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  • Blogs

    May 24, 2012

    Tomorrow: Our 10 Best Lamb Dishes

    Will the gloriously squishy sheep testicles at Kavkaz make the cut? Lamb is the meat of the hour. While many Americans used to eschew the flesh as "too strongly flavored," most New York diners now proclaim its mildly assertive flavor as "just right." Of course, when you're talking about namby-pamb ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 20, 2011

    NY Lifts Ban on Burying Human Ashes in Pet Cemeteries, to Pet Lovers' Delight

    ​New York state has OK'd the burying of human ashes in pet cemeteries, reversing a ban put in place earlier this year. According to an AP report, the decision comes after one lawyer's campaign to honor the wishes of her late uncle, who wanted to be buried next to his wife and their two dogs. O ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 1, 2011

    NYC's Most Perfect Pork Cutlet at Katsuhama

    The mortar contains seeds to be ground up for a do-it-yourself pork cutlet sauce. In the '80s, the area around Grand Central Station was dotted with single-specialty Japanese restaurants -- much like many back in Japan -- which catered to the Japanese businessmen then ubiquitous in Midtown, believ ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 8, 2011

    Did You Vote in the General Election? Polls Open from 6 a.m. to 9 p.m. Today

    ​Did you know that today is the general election? Find out your polling site, and if you're eligible to vote, by calling (866) 868-3692, or by going to the City of New York Board of Elections site. You can also download a sample ballot there. NY Capitol News indicates some races to watch, in W ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 10, 2011

    How to Use Your iPhone in Westchester

    Here is a fellow casually talking on his old-world landline, which is attached to his new-world iPhone. Remember landlines, how good they felt next to your ear, how solid and sturdy and there? We were so young and innocent then! Don't you want to relive those days? This guy does.

  • Blogs

    August 15, 2011

    Smoking On Outdoor Train Platforms Now Banned

    ​Governor Cuomo signed a bill today that will ban smoking on outdoor train platforms operated by the MTA, including the Long Island Rail Road and Metro-North. He said, "It is important that commuters are not unwillingly subject to the dangers of second-hand smoke while waiting on train platforms." ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 21, 2011

    A Goy in Wonderland

    ​Clip Job: an excerpt every day from the Voice archives. May 25, 1972, Vol. XVII, No. 21 A goy in wonderland By Joe Flaherty The lamentable thing about life is that it is devoid of fanfare. Man's odyssey more times than not is heralded by a kazoo rather than a trumpet. The spiritual milest ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 27, 2010

    Turkey Heart Found in Chalk Heart Outline

    ​Gothamist has what looks to us like the work of an angry, animal rights obsessed high schooler (not that we'd know) in Westchester, New York. Yes, that is the actual heart of a turkey, centered in a larger, more cartoonish chalk heart, as if it were a crime scene. It reads like a Look what yo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 10, 2010

    Lauren Bacall Checks Into a Nursing Home?

    ​ That's what a source just told me.

  • Blogs

    October 14, 2010

    New York City "UFOs" May Have Been Caused by Something So Banal as an Engagement Party

    ​According to a group of elementary school kids from the Milestone School in Mount Vernon, those unidentified flying objects sighted over Chelsea last afternoon that had everybody all worked up are actually just escapee balloons from their teacher's engagement party, the Daily News reports. S ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 20, 2010

    Animal v. Human: Who Will Win in the Battle of New York City Domination?

    ​New York City. If it's not the raccoons, it's the coyotes,  geese, sewer gators, rats, bedbugs, or the dangerous fornicating opossums. The New York Post reveals that city officials decided to try to fuck with biology by introducing the rat-tailed marsupials into Brooklyn a few years ago to r ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 16, 2010

    Van Leeuwen, Rickshaw Among Food Trucks That Will Park Outside of Tavern on the Green

    The party continues outside of Tavern on the Green.​One day, Tavern on the Green may well become another restaurant, but until then, the city has chosen a few food trucks to park outside of it.

  • Blogs

    September 7, 2010

    Kid Delivers Smackdown to Crazed Coyote

    via New York Post​We all wonder, now and again: When faced with a crisis, how would we act? Would we do the brave, dangerous thing, regardless of our own safety, or would we scream like a little girl and flee? In the case of Eric Mandel, a 14-year-old Westchester boy, the brave thing involved ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 15, 2010

    Philippe Bertineau Is the New Chef at Balthazar; 'Bear' Tom Colicchio Slated to Ride in L.A. Gay Pride

    ​Philippe Bertineau has been named the new head chef at Balthazar. He previously helmed the kitchen at now-defunct patisserie, Payard. [Nation's Restaurant News] Richard Gere's Westchester B&B, The Bedford Post Inn, is losing executive chef Brian Lewis, following the departure of pastry chef ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 2, 2010

    New York's Wild Kingdom Is Going Batshit: Child-Eating Coyotes, Rabid Racoons, Sexin' Birds

    via the Daily News​Animals have gone wild! New York's furry and feathered are suddenly acting like the worst of humans. Good thing they can't speak or give the finger because they'd be shit-talking like Mel Gibson and flipping off women and children like uncouth New Jersey drivers on Fourth of ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 14, 2010

    Over 230,000 Without Power in NY Area After Northeast Storm

    A northeast storm which knocked out power to almost half a million homes yesterday has left almost a quarter of a million Con Ed customers in Westchester and New York (live outage map), LIPA customers on Long Island (live outage map), and Orange and Rockland Utility customers in the Hudson Valley (l ... More >>

  • Voice Choices

    February 23, 2010

    STAIR MASTER

    Race to the top of 30 Rock

  • Blogs

    February 16, 2010

    The Sad State of Fashion Week's Celebs

    Photo by David Wentworth​Because there are so very many channels on the tube and so many reality shows on them bursting with "famous" cast members, a typical invite to a Fashion Week show is generally something like: "You are invited to the Fall showing of Patchouli Jones, Make Me a Designer' ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 6, 2010

    Yonkers Pol Sandy Annabi Charged With Corruption in Ratner (Atlantic Yards) Project

    Yonkers pol Sandy Annabi, accused of corruption.Yonkers Democratic pol Sandy Annabi and two others were charged today with conspiracy, bribery, and extortion in connection with the startling reversal in 2006 of Annabi's opposition to a Forest City Ratner project in Westchester County. Forest City ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 8, 2009

    Wine Enthusiast Follows Our Lead, Names Top 25 Beers

    Things people like: beer and lists​The end of the year (and the decade) approaches, and with it, the season of lists, lists, and more lists. Maybe the folks at Wine Enthusiast were inspired by Our 10 Best Beers feature--the magazine has just rolled out its picks for the 25 best beers they tast ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 29, 2009

    Considering the Alternative, New York Holds Onto Its Old-Fashioned Voting Machines

    New York City, Nassau, and Westchester Counties have refused to participate in a state pilot program to test out optical scan voting machines. While the rest of the country continues to adopt electronic voting machines -- even though they've been

  • Blogs

    April 13, 2009

    PD Roundup: Nut Kill, Suicide, Coverup, Cameras Cleared

    Lots of cops in the news today. Yesterday officers tried rubber bullets and tasers on knife-wielding, deranged Mauricio Jacques yesterday, and when that did not dissuade him from his stated mission to kill his wife and children, the cops shot him dead. Also this weekend, a cop shot at his cop wife ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 3, 2009

    Candidates for Council, Comptroller, DA Pitch at VID

    Democratic candidates for city council seats in districts 1, 2, and 3, district attorney, and comptroller came to the Village Independent Democrats last night to make their cases, under strict time limits and with screened questioning, for the venerable club's endorsement. In District 1: Pete Gle ... More >>

  • Voice Choices

    March 18, 2009

    HOT WHEELS

    The Gotham Girls roll out a new season

  • News

    February 11, 2009

    Paterson Duped Again: Shelly Silver Gets Childhood Pal Jonathan Lippman State's Top Courts Job

    The Gotham Girls roll out a new season

  • Blogs

    February 10, 2009

    Wayne Barrett: How Shelly Silver Made His Pal Chief Judge

    This week's Village Voice doesn't hit streets until tomorrow morning, but for our Runnin' Scared readers, we're offering tomorrow's cover story a day early. This one should rock Albany: our Wayne Barrett details state assembly speaker Sheldon Silver's step-by-step scheme to boost his old LES pal Jon ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 18, 2008

    Slow News Day: Two Headed Turtle, Walking Strategies, a Working Clown

    This week's Village Voice doesn't hit streets until tomorrow morning, but for our Runnin' Scared readers, we're offering tomorrow's cover story a day early. This one should rock Albany: our Wayne Barrett details state assembly speaker Sheldon Silver's step-by-step scheme to boost his old LES pal Jon ... More >>

  • News

    July 9, 2008

    The NYPD Rips Up Rappers

    Rebel Diaz and their hip-hop politics run afoul of the cops

  • Blogs

    May 8, 2008

    Clip Job: Early Answering Machines

    Rebel Diaz and their hip-hop politics run afoul of the cops

  • Blogs

    March 20, 2008

    The Fun Stuff: Puntastic Headlines and Wacky Stories

    Rebel Diaz and their hip-hop politics run afoul of the cops

  • Blogs

    December 22, 2006

    Donate Your Steel!

    Rebel Diaz and their hip-hop politics run afoul of the cops

  • Blogs

    July 7, 2006

    New Terror Plot, Same Old Money Problem

    Rebel Diaz and their hip-hop politics run afoul of the cops

  • Blogs

    November 8, 2005

    Bronx Sites Say Turnout Is Good

    Rebel Diaz and their hip-hop politics run afoul of the cops

  • News

    May 24, 2005

    Protection Racket

    Questions about Albany's cut of New York's homeland security money

  • News

    November 30, 2004

    A Dream Deferred

    The kids of immigrants find there's no straight path to American success

  • NYC Life

    November 23, 2004

    Not Your Momma's MOMA

    The kids of immigrants find there's no straight path to American success

  • News

    May 25, 2004

    Goodbye, Columbus

    I am wearing shorts, a tank top, and flip-flops. You will see why this is relevant.

  • NYC Life

    December 9, 2003

    The Gray Area

    I am wearing shorts, a tank top, and flip-flops. You will see why this is relevant.

  • NYC Life

    November 25, 2003

    Close-Up on Castle Hill, the Bronx

    I am wearing shorts, a tank top, and flip-flops. You will see why this is relevant.

  • News

    October 31, 2000

    Features

    Local Races

  • News

    March 14, 2000

    Mind Body Spirit: Walk on the Mild Side

    Enjoy the outdoors, preserve trails, visit historic sites, and relax!

  • News

    January 4, 2000

    Millennial Matchup

    Zany and Historical Factors That Will Make Rudy or Hill a Winner 

  • Long Island Voice

    November 23, 1999

    EMERGENCY

    Zany and Historical Factors That Will Make Rudy or Hill a Winner 

  • News

    May 18, 1999

    Train Runs Over Rudy

    Mayor Stands Up For City, Gets Clobbered By Runaway Commuter Tax Cut

  • News

    February 23, 1999

    Scoop

    Behind the White House Face-Lift

  • News

    February 2, 1999

    Pataki's Pick

    A new hire could cast the governor's prochoice stance further into doubt

  • News

    June 9, 1998

    Becoming 'Dem-ato'

    Schumer Morphs Into Alfonse: Fires Assault Weapon at Green, and Praises His Own Miss

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