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11:30 pm
May. 20, 2013
New York News
Announcing the Winners of the 2013 Village Voice Obie Awards
By Village Voice staff
The 58th Annual Village Voice Obie Awards, celebrating achievement in the Off-Broadway and off-off Broadway theater, were given out at a ceremony tonight at Webster Hall. The awards ceremony was ... More >>
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4:40 pm
May. 20, 2013
New York News
Activists to Hold a Non-Quinn-Affiliated March for Mark Carson Outside St. Vincent's Hospital
By Sydney Brownstone
Expressing the LGBTQ community's grief and outrage following the murder of Mark Carson in the West Village on Friday, several LGBTQ groups are co-sponsoring a rally held at the LGBT Community Cen... More >>
Runnin' Scared
4:14 pm
May. 20, 2013
New York News
New York Attorney General Investigating Fast Food Chains Over Wage Theft
By Nick Pinto
It's not like working in the fast-food industry is such a cushy proposition under the best conditions. In New York, many fast-food workers make the minimum wage of $7.25 an hour--even after year... More >>
Runnin' Scared
1:05 pm
May. 20, 2013
New York News
Mark Carson Was One of 5 Anti-Gay Attacks in Manhattan This Month Alone
By Sydney Brownstone
On Friday night, Mark Carson was walking with a male friend in the West Village when three men started following them. "Look at these faggots," one said, before taking out a revolver and shooting... More >>
Runnin' Scared
9:00 am
May. 20, 2013
New York News
Cooper Union Alumni Elect Write-In Trustee Kevin Slavin on Transparency Platform
By Sydney Brownstone
The results came in on Friday. After announcing his candidacy the day the Cooper Union administration stated it would begin charging tuition starting with the class of 2014, Kevin Slavin, tech en... More >>
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11:01 pm
May. 19, 2013
New York News
Why Rightbloggers Should Drop Benghazi, IRS, and AP, Focus on Umbrellagate and Bulworth
By Roy Edroso
As the Benghazi prosecution appears to fizzle, rightbloggers have sought to replace it with a pair of new scandalettes involving the IRS and the Associated Press. We think this shows a disappoint... More >>
Runnin' Scared
1:30 pm
May. 17, 2013
New York News
Go Listen to This Coney Island-Themed Playlist Marty Markowitz Made on Spotify
By Sydney Brownstone
Thank god for Marty Markowitz, possibly the only lovable politician left in New York. Today, the Brooklyn borough president released a soundtrack to rebuilding a Sandy-shattered Coney Island on S... More >>
Runnin' Scared
12:26 pm
May. 17, 2013
New York News
Vito Lopez, Legislative Powerhouse, Serial Groper, to Resign; Ducks Expulsion Proceeding
By Graham Rayman
Once-powerful Brooklyn Assemblyman Vito Lopez has agreed to step down from his longtime post as his support collapsed this week on the heels of the Staten Island District Attorney's damning report... More >>
Runnin' Scared
10:45 am
May. 17, 2013
New York News
New Jersey Wants to Raise Its Smoking Age to 21, Too
By John Surico
"This has now truly become a regional, if not national, effort." Thus spoke City Council Speaker Christine Quinn at a press conference yesterday. Former-governor-turned-state-senator Richard Code... More >>
Runnin' Scared
9:45 am
May. 17, 2013
New York News
The CDC Discovered Poop in Public Swimming Pools
By Sydney Brownstone
Everyone's worst public pool fears are true, and just in time for summer. On Thursday, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released a study showing that 58 percent of public pool sampl... More >>
Runnin' Scared
8:42 am
May. 17, 2013
New York News
A Cooper Union Student, the Chair of Trustees, and Felix Salmon Walked Into a Debate
By Sydney Brownstone
ICYMI: After Cooper Union president Jamshed Bharucha met students for a surprise discussion in his office earlier this week, on Wednesday morning Democracy Now! hosted a rare, moderated forum wit... More >>
Runnin' Scared
7:00 am
May. 17, 2013
New York News
Ken Thompson, Brooklyn D.A. Candidate, Asks Gov. Cuomo to Bigfoot Charles Hynes' Review of Old Murder Cases
By Graham Rayman
The race for Brooklyn District Attorney is becoming a bit of a slugfest. First, there was word that longtime Democratic incumbent Charles Hynes' office was getting a reality show right in the midd... More >>
Runnin' Scared
3:36 pm
May. 16, 2013
New York News
High Concept Item: Pizza Delivery Cocaine Dealers!
By Graham Rayman
Not a huge case, just kind of amusing: Drug dealers went back to the future with a scheme revealed yesterday to deliver cocaine through a pizza delivery service, special narcotics prosecutor Bridg... More >>
Runnin' Scared
1:20 pm
May. 16, 2013
New York News
Christine Quinn Wants to Save the Streets From Themselves
By John Surico
Between 2009 and 2011, approximately 450 people died crossing the street in New York City. Whether to reckless driving, not looking both ways, or sheer confusion, the city lost 450 residents. And ... More >>
Runnin' Scared
12:11 pm
May. 16, 2013
New York News
Judge Gives Hurricane Sandy Victims in Hotel Program Time to Find Housing
By Sydney Brownstone
Over the past month, a group of people who lost everything in Hurricane Sandy have been waging a battle with the city. They came from the most traumatized areas, and from the poorest economic bac... More >>
Runnin' Scared
11:00 am
May. 16, 2013
New York News
Comptroller John Liu Gives Back His Campaign's Dirty Cash
By John Surico
With the primaries in four months, this is probably a good idea. By now, the controversy over John Liu's run for comptroller in 2010 is an old wives' tale in recent New York City scandal history.... More >>
Runnin' Scared
10:00 am
May. 16, 2013
New York News
What to Do if You Get Vito Lopez'd at Work
By Sydney Brownstone
On Wednesday, state ethics regulators unleashed a 68-page document detailing young, female staffers' allegations of sexual harassment from Assemblyman Vito Lopez. One complainant described Lopez'... More >>
Runnin' Scared
7:00 am
May. 16, 2013
New York News
City Used Memo Leak to Drag Stop-and-Frisk Judge Through the Mud, Lawyers Say
By Ryan Devereaux
In an act of desperation, the city of New York has used the media to launch a "despicable" attack on the federal judge presiding over a landmark stop-and-frisk trial, attorneys for the plaintiffs... More >>
Runnin' Scared
6:00 am
May. 16, 2013
New York News
Robert Johnson, Bronx DA, Slams Judge Who Dismissed Charges Against Ramarley Graham's Killer
By Graham Rayman
Bronx District Attorney Robert Johnson is slamming a judge who dropped charges against a police officer in the fatal February 2012 shooting of an unarmed teenager. Meanwhile, the judge blamed the ... More >>
Runnin' Scared
3:07 pm
May. 15, 2013
New York News
Developer Builds a Fence Through the Children's Magical Garden
By Nick Pinto
Backed by police, a team of construction workers entered the Children's Magical Garden on the Lower East Side this morning, stepping over fresh plantings to erect a chain-link fence through the m... More >>

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