Category: Takeover
New research has found that even a small nuclear war could initiate a catastrophic nuclear winter, starving and killing up to one billion people. The ominous findings, by Rutgers University professor and climatologist Alan Robock, underscore why disarmament is a critical concern that requires immediate international attention. The risk of nuclear war is rising. Though […]
Earlier today, street artist Banksy posted new work to his new Instagram, leading to all sorts of speculation about what he was up to and where the piece was. As it turns out, it was done in Palestine. Banksy just updated his website with footage that appears to show him entering “a network of illegal […]
A three-story building under construction in Hell’s Kitchen partially collapsed on Wednesday afternoon. The FDNY said that the call came in at 2:37 PM. MANHATTAN | W57 ST & 11TH AVE | *BUILDING COLLAPSE | REPORT OF PPL PINNED, BUILDING UNDER DEMOLITION, NYPD K-9 ENROUTE — One Police Plaza (@1PolicePlaza) February 25, 2015 As of […]
Meet “Laura Lewis.” She’s the undercover “investigator” who was asking Eric Garner’s daughter leading questions about controversial civil rights figure Al Sharpton with a hidden camera in the latest hit-job video by rightwing propagandist James O’Keefe. The story, splashed across the front page of the New York Post on Tuesday, uses highly selective interviews with […]
Al, Union Square. (Photo: Aymann Ismail/ANIMALNewYork) […]
As much as the current cold wave sucks, it does offer local media outlets some great content opportunities. Ice floes are nothing new and they happen elsewhere, but like all things weather, when they happen in New York City, they carry even greater significance (at least to New Yorkers) than when they form in other […]
Rikers Island: It’s New York City’s own Alcatraz-by-the-airport, with a storied and sordid history to match. Named one of America’s 10 worst penal institutions by Mother Jones, the medieval conditions in the jails on Rikers have drawn much-needed attention from the press, from the mayor’s office, and from federal authorities. Earlier this month, Mayor de […]
Project Veritas, the rightwing advocacy group launched by duplicitous filmmaker James O’Keefe, has used footage of Eric Garner’s daughter in a new video that attempts to discredit Reverend Al Sharpton. The footage includes interviews from activists and families of victims who have received donations from Sharpton’s National Action Network, and it is every bit as […]
Clayton, Bowery. (Photo: Aymann Ismail/ANIMALNewYork) […]
My first helicopter flight, scheduled for 1:30PM on Saturday with NYonAir, was cancelled – as soon as we got to the Kearny, N.J. heliport, a heavy snowstorm rolled in. With zero visibility, we weren’t going anywhere. So NYonAir kindly rebooked us for the next day, as one member of our group had a flight to […]
