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January 13, 2012
There Are No Cabs In NYC!
As a result of my recent foot surgeries, I haven't been able to ride my beloved bike while recuperating, so I've had to resort to the transportation mode that lots of other New Yorkers rely on: Cabs! But there aren't any!
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January 11, 2012
DJ Spooky Spinning Tonight for the OWS People's Librarians, Who Are Number 34 on the Voice's "100 Most Powerless New Yorkers"
As the Voice's Nick Pinto was reporting last night, Zuccotti Park re-opened after Brookfield Properties emoved the barricades surrounding the plaza. One of the first elements to re-assert Occupy Wall Street's presence was the People's Library. The librarians and were a constant presence from the be ... More >>
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January 11, 2012
Mike Bloomberg Is Out to 'Fix' Our Drinking Problem
You know how our dear Mayor Bloomberg went after our soda-chugging habit, and how, on the occasion, we enjoy delicious trans-fat-full French fries, and how much salt is in our food? He also made us stop smoking in public places, one after the next, and installed giant calorie counts on the menus of ... More >>
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January 11, 2012
This Week in the Voice: The 100 Most Powerless New Yorkers
This week in the Voice, out today: Steven Thrasher's listing of the 100 most powerless New Yorkers. Among them: weed-delivery guys and the transgendered sex workers of Hunts Point. Maura Johnston notes the many aesthetic links between David Lee Roth and Kanye West.
Blogs
January 10, 2012
Politics Aside, Redistricting Advocates Release 'Unity Map' to Support Minority Voters
As the political games of redistricting heat up this week, civil rights groups are staying focused on the prize: good maps. A coalition of advocacy groups teamed up yesterday and released what they call the "Unity Map," which contains specific recommendations for Senate, Assembly, and Congressional ... More >>
Voice Choices
January 4, 2012
REGIFTING
Givers warm things up
Voice Choices
January 4, 2012
BOXERS OR BRIEFS?
You might want to wear  clean underwear today
Blogs
December 24, 2011
White People On Reddit Wonder Why They Have Never Been Stopped And Frisked
This morning a white "normal" New Yorker woke up, walked over to his computer, and asked his fellow members of the online community Reddit, "Any white "normal" looking nyers that have ever been stopped and frisked by cops?" Although terribly phrased and pretty racist, the question is kind of ... More >>
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December 14, 2011
Poll: More Than Half of New Yorkers Disapprove of Bloomberg's Handling of OWS
A new Quinnipiac poll shows that fifty-one percent of New Yorkers disapprove of the way the mayor has handled Occupy Wall Street. Despite this, Bloomberg has a steady overall approval rating of 49 percent. Sixty-two percent like the man personally, and 52 percent approve of "most of his polic ... More >>
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December 11, 2011
World's Oldest Mattress Found, Free of Bed Bugs
New mattress technology, not inspired by ancient mattress.Archaeologists in South Africa have discovered what they believe is the world's oldest mattress, and they didn't even find it on Craigslist. National Geographic reports a team of researchers at the Sibudu Cave site came across bedding ... More >>
Voice Choices
November 9, 2011
'Reconstryct' w/ Lost+Commodo+Joe Nice
New mattress technology, not inspired by ancient mattress.Archaeologists in South Africa have discovered what they believe is the world's oldest mattress, and they didn't even find it on Craigslist. National Geographic reports a team of researchers at the Sibudu Cave site came across bedding ... More >>
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November 8, 2011
Did You Vote in the General Election? Polls Open from 6 a.m. to 9 p.m. Today
Did you know that today is the general election? Find out your polling site, and if you're eligible to vote, by calling (866) 868-3692, or by going to the City of New York Board of Elections site. You can also download a sample ballot there. NY Capitol News indicates some races to watch, in W ... More >>
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November 8, 2011
Will New York City Pedestrians Move for Bike Bells? We Find Out.
The video above portrays the technique of YouTube poster MCOTOMOSHIROI, who has discovered how to motivate slow walkers to get out of his way. As this is relevant to our interests, we decided to see if his method was as successful on the streets of Manhattan as it was in Japan. The "MCOTOMOSHIROI Ap ... More >>
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November 4, 2011
Happy Hour at Housing Works: Buckets of Brooklyn Beer for $18
Drink for the good. What better reason can you have for drinking on a Friday afternoon than helping those in need? Housing Works Used Bookstore Café does more than just assist homeless New Yorkers living with HIV and AIDS. It also throws a pretty mean happy hour.
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October 29, 2011
Things To Do Instead of Going Out on Halloween
For young, hip, sexy New Yorkers, Halloween is a weekend-long affair that encompasses non-stop parties, alcohol abuse, and looking like a total ho (only in the best way, of course). The young, the fabulous, and the not-so fabulous will be out terrorizing the city in esoterically witty costume ... More >>
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September 19, 2011
1 in 15 New York Couples Who Get Marriage Licenses Don't Go Through With It
The New York Post has some new numbers on the state of marriage in the city, revealing that approximately one couple out of every 15 will apply for a marriage license, pay the $35 fee, and then not ever go through with getting married (or take a very long time to do it). 32,794 couples applie ... More >>
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September 16, 2011
Donatella Arpaia Now a Mom; Honey Festival Kicks Off This Weekend
The founder of Nitehawk Cinema lobbied the state the allow movie theaters to serve alcohol and successfully: Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo signed a new law on Aug. 17 allowing drinks in movie theaters that are also restaurants. [Diner's Journal] Donatella Arpaia and her cardiac surgeon hubby are cele ... More >>
Voice Choices
August 31, 2011
'Autobrennt' with Tim Sweeney
The founder of Nitehawk Cinema lobbied the state the allow movie theaters to serve alcohol and successfully: Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo signed a new law on Aug. 17 allowing drinks in movie theaters that are also restaurants. [Diner's Journal] Donatella Arpaia and her cardiac surgeon hubby are cele ... More >>
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August 17, 2011
Pakistani Mangoes Are Back; Sugary Cereals Lead to Nagging
The ban on Pakistani mangoes, which was lifted a year ago, is finally truly over for New Yorkers as the first commercial shipment of the prized Chaunsas has arrived. [Wall Street Journal] Like olive oil, there is also a ton of fraudulently labeled San Marzano tomatoes on supermarket shelves ... More >>
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August 15, 2011
New Super-Preservative Discovered; No Food Deserts in NYC?
Mushrooms have been added to the growing list of foods suspected of radiation poisoning in Japan. [Bloomberg] Researchers have discovered a preservative, called bisin, that could extend the food's (and wine's) lifespan for years, even without refrigeration. [Daily Mail] As more and more pr ... More >>
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August 12, 2011
The Big Gay Ice Cream Truck Will Pop up in Cape Cod
Although the Big Gay Ice Cream boys are still hard at work readying their shop for business, they're doing what most sane New Yorkers do in August, which is to get the hell out of town.
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August 8, 2011
New York City Rat Bites: Be Afraid
One hundred New Yorkers are bitten by rats every year. Clearly, that's 100 too many. But mercifully, rat bites are down this year -- only 29 people have reported being attacked by rats so far in 2011. Have the rats become complacent, or have humans simply developed better defenses? The only t ... More >>
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August 5, 2011
New Yorkers Still Want to See Wicked
WikipediaEven after eight years, Wicked is still popular. (Sorry about that, we just had to.) HopStop calculated the top 10 Broadway shows New Yorkers have been going to see this summer, based on what theaters were most frequently inserted as HopStop destinations or starting addresses between ... More >>
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August 4, 2011
Walmart Goes After New York Locavores
Your friendly neighborhood Walmart You may want to check your mailbox (the snail one) for the latest effort by Walmart to butter up New Yorkers into letting the massive chain set up shop here. Now that it has Michelle Obama proclaiming its expansion into "food deserts" part of the country's h ... More >>
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July 26, 2011
In New York, Even the Owls Have Herpes
SvadilfariHerpes. O Rly?When an enormous great horned owl was found dead on the ground in Inwood Hill Park last month, the Department of Environmental Conservation promised to find out what laid the noble beast low. Today, the results of the autopsy were announced and -- there's really no way ... More >>
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July 19, 2011
National Organization for Marriage to Protest Same-Sex Weddings Statewide this Sunday
C.S. MuncyBrian Brown (right), the President of NOM, marching with Sen. Ruben Diaz This whole week, we at Runnin' Scared are happy to bring you stories in our "Countdown to SSM" series, as we talk to New Yorkers leading up to the big day when marriage equality comes to all. Yesterday we share ... More >>
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July 18, 2011
Ruth Sheldon, Town Clerk, Will Also Resign Instead of Performing Gay Marriages
As we countdown excitedly to same-sex marriages in New York State, a small number of detractors are protesting by quitting their jobs. Following the lead of Barker town clerk Laura Fotusky, who last week resigned so as not to have to issue marriage licenses to gay couples, citing "the law of ... More >>
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July 15, 2011
Leiby Kletzky's Parents to Media, New Yorkers: 'We Will Not Be Giving Any Statements'
The Kletzky family, grieving for their 8-year-old son, Leiby, who was killed and dismembered by Levi Aron earlier this week, has posted a statement on their front door thanking New Yorkers and also asking for privacy and consideration from media and the public at this time. The full text of t ... More >>
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July 14, 2011
Map Shows NYC's Confusion With Rest of U.S.
WikipediaNope. Not how it looks.What do New Yorkers believe rests beyond its borders? It's like cornfield, cornfield, D.C., cornfield, Chicago, cornfield, cornfield, cornfield, cornfield, and then L.A. topped by San Francisco, right? Now there's (satirical) proof that we are a little confused ... More >>
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July 12, 2011
Today Would Be a Good Day to Sit in Front of an Air Conditioner
Flickr: Today Is a Good DayGird your loins, New Yorkers, or pack them with ice cubes. It will be hot, hot, hot today. Worse than yesterday, not least because yesterday is over, and today has only just begun. The Wall Street Journal reports with the usual stoicism that "summer heat will reach ... More >>
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July 8, 2011
New Yorkers Reveal What They Want to Do Before They Die
In this rather amusing video from NYCstreetview, New Yorkers are interrupted from the important daily business of walking around on streets and such and asked what they want to do before they die. The answers range from wild sex to mundane travel to some religious stuff to "I don't know" (really?) t ... More >>
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July 7, 2011
New Yorkers Cannot Escape the Creeping Fatification of America
New Yorkers are known for many things, some true, some not. Like, being rude (even though, really, on a one-on-one basis we're quite friendly, as long as you don't stop us on our way to work with some idiotic question). And, being skinny (because we walk so much, and so fast, that we don't ha ... More >>
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July 6, 2011
Wal-Mart Bribes NYC With $4 Million Donation
Bloomberg referred to Wal-Mart as "one of the great corporate citizens in this country" during a press conference yesterday to announce the company's four million dollar donation to New York City's Youth Employment Program. The donation will create 3,400 jobs, and Bloomberg says that's all th ... More >>
Film
June 29, 2011
Romance, Simplified, in Love Etc.
Bloomberg referred to Wal-Mart as "one of the great corporate citizens in this country" during a press conference yesterday to announce the company's four million dollar donation to New York City's Youth Employment Program. The donation will create 3,400 jobs, and Bloomberg says that's all th ... More >>
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June 24, 2011
New Yorkers Have Been Doing That 'Missed Connections' Thing Since the 1870s
By way of Ephemeral New York comes these wonderful vintage missed connections from a city guidebook called Lights and Shadows of New York Life, which was published in 1872. Yep, way back in 1872, New Yorkers were catching each others' eyes on streetcars or across the avenues, and forming that myster ... More >>
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June 20, 2011
What Will The Big Summer Scandal Be?
Last year, it was all that righteous fury about the Ground Zero Mosque and how it would surely end modern civilization as we know it. This year, it can't possibly be Weinergate because that already happened and all the wieners have been grilled. So what will it be? The Awl asked various Ne ... More >>
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June 17, 2011
Comments of the Week: Village Voice T-Shirt Giveaway, Round Two!
And we're back. Once again we're offering a snazzy Village Voice t-shirt to some of our notable commenters. This week, we even had a local celebrity weigh in. If your comment was picked, email web editor Francesca Stabile to claim your prize.
Voice Choices
June 15, 2011
New Yorkers, Take A Load Off
And we're back. Once again we're offering a snazzy Village Voice t-shirt to some of our notable commenters. This week, we even had a local celebrity weigh in. If your comment was picked, email web editor Francesca Stabile to claim your prize.
Blogs
June 14, 2011
Wine Could Soon Be Available in NY Supermarkets; Beers War Erupts in Wisconsin
Craft brewers are furious over a new MillerCoors-backed piece of legislature in Wisconsin that they say will prevent micro-brewers from opening more than one brewpub to sell and market their own beer. [Salon] What are the top-selling beer holidays in the United States? We'll give you a hin ... More >>
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June 14, 2011
New Yorkers Don't Spend Enough On Dates; Reddit Responds
The dating website WhatsYourPrice recently reported that New York City men spend only $145 on average for a first date. This puts us in 11th place as big spenders, behind D.C., Dallas, Seattle, Toronto, and Denver. While the Post took the story seriously and chastised New Yorkers for being "c ... More >>
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June 10, 2011
Cochinita's Tortillas Are Worth Crowing About
Chantal MartineauThe namesake taco. Cochinita, the new taco joint in Clinton Hill, is already causing quite a stir. The diminutive restaurant is often packed and would-be patrons have been spotted lingering outdoors when it's forced to close to, well, make more tortillas. We checked out the g ... More >>
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June 2, 2011
Tomorrow: Our 10 Best Manhattan Restaurants With Sidewalk Seating
Lauren ShockeyTortilla Flats offers a nice shaded spot for dining, but is it good enough to make our top 10?Eating outside is one of life's great pleasures, but given the cramped quarters in this city, New Yorkers have to take what they can get: Ramshackle back patios, quirky roofs, and yes, ... More >>
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June 1, 2011
Robert Sietsema at Empellon; Lauren Shockey at Imperial No. Nine
This week in the Voice, Robert Sietsema sees what famed pastry chef Alex Stupak can do at Empellon: "The tacos are magnificent... Using his gastronomic prowess, Stupak has sent the flavors soaring." Lauren Shockey finds hits and misses at Imperial No. Nine: "Some dishes fail completely... But other ... More >>
Voice Choices
June 1, 2011
Geo Wyeth
This week in the Voice, Robert Sietsema sees what famed pastry chef Alex Stupak can do at Empellon: "The tacos are magnificent... Using his gastronomic prowess, Stupak has sent the flavors soaring." Lauren Shockey finds hits and misses at Imperial No. Nine: "Some dishes fail completely... But other ... More >>
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May 23, 2011
New York City Smoking Ban Starts Today
Beginning today, Monday, May 23, 2011, smoking is not allowed in outdoor public spaces around New York City, including beaches, parks and plazas. (That means Central Park, Yankee Stadium, the Coney Island boardwalk and so on -- or everywhere it's fun to smoke.) Health officials have pointed t ... More >>
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May 23, 2011
Drinking Is Good for Old People
Here's some happy news: If you manage to make it to the ripe old age of 75 -- and chances are good for that these days if you stay out of traffic and away from the slippery edges of tall buildings and don't play with guns and such -- you will be perfectly justified in, even obligated to, rewa ... More >>
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May 22, 2011
Elderly Jewish New Yorkers May Hold Secret to Long Life
Cornell University researchers are about to begin studying the stem cells of a dozen elderly Jewish New Yorkers to figure out how they manage to live so long. There's evidence of a "longevity gene" which protects against heart disease and cancer; a lot of these seniors are living to 100 despite b ... More >>
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May 17, 2011
Anna Wintour Supports Gay Marriage in New York
The Vogue editor and fashion world icon took 31 seconds out of her day to vouch on video for New Yorkers For Marriage Equality as part of the Human Rights Campaign. (If she took more than one take to nail it we'll eat our hat.) Wintour joins a host of other notable New Yorkers and Barbara Bush, thou ... More >>
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May 14, 2011
Buy a Bed Bug Fart Detector
There's now a machine that detects bed bug farts ("gas emissions," but that means farts basically, and farts are funny). The BBD-100 is a personal handheld bed bug detector that resembles an '80s teen movie prop and "is so sensitive that it will detect if even just one bed bug is hiding within si ... More >>
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May 13, 2011
1 in 3 New Yorkers Under 30 Plans to Get the Hell Out
According to a new Marist College poll, 1 in 3 New Yorkers under the age of 30 plans to escape the state "at some point" for good. Which means the rest of us will finally have a little room to move! One in four adults plans to leave the state within five years, mostly for economic reasons inc ... More >>
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