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March 2, 2012
With OWS Support, Advocates Plan Rally to Protest Post Office Closures
In the age of who-uses-paper-for-anything-ever-anymore, there's one casualty in New York City that has activists from across the five boroughs up in arms: the post offices. This month, a group of advocates are rallying together to bring attention to the United States Postal Service's plan to poten ... More >>
Blogs
December 30, 2011
Councilwoman Letitia James: Family of Elderly Woman Burned Alive Have Been Victimized Twice
During a recent press conference, the family of an elderly Prospect Heights woman burned to death by a man they said she once helped discussed their loved one's legacy and the financial challenges they have faced since arriving in NYC to plan her funeral. Accompanied by Councilwoman Letitia James ( ... More >>
Theater
December 7, 2011
Post Office Only Delivers So-So
Mail and males in David Jenkins's play at the New Ohio Theatre
Blogs
December 4, 2011
Prepare For Major Postal Service Cuts
The United States Postal Service--that thing that puts L.L. Bean catalogs in your mailbox--is preparing to make massive cuts that will go into effect next spring. The changes will amount to around $3 billion worth of savings for the USPS and only mark the start of what is going to be a long c ... More >>
Blogs
November 9, 2011
David R. Yale, Queens Man, Issues Pink Slip to Citigroup CEO
Citigroup CEO Vikram Pandit, still unaware of his termination. We got an interesting e-mail this morning from a man in Bayside, Queens. David R. Yale, a 67-year-old consultant, is firing Vikram Pandit, the CEO of Citigroup. Yale mailed a pink slip to Pandit that notifies him of his terminati ... More >>
Music
October 19, 2011
BEST OF NYC®
The Music Buzz
Too much and not too soon—the ever-expanding universe of sound in the city
Blogs
September 13, 2011
David Horvitz Wants to Fill Sallie Mae's Mailbox With 100,000 Checks for 58 Cents
David Horvitz is $58,412.10 in debt after getting an MFA from Bard College. A Brooklyn-based artist who's currently "not working," he has a grand plan that might also count as a crowd-sourced experimental art project, a project that he has recently released to the Internet: Help repay his stu ... More >>
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September 11, 2011
9/11 Anniversary; Swedish Terror Arrests; Cliff Robertson Passes Away
Commemorations of the 10th anniversary of the September 11th attacks are being held around the country to remember those lost a decade ago. At the site of the World Trade Center memorial--which opens to the general public tomorrow--President Barack Obama and President George W. Bush will spea ... More >>
Blogs
August 7, 2011
United States Postal Service, Like United States, is Broke
It was either Cliff or Newman, and I chose Cliff. Deal with it.The U.S. Postal Service reported a $3.1 billion quarterly loss on Friday and, at its current financial decline, won't be able to make the $5.5 billion payment for its retirement fund due next month. Politico reports that unless Co ... More >>
Blogs
July 26, 2011
U.S. Postal Service May Cut More Than 30 NYC Post Offices to Save Money
Today in things we don't really worry about until we order something from Amazon, the Post Office, which lost $8 billion last year, is considering closing 1 in 10 retail outlets and is studying 3,653 local offices, branches, and stations throughout the U.S., many of which could be replaced by ... More >>
Blogs
July 19, 2011
U.S. Postal Service Tries to Stay Relevant by Increasing Social Media Presence
The 2012 Cherry Blossom Centennial StampYesterday, the dying government institution that is the United States Postal Service made one last attempt at staying relevant by offering sneak-peeks of new 2012 stamps over Facebook and Twitter. They will post a new stamp every weekday for some undete ... More >>
Blogs
June 9, 2011
Anthony Weiner 'Replica Underwear' for Sale on EBay
Clinging to the zeitgeist, an enterprising eBay salesperson known as "colbymercury," has taken to the online auction house to offer up a fine pair of Anthony Weiner Replica Underwear, starting bid, $0.99. (Buy them now for $499.99!) As for the description of the fairly average-looking gray bo ... More >>
Blogs
June 6, 2011
Postal Service Rather Insensitive About Hipster Attachment to 11211 Zip Code
As Joe pointed out last week, certain Williamsburg residents are now being informed by mail that they will be losing their 11211 zip code. This is a big deal, because even though almost no one actually gets mail anymore these days, except for horrible junk mail we don't want anyway, zip codes ... More >>
Blogs
June 2, 2011
Williamsburg Hipsters Robbed of Prestigious 11211 Zip Code
A letter from the U.S. Postal Service informed Williamsburg residents -- hipsters and real people alike -- that the zip code designating the Bedford Avenue gentrification haven will switch from 11211 to "the sadly less palindromic 11249," as one resident put it to Gothamist. The reasoning act ... More >>
Blogs
May 24, 2011
Lance Armstrong and His Accusers: Processing the Unthinkable
Lance Armstrong, flanked by two guys accusing him of nothing. Yet.During Lance Armstrong's recent comeback, the Voice kept a fairly close eye on him. Despite what some commenters seemed to believe, we actually have admired the man and his incredible cycling exploits. For years, of course, Ar ... More >>
Film
May 4, 2011
Culture Clash and Corny Antics in Tyler Perry Knockoff Jumping the Broom
Lance Armstrong, flanked by two guys accusing him of nothing. Yet.During Lance Armstrong's recent comeback, the Voice kept a fairly close eye on him. Despite what some commenters seemed to believe, we actually have admired the man and his incredible cycling exploits. For years, of course, Ar ... More >>
News
June 22, 2010
Crooked Car Transporter Takes Granny's Honda Hostage
Here's how she beat the racket.
Blogs
May 25, 2010
NY Times gets to Lance Armstrong/US Postal Service/Fraud Story 5 Years Late
I was struck by something seeing today's New York Times story about how, if new allegations about Lance Armstrong being a doper while he was racing for sponsor U.S. Postal Service pan out, he's got more than a cycling license to worry about -- there are serious fraud repercussions that could ... More >>
Blogs
April 7, 2010
New Yorkers Are Really Bad at the Census
Just do it. Like, now.Who cares what time it is. Do you know where your census is? If you're like us, you have not the vaguest idea. You think you mailed it last week, but that whole week was a bit of a fog, and now it's so hot (like, record-breaking hot) that it's hard to make sense of any ... More >>
Film
February 2, 2010
Another Nicholas Sparks Adaptation, Dear John
Just do it. Like, now.Who cares what time it is. Do you know where your census is? If you're like us, you have not the vaguest idea. You think you mailed it last week, but that whole week was a bit of a fog, and now it's so hot (like, record-breaking hot) that it's hard to make sense of any ... More >>
Blogs
July 3, 2009
Lance Armstrong Unleashed: A Brief Guide to the Tour de France
Tomorrow, Lance Armstrong begins cultural learnings of the Tour de France for make benefit glorious nation of Kazakhstan.The 7-time champion is making his return to the Tour as part of a rocky comeback that has included a broken collarbone, some flashes of brilliance, and steadily improving results. ... More >>
Blogs
June 24, 2009
Mon Dieu! French Tourists Start New York Trip with Car Chase
It was, she said later, like something out of a film. Moments after Ester-Ethy Mamane landed at JFK yesterday, she and four other French tourists, including her 60-year-old mother, were guided into a waiting van that was supposed to shuttle them into town. The trouble started a few minutes later, as ... More >>
Art
February 11, 2009
Photojournalist Martha Cooper Focuses Her Famous Lens on Postal Street Art
It was, she said later, like something out of a film. Moments after Ester-Ethy Mamane landed at JFK yesterday, she and four other French tourists, including her 60-year-old mother, were guided into a waiting van that was supposed to shuttle them into town. The trouble started a few minutes later, as ... More >>
Blogs
January 2, 2009
New Stamps: Old TV, Liberal Activist Judge, Poe, Others
The Post Office has announced its commemorative stamps for 2009. Alaskan and Hawaiian statehood are honored, which should please Sarah Palin and Barack Obama, and four stamps depict stages in the career of Abraham Lincoln on the bicentennial of his birth. Literature is represented by Edgar Allen Poe ... More >>
Blogs
October 1, 2008
Times Gets Tough With Local Blogger
The Post Office has announced its commemorative stamps for 2009. Alaskan and Hawaiian statehood are honored, which should please Sarah Palin and Barack Obama, and four stamps depict stages in the career of Abraham Lincoln on the bicentennial of his birth. Literature is represented by Edgar Allen Poe ... More >>
Blogs
April 17, 2007
Follow-up: An Air Rights Hearing About The NYU "Mega-Dorm"
The Post Office has announced its commemorative stamps for 2009. Alaskan and Hawaiian statehood are honored, which should please Sarah Palin and Barack Obama, and four stamps depict stages in the career of Abraham Lincoln on the bicentennial of his birth. Literature is represented by Edgar Allen Poe ... More >>
Music
December 26, 2006
Calendar Boys
Bishop Allen's near-catastrophic 2006 EP project is a nearly complete success
Blogs
September 8, 2006
A Whole War for Just $1 a Day!
Bishop Allen's near-catastrophic 2006 EP project is a nearly complete success
Art
August 1, 2006
Ugly Americana
Bishop Allen's near-catastrophic 2006 EP project is a nearly complete success
NYC Life
June 27, 2006
Fitos Neophytou
'We were greeted by blood in the elevator one morning'
NYC Life
May 23, 2006
Life of Riley
'We were greeted by blood in the elevator one morning'
News
February 28, 2006
Not Subject to Review
As NYU plans towering dorm for 12th Street, East Village neighbors cry foul
NYC Life
May 25, 2004
Big Brothers
Stocks, drums, fetuses, post office, IRS, and deportation: a love story
Music
July 9, 2002
Tigers in a Spotlight
Stocks, drums, fetuses, post office, IRS, and deportation: a love story
News
January 2, 2001
2000 Village Voice Sportswriters' Poll Results
Stocks, drums, fetuses, post office, IRS, and deportation: a love story
News
July 25, 2000
Sports
Stocks, drums, fetuses, post office, IRS, and deportation: a love story
News
April 11, 2000
Savage Art
Princetonians go postal over '30s mural
News
January 11, 2000
1999 Village Voice Sportswriters Poll Results
Princetonians go postal over '30s mural
News
August 10, 1999
Colombian Coke Caper
Wife of U.S. Anti-Drug Commander Nabbed in Smuggling Case
News
June 8, 1999
Going Postal
Wife of U.S. Anti-Drug Commander Nabbed in Smuggling Case
Dance
May 18, 1999
Lucky Lindy
Wife of U.S. Anti-Drug Commander Nabbed in Smuggling Case

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