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 […]
Perhaps Upper West Side residents have cooled a bit to the idea of CitiBike a bit since last month. Locals are now up in arms over several proposed locations for CitiBike docks, calling them “horrible,” DNAinfo reports. The Post, with its usual flair for hyperbole, goes so far as to call the future bike zones […]
A New York State appeals court ruled Wednesday that coroners are not required to give organs back to the family of the deceased for burial after an autopsy, and are not even required to tell the family that the organs have been removed, the New York Daily News reports. The ruling is a response to […]
Omari, Soho. (Photo: Bucky Turco/ANIMALNewYork) […]
Writers continue to beautify historic graffiti wall in Soho. (Photo: Aymann Ismail/ANIMALNewYork) […]
A New York City Councilwoman is joining a the movement to destigmatize periods by proposing legislation that would require the city to make tampons available to girls at school. The Post reports: “In a city where we hand out free condoms, we should be making tampons more affordable and accessible,” said Ferreras, a Democrat who […]
New York’s highly restrictive, not-cool-at-all medical weed program is expected to be enacted on January 1st. But for some patients, that’s just not soon enough. On Tuesday advocates asked lawmakers in Albany to pass emergency legislation allowing access to the healing properties of cannabis now. For many parents whose children are suffering from seizures, this […]
