Several bus stops along the Bronx’s Southern Boulevard will become impromptu listening spaces under a plan approved by Robert Steel, Bloomberg’s deputy mayor for economic development. The new stations, proposed by the Women’s Housing and Economic Development Corporation and designed by the Design Trust for Public Space, will play music that nods to the Bronx’s cultural history […]
The mayor’s office announced a big free public wi-fi initiative today, which is good for everyone–you’ll be able to hook up for free in new areas across the five boroughs–but especially for residents of low- and middle-income areas, which often get shortchanged on other city programs (ahem, Citi Bike). The program, funded mostly with private […]
Café des Artistes is packed with storied New Yorkers. Walt Frazier, Tina Fey, RZA, Jonathan Lethem, Diane Von Furstenberg, Woody Allen, and Mayor Michael Bloomberg are just a few of the many familiar faces in artist Tom Sanford’s latest body of work, which opens to the public today at the Kravets/Wehby Gallery in Chelsea. Sanford tells ANIMAL […]
Bill Bratton, a former police commissioner of both the New York and Boston police departments will be launching his own “Faceboook-like” social network, designed specifically for police. It will allow “active law enforcement officers and professionals to find each other and share insights, observations and expertise.” Have cops grown tired of cruising for crime on social media and feel […]
Running parallel to the increased discussion of stop-and-frisk brought on by the federal trial over the practice and the coming mayoral election has been the question of police oversight. If the NYPD is indeed violating the rights of New Yorkers, should an independent monitor be brought in to oversee the department. According to the U.S. […]
Great news! NYC has seen a decrease in violent crime during the first quarter of the year, with shootings and murders dropping by 24% and 40%, respectively. Incidentally, the number of Stop-and-Frisks carried out by the NYPD has also gone down significantly during this time period. “From January 1 through March 31 of this year, […]
Joe Lhota would like you to get off his lawn, please. At a candidates forum this week, the Republican mayoral candidate and former MTA chair and Giuliani lieutenant governor took a host of positions at stark odds with the city’s quickly growing demographic of meddling kids. Enjoy living in a converted warehouse space in East […]
Starting today, the city is introducing six Nissan Leaf electric cars into its fleet of taxis to test whether the high-efficiency vehicles make suitable cabs. These aren’t the Taxis of Tomorrow, mind you–that program is set to debut later this year–but what Michael Bloomberg calls “the taxi of the day after tomorrow,” as the mayor […]
Mike Bloomberg, NYC’s billionaire mayor who’s more concerned about big soda than big brother, gets lambasted via a very timely stenciled image in Williamsburg. (Photo: Bucky Turco/ANIMALNewYork) […]
According to a 2012 survey by the Straphangers Campaign, subway stations’ conditions are pretty much the same or improving since the year before. The survey sampled 251 platforms at 120 stations. The only factors that got worse were water damage and graffiti, which was found at 27% of examined stations (up 7% from last year). […]
