Bayside (New York)

Scenes From Warped Tour's "Reverse Daycare": Blazing Saddles, Air Conditioning, And Parents' Memories Of Concerts Past

The Reverse Daycare tent at the Vans Warped Tour resembles nothing so much as a really relaxed waiting room. While away the hours in a bazaar armchair while your daughter (always a daughter) treks from stage to stage, occasionally texting you or stopping by the air-conditioned tent and asking the se ... More >>

New Yorkers Vote In Congressional Primaries Today

Between the weirdly unseasonable timing and the minimal press attention, you might not know it, but today is primary day in New York's congressional and senate races. Given the city's one-party monoculture, the primary races are generally where he action is. Here's a quick guide to the races being ... More >>

Rory Lancman on Shakeup in Congressional Race: 'It's Political Musical Chairs'

Congressional candidate Rory Lancman said today he's staying focused on the issues -- but didn't miss an opportunity to slam his opponents in the increasingly crowded -- and reliably colorful -- race to replace longtime Congressman Gary Ackerman. Today, the Daily News reported that Jeffrey Gottlie ... More >>

Let the Attacks Begin! Congressional Race Heats Up as Rep. Joe Crowley Brushes Aside Rumors of Political Maneuverings

A crowded race in Queens to replace longtime Congressman Gary Ackerman reached a new level of political drama today -- but the head of the Queens Democratic Party, who decided not to endorse his own cousin, is brushing aside the latest attacks, saying they come from a "misinformed" candidate. It's ... More >>

Asian Advocacy Group Says State's New District Maps Unfairly Divide Communities

Yesterday, the state -- after a fair amount of delay and confusion -- finally released map proposals for new district lines in New York, based on Census data. We heard from one angry pol yesterday, predictably mad at the political motivations that often drive the process. He's not the only frustra ... More >>

Q&A: Action Bronson On The Difference Between The Chef Life And The Rap Life, Writing Rhymes While Having A Broken Ankle, And Being "Wonderful"

If someone had told Action Bronson that he'd be traveling the world rapping for a living when he was a chef, he would've told them to stop talking shit and pass the blunt. But that's how things worked out. After working as a professional chef for the New York Mets, Bronson cooked up some pretty dope ... More >>

David R. Yale, Queens Man, Issues Pink Slip to Citigroup CEO

Citigroup CEO Vikram Pandit, still unaware of his termination. ​We got an interesting e-mail this morning from a man in Bayside, Queens. David R. Yale, a 67-year-old consultant, is firing Vikram Pandit, the CEO of Citigroup. Yale mailed a pink slip to Pandit that notifies him of his terminati ... More >>

Baby Falcon Gets a Checkup

The MTA has released a pretty darn cute video starring the peregrine falcon chicks on the Throgs Neck Bridge. Be prepared to hear incessant chirping. More after the jump!

New York Times Goes "Smudging," Which Is Less Sexy Than It Sounds

Feng Shui​"Smudgers," also known less ridiculously as "space-clearers," work to remove "worries about the future or negative vibes from the past" from local apartments, according to the New York Times today. Why yes, it does get crazier from there! Apparently people are paying these experts no ... More >>

Open & Closed: Say Hello to B.A.D., Goodbye to the Archive Café

Restaurants and bars, they come and they go. Here are a few making their debuts and bowing out this week. The Archive Café in Bushwick has shuttered, due to alleged "ongoing financial issues." New owners will open a new café in the space soon. [BushwickBK] Cube 63 on the Lower East Side has clos ... More >>

New Head Chef at Fives Leaves; Former JoJo Meat Cook Cries Sexual Harassment

​Riingo, the Japanese fusion restaurant once run by Marcus Samuelsson, no longer serves Asian food since Samuelsson left last year. Executive chef Jimmy Lappalainen has completed reworked the menu. [Crain's] Colby Spikes, formerly the sous chef, is the new head chef at Five Leaves near McCarr ... More >>

Jack Newfield on John Lindsay's Re-Election: No Cosmic Significance

​Clip Job: an excerpt every day from the Voice archives. November 13, 1969, Vol. XIV, No. 57 There Was No Mystery by Jack Newfield Columnists and politicians seem intent on extracting cosmic meanings from John Lindsay's re-election victory. They see the end of the two-party system, a mandate ... More >>

It's Rick Lazio for the GOP As Wild-Eyed Radical Republicans Take a Beating

​Today was Day Two of the state Republican Party convention and the hot and heavy action on the delegate floor came early and often. These were rock-solid Republicans filling the big ballroom at the Sheraton Towers in midtown, but for all their rhetoric, they could just as easily have been an ... More >>

Lollapalooza Lineup Announced in Full

​Featuring the odd return of 1995, in the persons of Soundgarden and Green Day, modern arena-rock surrogates the Strokes, Arcade Fire, MGMT, Phoenix, the National, and the Black Keys, and who else but Lady Gaga? Music is a befuddling tapestry in which Cypress Hill will always have a home. Comp ... More >>

Ann-Margaret Carrozza, Embattled Queens Assemblywoman, Drops Re-Election Bid

State Assemblywoman Ann-Margaret_Carrozza​State Assembly Deputy Majority Whip Ann-Margaret Carrozza of Queens, who faces a residency investigation by AG Andrew Cuomo and questions from the press about her self-described "abysmal" attendance record in Albany, announced yesterday that she's dro ... More >>

Child-Rape Suspect Rev. Philip Joubert Now Charged with Assault, Too

​In November Rev. Phillip Joubert, pastor of the Community Baptist Church in Bayside, was arrested on charges of raping a 13-year-old relative -- possibly his daughter, though reports have been sketchy. Joubert has pleaded not guilty. On New Year's Eve, charges of assault were added in Norwal ... More >>

Few Surprises in Times Unemployment Map (Though Coney Beats Carroll Gardens)

​We are grateful for the Times unemployment map, which shows what New York neighborhoods are doing best and worst in these parlous economic times, though most of its findings come as no shock. The big loser is unsurprisingly East New York (also murder rate increase leader) with 3rd-quarter un ... More >>

Republican 'mob' war for McMahon's seat

The Staten Island Republican primary to choose a candidate to compete for Vito Fossella's former seat, currently held by Democrat Michael McMahon, may take place between Michael Allegretti, the 31-year-old scion of a Bay Ridge family whose family business was investigated for ties to the Gambino fam ... More >>

Halloran Wins Race, Queens Elects America's First Heathen

​ Holy Tyr! Queens voters made American history tonight, when they chose Dan Halloran as the nation's first openly heathen elected official. Halloran will serve as the City Council member from the 19th district, representing Bayside, Auburndale and part of Flushing. He and Kevin Kim were invo ... More >>

GRAND OL' PAGAN: What Does the Republican 'Heathen' Running for New York's City Council Actually Believe?

In a photograph from New Normandy's website, Dan Halloran leads a heathen ritual.​Conservative. Republican. Pagan? It was an odd news story that briefly upended what should have been a sleepy City Council race in Bayside: the Queens Tribune reported that a conservative Republican was running ... More >>

Queens Assistant Principal with Swine Flu Dies; More Schools Close

Mitchell Wiener, the Assistant Principal of Intermediate School 238 in Hollis, Queens who was reported critically ill with swine flu last week, has succumbed. He was 55 Though he was in a medically-induced coma and on a ventilator, his family held out hope as recently as this weekend because his c ... More >>

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