Category: Features
Men in blue today get a bad rep, but they look like schoolyard bullies when compared to Michael Dowd, the ex-NYPD officer who slung crack cocaine in Brooklyn’s murder capital, East New York, at the height of the drug’s epidemic. Dowd, who served the 75th Precinct for a decade, made up to $4,000 a week […]
Alex and Jimmy, Williamsburg Bridge. (Photo: Bucky Turco/ANIMALNewYork) […]
Vespa, Williamsburg. (Photo: Bucky Turco/ANIMALNewYork) […]
“Listen In” is a weekly feature in which we ask musicians to curate a mixtape-length YouTube playlist of songs they’re currently digging. Click the big play button above to hear the whole playlist or scroll down to see and hear individual tracks. Soul singer Van Hunt has been around for awhile and even won a […]
Zod, Midtown Terminal – East River Ferry. (Photo: Bucky Turco/ANIMALNewYork) […]
Vincent & Jules, East River Esplanade. (Photo: Bucky Turco/ANIMALNewYork) […]
ANIMAL’s feature Artist’s Notebook asks artists to show us their original “idea sketch” next to a finished artwork or project. For this edition, Nathan Doverspike explains how he created his “New York Island” map. When researching the history of New York I created a mind map of all the possible objects I could add in […]
Mayor de Blasio, working to keep the NYPD from turning their backs on him again, snapped at reporters during a Thursday press conference who questioned the NYPD’s aggressive crackdown on demonstrators during Wednesday’s Freddie Gray protests. “When the police give you instruction, you follow the instruction. It’s not debatable,” the New York Times quotes de […]
Robert, Soho. (Photo: Aymann Ismail/ANIMALNewYork) […]
Stevie & Paul, Waterside Plaza. (Photo: Bucky Turco/ANIMALNewYork) […]
