Lao, Father Demo Square. (Photo: Bucky Turco/ANIMALNewYork) […]
It was only a matter of time before others — like DEBT and Mr. Star City — would start adding to Ron English’s mural on the Houston Bowery Wall, but the latter had no intention of vandalizing it with his work while the former absolutely did. (Photo: Bucky Turco/ANIMALNewYork) […]
David Livingston, the artist best known for wearing various giant fake penises to places like the New Museum and New York State Supreme Court, announced on Wednesday that he’s running for President of the United States of America. Livingston currently serves as Alderman of New Haven, Connecticut’s fictional 31st ward. He’s now using momentum from […]
Civil rights organizations are holding a vigil for Kalief Browder, the 22-year-old Bronx man who committed suicide this past weekend, 2 years after being released from Rikers. The vigil will take place at the Metropolitan Detention Complex on White Street at 6 PM, according to the organization’s Facebook page. Activists and those who want to […]
Two dicks stole packages from the lobby of a Hell’s Kitchen apartment building on Saturday, one of which contained a breast pump meant for Allison Foley, the mother of newborn premature twins. “They’re stealing from two preemie babies, which is just like the lowest of the low,” Foley told CBS2. The thieves were caught on […]
For the past few weeks, math whiz and finance guy-turned-artist Nelson Saiers has been showcasing a series of new work at The Hole Shop without incident, but on Tuesday night serial shit-stirrer and Neoist artist Istvan Kantor disrupted his exhibit. The Hungarian-born Canadian provocateur tagged his signature nom de guerre “Monty Cantsin” on a mattress […]
Gun violence is a serious problem all over the city, but the East River Houses in Harlem have been hit particularly hard by the recent rise in shootings. According to ABC7, three shootings have killed two people in the past week. In this climate, it is totally understandable are scared and looking for solutions. But […]
For years, carrying even a simple pocket knife in New York could have put you at odds with the law. The state Assembly has voted in favor of an amendment to the controversial gravity knife ban that would require prosecution to prove suspects arrested with the knife had malicious intent. The Village Voice explains why […]
Future Upper East Side anthropologists take note: there’s a “Sugar Daddy” party happening tonight in Midtown, and there likely are few better spots to spy on Manhattan’s worst than at this event. DNAinfo reports that, according to party promoter (and Sugar Daddy University founder) Alan “Action” Schneider, it’s “the first Sugar Daddy Party Business Mixer […]
CBS New York put up a somewhat peculiar story late Wednesday night about a spate of random drive-by paintball shootings in Queens. The breathless tone of the story doesn’t match the crime. CBS frames it as a “terrifying,” DC sniper-style crime spree while burying the lede, which is that a 17-year-old boy suffered a “serious […]
