Scott Stringer

Lady Gaga Thanks Borough Prez Who Didn't Call Her A Slut

One of the more shameful remarks in recent history had Staten Island Borough President James Molinaro referring to Lady Gaga as a "slut" because she was photographed smoking a joint in Amsterdam. He said the singer is a terrible role model for kids, I guess feeling that one puffing action erased al ... More >>

Scott Stringer, Mayoral Hopeful, Gets Burgled, Campaign Computers Stolen

Mayoral hopeful Scott Stringer's campaign office was burglarized over the weekend, and a number of laptops containing donor information were stolen, but no cash, police sources said. Audrey Gelman, a spokeswoman for the Manhattan Borough President, confirmed that a burglary had taken place, but dec ... More >>

More "Musto Appreciation Day" Photos, This Time By Gustavo Monroy

Here are yet more photos from the Onegin restaurant Gay Pride event on Monday whereby Borough Prez Scott M. Stringer--who happens to be a cousin of the late political legend Bella Abzug--bestowed me with my own Appreciation Day proclamation.

Yesterday Was "Michael Musto Appreciation Day"! Photos By Andrew Werner!

I am not making this up! Borough President Scott M. Stringer honored me and three others at a Pride celebration last night at Onegin restaurant, and while doing so, he gave me an honest-to-God plaque saying June 11 is Michael Musto Appreciation Day in Manhattam! I felt like running into the street ... More >>

I Am Being Honored By The Manhattan Borough President!

I am not lying this time, people. Borough President Scott M. Stringer has chosen me and three other LGBTQ stars for a special evening of pride and celebration, honoring us for our contributions to the community! What do I wear? What do I say? How do I hide my triple chins? And would this the righ ... More >>

Mayoral Messiness? Candidates John Liu and Bill Thompson Do Battle With Controversies

As the 2013 mayoral race fast approaches, details keep emerging about potential candidates -- but the info has tended to be pretty unappealing. Today, there are two news items dealing with embattled Comptroller John Liu and Bill Thompson.

After Angry Birds Incident, Scott Stringer Writes Letter to Ray Kelly

This is a story about Angry Birds and a Manhattan pol who is probably going to run for mayor in 2013. More specifically, this is a story about an Angry-Birds-inspired police raid that prompted Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer to write a letter to Police Commissioner Ray Kelly. On Novem ... More >>

Scott Stringer Goes After Stop-and-Frisk, Does Not Criticize Ray Kelly In The Process

Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer, who is expected to run for mayor, pushed forward his campaign against the NYPD's controversial stop-and-frisk policy with a press event this afternoon featuring Martin Luther King III. But as he continues his public appearances on the matter, Stringer see ... More >>

More Mayoral Hopefuls Weigh in on the Ray Kelly Rumors: He Has a Great Record!

Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer said today that if the Ray Kelly running for mayor rumors turn out to be true, the dynamics of the mayoral race would certainly change. And some candidates gearing up for their campaigns are probably afraid of that, Stringer, an expected contender himself, ... More >>

Scott Stringer, With Four-Month-Old Son By His Side, Gives Out 16 Free Refrigerators

It's "Daddy Friday" for Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer, and what better way to celebrate than giving away 16 free eco-friendly refrigerators to lucky residents of the Lower East Side. Right? Well, actually Stringer's press conference this morning -- which (you read that right) was a re ... More >>

Four Expected Mayoral Candidates Endorse Grace Meng. Where is Scott Stringer?

Assemblywoman Grace Meng, who is running for Congress in a crowded race, nabbed the endorsement today of four pols who hope to be the next mayor of New York City. Public Advocate Bill de Blasio, Comptroller John Liu, City Council Speaker Christine Quinn, and former comptroller Bill Thompson stood ... More >>

Christine Quinn, Next Mayoral Candidate Who Will Impact NYU Expansion, Not Weighing in Yet

As the 2013 mayoral elections near, the expected candidates are looking to build platforms through the work in their current jobs. For Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer and City Council Speaker Christine Quinn -- who will likely go up against each other in the race to replace Mayor Mike Blo ... More >>

NYU Expansion Proposal Scaled Back, Scott Stringer Says Compromise is Hard

No one's going to get exactly what they want. But that's the essence of compromise! This was part of Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer's message today when he officially announced his support for a scaled-back version of the controversial 20-year expansion plan for New York University. T ... More >>

Solar Energy Agreement Leads To More Bickering Between Scott Stringer and Mike Bloomberg

Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer did not miss an opportunity to criticize the mayor's office this afternoon -- but not before the mayor preemptively brushed aside negative comments from Stringer, who hopes to replace Mike Bloomberg as mayor in 2013. The back and forth between the two elec ... More >>

NYU2031, the Expansion Plan of the Century, is a Mayoral Game

It was a given that NYU's expansion plan would create a commotion -- any proposal cramming 2.4 million square feet, which is about equal to the size the Empire State Building, into a six-block radius will have that effect. The Manhattan Community Board, a collection of citizens from t ... More >>

Rats (Still) Invade New York

And now for an item about rats' imminent takeover of New York. Undeterred by the wild coyotes roaming parts of Harlem and Central Park, rats have moved beyond their old hangouts -- the city's subways, playgrounds and car parties -- and have become very comfortable in Upper Manhattan, which now boa ... More >>

Scott Stringer Has Nothing to Say About John Liu Controversy

John Liu's latest fundraising scandal could be a boost for expected mayoral candidate Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer. But Stringer isn't talking about it. Runnin' Scared ran up to Stringer today after he testified at a City Council hearing to ask him about the latest troubles for emba ... More >>

Mayoral Candidates Comment on Muslim Surveillance

The Associated Press surveyed some of New York's expected 2013 mayoral candidates on the topic of the NYPD's controversial surveillance of Muslim students in the city and across the Northeast. While Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer and Comptroller John C. Liu took a measured approaches to ... More >>

'Escort Quality, Hooker Pricing' Billboard Is Not OK, Says Scott Stringer

If an offensive advertisement fails, and you apologize for the offensiveness of the ad, what's the next logical step for the ad company? For Wodka Vodka, the answer apparently is to try and offend someone else. IN VERY LARGE LETTERS. The thinking behind the madness: If making fun of Jews doesn't w ... More >>

Facing Onslaught of Negative Press, Comptroller John Liu Delivers Policy Speech

Sam LevinComptroller John Liu at his State of the City speech. ​Bad timing for Comptroller John Liu. Yesterday, news broke that Xing Wu Pan, a fundraiser for the campaign of Liu -- a likely mayoral candidate -- was indicted on federal wire fraud charges. The Daily News also dug deeper into ... More >>

It's Christine Quinn's Turn! Mayoral Hopeful Delivers State of City Speech

Sam Levin​This story might sound familiar. A mayoral hopeful gets on stage and delivers a speech about the state of things. The elected official takes the opportunity to set the groundwork for a mayoral campaign -- appealing to future voters through announcements of new initiatives and prior ... More >>

Free Bikes! New York Gets Wheels When Bicycle Sharing Program Debuts Next Summer

David Edgar​Now you finally have a reason to belch one Queen song at the top of your lungs. (And no, it's not "Bohemian Rhapsody.") New York's plans to let loose 10,000 free bikes on the streets are slowly taking shape. In November, the Department of Transportation announced a plan to develo ... More >>

Scott Stringer's State of the Borough Address: Reclaim City For Middle and Working Class

In the land of politics, it's that wonderful time of the year when we opine about the state of things. Last month, President Obama talked about the state of the country, Governor Cuomo discussed the state of New York state, and Mayor Bloomberg chatted about the state of the Big Apple. Last night, ... More >>

Scott Stringer: Let's Put Solar Panels on School Roofs

Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer, who is likely to run for mayor, released a report yesterday that called for the installation of solar panels on the roofs of city public schools. Releasing reports -- it's the thing to do if you want to be mayor, apparently! This one here is one of tho ... More >>

City Looks to Sell Three Lower Manhattan Properties; Scott Stringer Says He Has the Power To Stop It

As part of his State of the City speech yesterday, Mayor Mike Bloomberg -- in a discussion about revenue -- said the city plans to sell three Lower Manhattan properties. It was just a few sentences, but it gave Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer a chance today to remind us all that his posit ... More >>

Bill de Blasio, John Liu, and Scott Stringer: Mr. Mayor, Why Did You Talk About Teachers That Way?

After Mayor Mike Bloomberg finished his State of the City speech in the Bronx, Runnin' Scared tripped over many reporters and shoved a recorder in the face of a few relevant pols to get their reactions. We reached Public Advocate Bill de Blasio, Comptroller John Liu, and Manhattan Borough President ... More >>

Swastikas Found on Midtown Storefronts, Scott Stringer Responds With Press Conference

Hate has hit midtown Manhattan in the form of four swastikas graffitied onto 6th Avenue storefronts -- the latest in a string of anti-Semitic incidents across the city over the last four months. Several stores on 6th Avenue across the street from Bryant Park were vandalized on Sunday with a total ... More >>

St. Mark's Bookshop Finally Gets Rent Reduction

​After a months-long saga, struggling St. Mark's Bookshop has finally received a rent reduction from landlord Cooper Union (which has been having its own money problems). It's not the full $5,000 off that they wanted, but it's something: Cooper is reducing the rent from $20,000 a month to $17, ... More >>

Dominique Strauss-Kahn Should Pay for What He's Costing Taxpayers, Says Scott Stringer

​Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer is among the many not thrilled with Dominique Strauss-Kahn and his fancy new $14 million Tribeca townhouse lodgings. Stringer's office has demanded an accounting of how much Strauss-Kahn is costing city taxpayers as he awaits trial here on sexual ass ... More >>

Today in El Diario: New Yorkers Shafted by Con Ed on "Green" Fund

​Green flight: Energy fund leaves city Con Edison clients in New York have been billed for $342 million since 2004 to subsidize renewable energy. But less than 1 percent of that money -- $ 8 million -- has been used for area green electricity projects, the Spanish-language daily reports. New ... More >>

Fifth Avenue is All on the East Side, City Says

via NYT/Marilynn K. Yee​Does everyone who has ever lived (or worked) in Manhattan have an East or West side bias? (We're East Side people, obviously.) As everyone knows, Fifth Avenue divides the two, but recently there was some debate about the specifics of the split area as you move north up ... More >>

East Side/West Side Dividing Line Wars Rage in Upper Manhattan

via NYT/Marilynn K. Yee​Where does the East Side of Manhattan end, and the West side begin? This is a question we thought we always knew the answer to (you know, where street numbers start all over again, or maybe, more vaguely, where Central Park cleaves Upper Manhattan in two?). And yet, per ... More >>

How to Use a Bike Lane and Not Be an Utter and Complete Shithead: A Handy Primer

The Village Voice: Not blocking the bike lane.​Oh, bike lanes. They are complex. It's so hard to know, for instance, where they stop and start, and how to actually use them. New Yorkers are accustomed to things being difficult, and maybe these new bike lanes are just so easy that our giant bra ... More >>

Gangs of Times Square: Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer Suspiciously Not Down with Edgy New York Gang Riot

​So, maybe you know of this frenetic gang riot in Times Square that local business owners pre-emptively beefed up security for? The same Times Square riot that left a few kids shot and dozens arrested? Well, now you do:

Scott Stringer Has a Real Plan for Overhauling the City's Food System

Andrew SchwartzScott Stringer, Manhattan Borough President and food reform guy.​ Plenty of enterprising politicians have paid lip service to the idea of trying to make the city's food supply healthier, more easily accessible, and environmentally sound, but far fewer have actually done anything ... More >>

Stringer Aide Out After Facebook Posts Denouncing Gates, Supporting Racial Profiling

​It's getting to the point where if you tell people the truth about the black crime menace, you lose your right to a government job. Here's the latest outrage from the sensitivity police: An aide to Manhattan borough president Scott Stringer has resigned after it was revealed that she made com ... More >>

What Is the New York Foodshed, Anyway?

galleyslave/flickrNot the New York foodshed. In an article he wrote for the Huffington Post last week, Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer outlined his plans for making food policy a priority for city government. Among the initiatives he mentioned was a city "foodshed...consisting of far ... More >>

Top 10 Most Dangerous Foods to Eat While Driving; Say Hola to Pecsi

Is organic food always better for you than "conventional"? Sure, fresh organic produce may be more nutritious than fruits and veggies grown using pesticides. But organic milk doesn't necessarily come from cows raised in lush pasture. Large dairies keep the animals in lots and truck in their feed. [N ... More >>

ABC No Rio Saved By the City

Michel Bayard Huge news for ABC No Rio, the impossibly resilient Rivington street punk space/zine library/community center that as recently as last week was struggling to come up with the money building inspectors had demanded they spend demolishing and rebuilding their iconic, code-violating space ... More >>

Lousier Subways Predicted; Panic Ensues

Stringer Won't Run for Advocate, Seeks Re-Election as Beep

Storm Brewing for Marathon Planning Commish Meeting

Columbia Expansion Gets Uglier

Three board members resigned last week in a sign the fight is only getting nastier

Exposing Sexual Harassment on the Subways

Tenants and Landlord Hit Pinnacle of a Dispute

West Side Story

Visiting the Eva Empire

President of What?

Nine's a crowd in the race for Manhattan beep

Mother Dearest & the Courthouse Cabal

A Public Advocate Candidate Has a Patronage Problem

Imagining the Public Advocate

Five Visions for a Young Office