advertisement about carriage horses. The MTA put a ban on political advertising into effect in April, after that freedom of speech was abused by anti-Muslim crusader Pamela Geller. But Last Chance Animals’ Nina Hauptman told WNYC that these ads […]
Albert, Bed-Stuy. (Photo: Aymann Ismail/ANIMALNewYork) […]
Bed-Stuy, do or die. (Photo: Aymann Ismail/ANIMALNewYork) […]
FAO Schwarz, the famous toy store from the movie Big as well as real life, will be closing its Midtown flagship in July, priced out of the neighborhood despite offering a luxurious shopping experience. So luxurious, in fact, that there oncer were princesses on staff. Hopes & Fears has an interview with Heather Sparx, an […]
If you received a package via UPS in the past few months, you may have picked it up not at home, but at a local businesses or bodega in New York. This is part of UPS’s new “Access Points” program, being unveiled across the city (and the world) as an alternative for people whose packages […]
The NYPD has pinned 11 muggings since early Febuary on a cycling thief who rides up on a either a Citi Bike or a regular bike with a basket on the front and snatches purses away from women. Not very intimidating, but effective. He’s like a real-life “on my way to steal your girl” meme, […]
