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May 12, 2012
A Breakdown of the NYC Bike Share Map
The bicycles are comin'! The bicycles are comin'!Yesterday, the New York City Department of Transportation released the initial 420 bike share station locations for the program that will unleash (eventually) 10,000 bikes onto the already crammed streets of New York by 2013. Influenced by NYU's ... More >>
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May 9, 2012
Is "Rape Cop" Michael Pena's "Life Sentence" Excessive?
As we reported Monday, "Rape Cop" Michael Pena is headed to the hoosegow for what likely will be the rest of his life. Pena was sentenced to 75 years to life in prison -- the maximum sentence -- after getting convicted of three counts of predatory sexual assault for the vicious sexual attack of a te ... More >>
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April 17, 2012
Puffy-Approved Rapper "G. Dep" Found Guilty Of 1993 Murder
Trevell Coleman, a rapper who uses the stage name "G. Dep" -- and who once was signed to Sean "Puffy" Combs' label, Bad Boy Records -- was found guilty this afternoon of second-degree murder for the 1993 slaying of a Queens man during a robbery-gone-wrong in East Harlem.The kicker: the case was cold ... More >>
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April 16, 2012
Foutou & Peanut Stew at Brooklyn's Abidjan
Chicken in Peanut Stew (left) and Foutou (right) are Ivory Coast fare Food from the Ivory Coast is one of the city's rarer West African cuisines, with only one place in East Harlem and another in Bushwick (or maybe Bed-Stuy, depends on how you draw the border). Named after the country's capital, A ... More >>
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April 15, 2012
Senator Schumer Ramps Up His Crusade Against Pill Thieves
Watch out, drug store cowboys.After a bloody shootout at an East Harlem pharmacy last week, Senator Charles Schumer is stepping up the rhetoric for his Safe Doses Act, a bill he wrote that is currently crawling through the Senate.The legislation would increase the penalties for drug store robberies ... More >>
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February 29, 2012
Ceferino 'Papo' Perez, Cocaine Kingpin and Photoshop Aficionado, Gets 20 Years to Life
Recall Ceferino "Papo" Perez? He's that humble East Harlem coke king who Photoshopped his pic on top of Al Pacino's photo in a Scarface movie poster -- and displayed the masterpiece on his nightstand(!) Perez, 45, pleaded guilty this month to mastermining a massive cocaine ring, which got busted ... More >>
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February 1, 2012
Students Rally Against DOE's Proposal to Shut Down Legacy High School
Yesterday, four electeds who hope to be mayor in 2013 rallied on the steps of City Hall to criticize the current mayor for his policies of closing failing public schools. And last week, a group of electeds -- alongside angry parents and students -- rallied around a new report that says Mike Bloomber ... More >>
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January 24, 2012
One Year Later, Miguel Padilla Sentenced for East Harlem Shooting of 13-Year-Old
On New Year's Day in 2011, Miguel Padilla shot a semiautomatic pistol several times at a Chevy Impala following a dispute over a parking space. The shots did not strike the victim, but instead hit a 13-year-old boy who was a passenger in a nearby minivan. The gunshots shattered the rear window of th ... More >>
Blogs
January 20, 2012
Vehicle Crashes Disproportionately Hit Children in Low-Income Areas: Report
Last week, a 12-year-old girl was struck and killed as she crossed Delancey Street on the Lower East Side, in an area that has a reputation for being dangerous for pedestrians. Now, an advocacy group has said that this tragedy is part of an alarming trend -- that young children in low-income neighb ... More >>
Blogs
January 15, 2012
Breaking: Deaf-Mute Teen Reported Missing
A deaf-mute 18-year-old woman left her East Harlem residence Friday morning and never returned home, and cops want your help finding her. Police say that Keyla Contreras was last seen at 2390 Second Avenue at 7 a.m.
Blogs
December 16, 2011
Download: Nickolas Mohanna's Expansive, Escapist "Particles"
New York sound artist Nickolas Mohanna is the real Sound of the City. The noises of our rainy days, planes flying overhead or whatever's happening on Mott Street are dutifully documented on his digital recorder, then stretched out and distended (via synth and guitar) into majestic drone world ... More >>
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November 15, 2011
Long Running Lesbian Bar Rubyfruit Swaps Identities, Now Budhu Lounge
The current identity of the space at 531 Hudson is Budhu Lounge, and the slogan is "Eat-Drink-Love." Landmark West Village lesbian bar Rubyfruit is no more. Well, actually, it hasn't been since 2008, when the name was changed following financial and legal problems reported in the New York ... More >>
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November 9, 2011
The Horse-Drawn Carriage Debate Continues; Local Groups and Celebrities Call for a Ban
Michelle D. AndersonThe effort to ban horse-drawn carriages in New York City rages on. Another report of a carriage horse collapse in a two-week span has left animal-rights advocates -- including celebrities such as Glee's Lea Michele and Pamela Anderson -- with a renewed passion to end the u ... More >>
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September 16, 2011
Open and Closed: Say Hello to The Tippler, Goodbye to La Fonda Boricua
Restaurants and bars, they come and they go. Here are a few making their debuts and bowing out this week. If you hear of any new openings or closings, let us know. Coco, a Japanese restaurant in Williamsburg, has shuttered. [Eater] The Burger Heaven location on Madison between 54th and 55th Street ... More >>
Voice Choices
September 7, 2011
UPTOWN GIRL
We're not in Romania anymore
Columns
August 31, 2011
Bloomberg Schools Flunk the Constitution
We're raising a generation that doesn't know its rights
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August 18, 2011
Equan Southall Arrested in the Murder of Camila Guzman
DNA Info is reporting that Equan Southall, reportedly the boyfriend of Camila Guzman, has been arrested and charged with her murder. Guzman, a transgender woman from Chile, was stabbed to death on August 1st. She was memorialized by friends and LGBT activists outside of her home in East Har ... More >>
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August 12, 2011
Camila Guzman, Transgender Murder Victim, Remembered in East Harlem Vigil
Mourners spoke against trans violence outside Camila's apartmentAbout a hundred people gathered on 110th Street, "Tito Puente Way," in East Harlem last night to remember the life of Camila Guzman. The vigil, sponsored by the Anti-Violence Project, took place outside of Camila's apartment, whe ... More >>
Blogs
July 20, 2011
Milk Burger Owner Is But an Innocent Babe in the Woods
Following yesterday's discovery that Milk Burger, a new eatery in East Harlem, had apparently ripped off Shake Shack's entire menu, and even appropriated a Shack Burger photo for good measure, its owner is just shocked - shocked! - to hear about the similarities.
Blogs
July 19, 2011
Here's Another Way to Make Money off the Shake Shack
HmmmTurns out that line-jumping isn't the only way to make money off Shake Shack: You can also rip off its entire menu, line by line, and right on down to the logo.
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July 11, 2011
Andrew Stein, Ex-City Council President, Spends Community Service Reading, Chatting
Andrew Stein, the former City Council president in NYC under Mayor Ed Koch, was sentenced to 500 hours of community service for tax evasion stemming from a Kenneth Starr-assisted Ponzi scheme, but he's been getting off easy. The Daily News reports that Stein, instead of picking up trash or sc ... More >>
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June 20, 2011
Live: Beirut And Sharon Van Etten Beat The Rain At McCarren Park
Beirut w/ Sharon van Etten, Yellow Ostrich McCarren Park Friday, June 17 Better than: The rainout that at one point seemed likely. It was hard to see Yellow Ostrich through all of the umbrellas when they first took the McCarren Park stage on Friday. By the time the band finished their fir ... More >>
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June 17, 2011
Ceferino Perez, Cocaine Kingpin, Did Excellent Photoshop Work
Ceferino "Papo" Perez, an East Harlem cocaine kingpin, was apparently so fond of Al Pacino's role in Scarface that he did some pretty amazing Photoshopping and put his face right on top of Pacino's in the movie poster (check it out, at right). The results, which he displayed on his nightstand ... More >>
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May 11, 2011
Five Dishes Worth Traveling From Anywhere To Get
The steamed fish head with pickled chili sauce is a Hunanese miracle. Reviewing restaurants requires a long lag time, and two or three months often separate the first time I visit a place and when the critique appears in print. But sometimes, dishes are so exciting, that I can't wait to tel ... More >>
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May 6, 2011
What the USDA's New Food Desert Locator Means to NYC
No food deserts here.In an effort to acknowledge struggling communities around the country, the USDA has launched its new food desert locator. For the purposes of this interactive map, food deserts have been defined as "low-income census tracts where a substantial number or share of residents ... More >>
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May 6, 2011
Posts of the Week
Friday afternoon is sliding into Friday early evening, so without further ado, a look back at the week that was ... Our 10 Best West African Restaurants. Why getting into the Hester Street Fair is a little like getting into college. Lure/Burger & Barrel's Josh Capon talks burgers, not barrels.
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May 2, 2011
All This Week: Fork in the Road Cinco de Mayo Coverage
An Aztec deity visits the Cinco de Mayo festivities in East Harlem on Sunday (click on picture to enlarge). This week, Fork in the Road will be running extra stories in honor of Cinco de Mayo ("Fifth of May"), a principally Mexican-American holiday celebrating the immigrant group's Mexican ... More >>
Blogs
May 1, 2011
Culinary Report From Cinco de Mayo Street Festival in East Harlem
Go ahead, take a bite of this delicious chile-soaked pambazo. Cecomex, the community organization that figured largely in this week's Voice cover story, sponsored this year's East Harlem Cinco de Mayo festivities. The street fair filled two city blocks, from Lexington Avenue to Second Aven ... More >>
News
April 27, 2011
The Cinco de Mayo Charade
Its organizer sits in jail for raping his daughter. And the parade of his sympathizers marches on.
Blogs
April 22, 2011
Open and Closed: Say Hello to Brushstroke, Goodbye to Wai? Café
Restaurants and bars, they come and they go. Here are a few making their debuts and bowing out this week. The East Village's Wai? Café has closed and will be replaced by Sa Aming Nayon, serving "authentic Filipino cuisine." [EV Grieve] Havana Central is closing its Union Square location as part o ... More >>
Blogs
April 15, 2011
Cora Davis Dead in Closet While Grandson Larry Davis Gets His Freak On in Her Bed; He's Busted for Murder
Larry Davis, 22, killed his grandmother in her East 124th Street home in East Harlem, stuffed her in a closet, and then fucked a prostitute on granny's bed in a two-day sex romp, cops say. What can you say after that? The cops have the last word: He was charged Thursday with murder.
Blogs
April 13, 2011
Joshua Nelson Shot to Death in East Harlem
It was a bang-bang murder and arrest during yesterday afternoon's rush hour. A 27-year-old East Harlem man was quickly chased down yesterday afternoon for allegedly shooting another man to death under the Metro North tracks at 128th and Park Avenue as commuter trains rumbled overhead. Dead is Jos ... More >>
Blogs
March 31, 2011
With Grandma Dead in the Closet, Man Has Sex in Her Bed
This makes that USC "sex on the roof" story seem borderline commendable. Larry Davis, a 21-year-old man, was having sex with a 20-year-old woman in his grandmother's East Harlem apartment when two relatives barged in, concerned that they hadn't seen Cora Davis, 76, in two days. After interrup ... More >>
Blogs
March 25, 2011
Maria Caraballo, 20, Missing in East Harlem
Where is Maria Caraballo?A 20-year-old East Harlem woman, Maria Caraballo, hasn't been seen by friends or family since late Tuesday night, and cops are asking for the public's help. Caraballo was last seen leaving her home at 1250 Fifth Avenue at about 11:30 p.m. Cops say she is 5-7 and was last ... More >>
Blogs
February 18, 2011
Open & Closed: Say Hello to Colonie, Goodbye to Niko's
Restaurants and bars, they come and they go. Here are a few making their debuts and bowing out this week. Satsko on the Lower East Side has been shuttered recently and plastered with bright orange "seizure" stickers, apparently due to state taxes owed. [Bowery Boogie] Salt & Pepper in Midtown West ... More >>
Blogs
February 17, 2011
No. 11: Black Olive and Sausage Pie at John's Pizzeria
John's pizza glistens with sunny goodness. John Sasso was one of the three original bakers at Lombardi's, the pizzeria on Spring Street where pizza as we know it was invented around 1900, or maybe earlier. This pizza has traveled around the world, even having a profound impact on how pizzas ... More >>
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February 12, 2011
Brooklyn Man Caught After Stabbing Spree; Egyptians Celebrate Mubarak's Resignation (Weekend Links)
NYPD via NYDNMorning! Good news: It will be a positively balmy high of 39 today. The Brooklyn man who stabbed his father to death yesterday has been caught this morning after killing his ex-girlfriend and her mother and stabbing two others. As the Post puts it, 23-year-old Maksim Gelman "resurfa ... More >>
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February 10, 2011
Murderer Rosario DiGirolamo's Google Search for 'Lethal Karate Blows' Uncovered, Forces Him to Plead Guilty
Rosario DiGirolamo was sentenced yesterday in New Jersey to 25 years in prison for killing his mistress, Amy Giordano, in 2007, cutting up her corpse, and dumping the pieces in the water at Clay Pit Ponds State Park Preserve in Charleston, Staten Island. A Google search for murder methods led the ... More >>
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January 31, 2011
Cops Wound Teen Who They Say Fired at Them During East Harlem Chase
Cops shot and wounded a teenager in East Harlem at 3:15 a.m. Sunday after a chase on foot during which he fired on three sergeants and an officer, all of whom were in plainclothes, according to the NYPD. Matthew Melendez, 18, of 1695 Madison Avenue, in the Taft projects, was hit three times and w ... More >>
Blogs
January 28, 2011
Joy Burger Bar Opening Tomorrow on Sixth Avenue
Lauren ShockeyThe joy of burger. After hiding behind plywood for months, Joy Burger Bar's new branch at 361 Sixth Avenue will finally open to the public tomorrow, according to both a sign posted in its window last night and its Twitter feed.
Blogs
January 10, 2011
Murder, Murder, Murder, Drunk Driving
Assorted tragedies and screw-ups: • An 18-year-old black man was found dead in the wee hours Sunday at West 136th Street and Lenox Avenue in Harlem. Cops found him at 3:10 a.m., shot "in his torso," as they put it. He was DOA at Harlem Hospital. Cops haven't released his name, and no one's be ... More >>
Blogs
January 6, 2011
Three Kings Day Means Three Excuses to Eat Cake
brooklynpaper.comBeats birthday cake, doesn't it, Jesus?Today, January 6th, is Three Kings Day, which commemorates when the three kings bestowed their gifts upon baby Jesus. It's a day of eating, with pasteles, tamales, tembleque and rice and beans all being popular treats. But more importa ... More >>
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January 6, 2011
Open & Closed: Say Hello to Fedora; Goodbye to Victory Café
Restaurants and bars, they come and they go. Here are a few making their debuts and bowing out this week. Gonzalez y Gonzalez, a lively Mexican joint near Broadway and Houston, is shuttering after 22 years in business. [Paper] The West Village beer and burger spot Stoned Crow has also closed, due ... More >>
Blogs
January 6, 2011
Maurice Gibson Murdered Just Before Christmas in East Harlem; Cops Still Hunt Suspect
Two weeks after Maurice Gibson, 36, was shot to death in East Harlem, the NYPD is asking for public help in tracking down the prime suspect. Unfortunately, the description is hazy: a black man wearing a dark-colored jacket and black ski mask.Gibson, who lived nearby on East 99th Street, was found ... More >>
Blogs
December 28, 2010
"Suitcase Murder" Suspect Arrested: Stuffed Woman's Body in Luggage After Strangling Her
CNNPolice say they arrested and charged a 55-year-old Brooklyn man last night, whom they suspect strangled a Bronx woman and stuffed her body into a suitcase.CNN says 55-year-old Hassan Malik was charged with murder in the second degree late last night. The NYPD had previously released ... More >>
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November 29, 2010
New York City Has a New Subway Hero, Sort of
Just in time for the holiday season, here's a courageous tale to warm you to your fleece-lined boots, via the New York Daily News. Carlos Flores of East Harlem was waiting for the downtown 6 train at East 103rd this Sunday when he saw that a man had fallen onto the tracks. He quickly checked ... More >>
News
October 13, 2010
New York's Finest Police Cover-Up
Ten cops beat up cabbie, then cuff one of their own for trying to stop them.
Blogs
November 10, 2009
Racist Chinese Restaurants; An English Breakfast That's Hardly So
The recession may seem to be ending, but a new study reveals that restaurant customers still plan to spend less on eating out in 2010 that they did this year, about 20 percent less per meal, they say. Weekly restaurant visits, however, are up. [Nation's Restaurant News] Two Chinese restauran ... More >>
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