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Drug Abuse Resistance Education, or as it’s commonly called, D.A.R.E., is the world’s largest and most ineffective anti-drug program ever. It’s also the dumbest. In its effort to be relevant, the organization has a blog that the creators of Reefer Madness would be proud of, and it recently reposted an article that was satire as […]
The New York Civil Liberties Union will file an appeal of a Staten Island judge’s decision to not release the transcripts from the Eric Garner grand jury decision, according to a press release. Since December, the NYCLU has been asking for the release of the transcript of the proceedings and the instructions and evidence presented […]
In 2012, some roads in New York City were placed under the jurisdiction of the federal National Highway System. Two of these roads are Broadway and 7th Avenue. The place where they intersect is the heart of Times Square. A side effect of this federal jurisdiction is that these roads are now required to comply […]
The delivery messengers at Domino’s Pizza don’t give a fuck about the city’s commercial biking rules. DNAinfo looked at the Department of Transportation’s data around restaurants in violation of the law between April 2013 and August 2014 and found that the pizza chain was the number one offender. According to data from the DOT, Domino’s […]
“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 […]
Waiting for a delayed train is one of the small agonies of New York City life. As the minutes stretch on, it becomes less and less certain that a train is ever coming, and people begin to worry they’ll be trapped there forever. The MTA doesn’t offer any solace. Even if there is an announcement, […]
Zod, Midtown Terminal – East River Ferry. (Photo: Bucky Turco/ANIMALNewYork) […]
For the past 14 years, since 9/11, residents of Park Row have been forced to cross through this NYPD security checkpoint to enter their buildings. (Photo: Aymann Ismail/ANIMALNewYork) […]
The New Yorker’s May 11th issue includes a profile of the sculptor Charles Ray, tracking his life and career and peculiarities. One small section of the piece is devoted to the controversy around his piece “Huck and Jim,” a sculpture of the characters from Mark Twain’s The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. The sculpture depicts a […]
Arthur Wood, the 87-year-old artist who lived and worked in Clinton Hill’s famous Broken Angel house for more than 30 years, was evicted in 2013 after the city deemed the building unsafe. Due to timing and logistics, Wood was forced to leave some of his art behind. Now, the developer who bought the property and […]
