Paterson (New Jersey)

Latin Kings Gangster Suspected Of Keeping Woman Locked In Bedroom For Up To 10 Years

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 >>

Raw Foodists Rejoice! CigkofteM Opens and It May Be the City's Strangest Dining Spot

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.

Osama Bin Laden Is Dead: Reports From Ground Zero This Morning [UPDATED]

Photos by Steven Thrasher​It 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 >>

Meet the Surprisingly Young Guy Who Is Organizing Lupe Fiasco's Protest Against Atlantic Records

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 >>

Oh, Gawd, It's Still Raining: A List of Alternative Talking Points

​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 >>

Aswad Ayinde, Fugees' Video Director, Charged With Impregnating Daughters

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 >>

Homeless Shelter Auctions Off Original Michael Jackson "Thriller" Film

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 >>

Clip Job: Allen Ginsberg On Norman Podhoretz's 'Ridiculous Fat-Bellied Mind'

The Year in Experimental Cinema

Off the Road

Hey, Jack Kerouac, I know you dressed like a bum, but a shop in Soho is selling your boots for $475

Stages of Recovery

Ex-addicts take their life stories Off-Broadway

Both Sides Now

From the underground to the chart tops, Just Blaze aims to save New York hip-hop

Homeland Insecurity

The whole megillah: Crossing the globe, Jewish films examine immigration and identity

Saint Bernard

Not so fast on canonizing Kerik—Bush's pick has big critics in New York

Downtown Express

25 movies to catch at the Tribeca Film Festival

Rage Under Raps

Listening to the Arabs of New York

Nation

The Official Story

Government Gives No Information on Detainees

Fit to Serve

High-Profile Athletes Toss Their Jocks, and Sports Bras, Into the Political Ring

Free to Be Deported

Melita Oliveira Got Clemency. Now the INS Wants to Ship Her to Peru.

Letters

Two-bedroom Apartment in Three-story Row House

Poetry Project

'Ginsberg and Friends' at Sotheby's

NYPD Big Blue

Letters