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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2009 Stories by Roy Edroso

• Fire Chief Salvatore Cassano is New FDNY Commissioner

  published Dec 21, 2009

  And the new Fire Commissioner is -- Salvatore Cassano! Awright, we win the pool! Cassano is 64, FDNY's Chief of Department (highest ranked uniformed officer), a 40-year veteran, and a former soldier... More >>

• Survey Sez: Decade Sucked! Pew Poll Finds '00s Most Hated

  published Dec 21, 2009

  We were surprised that 42 percent of respondents to the new Pew Research poll found the 60s "neither" positive nor negative, with positive (34 percent) and negative (15) impressions trailing. We thou... More >>

• Anthony Marshall Gets 1 to 3 Years for Astor Fraud

  published Dec 21, 2009

  Our long national nightmare is over: Anthony Marshall, heir to the Astor fortune, has been sentenced to one to three years in prison for defrauding his mom, Brooke Astor, of millions of dollars. The... More >>

• Professor Denounces Use of "Nerd" and "Geek"; Banning, Shaming to Followr

  published Dec 21, 2009

  The Times used the term "cool nerds" in an article, and seems at first to have been taken to task for it by psychology professor David Anderegg. Under the headline, "'Nerd' and 'Geek' Should Be Banned... More >>

• To Save The Pink Tea Cup from Closing, Manager Seeks Donations

  published Dec 21, 2009

  The Pink Tea Cup, offering simple, inexpensive, and generous servings of down-home cooking on Grove Street since 1954, is scheduled to close on January 3 after 55 years. Owner Lisa Ford cites, what e... More >>

• Bronx Fire Reported Under Control; Several Businesses "Gutted"

  published Dec 21, 2009

  Bronx News Network has a slide show of the early morning fire that hit 204th Street, a major shopping stretch in the Norwood section. Authorities believe the blaze started in a newly-renovated Foodtow... More >>

• 62 Oscar Best Song Pre-Nominees Include Tunes from Bruno, Brothers, and Oy Vey! My Son is Gay!

  published Dec 21, 2009

  Movie award fever flares up again! If you think the expanded list of Best Picture nominees (from five to 10) with which the Academy will experiment in 2010 is an embarrassment of riches (or just an ... More >>

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  Democrats Poised for Disastrous Health Care Victory; Obama Bows (While Seated!); Avatar Attacks The Troops

  published Dec 21, 2009

  We have been following with less than our full attention the progress of the health care bill, but we surmise it has just made a great gain in the Senate -- not because of anything the Democrats h... More >>

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  FEATURED STORY

  Why This Decade Sucked, Reason #10: Social Media Ruined the Internet

  published Dec 18, 2009

  We will, in the closing days of this wretched decade, list the Top Ten reasons why it sucked, starting from the bottom. Remember back in the 90s, when you loved the internetr When you saw it throug... More >>

• Study: New Yorkers Unhappiest People in America (Because We Work Hard and Read Books, Unlike Lazy, Stupid Hicks)

  published Dec 18, 2009

  A study by economists Andrew J. Oswald and Stephen Wu charted the happiness levels of Americans over three years and found that New Yorkers are the unhappiest people in the country. The happiest sta... More >>

• Sitt, City Close Coney Island Deal: About 7 Acres for Us, $95.6 Million for Him

  published Dec 18, 2009

  Developer Joe Sitt and his Thor Equitiies closed that deal with the city they set up in November that gives New York 6.9 acres of beachfront property and Sitt $95.6 million which, as Neil de Mause ear... More >>

• D.C. Mayor Signs Gay Marriage Bill; Congress Next

  published Dec 18, 2009

  While our state senators tripped over their own dicks and lost the gay marriage bill, DC has been a churning gay-marriage-sanctifying machine. They got the second read of their marriage equality bill ... More >>

• Transportation Alternatives Denounces Tomorrow's Naked Bedford Bike Ride

  published Dec 18, 2009

  Everyone, even if they don't care about bike lanes, seems to be looking forward to the naked bike ride scheduled for Saturday. The spectacle is meant to draw attention to the bikers' plight in Will... More >>

• Missing Persons: Maja Cruz, 12; Dashaunta Ravizee, 21

  published Dec 18, 2009

  Maja Cruz (left), 12, was all bundled up in a brown wool hat, camouflage waist length coat, and brown knee high boots when she left her Wyona Street home in Brooklyn on Wednesday morning. She hasn't... More >>

• Report: White Minority in U.S. by 2050

  published Dec 17, 2009

  Finally, a little good news to brighten our holiday-- and from the Census Bureau, yet. (Love the optimistic spin at the LA Times: "White Americans' majority to continue until 2050." Let the late-Rom... More >>

• Reports: Four Shot Dead on Amsterdam Avenue (Updated)

  published Dec 17, 2009

  Big shooting at 492 Amsterdam Avenue, Apartment 3-S: Four men believed dead. Location is between West 83rd and 84th Streets, same builiding as Darryl's Boutique. 911 was called at about 2 p.m. by a ... More >>

• Today's Battle of Political Outrages: Sarah Palin's Hat vs. Chuck Schumer's Bitch

  published Dec 17, 2009

  Which of the today's internet political shrieks wins the battle of Depressing Indicator of Our Discourse of the Day -- Sarah Palin's un-McCain hat, or the continuing uproar over Chuck Schumer saying "... More >>

• Freddy's Bar To Install Chains for When Bruce Ratner Tries to Evict Them

  published Dec 17, 2009

  The fight to keep homes and businesses from being eminent-domained for the Bruce Ratner Atlantic Yards boondoggle goes badly. So the management at Freddy's Bar -- the fun watering hole and longtime Vo... More >>

• New York Unemployment Goes Down, a Little!

  published Dec 17, 2009

  Hooray, recession over! New York City unemployment went down point-three percent in November. It had been 10.3 percent, and is now a flat 10. And New York State unemployment dropped too -- from 9.0 to... More >>

• $15 Million Suit Charges Russian Tea Room Chef "Pinched Nipples," Etc.

  published Dec 17, 2009

  Everyone who's ever worked in one knows that restauranteurs are assholes, and the recent revelation that the owner of Paradou is one didn't shock us. Neither are we shocked to learn the chef at the Ru... More >>

• Rudy Giuliani Tells Tiger Woods "Hang In There"

  published Dec 17, 2009

  Everyone's beating up on Athlete of the Decade Tiger Woods -- his wife's allegedly divorcing him, Accenture dropped him, his dad and Jessica Simpson are getting dragged into it, etc. But some celebri... More >>

• Post: Staten Island DA Does "Preliminary" Probe of Working Families Party, Debi Rose Campaign

  published Dec 17, 2009

  As previously noted, the feds have sent subpoenas to local politicians in furtherance of their investigation of the Working Families Party and Data and Field Services, who have been accused of financ... More >>

• SAG Award Nominations Heat Up Movie Prize Fever

  published Dec 17, 2009

  Hot on the heels of the big critics' awards and the Golden Globe nominations, the Screen Actors Guild has unveiled its annual award nominations for films and television. SAG has been handing these out... More >>

• Christmas Greetings from Octomom

  published Dec 17, 2009

  Nadya Suleman, better known as Octomom for her famous multiple birth/publicity stunt, wishes readers of Life & Style a Merry Christmas in this festive spread, posing "with her eight profitable kids, ... More >>

• Latest Death Threat Against New York Official: Jack Geoghan vs. Andrew Cuomo

  published Dec 17, 2009

  Just a few days back cops arrested a man who allegedly phoned death threats to Mayor Bloomberg and Ray Kelly. Now 45-year-old Jack Geoghan of Inter County Appraisers of Bayport, New York, is accused o... More >>