Das Racist, the beloved Brooklyn hip-hop group, may be no more, but former member Dapwell is keeping busy and still hilarious. For just one of his many projects, he’s printing stop-and-frisk shirts featuring our former mayor and his infamous statement that the NYPD “disproportionately stop whites too much and minorities too little.” At the time, 91% of those subjected […]
The New York Post just broke the story of the year wide open. It seems that Mayor Bill de Blasio is responsible for the death of Staten Island Chuck, New York’s beloved official groundhog/weatherman/pagan. In February, the Mayor was taking part in the city’s annual Groundhogs Day duties of holding the famous rodent and having his picture […]
World leaders gathered at the United Nations General Assembly yesterday for a climate change summit, but it may be city leaders who actually get something done. As large nations like the U.S. and China continue to refuse drastic action on climate change, a special envoy of mayors hopes to make a global impact by attacking the problem […]
After 11 years of waiting, the moment is finally approaching: Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s three-term reign comes to a close January 1, 2014. To celebrate, we’ve created HowLongUntilBloombergLeaves.com, a single-serving site that counts down the time–to the second–until El Bloombito says adios. Come through, watch as Bloomberg’s time in office drains out of a 17-oz soda […]
According to the latest everything, Bill de Blasio has won the Democratic primary for mayor with 40% of the vote and likely won’t face another contest against Bill Thompson who has yet to concede. Meanwhile a guy named Joe Lhota won the Republican ticket. In the race for comptroller, Scott Stringer beat out Eliot Spitzer. […]
Michael Bloomberg’s epic quest to stave off any limits to the NYPD’s power continues. Yesterday, the mayor sued City Council over a recently-passed law that will make it easier for New Yorkers to file a lawsuit against the police department if they feel they were profiled or discriminated against. The bill is one half of […]
Great news: the City Council voted today to override Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s vetoes on two bills known collectively as the Community Safety Act. The bills will create an independent Inspector General’s office to oversee the NYPD, make it illegal for cops profile citizens, based on a slew of factors including sexual orientation and housing status, […]
Further demonstrating his apparent belief that all low-income New Yorkers should be treated like criminals, Mayor Michael Bloomberg said today he believed NYCHA residents should be fingerprinted to gain access to their own homes. The remarks came during his weekly radio appearance on WOR. “What we really should have is fingerprinting to get in. And […]
As part of a plan to stave off floodwaters in the event of another Sandy-like storm, Michael Bloomberg proposed the building of a new neighborhood, “Seaport City,” on Lower Manhattan’s East Side. Now, he’s moving forward on that plan, requesting proposals from consulting firms on how to make the landfill-built area a reality. The idea […]
We knew this was coming, but still. Amid the hubbub over Carlos Danger and his sexting problem, Mayor Bloomberg vetoed the Community Safety Act, a package of bills that would bring new independent oversight to the NYPD. The legislation passed with a veto-proof majority last month, and Bloomberg vowed a veto immediately, targeting council members […]
