The Lesbian Cancer Initiative at the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center just wrapped up the first eight-week cycle of a new group therapy session for lesbian survivors of cancerthe only group of its kind in New York. Advocates say...
Letter of The Week Keep it light and sweet As a Starbucks employee, I couldn't agree more with Nina Lalli's "Coffee Abuse" [Bites, December 16, villagevoice.com]. The specials they have every season drive me and other Starbucks employees up the...
Heather feels her eponymous bar is more suited to the Veronicas of the world than the titular trio of popular bitches from the movie of the same name. This local spot was established for and by an arty clique that hangs in the East Village, proving n...
For some, the idea of spending New Year's Day listening to people baring their souls may sound like penance for a night of utter debaucheryand normally, they would be right. But for years now, hundreds of New Yorkers have braved their hangovers on J...
ARIES (March 21April 19): Thai coffee salesman Prayoon Thongiorn owns a pet crocodile. So thoroughly has he tamed the creature that he lets it sleep in his bed with him, even resting his head on it as if it were a pillow. I predict that you will mak...
All but a few dozen units in the New Orleans public housing system are locked to residents "for safety and security." Landlords are turning people out and raising the rents. FEMA-provided trailers, which can be occupied for a maximum of 18 months, ar...
In a speech today in Washington, D.C., President Bush accepted responsibility for faulty intelligence that led the nation to war in Iraq. "It is true that much of the intelligence turned out to be wrong. As president I am responsible for the dec...
New Orleans
WASHINGTON, D.C.While many people see the presidency of George Bush as falling apart, the president may have just hit it lucky and instead be on the comeback trail. Since his Hurricane Katrina debacle, Bush has been pumping out a carefully crafte...
I always associate crafts with my high school biology teacher Mrs. Smith, whose love of crafting's inherent appeal even extended into our bug collections. We would receive extra credit for themes like Bug Funeral or Beach Blanket Bug and thus positi...
Type Miscast: An Elmhurst Doctor's Type 2 Diabetes Misdiagnosis Results in the Death of a Six-Year-Old Girl
The little girl could barely breathe. She lay on the hospital bed, her chest rising with each forced inhalation. Irma Nicanor held her only child's hand. The six-year-old's eyes were… More >>
The MTA Procures Storm Surge Protection via the Catastrophe Bond Market
On October 28, 2012, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority was staring down the barrel of a rocket launcher. In the last hours before Hurricane Sandy made landfall, the agency steeled itself… More >>
Bill de Blasio's Elusive City Council Papers Raise More Questions Than They Answer
If Democratic primary winner Bill de Blasio is elected New York City's next mayor in November, one of his jobs will be to collect hundreds of millions of dollars in… More >>
Daniel McGowan: The FBI's Least Wanted
At six o'clock on a cool June morning, after five and a half years in federal prison and six months in a halfway house, Daniel McGowan went home. From the… More >>
Benjamin Lawsky: The Man Who Picked a Fight With Wall Street
Project Gazelle was a banker's dream. It was quiet, discreet, and made staggering piles of money catering to clients no one else would touch. The fact that it was also… More >>
Despite State Ban, Federal Inmate Ronell Wilson Is Sent to Death Row
In July, a U.S. District Court jury in New York sentenced Ronell Wilson to death for murdering two undercover cops in 2003. It was only the second time in half… More >>
