In what an activist has deemed “environmental racism,” FreshDirect is putting a distribution warehouse in South Bronx, further polluting an already burdened neighborhood. For two years, South Bronx Unite has been fighting the construction of the giant grocery delivery service and its army of trucks, but the project is still planned to move forward. The organization has been asked […]
As ANIMAL pointed out yesterday, it’s very possible that our distinguished mayor, Bill de Blasio committed rodenticide when he dropped New York City’s official groundhog, Chuck, on Groundhog’s Day. The story became even more sinister after it was revealed that the Staten Island Zoo had actually used an imposter groundhog, Chuck’s girlfriend Charlotte, because Chuck bit […]
A time-honored tradition of excluding gay groups from the New York St. Patrick’s Day parade crumbles this week. The New York Times reminds that for decades, “gays could march but were not allowed to carry anything identifying them as a group.” As first reported by the Irish Voice, OUT@NBCUniversal will be the first LGBT group to participate in the parade on March 17th, […]
“The Central Park 5,” the five black and Hispanic men who were charged with the brutal sexual assault of a jogger in Central Park in 1989 and have since been exonerated, will settle their suit against the city for $40 million, The New York Times reports. In 2002, through DNA evidence, it was discovered that […]
A federal court ruled yesterday that the city can uphold a ban on religious services in schools, overturning an earlier decision in which a lower court called such a ban unconstitutional. The religious lobby shouldn’t worry quite yet, however, as it’s not certain that the appeals court’s ruling will have any effect. As the Times points out, […]
Bill de Blasio’s first Inner Circle dinner was Saturday night, and while the mayor’s appearance wasn’t quite as elaborate as any of Michael Bloomberg’s lavish theater productions, it did involve Steve Buscemi and a pair of red-white-and-blue sweatbands. The annual event is like an NYC version of the White House Press Correspondents’ Dinner, with the […]
After a roadblock earlier this week, the march towards turning Williamsburg’s Domino Sugar factory into gleaming, futuristic high-rises will continue as planned. The stall came when Mayor de Blasio asked for more affordable housing units than the developers and Michael Bloomberg, de Blasio’s predecessor, had agreed upon. Under a new compromise, Two Trees, the development company, […]
The much-dreaded/anticipated redevelopment of the Domino Sugar Factory could be slowing down, as Mayor Bill de Blasio has asked for more affordable housing units than were agreed upon under the Bloomberg administration. Jed Walentas of developer Two Trees isn’t having it, and a continued disagreement could delay the future of the project. “I’d very much […]
One of Bill de Blasio’s key campaign promises involved ending the city’s appeal of a federal lawsuit aimed at the NYPD’s stop-and-frisk policy, and now, he’s delivering on it. In a deal laid out by the mayor’s administration today, the city will accept a court-ordered monitor to oversee the NYPD for three years to ensure […]
The 7 train extension will not be ready to ride by June after all. Despite $2.4 billion and an inaugural trip by then-mayor Michael Bloomberg last month, the project, which would bring the line to 11th Avenue and down to 34th Street, is running behind schedule, and is now projected to open late summer or […]
