According to Bud Selig, the main purpose of the World Baseball Classic is to be "our great vehicle to internationalize the sport." This was apparently intended as the silver lining to Team USA's 5-2 loss to Mexico on Friday. Translated from Commissioner-ese into English, it meant, "Hey, it's no fun ... More >>
How's this for a PR stunt: you know that obnoxious friend of yours (or perhaps your overly Conservative mother -- hi mom!) who always says that, "if (insert politicians name here) wins the election, I'm moving to Canada?" Well, Queens-based JetBlue airlines wants to make that happen -- but they want ... More >>
Angel Gurity, who fled to the Dominican Republic to avoid a murder charge 19 years ago, was charged yesterday here in the fatal stabbing of his then-24-year-old girlfriend Altagracia Valdez in March, 1993. Gurity, who was ordered held without bail, was indicted in 2010 based on DNA evidence, but it ... More >>
When Yelky Ramos, a 20-year-old undocumented immigrant from the Dominican Republic, was filling out college applications, her counselor told her that she would have a rough time getting the scholarships she needed. "My counselor said, 'There's a lot of great opportunities out there, but unfortu ... More >>
Smell that? It's the scent of Mamajuana wafting through Manhattan's streets. No, not that herbal aroma, that's something else entirely. Chef Ricardo Cardona (Sofrito) is taking his Dominican-Spanish cuisine and branching out from his original Inwood location. His second spot, on Amsterdam at 88t ... More >>
The federal informant the government doesn't want you to know about
Tastes better than it looks.Morir soñando, which in English means "to die dreaming," might be the most inappropriately named -- and delectable -- drink you've never heard of.The mocktail, a staple of Dominican Republic breakfast fare, actually doesn't kill you in your sleep. The concoction -- a ble ... More >>
Police in Colorado broke up the Occupy Denver encampment, making 17 arrests in the process. The Denver Post reports "Police told the protesters they needed to remove anything that was blocking the sidewalk," and that, according to a spokesperson, "People are still allowed to sleep on the side ... More >>
The national pastime of the U.S.? The sports capital of the U.S.? If you dont know the score, well tell you.
Scantily clad dude toasts the crowd from atop one of the semis that pulls the floats in the parade. Though its antecedents can be traced to Carnival parties in Harlem in the 1920s, the Caribbean-American Labor Day Parade (there is no official name) began in the mid-'60s. It resembles in alm ... More >>
FreshNearly five pounds of cocaine were found hidden in the soles of sneakers in a suitcase at John F. Kennedy Airport last week, Customs and Border Protection Officers announced on Monday. No one ever picked up the luggage, which came from the Dominican Republic, perhaps because they thought ... More >>
Clip Job: an excerpt every day from the Voice archives. August 9, 1973, Vol. XVIII, No. 32 Covering up the cover-up? by Lucian K. Truscott IV In the days immediately following the break-in of Democratic National Party Headquarters at the Watergate in June 1972, Richard M. Nixon met repeated ... More >>
Julian Medina's new place invents the Pan-Latin diner
This afternoon, the Observer points us to Underheard in New York, an interesting, if misguided project in which three interns from Bartle Bogle Hegarty, an ad agency, gave four homeless men prepaid cell phones and set them up with Twitter accounts. How's it going?
26 MealsAt 5:30 on a Monday evening, ones thoughts naturally turn to going home, or failing that, procrastination. Which is why we're happy to have been tipped off to 26 Meals, a blog chronicling the attempts of two New Yorkers to cook their way through many of the cuisines New York has to of ... More >>
Chef Ricardo CardonaRicardo Cardona heads up the kitchen of the newly opened Gabbana, a modern Dominican restaurant in Corona, Queens. The chef is a veteran of New York kitchens, having worked his way up from frying falafel in the East Village to the Ritz Carlton, and finally developing his o ... More >>
What's JetBlue pumping through their vents these days? Today, an "unruly customer" on a flight from Boston to the Dominican Republic caused an emergency landing in Washington D.C., according to Fox News. This is the second flier to go categorically and technically batshit this week, following our ... More >>
New York Rep. Charles Rangel -- at 80, the fourth oldest person in the House and the former chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee -- will stand trial on 13 violations of congressional ethics and federal law statutes, despite efforts by Rangel's lawyers to negotiate a last-minute deal ... More >>
Katie Schorr saves the world
At $8 for an order of roast pork, you might say, "Hey! I have had cheaper!" But the heaping pile of tender meat including several glistening crunchy skin-on pieces, can easily feed two. In fact, I got three meals out of mine. The free sides of crazy-buttery yellow rice and black beans are just as pl ... More >>
American Airlines flight 834, arriving this evening from the Dominican Republic, was met by emergency personnel because of a medical situation with a passenger -- not, American Airlines spokespeople insist, because the passenger had tried to hang himself, as persistent twittering had reported. The ... More >>
Haitians and Dominicans cross borders
Haitian cane-cutters in the Dominican Republic
The Brooklyn Museum hosts a broad exhibit of contemporary Caribbean art
A decade after his breakout Drown, Junot Díaz returns with his first novel
Who's an American? The people at Monday's immigration rally
The bar scene at Time Squares casual dining chains
Bush makes war on the city's immigrant neighborhoods
Haitian café in Kensington goes easy on the national dish
A Collection of Fat Fiction Isn't as Weighty as It Could Be
Drag Racers and Salty Crooners
The Crash of Flight 587 Raises Questions About Training and Air Traffic Control
Every Single Person on the Planet Is Not a Big Fan of the Baby Bombers, OK?
At the Hub of the City's Table-Tennis Subculture
