Todd James (aka REAS), a graffiti artist who cut his teeth smashing subway trains with spray paint in the 1980s, was commissioned to create public art — legally — for Washington Market Park. Today, the park’s Court Mural program was unveiled. The 90-foot-wall of the Chambers Street basketball court will feature a rotating roster of […]
Commissioner Bill Bratton went before the City Council yesterday to plead his case that fuck what y’all say, the NYPD is still gonna choke people and pretty much just keep doing everything it’s been doing. The New York Times reports that while the NYPD is willing and poised to change the language of its chokehold […]
When you think of sneaker culture, you may think of guys who love rap music lined up outside of a Foot Locker waiting for the latest Air Jordan reissue to drop. You’d be right, of course, but those guys didn’t just pop up out of nowhere when Spike Lee said “It’s gotta be the shoes.” […]
Employees of one of the biggest porta-potty businesses in New York City have launched a class-action lawsuit claiming that they’re getting skimped on overtime. The allegations are particularly heinous considering the demands of the job involve being around literal stinking piles of shit on a daily basis. The New York Daily News reports that the […]
Officer Joshua Vincek, who works in the Upper West Side’s 20th Precinct, issued 1,249 tickets to cyclists between Jan. 1, 2012 and Jan 1, 2015, DNAinfo reports. Vincek, who rides a scooter, handed out more than 300 more summonses than his ticket-writing runner-up. The Wilt Chamberlin of cycling tickets apparently has a vendetta against bikes. […]
Rory, East River Esplanade. (Photo: Bucky Turco/ANIMALNewYork) […]
Check out photos from the gayest NYC Pride Parade yet. (Photo: Aymann Ismail/ANIMALNewYork) […]
If you are an engaged gay couple celebrating your newly Supreme Court-approved right to get married, consider a wedding ceremony at the Local Project Community Art Space. The art collective is donating its Long Island City space to one lucky raffle-winning same-sex couple this July, reports DNAinfo. Local Project is a non-profit organization that was […]
Luxury real estate developers will no longer be able to receive tax breaks for including segregated affordable units in new buildings, the New York Post first reported, thus doing away with “poor doors.” The provision, part of the affordable housing bill passed in the Assembly last week, undoes a controversial tax measure, Section 421a, that […]
Last Monday, the Center for Security Policy held their annual black-tie gala at the Metropolitan Club of New York. The Intercept’s Lee Fang was there, and he witnessed “a procession of speakers warning darkly about the threat posed by the religion of Islam.” A former Army sergeant who was eliminated from competition in the first […]
