Tag: City Hall
Chinatown’s beloved 169 Bar will stay open. The months-long ordeal between the City and the dive bar was settled in court Thursday morning, ANIMAL confirmed. “The case was resolved. We didn’t admit any guilt. We signed a settlement agreement with the city that didn’t involve shutting us down,” said Jesse Danoff, the lawyer representing 169 […]
Hip-hop moguls came together on Wednesday to talk to Governor Andrew Cuomo about reforms needed in the wake of the death of Eric Garner at the hands of the NYPD. Jay Z and Russell Simmons came together at Cuomo’s Manhattan office to talk about the specific changes that should be made to restore public confidence […]
Earlier this year, archaeologists dug up a series of centuries-old artifacts at City Hall, including a douche made of animal bone that dates back to the 1800s. Now, that douche has a new home in Midtown. A new space called the New York City Archaeological Repository, at 114 W. 47th Street, will hold the feminine hygine product […]
And no, it wasn’t Mike Bloomberg packing up the last of his things from his office. Ba-zing! DNAinfo reports: An excavation at the city’s political center has unearthed a 3-inch artifact that initially baffled archaeologists — until they realized it was one of the earliest documented feminine hygiene products in New York. “At first we thought it […]
NYC’s Public Transit Union really, really wants people to stop dying in the subway. While the MTA is busy working on some high-tech, costly solutions to prevent subway deaths — some of which will allegedly take decades to implement — the Public Transit Union has come up with an immediate plan of action: blood-splattered “Metro(death)Cards.” Yes, this is […]
