We’ve griped before about the city government’s dogged refusal to funnel any public funding to Citi Bike, and now, City Hall wants a $1 million payout from the cash-strapped program. As the Wall Street Journal points out, the city’s contract with Alta Bicycle Share, the company that operates Citi Bike, stipulates a payment from Alta to […]
After weeks of civil unrest in Kiev, the fiery combat in the occupied streets and the storming of police stations and government buildings, the protestors seem to be winning. The prime minister of Ukraine resigned today. The government has repealed most of the tyrannical new laws on freedom of speech and assembly. The heavily criticized President Yanukovych […]
The Village Voice, an alt weekly that has been steadily suffering from a mass expulsion of journalists (and relevancy), was handed a great scoop: an exclusive interview with Banksy. Journalist Keegan Hamilton says he conducted the interview over email. It was set up by Jo Brooks, Banksy’s bonafide publicist. In addition to dishing details about […]
It was only a matter of time before Better Out Than In, Banksy’s month of working on the streets of NYC, ventured outside of Manhattan. And unsurprisingly, the first outer-borough works arrived in Williamsburg and Bushwick. The street artist gave a few pieces of citizen graffiti a “Broadway makeover,” slapping the phrase “The Musical” over existing […]
Since last night’s riot protest over the shooting of Kimani Gray, rumors that East Flatbush has been rendered a “frozen zone” by the NYPD have been popping up all over the Internet. Various blogs have “reported” that “a portion of Flatbush” has been taken over by the NYPD. There is, however, no such police restriction […]
