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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2010 Stories by Roy Edroso

• St. Patrick's Day Celebrated on Staten Island with DWIs, 163 Tickets

  published Mar 09, 2010

  "Who has the most St. Patrick's spiritr" polled the Staten Island Advance, referring to Sunday's parade in the borough. There were a lot of contenders, as S.I. cops handed out 163 summonses and arrest... More >>

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  Mayor Bloomberg Adds Extra Nannying to Push for Soda Tax

  published Mar 09, 2010

  Everyone hates the non-diet soda tax that Governor Paterson keeps proposing -- except residents of New York City, whose once-famous will was long ago broken by the constant health-nannying of Michael ... More >>

• Doug Hoffman Will Keep the Laughs Coming in 2010 House Race

  published Mar 09, 2010

  Last year's special election to replace John McHugh in New York's Congressional delegation was one of our all-time favorites: The Republicans went with a moderate, enraged right-wingers put up a tea-p... More >>

• City Picks Computer Thing for NYC Condom Wrapper

  published Mar 09, 2010

  The New York City Condom Wrapper contest is over. We reviewed the finalists last month and gave the manhole-cover design our highest grade, but the Department of Health has given the commission to thi... More >>

• Useless Coffee-Powered Car Brings Hope, Joy to Our Humdrum Lives

  published Mar 08, 2010

  At first we didn't see the significance: The British Daily Mail reveals that for a science show called Bang Goes The Theory, a crew has developed a car that runs on coffee. They call it the Carpuccino... More >>

• Hiram Monserrate's Anti-Gay Strategy: Will It Workr

  published Mar 08, 2010

  The Monserrate juggernaut is rolling across the 13th District. Liz Benjamin reproduces a flyer that his people are allegedly handing around. If you don't have your glasses handy, the best part is, "At... More >>

• Roy Ashburn, Conservative GOP Pol, Says The Hell With It, I'm Gay After DUI Bust

  published Mar 08, 2010

  There was a lot of laughter after California state senator Roy Ashburn got nabbed for DUI outside Faces, a gay club in Sacramento. Ashburn's a Republican and has voted against gay rights measures and... More >>

• David Paterson Shouldn't Quit, Says Poll, But Wait a Few Weeks

  published Mar 08, 2010

  A new poll says David Paterson -- oh, did your eyes just glaze overr We understand; Paterson's poll results have been dismal since shortly after he took over. But here's some news: the Siena poll conf... More >>

• Oscar Recap: Kamer Tweets, Doc Makers Fight, Waltz Declines BJ

  published Mar 08, 2010

  Lots of Internet action over last night's Oscars, here and elsewhere (congratulations to our own Foster Kamer, one of last's nights Twitter laureates -- you and Ebert, classy!). On the stage, not so m... More >>

• JetBlue Offers $10 Flights from JFK to 10 Locations (Hurry! Ends Today!)

  published Mar 08, 2010

  There's very little left anymore to justify New Yorkers' self-regard except our primacy in road rage and pot busts. So thank JetBlue for celebrating its 10th Anniversary with $10 fares only from JFK, ... More >>

• Eric Massa Claims Dems Forced Him Out Over Health Care Bill, Gay Wedding Party Comment; May Un-Quit

  published Mar 08, 2010

  New York Congressman said last week he was leaving the House because of ill health, brushing off rumors (and later, evidence) of an ethics inquiry concerning his conduct around a male staffer. Now he... More >>

• 55 Cops Nabbed for DUI Since 1999: Daily News

  published Mar 08, 2010

  After a few stories like those of Detective Kevin Spellman (allegedly nearly thrice the legal alcohol limit when measured after hitting an old lady) and Officer Andrew Kelly (measured at zero percent,... More >>

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  John Patrick Bedell -- Let's Not Politicize Him, Say Rightbloggers; Just Admit He's a Liberal

  published Mar 08, 2010

  There were six men of Hindustan/ to learning much inclined,/ Who went to see an elephant,/ though all of them were blind,/ That each by observation/ might satisfy his mind. After John Patrick Bedell... More >>

• The Hurt Locker Blows Up Oscars; Runnin' Scared Goes 14 for 24

  published Mar 08, 2010

  The Hurt Locker won Best Picture and Best Director at tonight's Oscars without winning any acting or major craft honors -- a pretty rare achievement. In the 25 years between Slumdog Millionaire... More >>

• Eric Massa to Leave Congress Sooner Than Expected -- Like, Monday: Reports

  published Mar 05, 2010

  Eric Massa is leaving Congress sooner than we thought. When he announced his retirement Wednesday -- some people suspected it actually had to do with an ethics probe rumored to be about Massa's haras... More >>

• Larry Kudlow Snorts at Senate Run

  published Mar 05, 2010

  Larry Kudlow announces he's too high on his CNBC job to run against Chuck Schumer this year. While he's "very flattered by all the attention and quite frankly surprised at the size of the draft movem... More >>

• LAPD "Behind The Scenes" Show Still Gruesome Even Without RFK's Suit

  published Mar 05, 2010

  As Foster Kamer noticed yesterday, the suit Robert Kennedy Jr. was wearing when he was assassinated has been removed from the "Behind The Scenes: The LAPD Homicide Exhibit" show in Las Vegas. But th... More >>

• Hiram Monserrate Headed for Homo-Hating Victory

  published Mar 05, 2010

  Hiram Monserrate is campaigning hard for the seat his colleagues threw him out of, and as we said before, you have to like his chances. He's found a strategy he seems comfortable with: Promoting hatre... More >>

• Jay-Z, Beyonce Visit with Obama Assures Impeachment

  published Mar 05, 2010

  This is the break in the case! It's worse than the Clintons and the Lincoln Bedroom -- at least most of those people were white! Obama had Jay-Z and Beyonce over to the White House and let Jay-Z sit ... More >>

• Irish-Americans Enraged By Denny's Ad Making Fun of Potato Famine

  published Mar 05, 2010

  B'jaysus! Denny's had a commercial that announced it would serve free fries in commemoration of the 150th anniversary of the Irish Potato Famine, as well as free pancakes. The controversy was at firs... More >>

• Jose Reyes Has Thyroid Trouble, in Latest Sign of God's Wrath Against the Mets

  published Mar 05, 2010

  It never ends for the cursed New York Mets. Jose Reyes, the shining light of the team was looking good -- he hit a triple in his first intrasquad game at-bat this spring. Manuel has been thinking of ... More >>

• Reverend Billy Steps Up for Ray's

  published Mar 05, 2010

  Ray's Candy Store on Avenue A, centerpiece of East Village life for decades, has gotten a lot of press support since it was announced that he was having yet another rent crisis (the landlord wants ba... More >>

• NYPD Cops, Others Arrested for Trying to Rob Perfume

  published Mar 05, 2010

  Last month robbers five men with guns burst into the In Style USA perfume warehouse in Carlstadt, New Jersey, tied up the workers and, assisted by factory workers who may have thought they were just ... More >>

• John Patrick Bedell, Pentagon Shooter, a Media Entrepreneur Like Everyone Else

  published Mar 05, 2010

  John Patrick Bedell, the nut who calmly shot and lightly wounded two cops outside the Pentagon, who in return blew his brains out, turns out to be a new development in the crazy-killer genre. Once u... More >>

• Al Sharpton Meeting Supports Governor, or Not, Depending on Interpretation

  published Mar 05, 2010

  Al Sharpton's second gathering of black leaders, including former mayor David Dinkins, came out again in favor of Paterson hanging in. At least Sharpton and Dinkins said so outright. (Sharpton also we... More >>