Owner of posh NYC wine shop demanded discounts on prize French booze in bizarre deal to sell store
The former owner of New York City’s now-defunct Chelsea Wine Shop demanded steep discounts on exorbitantly priced vintage French wines as part of a bizarre and ill-fated business sale deal, The Washington Post has learned. Police said Michael Gancarz was arrested last month on suspicion of theft and trespass after he showed up at his […]
DA rips Gavin Newsom for ‘soft-on-crime policies’ after thugs charged with murdering 68-year-old woman at posh shopping mall
The Orange County, California district attorney has slammed the “soft on crime” policies of far-left Governor Gavin Newsom and state lawmakers after three gunmen were indicted for the murder of a 68-year-old woman at an upscale Newport Beach shopping mall last week. Public Prosecutor’s Office Said New Zealand tourist Patricia McKay and her husband were […]
NYC developer Michael Shvo’s spat with posh member’s-only Core Club takes ugly twist
Michael Schvo never gets a minute’s rest. As we reported June 27, he is being sued for $600 million by Core Clubs for an alleged “egregious” fraud scheme connected to the club’s location at 711 Fifth Ave. Shubo called the lawsuit a “desperate attempt to bail out” the club’s owners from a “binding agreement” that […]
Owner of posh Palm Beach boutiques peddled $2M in fake goods: cops
According to police, a man who owned two luxury boutiques in the upscale Palm Beach area of Florida and was a friend of former President Donald Trump has been arrested on suspicion of selling $2 million worth of counterfeit goods. Olena Austin, 51, was charged with selling counterfeit clothing and jewelry at two of her […]
NYC public housing residents, posh prep school kids spark playground war — with tensions going into full swing
A concrete jungle gym war has broken out on the Upper West Side. Tensions have reached a boiling point at the playground on West 90th Street between Amsterdam and Columbus avenues, as apartment complex residents fight to keep private school families, including students from the upscale, $64,000-a-year tuition-paying Trinity School, out of the newly renovated […]
NYC teacher at posh Dalton school resigns amid accusations by former student of sex abuse
A high school English teacher at an upscale Dalton school has resigned amid allegations of sexually abusing a former student, The Washington Post has learned. School administrators received the disturbing allegations about Mara Naaman in a May 2 letter written on behalf of students who attend the $61,000-a-year school on the Upper East Side. The […]
Cyndi Lauper’s son faces boot from posh NYC pad for allegedly smoking weed, late-night screaming and thumping music
Cyndi Lauper’s troubled son could get away with being the next-door neighbor in an upscale Manhattan neighborhood filled with blaring music, late-night screams and the stench of weed, court documents claim. are doing. Deklyn “Dex” Roper-Thornton’s landlord filed an eviction petition last month to force the 26-year-old rapper out of his $7,200-a-month apartment in a […]