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  • Blogs

    May 2, 2012

    Assembly Member Micah Kellner: 'Taxi of Tomorrow' Is the 'Cathie Black' of Cabs (UPDATE)

    New York's Taxi of Tomorrow, said to be a big step up from the Crown Vic fleet circulating the city, might be so yesterday. That's because embattled mayoral candidate/ Comptroller John Liu, who has become very vocal on a variety of issues as his campaign progresses, will not ink the agreement unle ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 28, 2012

    John Liu Continues to Battle Tough Headlines; Bill de Blasio is Focused on Israel, Iran

    In the race to replace Mike Bloomberg as mayor, two expected candidates -- who are trailing behind two frontrunners, according to a recent NY1 poll -- have made headlines this week that are of interest. City Comptroller John Liu has tried to stay on-task and on-message since he was dealt a major bl ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 12, 2012

    Driver Going Wrong Way On The FDR Drive Causes Crash, Two Die

    A 26-year-old driver going the wrong-way on the FDR Drive was responsible for a crash that left two dead, Eyewitness News reported. The driver, in a Nissan Maxima, hit a Dodge Caravan driven by a 53-year-old man. The Caravan was going southbound -- the correct direction -- when the Nissan, coming no ... More >>

  • News

    November 30, 2011

    America’s Top Heathen

    Odin himself might have had a hard time predicting Dan Halloran’s strange career on New York’s City Council

  • Blogs

    October 24, 2011

    'Chemical Bomb' Thrown at Occupy Maine Encampment

    via Facebook​Early Sunday morning, Occupy Maine protesters were attacked by an unknown assailant who threw a chemical bomb at their encampment. The Portland Press Herald reports that no one was hurt by the bomb, "which consisted of chemicals poured into a plastic Gatorade container." The assai ... More >>

  • News

    August 17, 2011

    Anatomy Of A Greenpoint Bike Accident

    If a car slams you off your bike, the cops won't do anything

  • Blogs

    June 17, 2011

    Yonathan Melaku, 22, Suspected of Carrying Bomb Supplies in a Backback Near Pentagon

    ​A member of the United States Marine Corp Reserve, Yonathan Melaku, 22, was arrested today for carrying a backpack containing "five pounds of something labeled ammonium nitrate," material that could make a bomb, as well as automatic weapon ammunition, near the Pentagon in Washington, D.C. ABC ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 3, 2011

    Your 'Taxi of Tomorrow' Is a Nissan Minivan, But Tomorrow Is Still a Ways Away

    ​Remember that competition over what the "Taxi of Tomorrow" would be? There is a winner, and it is Nissan, based on their NV200 minivan design. Mayor Bloomberg will announce the news today. The Nissan won, reports the Daily News, because it got the best scores in interior legroom and durabilit ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 15, 2010

    Your "Taxi of Tomorrow" Will Be an Iconic Minivan

    ​Mayor Bloomberg and the Taxi and Limousine Commission are tired of those Crown Vics. At a press conference today, the city announced three finalists in a contest to choose a new, custom-built car model to replace the city's fleet of taxicabs. See pictures of whatever high-tech deathtrap-on-wh ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 19, 2010

    Pimp Our Ride: The Taxi Cab of Tomorrow 2014 Redesign

    Illustration via Crain's New York Business​At the beginning of the year, the Bloomberg administration pitched the ambitious and dreamily titled idea of the Taxi Cab of Tomorrow, tomorrow being 2014 (maybe then we should call it the Taxi Cab of Today, or the Incomplete Transportation Fiasco?). ... More >>

  • Music

    June 1, 2010

    Joell Ortiz vs. Gentrification

    Of Brooklyn, yes, but also of the NYC hip-hop on which he still aims to make his name

  • Blogs

    April 15, 2010

    Have You Seen This Man, Connected to the Shooting of a 5-Year-Old?

    ​Police are asking for the public's assistance in locating Adam Bilal, aka "AB," 24, who's wanted in connection with the shooting of three victims. On Sunday, April 10, 2010, at approximately 2:35 p.m. at 275 Halsey St., police responded to a call of two individuals shot at the location. A female ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 15, 2010

    New York's Most Fierce 2010 Rap Single, "Beamer, Benz, or Bentley," Gets Perhaps 2010's Dullest Video

    Still not in the least sick of hearing this song come on the radio--whether in the original, menacing Juelz Santana/Lloyd Banks vintage, the Joell Ortiz "Nissan, Honda, Chevy" remix, or the blistering Fabolous remake from There Is No Competition 2. That said, they somehow found a whips-n-vixens vi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 3, 2009

    VIBE Magazine Will Be A Magazine Once More

    ​And Chris Brown and Drake will be its "first" cover subjects, reports Ad Age. We will now ceremoniously omit the joke about how certain creative entities went down in public flames and are now both on the comeback trail--we love VIBE and its dispossessed staff too dearly (plus very occasional ... More >>

  • Film

    July 8, 2009

    Lingering Pauses of Lake Tahoe Must Be 10 Months Pregnant

    ​And Chris Brown and Drake will be its "first" cover subjects, reports Ad Age. We will now ceremoniously omit the joke about how certain creative entities went down in public flames and are now both on the comeback trail--we love VIBE and its dispossessed staff too dearly (plus very occasional ... More >>

  • Film

    May 13, 2009

    Summer Guide: Surveillance, Jennifer Lynch's First in 16 Years

    ​And Chris Brown and Drake will be its "first" cover subjects, reports Ad Age. We will now ceremoniously omit the joke about how certain creative entities went down in public flames and are now both on the comeback trail--we love VIBE and its dispossessed staff too dearly (plus very occasional ... More >>

  • Voice Choices

    April 15, 2009

    Alexi Murdoch

    ​And Chris Brown and Drake will be its "first" cover subjects, reports Ad Age. We will now ceremoniously omit the joke about how certain creative entities went down in public flames and are now both on the comeback trail--we love VIBE and its dispossessed staff too dearly (plus very occasional ... More >>

  • Columns

    April 8, 2009

    Bloomberg's Loyal Cult: The Independence Party

    Despite mayor's term-limits flip, Independence Party says all is forgiven

  • Blogs

    February 9, 2009

    Nissan crashes; hedge funds lick chops; incoming Israel govt. may take 'harder line'

    Harkavy Plans are moving apace to purposely set up a "toxic bank" full of poisonous assets to further bail out those banks that had greedily and recklessly accumulated them. Call it Shitibank. And give it the naming rights to the new baseball stadium for the New York Mets, taking the moniker awa ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 7, 2009

    Jews v. Arabs: It's war, even if the 'Times' tries to avoid calling it that

    Al Jazeera reporting on the war in Gaza Will somebody please call this a war? You won't find the word "war" in this morning's lede story in the New York Times on Israel's bombardment and invasion of Gaza. Is the Times afraid of offending New York's Jews, especially the right-wing Jewish establ ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 4, 2008

    Live: "Indie-Rock Karaoke" with Ted Leo and Andrew W.K.

    Al Jazeera reporting on the war in Gaza Will somebody please call this a war? You won't find the word "war" in this morning's lede story in the New York Times on Israel's bombardment and invasion of Gaza. Is the Times afraid of offending New York's Jews, especially the right-wing Jewish establ ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 26, 2008

    NYC RFD: Tappan Zee Going Down, Christmas Lights Going Up

    Al Jazeera reporting on the war in Gaza Will somebody please call this a war? You won't find the word "war" in this morning's lede story in the New York Times on Israel's bombardment and invasion of Gaza. Is the Times afraid of offending New York's Jews, especially the right-wing Jewish establ ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 9, 2008

    Hybrids Coming, Says TLC; TS, Say Cab Owners

    Al Jazeera reporting on the war in Gaza Will somebody please call this a war? You won't find the word "war" in this morning's lede story in the New York Times on Israel's bombardment and invasion of Gaza. Is the Times afraid of offending New York's Jews, especially the right-wing Jewish establ ... More >>

  • News

    January 3, 2006

    Full Text: Alito on Presidential Power

    Al Jazeera reporting on the war in Gaza Will somebody please call this a war? You won't find the word "war" in this morning's lede story in the New York Times on Israel's bombardment and invasion of Gaza. Is the Times afraid of offending New York's Jews, especially the right-wing Jewish establ ... More >>

  • Specials

    October 18, 2005

    Northern Exposures:

    Clinton Does the Democratic Primaries

  • News

    December 24, 2002

    Trent Lott, Call Home

    Why Should We Be Glad He's Still in the Senate?

  • Music

    October 8, 2002

    Music

    Why Should We Be Glad He's Still in the Senate?

  • News

    October 31, 2000

    The King of Coonology

    Spike Lee Mounts His Revenge on Black Hollywood

  • News

    April 27, 1999

    Wheat Pasting Against the Machine

    Guerrilla Artists Celebrate 20 Years of Culture Jamming

  • Film

    February 2, 1999

    Hands on a Hard Body

    Guerrilla Artists Celebrate 20 Years of Culture Jamming

  • News

    April 28, 1998

    Licensed to Sell

    Why Jingles Died and Licensed Pop Rules

  • News

    September 23, 1997

    Network Not Funny

    ABC Celebrates Cerebral-Free TV

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