When police in Paterson, New Jersey busted into the home of known Latin Kings gangster Michael Mendez last week, they were looking for drugs. What they found was a 44-year-old woman locked in a bedroom...where police suspect she may have been held captive for up to 10 years.Police raided Mendez's ho ... More >>
The red blob in the center is the sole product of a new Turkish eatery. "Do you have a takeout menu?" I asked as, abandoning my bike on the curb, I stepped into the newly refurbished storefront on East 9th, a stone's throw from Tompkins Park. "No. We only have one thing," was her reply.
Photos by Steven ThrasherIt was quiet and foggy at Ground Zero this morning -- the first New York had woken up to knowing Osama Bin Laden was dead -- but not entirely silent. By 5:30 a.m., the impromptu all night party was still going on in pockets, most noticeably in front of the 9/11 Memori ... More >>
Won't somebody please liberate this record?Matthew La Corte is a 17-year-old rap fan from West Paterson, New Jersey. Specifically, Matthew's a fan of Lupe Fiasco, the bright, tortured, socially-conscious Chicago rapper whose third album, Lasers, has been infinitely delayed by his record label ... More >>
Despite having survived the Great Summer of Wetness '09, it seems we tri-staters are having a hard time with this recent spate of precipitation. Yes, we're only 2 inches away from the "wettest March on record" (in 1973, 10.5 inches). Yes, rivers have flooded, trees have fallen, power has be ... More >>
From the 1996 video, 'Killing Me Softly'Award-winning music video director Aswad Ayinde was charged last week with repeatedly raping and impregnating his daughters in an effort to create a pure bloodline. Ayinde, 51, won an MTV Music Video Award back in the day for his genius direction of T ... More >>
Can we get one more Michael Jackson story in before the holiday? You bet! A homeless shelter in Paterson, New Jersey claims to have the 35mm original of Michael Jackson's Thriller video, and seeks a buyer. Eva's Village Healthcare for the Homeless says former CBS Records president Walter Yetnikoff ... More >>
Hey, Jack Kerouac, I know you dressed like a bum, but a shop in Soho is selling your boots for $475
Ex-addicts take their life stories Off-Broadway
From the underground to the chart tops, Just Blaze aims to save New York hip-hop
The whole megillah: Crossing the globe, Jewish films examine immigration and identity
Not so fast on canonizing KerikBush's pick has big critics in New York
25 movies to catch at the Tribeca Film Festival
Listening to the Arabs of New York
Government Gives No Information on Detainees
High-Profile Athletes Toss Their Jocks, and Sports Bras, Into the Political Ring
Melita Oliveira Got Clemency. Now the INS Wants to Ship Her to Peru.
'Ginsberg and Friends' at Sotheby's
