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Meningitis Outbreak Accelerates in NYC Gay and Bi Communities

Department of Health calls for 100,000 vaccinations as fatalities climb in 2013

Enduring in Red Hook

Stairs, barbecues, and disaster tourists

Red Bulls Soccer Coach Slashed to Death near Union Square, Leaves Police Scratching Heads

Early Sunday morning around 4:30 a.m., NYPD responded to a call of a young, white male who had been assaulted in front of 25 West 14th Street between 5th and 6th Avenue. When cops arrived on the scene, they found the victim was Michael Jones, a 25-year-old from West Harrison, a suburb in Westchester ... More >>

If You're A Man Who's Had Sex With A Man You Met On The Internet, You May Want A Meningitis Vaccine

If you're a man who's had "intimate contact with another man" whom you met on the Internet, the New York City Health Department recommends that you get a meningitis vaccination following a recent spike in the rare/potentially fatal disease.In addition to Internet rendezvous, the Health Department sa ... More >>

Alleged Homophobic Fatso Keith Patron Charged With Hate Crime In West Village Slashing

An arrest has been made in an assault on a McDonald's patron who was slashed with a razor blade by a plus-sized perp last week -- and because the suspect allegedly threw some gay slurs around during the attack, he's being charged with a hate crime,which makes the charges considerably more serious.Th ... More >>

Homophobic Fatso Sought In West Village McDonald's Slicing

Cops are looking for a homophobic fatso who slashed a gay guy with a razor blade at a West Village McDonald's earlier this week. But that was only after making homophobic comments to the man.The NYPD released photos of the 350-plus-pound man this morning. He's huge.According to authorities, about 7 ... More >>

Man With a Knife Gunned Down in the Middle of Times Square

We can bet half of all the tourists checking out the sites on West 38th Street didn't expect this.At around 3:15pm, a 51-year-old man with an 11-inch butcher knife led twenty cops or so on a drawn out chase through the onset of Times Square. Tourists fled in panic or took their cellphones out to twe ... More >>

This Is The Creep Who Allegedly Shot A Cop This Morning

The image above is a sketch of the man who allegedly shot an NYPD officer in Manhattan early this morning -- and who's currently on the run. The suspect is described as a black male, in his 20s, and five-foot-nine with a thin build. His hair was braided in beaded corn-rows at the time of the shooti ... More >>

Rikers Island Inmate Badly Beaten While Handcuffed for Protesting When Guards Denied Him a Baloney Sandwich

From the depths of Rikers Island comes an appalling case of alleged jailhouse brutality, involving correction officers beating a handcuffed inmate within an inch of his life for protesting after he was denied a baloney sandwich, the Voice has learned. The April 3 assault on 26-year-old Robert Hinto ... More >>

Ryan Beauchamp, Suspect In Subway Slaying Of Joshua Basin, In Custody. Not An OWS-er, Cops Tell The Voice

​Call off the dogs...The New York City Police Department confirms to the Voice that Ryan Beauchamp, a possible suspect in the death of a man hit by a train at a Brooklyn subway station Friday night, is currently being questioned by police.Beauchamp, 33, was picked up about 2 p.m. today on Bushwick ... More >>

Joshua Basin Hit By Train Following Subway Scuffle. Suspect Sought

​If you happened to get into a scuffle with a man on a Brooklyn subway Friday night, and then fled the scene as the victim was hit by a train, you're currently wanted for murder.About 10 p.m. Friday, NYPD officers responded to a call that a man had been hit by a train at the Bedford Avenue subway ... More >>

Ryan Beauchamp Identified As Suspect In Brooklyn Subway Slaying

​The New York City Police Department has identified a suspect in the death of a man hit by a train following a scuffle at a Brooklyn subway station Friday night.The NYPD now says Ryan Beauchamp, 33, is considered a suspect in the case, and is currently wanted for questioning.About 10 p.m. Friday, ... More >>

Man Tries to Scale New York Times Building, Wanted Copy Of Paper

Who said no one cared about print anymore? A man attempted to climb the New York Times building this morning. Why? According to the New York Post, when the man was on the ground he explained he attempted his ascension because he "was looking for a copy of the newspaper." Yes, as one person said on T ... More >>

Terrible Injuries Can Come From Not Wearing Seatbelts In Cabs

Putting on a seatbelt in a cab sometimes seems like the biggest effort in the world. Because, really, you're only going to be in the cab for five minutes, you don't know where that piece of fabric has been or whose neck it has touched and you also want to be able to lean forward when the meter goes ... More >>

After Cop Shooting, Mike Bloomberg Calls for Stricter Gun Laws

Last night, police officer Kevin Brennan was shot in the head in the Bushwick Houses in Brooklyn after he and his partners responded to a report of shots fired. Doctors at Bellevue Hospital successfully removed the bullet from the base of Brennan's skull, and as of last night, he was reported to be ... More >>

Breaking, Entering, and Boozing with the Castaways of OWS

In a set of unfinished luxury condos, a ragtag group of 100 anarchists and anti-capitalists smoked clove cigarettes and pissed in unworking toilets at an "Occupation Party" Saturday night in Williamsburg. The cops broke up the party within an hour and sent occupiers out onto Bedford Avenue, where t ... More >>

Woman Who Jumped from Williamsburg Bridge Identified, Expected to Survive

There's a bit of news to follow up to yesterday's breaking story that a woman had jumped from the Williamsburg Bridge and landed, 20 to 30 feet below, and alive, on the windshield of an NYPD cop's Honda Ridgeline truck parked on Pitt Street. The woman has been identified as Jenna Marie Filippi, 34, ... More >>

One Dead, One Injured in Chelsea Shooting [Update]

​At about 11:10 this morning, @NYScanner reported that there was a shooting at 413 West 16th Street. According to the tweet, two people were shot and one was given CPR and transported to a hospital. DCPI has confirmed that the victim was pronounced dead on arrival at Bellevue Hospital. Accordi ... More >>

Anatomy Of A Greenpoint Bike Accident

If a car slams you off your bike, the cops won't do anything

Woman Rescued After Being Hit By F Train at 2nd Avenue

​A woman was "clipped by a train," reports the New York Post, today at Houston and 2nd Avenue, shortly before 11:30 a.m. She either fell or jumped to the tracks, with early indications pointing to a suicide attempt. She was rescued and is now at Bellevue Hospital, where she's in critical condi ... More >>

What's Happening This Week: Toast to the Children; Manhattan Cocktail Classic

As you may know, our weekly dining and drinking newsletter features all the coolest epicurean events in the city. Sign up for it here! Toast to the Children Riverpark Tuesday, May 10, 7:30 p.m. Tom Colicchio's annual gala to raise money for the pediatric programs at Bellevue Hospital will feature t ... More >>

Feds Investigating 2007 Bellevue Jail Ward Death

​Back in June 2008, the Voice examined the controversial beating death of a mentally ill inmate in the jail ward at Bellevue Hospital Center. We reported exclusively that Patrick Miller was beaten severely by five correction officers in May 2007, and that beating probably led to his death by h ... More >>

Last Night, a Taxi Plowed Into Café Habana, Injuring Three

delicious discourse​Last night shortly before 6 p.m., a cab struck a Honda at the intersection of Prince and Elizabeth Streets and then plowed into the entrance of Café Habana. The New York Post reports that the car hit three women standing in front of the restaurant. Fortunately, they ... More >>

Cleaver Killer Off To Psych Ward, Still Unfit for Trial

​David Tarloff, the 42-year-old schizophrenic man accused of murdering a psychiatrist on the Upper East Side by slashing her 15 times with a meat cleaver two years ago, is officially (for realsies, and no, this time we're not kidding) "mentally unfit" to stand trial. At least until he's not. I ... More >>

NYPD Seek Gunmen Who Shot NYU VP's Son

​The NYPD has released surveillance photos of two men suspected of shooting a top NYU administrator's son in a botched drug deal. Alexander Bongard (whose mother, Debra LaMorte, is the university's chief fundraiser and leads NYU's multi-billion dollar development campaign) was hospitalized Mon ... More >>

NYU Bigwig's Son Shot in Botched Drug Deal

​Police are looking for two "masked bandits" who shot two men in a Greenwich Village apartment Monday night during what investigators think was a botched drug deal. The dealers/victims? A 31-year-old ex-con who served time in Arizona for another pot-related charge and the 24-year-old son of a ... More >>

Cabbie-Slashing SVA Student Gets Booze-Free Bail

​Michael Enright, the 21-year-old School of Visual Arts senior charged with drunkenly slashing a Muslim cab driver in August, can leave jail on a $500,000 bail package, a Manhattan judge ruled today.

Police Release Video of Suspects in East Village Homicide

​The man shot outside of East Village nightclub Sin Sin/Leopard Lounge early on the morning of August 22 has died at Bellevue Hospital. He's been identified as Devin Thompson, 37, of 330 East 26th Street. Police are asking for the public's help identifying two individuals (pictured and in the ... More >>

Tom Colicchio Will Open Riverpark This October

New York Restaurant InsiderColicchio will sing a new song in Kips Bay.​In less than two weeks, the new season of Top Chef will deliver a meaty, man-sized portion of Tom Colicchio upon the viewing public. For local fans, the show will provide but an amuse bouche for a second, less televised hel ... More >>

Jerry Rubin Raided, Busted!

​Clip Job: an excerpt every day from the Voice archives. June 20, 1968, Vol. XIII, No. 36 Summer's a Bummer When the Heat's On by Don McNeill Summer comes on Friday and, true to all predictions, it's getting hot on the Lower East Side. The summer heat fills the streets. At night, in the far ... More >>

Doctors and Nurses to Rally at St. Vincent's Tuesday

Photo by William Alatriste, courtesy NYC Council​Medical staff from St. Vincent's are not happy with what they feel was an abrupt shutdown of talks that might have saved the hospital, and will gather tomorrow with local residents in a community rally/press conference to speak out on the closin ... More >>

Two Men Shot, One Died on the Lower East Side

View Larger Map DATE: Sunday Feb. 21, 2010, 4:54 a.m. LOCATION: 55 Rutgers St., Lower East Side, Manhattan The police say two men were shot in the lobby of a public housing development. One died. One survived, but he's in critical condition. The dead man is identified only by his age, 29, and the ... More >>

Hippies, Cops, and Puerto Ricans Battle for Tompkins Square Park

​Clip Job: an excerpt every day from the Voice archives. June 8, 1967, Vol. XII, No. 34 The Youthquake and The Shook-Up Park By Don McNeill The Ukrainians had had enough. Hare Krishna may be a song of love for the Lord Krishna, but it's a little esoteric for a Ukrainian grandmother who want ... More >>

In a Crime-Free City, How Does a Young Gangbanger Represent?

Somebody Got Murdered: Off-Duty Bouncer Slain in the East Village

View Larger Map DATE: Sunday, Aug. 23, 2009, at 4:12 a.m. LOCATION: 212 Ave A, Manhattan. An off-duty bouncer at an East Village nightclub was slain and two other people were wounded when gunfire erupted during a sidewalk melee, the police say. Police identified the slain bouncer as Eric Pagan, ... More >>

Somebody Got Murdered: Shooting in Williamsburg

View Larger MapTime: Thursday, about 1:05 p.m.Location: 77 Varet StreetThis afternoon, police were called to 77 Varet Street in Brooklyn, where they found a 27-year-old man who had been shot multiple times. The victim, Tarreal McGee of 624 Park Avenue, was taken to Bellevue Hospital where he was pr ... More >>

Clip Job: Oswald Tipster Nuts, and Wilcock Somehow Not Guilty Again!

Clip Job: an excerpt every day from the Voice archivesDecember 12, 1963, Vol. IX, No. 8FBI Discovers 3 are 1The distance from Wiggins, Mississippi, to Greenwich Village proved to be only a subway ride on the E train. Stephen H. Landesberg of Forest Hills, Queens, was picked up on December 5 followin ... More >>

Clip Job: Before 'Carjacking' Was A Word

Woman-on-Woman Rape Claim at Rikers

New allegation at scandal-ridden jail

What Sean Bell's Legacy Needs To Be

A permanent, independent prosecutor to handle police crimes

Bloomberg's NYPD Detail Attacked on Train

Deadly Restraint

Two jail fatalities involve use of force in both cases, but only silence from officials.

Those other 9-11 victims speak out

Critical Chaos: Two Cops Hurt, 14 Bikers Arrested at Mass Ride

A Seven-Year Ricochet

With an Eye Lost, a Police Shooting Victim Waits for Justice

Exhibit WTC

Dividing the Artifacts of September 11

City of Ghosts

100 Minutes of Tragedy That Will Haunt Us All

For Whom the Bell Tolls, Part I

The Missing and the Dead

The Wailing Wall

New Yorkers Search for the Missing, One Flyer at a Time

Payback Politics

People in need pay the price for Rudy's revenge