Jimmy McMillan

Christine Quinn Thinks The Rent Is Too Damn High, Too

Being this outright defensive about the middle class is probably the most blatant difference between Ms. Quinn and her boss. Yesterday, the City Council Speaker gave her State of the City address - or, basically, What I'll Do As Mayor - and mentioned the income tax bloc in between the poor and rich ... More >>

Outside Last Night's Presidential Debate, Protest, Police, A Penguin

While Barack Obama and Mitt Romney were getting ready to take the stage at Hofstra University last night for the second presidential debate, the streets outside the campus were lined with anarchist banners, tricorn hats, "don't tread on me" flags, and papier-mache Reaper drones. "We're here to voic ... More >>

The Rent is Too Damn High, So New Yorkers Are Buying Homes

Jimmy McMillan might be on to something: a real estate research firm has noticed that more New Yorkers are trying to buy apartments -- because the rent is too damn high. As it turns out, the perfect storm of inflated rents and low interest rates has pushed would-be renters into the market, accordin ... More >>

Vermin Supreme Vs. Jimmy McMillan: Friendly Fascist Debates Rent Is Too Damn High Guy

Did you know that Jimmy McMillan, of the Rent Is Too Damn High Party, has an IRL political rival? Enter Vermin Supreme, the "friendly fascist" with a boot-hat, whose platform pretty much amounts to "ponies, fuck yeah!" and zombie-preparedness. McMillan and Supreme will duke it out at 8:30 this ev ... More >>

Philip Glass's Life as an East Village Voice

The world-renowned composer is still a neighborhood staple

Jimmy McMillan: Barack Obama and Bill Clinton Made the Rent Too Damn High

Jimmy McMillan, of the Rent Is Too Damn High Party, has decided not only to campaign against growing housing costs, but also against New York's very own Board of Elections. McMillan, probably our fave meme-making pol with leather gloves and a handlebar mustache, is demanding a recount of the 41,000 ... More >>

100 Most Powerless New Yorkers

A 'power list' for the rest of us

Live: Winter Jazzfest Breaks Down Boundaries And Confounds Expectations

​Winter Jazzfest Friday-Saturday, January 6-7 Better than: Summer Zydeco Fest (assuming such a terror exists). After a discordant, twisted reimagining of Jimi Hendrix's "The Wind Cries Mary" by his trio Ceramic Dog, guitarist Marc Ribot slyly reminded the audience at Sullivan Hall Friday wha ... More >>

45K Verizon Workers Strike; 'Limited Disruption in Service' Expected

SCAB!​Forty-five thousand union workers for Verizon went on strike across the Eastern seaboard at midnight last night after labor negotiations faltered. Communications Workers America says that Verizon is demanding "more than 100 concessions from workers regarding health care, pensions and wor ... More >>

Jimmy McMillan, 'Rent Is Too Damn High' Guy, Is Getting Evicted

​Remember Jimmy McMillan, the "Rent Is Too Damn High" guy who ran for governor of New York, and also has something of a musical career? The New York Post reports that he, like Faye Dunaway, is having real estate troubles. Also like Faye Dunaway, his troubles are with his landlord, who wants to ... More >>

Urlesque Bids Us a Sad Farewell With a Meme-Packed Video

Urlesque is officially closing up shop today. In an appropriate goodbye post, Jason Newman strung together the most popular memes of the last three years into a video backed by "The End of The Road" by Boyz II Men. Can you identify all of the memes in the video? Don't worry, we've got you covered wi ... More >>

Jimmy McMillan is a Republican Now; Rent is Still Too Damn High

Heir to Reagan​Jimmy McMillan of the Rent is Too Damn High Party, and his facial hair, will be joining forces with the GOP. PBS caught up with McMillan on St. Mark's and discussed his move. He was a hit at CPAC recently, and said he registered to be a Republican because "the Democratic Party s ... More >>

Please Invite Jimmy McMillan to Every Event Ever

Hahaha, whew! Jimmy McMillan, everyone. He of "Rent is 2 Damn High" fame made quite the splash at CPAC. "If you want to marry a shoe, I'll marry you." Okay, I want to marry a shoe. Kidding. I have no idea what that means. [via Gothamist] [rgray@villagevoice.com] [@_rosiegray]

Jimmy McMillan Wants to Get Rid of Bike Lanes Because "Idiots Are Getting Run Over"

​Surely you'll recall Jimmy McMillan, the "Rent Is Too Damn High" guy who made a splash just last year at the gubernatorial debate with his karate and badass black gloves and crazy facial hair stylings, and then his various music videos and album release and campaign message and whatnot? Well, ... More >>

The Runnin' Scared Gift Guide: 100 Presents for the Drunks, Exes, Neurotics, Sex Fiends, and Loved Ones on Your List

#76, Golden Girls Xmas Ornaments​So many gift guides, so little time. But how many lists of gifts under $50, or gifts for moms-to-be, or gifts for boyfriends and girlfriends and dogs can you really look at before wondering, where is the gift guide to end all gift guides? Where is the gift guid ... More >>

Jimmy McMillan, "Rent Is Too Damn High" Guy, Has Not One But Two Signature Thanksgiving Dinners

​Former highly unlikely New York gubernatorial candidate and "Rent Is Too Damn High" party leader/handlebar mustache-haver Jimmy McMillan has generously offered up not one but two possible Thanksgiving dinner plans to WNYC. You may choose between "Middle Class" and "Po Folk" menus.

New Yorkers Pretty Much Sucked at Voting This Year

​On November 2, we did our good-citizen duty and went to the public school where we regularly cast ballots whenever an election turns up, and we cast said ballots, and all was well. But it turns out that the majority of New Yorkers did not do this. In fact, according to the United States Elect ... More >>

Behold "Rent Is Too Damn High" Party Leader Jimmy McMillan's New Single, "What Is This"

​You may have been surprised to learn, in our chat last week with NY gubernatorial candidate/Internet sensation Jimmy McMillan, a/k/a the "Rent Is Too Damn High" guy, that he's got both a soul-singer background and a brand-new album, The Rent Is Too DAMN High, v. 1, due out tomorrow, a/k/a Ele ... More >>

Jimmy McMillan Sells Out, Officially; May Be Able to Pay Rent (Video)

​Jimmy McMillan, the "Rent Is Too Damn High" guy and surprise "star" of New York's recent gubernatorial debate, has about an iceberg's chance in hell of getting elected tomorrow, but he doesn't seem too depressed about that. We mentioned recently that he'd been offered an endorsement deal from ... More >>

Week In Review: Please Shut Down The Internet, Too, While You're At It

Santos Party House, going as a temporarily shuttered club for Halloween​It's Halloween Weekend, and we're proud to offer both costume ideas ("Dude from Baths" is great if you can hunt down the Pomeranian) and nightlife suggestions, from James Murphy at Le Bain tonight to Oneida's five-year-old ... More >>

Exclusive: The 'Rent Is Too Damn High' Guy, Jimmy McMillan, Tells Us About His Musical Career, His Past as Soul Musician Jimmy Mack

The Rent. . . Is. . . Too Damn High "Jimmy Mack" is a well-circulated name in R&B. There was a Holland/Dozier/Holland song, recorded by Martha and the Vandellas, James Brown, and Sheena Easton among others, and at least two or three dudes who cut singles under that moniker, for Motown and elsewhere ... More >>

The Bed Intruder Meme Has Jumped the Shark

via EV Grieve/Stacie Joy​Currently in contention for viral Halloween costume of the moment, we have Antoine Dodson, whose Bed Intruder Song, with the help of the Gregory Brothers, is now at 85 (down from 35!) on the iTunes chart, and whose Halloween "costume" is going to be all over the street ... More >>

Rent Is Too Damn High's Jimmy McMillan Gets First Endorsement Offer

​Here's another endorsement to add to the list. Because this is how we do things now, in Viral World 2010. Jimmy McMillan, the "Rent Is Too Damn High" guy, has been asked by auction site BidHere.com to be the face of their "Pay Your Rent for Pennies" campaign, winning bidders of which receive ... More >>

"Rent Is Too High" Guy, Jimmy McMillan, May Not Pay Rent...But So What?

​The New York Times has uncovered an interesting fact about the black-gloved karate-master gubernatorial candidate who won us over with his pro gay-marriage message (he'd, in fact, marry a shoe) and lower rents for all during Monday's cuckoo for Cocoa Puffs debate at Hofstra. Despite his const ... More >>

Gloved One Wins Debate; Cuomo, Paladino Get a Pass

Wartella​The results are in and the hands-covered candidate was the hands-down winner of last night's Theatre-of-the-Absurd gubernatorial debate. At first you wondered if Jimmy McMillan, with his magnificent Chester A. Arthur muttonchops and Colonel Sanders goatee, was wearing black gloves as ... More >>

First Jimmy McMillan "Rent Is Too Damn High" Remix Kind of "Meh"

Okay, Jimmy McMillan, you're officially the people's hero of the day. You with your awesome quotes and black gloves and karate. But what you really deserve is a fantastic remix -- something worth your spunk and gumption, something that says "I'm you" so much better than Christine O'Donnell ever coul ... More >>

Morning Links: First NY Governor's Debate Tonight; Super Typhoon Hits Phillippines; Teachers Fired for Inappropriate Facebooking

​• A sure-to-be-fun (and perhaps the only) debate among New York's seven gubernatorial candidates -- including Andrew Cuomo, Carl Paladino, Charles Barron of the Freedom Party, former "Manhattan Madam" Kristen Davis, Howie Hawkins of the Green Party, Jimmy McMillan of the "Rent Is 2 Damn Hig ... More >>

Seven at Seven: Would-Be Governors Debate Tonight

​New Yorkers get their first look at The Magnificent Seven gubernatorial candidates tonight, and if you can't find someone to embrace on this stage then you're a choosy beggar who doesn't even deserve true democracy and you might as well head straight for Tehran. The assortment includes a bos ... More >>

How Does Carl Paladino Get the 'Tea Party' Tag After Teabagging the Tea Partiers?

​Sometimes it's really tough to figure out what's news in New York. Everywhere in America, and on every national cable channel, it's Tea Party talk all the time. Carl Paladino runs for governor as if he's a Tea Partier and knocks off the ballot the only candidate to actually file petition ... More >>

Election Day 2009: 6 Losers to Watch!

It's Election Day and, this being New York, no surprises are expected. As Runnin' Scared has no influence to peddle, we can afford to be brutally honest about this. The Mayor's reelection is treated as a foregone conclusion and, down-ticket, the Democrats are expected to romp (except in Staten Islan ... More >>

Election 2009: Down-Ticket, What Has Become of Our Beautiful Losers?

In city races the favorites are getting treated as such, with very few deviations. Some of the city council races are downright ridiculous. Bronx incumbent Joel Rivera has defeated his Conservative Party challenger Steven Stern 97 to 3 percent. What an election night party Stern must be having. ... More >>

Home Stretch Interview with Reverend Billy, Candidate for Mayor of New York

Photos by Brennan Cavanaugh. (This is our third conversation of the campaign with Green Party candidate for Mayor of New York, Reverend Billy.) How's the campaign going? Are you confident? I'm confident that an accelerated evolution is now taking place. Could you elaborate? This government ... More >>

Times Gives Minor Candidates 30 Seconds; Democracy is Served

​Our boss hates this kind of thing so thank God the Times has stepped up and given the ballot candidates for Mayor who are not Bloomberg and Thompson thumbnail sketches and 30-second sound clips with which to make their pitch. Here's the gist, further reduced for your ADD pleasure and in order ... More >>

Rent is Too Damn High Party Loses Key Word on Ballot

​As you might imagine, Jimmy McMillan, mayoral candidate of the Rent is Too Damn High Party, has a taste for the quixotic. So when the Board of Elections requested that he shorten the name of his party for the November ballot -- as at least one other candidate has done -- for space purposes, ... More >>

Markowitz Tries to Dodge Challenger, For Whom Room 8 "Sheds No Tears"

​Here's a little democracy, Brooklyn-style: Borough President Marty Markowitz wants to throw his lone challenger off the Democratic ballot. The executive director of Markowitz's Seaside Summer Concert Series filed a challenge to signatures collected for Eugene Myrick, an East New Yorker and ... More >>

Naked Cowboy to Announce for Mayor's Race Today

We have done more than most to let you know about the New York mayoral candidates from minor parties such as the Green Party (Reverend Billy), the Rent Is Too Damn High Party (Jimmy McMillan), and the Democrats (Bill Thompson, Tony Avella). We hope to provide coverage in the near future of Libertari ... More >>

Protesters Warm Up Before Rent Guidelines Meeting at Cooper Union

As we said earlier, there's a Rent Guidelines Board meeting tonight where they're expected to approve our new rent hikes. The only humanizing touch in the whole Soviet-style deal is the protests that took place earlier this evening outside Cooper Union, where the vote is to be held. The 60 or so pr ... More >>

Partial-Blogging The Term Limits Bill Signing

The 'Sure Thing' Stakes: Spitzer vs. Spitzer

Papa Smurf Runs for Mayor