If you appreciate the people who make your lattes, the lifecycle of the dollar you tip your Starbucks barista looks something like this: It goes from the locked tip box to a safe, from a safe to the bank at the end of the week, and from the bank to the baristas and shift supervisors. But not every ... More >>
At night, you can see it clearly--the corner windows of the Cooper Union's seventh floor, flooded in red light. It's a signal from the students who have been occupying the president's office for two weeks. They're there because they've lost faith in university leadership that voted to start charging ... More >>
Trinity Wall Street, the powerful Episcopal church and real estate giant wracked by internal disagreements over the leadership of Rector James Cooper, is scheduled to hold an election on Tuesday. The vote is held annually to elect members of the vestry -- the Episcopal equivalent of a board of dire ... More >>
Brooklyn District Attorney Charles Hynes sent us a lengthy letter in response to our story about his reign as Brooklyn District Attorney ("Brooklyn Deserves a New D.A."). How lengthy? 2,005 words. Basically, he didn't like the article so much. And with the zeal of a Talmudic scholar, Hynes (or someo ... More >>
Mike Bloomberg announced a new piece of legislation this afternoon that would give the mayor, via the city's school chancellor, more power to dismiss teachers who engage in acts of sexual misconduct in the classroom. You'd think that inappropriate sexual behavior form teachers is something everyon ... More >>
Mathieu Lefevre was hardly the first cyclist killed on the streets of New York City, nor was the driver who ran him over the first to get a pass from the NYPD. Lefevre's family members weren't the first ones to be stonewalled as they tried to get details on how the police investigate fatal bike cras ... More >>
The NYCLU files suit over the NYPD's stop-and-frisk program for private property
While Rubén Díaz Sr. lobs bombs against gay rights, son Rubén Jr. and lesbian granddaughter Erica run for cover
U.S. District Judge Vaughn Walker ruled today that Proposition 8 is unconstitutional. The long awaited decision was just released from the U.S. District Courthouse for Northern California in San Francisco. The case, Perry vs. Schwarzenegger, was a lawsuit in which two gay couples sued that Propo ... More >>
NYC's head has a serious setback on his way to closing schools
In a 4-3 decision, the New York State Court of Appeals refused this week to order nursing homes to provide lawyers from the state's Mental Health Legal Services access to psychiatric patients and their medical records. The suit sprang from investigative reporting about the Pataki-era practice ... More >>
When folks hosting glittering parties at Cipriani 42nd Street, Cipriani Wall Street, Cipriani 23rd Street, and the Rainbow Room pay the 23 percent "service charge" on their banqueting bills, do they think it's going directly to those poor bastards in the monkey suits who were serving them dri ... More >>
We were wondering, when we saw a guy manning a United Homeless Organization table near Union Square this weekend, if the recent attorney general finding that UHO is a scam was affecting their business. Looks like it'll be affecting it in a big way now that AG Andrew Cuomo has obtained an inte ... More >>
Today, on Salon, Thomas Rogers wades into the foie gras discussion, reporting that the Humane Society of the United States (HSUS) has been granted discovery (a fairly routine part of a lawsuit) in a complaint against Hudson Valley foie gras, which will allow the HSUS access to certain farm records a ... More >>
The last time Ray Harding tried to give Andrew Cuomo a boost into the governor's mansion, it didn't go too well. Cuomo dropped out of the race; Harding's Liberal Party, which had endorsed Cuomo, lost its ballot line after it failed to get the minimum 50,000 votes in the 2002 race. Today, Hardi ... More >>
After weeks of speculation, celebrity photographer Annie Leibovitz has will get to keep the rights to her work, WWD reports today. Art Capital Group -- to which the beleaguered photographer owes $24 million dollars -- has just agreed to extend the terms of a loan it granted her last year, w ... More >>
Ecstatic Jews, a messiah proclaimed, and the consequential divisions
A Queens rap icon scrambles to prepare for life on the inside
A four-night festival celebrates that most unlucky and unloved of Milk 'n' Cookiesloving genres
The lofty ambitions of tenants of illegal apartment buildings
Anti-bar talk 'distractful' at anti-bar rally, says organizer
Here's Your Guide to the Lawsuits, Criminal Charges, and Beefs
The 13-year struggle of targets in a racial dragnet reveals the elusive nature of justice
Produce merchants get the boot for a City Hall favorite and yet another Olympic stadium
Activist Elena Sassower annoyed congress, her trial judge, and defenders of free speechall the way to jail
A Mentally Ill Inmate Slips Through the CracksInto the Path of a Subway Train
After Criminal Charges, Claims of Mental Maladies
Nation's Largest Law Enforcement Agency Vies for Total Spying Power
Times Company Accused of Privacy Violations
Prosecutor Linda Fairstein May Have Tried Too Hard
How to Vote and Make Your Vote Count
Narco News Ready for Libel Suit in New York
Anthony Jones Upholds the Legend of Puff Daddys Bodyguard
The Times Reenters the Porn War
The Comptroller Says HS Systems Overcharged for Screening Disabled Welfare Recipients. So Why Did the Company Win a Fat New Contract?
Homeless Women, Some Physically Disabled, Face Evacuation
Partial Victory for Dissident NYC Sierra Club Group
Club Kids Cry Rape; Moral Panic Ensues
Senate Fails to Close Loopholes Protecting Insurers
Do Some People Deserve More Free Speech than Others?
