Email Author Roy Edroso

Awards

• 2009 - AAN AltWeekly Awards, published April 15, 2008

  "Blogosphere Guide"

• 2009 - National Society of Newspaper Columnists

  Runnin' Scared

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2008 Stories by Roy Edroso

• Oh Boy, the New Voice is Here!

  published Dec 16, 2008

  We still get excited on Tuesday nights when these things roll off the press and onto the deli shelves. You don't have to run out and get the new issue though -- it's all right here. Lead stories are... More >>

• Health Officials Defend Soda Tax, May "Look At" Pizza, Cheeseburgers

  published Dec 16, 2008

  Deputy Secretary for Health and Human Services Joe Baker and State Health Commissioner Dr. Richard Daines held a press conference this afternoon to discuss the Governor's proposed 18 percent "obesity"... More >>

• 48% of New Yorkers Have Trouble Paying for Food, Says Food Bank

  published Dec 16, 2008

  The Food Bank for New York, which has been handing out groceries to poor New Yorkers for 25 years, reports that things are getting bad out there. The number of locals who say they have trouble payin... More >>

• Dumbo Smasher Gets 3 1/2 Years

  published Dec 16, 2008

  Followers of this summer's window-smashing epidemic in Dumbo may recall that blog tipsters drew suspicion upon local skel Darren Stone, aka Squarehead. The Brooklyn Paper reports that Stone, who was a... More >>

• Gov's New Tax Targets Include iTunes, Taxis, and Movies

  published Dec 16, 2008

  Governor Paterson and state budget director Laura Anglin have turned in a $121.1 billion budget for next year, which despite trimming is still $1.3 billion higher than last year's. Details are emergin... More >>

• Susan Cheever is No Fun at Parties

  published Dec 16, 2008

  In her Times column Susan Cheever claims to have witnessed ten years ago a scene from Days of Wine and Roses in which a woman with misapplied lipstick actually said "Are you shaying I'm drunkr" and ... More >>

• Cop Who Decked Cyclist is Indicted

  published Dec 16, 2008

  Remember thisr A cop decked a Critical Mass cyclist in Times Square this July, seemingly for nothing. Unfortunately for Officer Patrick Pogan, his decking of Christopher Long was videotaped. Now th... More >>

• Councilman Questioned Over Ugly, Non-Compliant House

  published Dec 16, 2008

  Outgoing Queens councilmember Anthony Como has built himself a weird, gabled house in Middle Village. Fox 5 News found that there were several violations on the construction and accosted Como on the s... More >>

• Newly Homeless Couple: Another Charming New York Story

  published Dec 16, 2008

  Yesterday's Metropolitan Diary item in the Times about an unhappy stockbroker who'd just lost millions and was offered a Diet Coke because it "helps a lot" reminds us of another story that maybe the D... More >>

• Punk Rock Angle to Pellicano Wiretap Story

  published Dec 16, 2008

  Private eye to the stars Anthony Pellicano seemed above the law, cheerfully tapping the phones of even stars like Sylvester Stallone, Keith Carradine and Kevin Nealon to give his clients (mostly Hol... More >>

• Goodnight Monday

  published Dec 15, 2008

  So what can we tell your That Caroline Kennedy, previously discussed in the Hillary Senate seat context as if she were some glamorous, collectible doll, is actually sitting up and expressing (muted,... More >>

• Jackie Mason on Bloomberg: "A Pig of the Lowest Kind"

  published Dec 15, 2008

  And we thought we were rough on Bloomberg. Jackie Mason has released a video in which he assails the Mayor as a "corrupt fraud," and that's just the warm-up. He scores Bloomberg for being "too che... More >>

• Bailout for Madoff Victimsr

  published Dec 15, 2008

  The bogus speculations of Bernard L. Madoff have ripped off tens of billions from the high and the low and has even impacted the stock market. Naturally someone is calling for a bailout. At least tha... More >>

• New York Screen Actors, Citing Recession, Balk at Strike

  published Dec 15, 2008

  Here's something else the recession is ruining: strikes. The New York branch of the Screen Actors Guild is resisting calls from the national leadership to strike over payment on internet performances,... More >>

• Loftstel Reaches Out to the Young and Broke

  published Dec 15, 2008

  We didn't know Loftstel was a thing until someone showed us this Craigslist ad, though we see Bed-Stuy Banana was on it months ago ("Your Dorm-Room Away From Home"). BSB is talking about the Greene ... More >>

• Governor's Plan: Tax Soda Pop, Indian Smokes

  published Dec 15, 2008

  The Governor's preparing to announce some new taxes to shorten the budget gap. and the Times notices "one element that Mr. Paterson left out of his budget was any broad-based tax increase affecting pe... More >>

• Ho-Ho-Ho's Up: Santacon New York

  published Dec 15, 2008

  That Santacon thing we VoiceChoiced happened Saturday, and hundreds of Santas descended upon the city in full jollity. They were well YouTubed, and you can see them dancing on the Staten Island Ferr... More >>

• New York's "Reasons to Love NY" More Depressing Than Ever

  published Dec 15, 2008

  Is it us, or is this year's New York magazine list of Reasons to Love New York really reachingr "Because Madonna's Back to Distract Us" (with Yankee dumbass Alex Rodriguez) seems like more of a Reason... More >>

• Gypsy to Close, Along With Rest of Broadway

  published Dec 15, 2008

  It's axiomatic that even in hard times people still want their entertainment. But it has been suggested that, thanks to online entertainment, Hollywood may not do as well in the New Depression as it d... More >>

• Carrion Finally Appointed to Federal Office

  published Dec 15, 2008

  Adolfo Carrion is finally getting his much-anticipated ticket out of the Bronx. Several sources say the Bronx Borough President will be appointed head of the new White House Office of Urban Policy. Wh... More >>

• SNL Mocks Paterson As Bumbling Cokehead; Gov Raps Blind Jokes

  published Dec 15, 2008

  Governor Paterson was pissed at this weekend's Saturday Night Live sketch in which Fred Armisen portrayed him as a Jersey-hating, crinkly-voiced fool with a history of cocaine abuse and marital infi... More >>

• Obama Over, Bush Vindicated, and Other Rightblogger Alternate History Stories

  published Dec 15, 2008

  This week rightbloggers celebrated the downfall of the Obama Administration and the restoration of George W. Bush to his rightful, honored place in the pantheon of Presidents. If you're new here, y... More >>

• "Fan" This Condo, Get 0.333% Off!

  published Dec 12, 2008

  Sterling Green wants you to move into one of their condos. In Prospect Heights. Want an alcove studior They're $299,000 apiece. A little rich for your bloodr If you join Sterling Green's 94 fans on Fa... More >>

• Dana Kristal Speaks Up

  published Dec 12, 2008

  Last week we talked about a Times story concerning Hilly Kristal, CBGB, and Hilly's ex-wife Karen. Karen was alleged to have signed the CB's business over to Hilly in 2005, but she disputes that. We r... More >>

• Online, Paterson Praises Kos Kids, Mets' Pitching Deals

  published Dec 12, 2008

  Governor Paterson is back on Daily Kos. Having learned from previous postings what gets the Kos Kids excited, he praises their input: "From OrangeClouds115's point about the economics of food (point n... More >>