NYC’s new anti-rat pizza box trash cans passed over by locals
B-Mouse Summer isn't over yet. New Yorkers aren't convinced the city's new pizza box trash cans will scare away pizza-loving rats. New York City parks officials on Friday unveiled new rodent-proof trash cans big enough to fit a square pizza box in several New York City parks, but the new bins went largely unnoticed by […]
Prostitution doubles on NYC’s seedy Roosevelt Ave.
The crime-ridden neighborhood of Jackson Heights, where prostitutes ply their trade openly and brazen shoplifters abound, has only gotten worse since The Washington Post blew the whistle on it about five months ago. Roosevelt Avenue near 91st Street in Queens has long been tainted by illegal open-air migrant markets and dozens of sidewalk prostitutes, but […]
Homeless couple filmed having sex in parking lot under NYC’s FDR Drive: ‘A new low for the city’
These slackers were in no hurry. A parking lot under FDR Drive, just steps from the East River Greenway where kids walk to school and locals train for marathons, has become a hotbed of homeless sex acts, according to disturbing X-rated footage obtained by The Washington Post. On Aug. 22, between the late afternoon rush […]
NYC’s most fashionable shopping corridor gets mystery makeover
Uptown Madison Avenue, the city’s premier luxury shopping district, is facing significant change in the gilded block where East Midtown meets the Upper East Side. Two large office-shopping buildings are being demolished to make way for new mixed-use projects, the details of which are few and far between, while well-heeled fashion fans and even more […]
Every graduate of NYC’s elite Jewish Ramaz high school avoids Columbia for first time in decades
None of this year’s graduates from an elite Jewish high school on the Upper East Side. At least in part because of anti-Semitism, he will be attending Columbia University’s top liberal arts school for the first time in decades. “For the first time in more than 20 years, no Lamas alumni will be attending Columbia […]
Republican Rep. Mike Lawler takes credit for stopping NYC’s controversial $15 congestion toll in new ad campaign
First-term Republican Rep. Mike Lawler has launched a new multimillion-dollar ad campaign, claiming credit for getting Gov. Kathy Hockal to shelve a controversial $15 congestion charge for entry into midtown Manhattan. “I want to focus on getting things done, which is why I brought together Democrats and Republicans to block the MTA’s congestion fee,” Lawler […]
NYPD chief blasts NYC’s sanctuary status after illegal migrant charged in knifepoint rape of woman
New York City police officials criticized the Big Apple’s sanctuary city status after an illegal immigrant allegedly raped a woman at knifepoint on Sunday. New York Police Sergeant John Chell spoke out about immigrant crime following an incident in which Nicaraguan suspect Daniel Davon Bonilla, 24, and an accomplice are alleged to have grabbed a […]
NYC’s Notorious ‘Night-Life Lawyer’ Sal Strazzullo Found Dead In Car
Authorities found Salvatore Strazzullo, known as the “nightlife lawyer,” dead in his car in Brooklyn on Saturday, according to the New York Post. A notorious New York City lawyer known for high-profile cases, facing multiple criminal charges for allegedly defrauding elderly clients out of millions of dollars, has been found dead in his car. According […]
NYC’s rental market is more chaotic than ever
Searching for an apartment in New York City went from frustrating to downright crazy. In a city where landlords have taken control and are driving up rents to astronomical levels, renters are fighting their hardest ever battle for housing this summer. Take Aurielle Catron, a 29-year-old security engineer who braved the New York City jungle […]
NYC’s Lectures on Tap are a fun way for smart people to connect
Brooklyn residents Felecia and Ty Freely are true nerds. But this clever couple – the wife is a veteran engineer and the husband is a Columbia University psychology student – don’t see their intellectual lot in life as a negative thing. Instead, the visionary duo has pooled their brains to help build community in the […]