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White Plains

  • Blogs

    April 20, 2012

    Q&A: Lambchop's Kurt Wagner On Vic Chesnutt, Chopin, And How The Internet Is The Biggest Thrift Store Of All

    Kurt Wagner, ringleader of Lambchop, stops to chat with me for a few minutes outside his tour van. He's in White Plains, on his way to Philly, and he has about a cigarette break's worth of time. Thankfully, he's as verbose and animated in conversation as he is muttering, inscrutable, and downright p ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 26, 2012

    Alex Rodriguez To Jeremy Lin: You Can Stay With Me

    ​This is the stuff fan-fiction dreams are made of. A veteran New York sports star offering up his pad to the newbie in town. It's like the passing of the torch/merchandising contract. It's like the plot line of a buddy comedy. Yankee Alex Rodriguez has gone on the record saying that if Knick J ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 12, 2012

    The Good, The Bad, And The Ugly (In A Good Way): Sorting Through Prurient's Late-2011 Burst Of Noise

    On Tuesday Dais Records issued God Is Truth and Light Is His Shadow by Prurient, a.k.a. Hospital Productions overlord/NYC noise institution Dom Fernow. Clocking in at almost 16 minutes, God is a reasonably inauspicious outing that's more interested in ambient texture than pulse-quickening implosions ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 5, 2011

    A Look At Pop Around The Globe, From Operatic Creole Harmonies To Riot-Grrl-Inspired French Rappers

    The end of the year brings a flurry of world music albums with commercial intentions ranging from the archival to the optimistically opportunistic. Some, like the Creole Choir of Cuba's Tande-La or Vlada Tomova's Balkan Tales, accompany tours by the outfits that made them; others are heavily branded ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 29, 2011

    Woman Who Chili-Bombed 65 Pairs of Victoria's Secret Panties Is Finally Apprehended

    A celebratory dance.​Justice! The woman who in April of this year entered a Victoria's Secret in White Plains and, seeking revenge for an alleged "earlier shoplifting incident," poured a container of chili all over 65 pairs of panties, which cost $750 dollars, a woman who had been on the lam e ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 28, 2011

    In Memory Of Paul Shaffer's House, The Now-Shuttered Punk Outpost In The Bronx

    ​Over the last year, those who traveled to the Paul Shaffer House--from Brooklyn, Fordham, Columbia, and SUNY Purchase--had somehow become convinced that the punk house off the Bronx Park East stop was going to be around forever. It wasn't hard; on the best summer nights, the place seemed like ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 19, 2011

    Milton Sisalima Busted for Videotaping Women from Ladies' Room Stall

    "Sample" image​Malls are scary places. They contain clothes, and bad food, and bad lighting, and people, lots and lots of people, one of whom was recently arrested for videotaping ladies in the bathroom of the Galleria Mall in White Plains. (You may remember the Galleria Mall in White Plains a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 15, 2011

    Woman Barred From Shopping at Victoria's Secret Throws Chili on Panties

    Not available at Victoria's Secret. ​"Woman Chili-Bombs Panties at Victoria's Secret" has to be your headline of the day. At least until someone dumps fried pickles all over the counter at an adult video store. (Send us your tips!) This happened: A woman infuriated at being barred from the Vic ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 15, 2011

    Saigon's The Greatest Story Never Told Is Out Today; Go Congratulate Him In The Bronx

    ​Long-suffering NYC rapper Saigon, whom non-rap fans might recall from his brief stint on Entourage, has a new record out, The Greatest Story Never Told. Which is remarkable in that he's been waiting nearly half a decade for someone to type that sentence -- here is a Nah Right post touting a r ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 20, 2011

    Energy Kitchen Plans Nationwide Bison Burger Domination

    ​Energy Kitchen, the "healthy" fast-food chain that operates 10 restaurants in the New York City area, is looking to take over America with its ostrich and bison burgers and plans to expand to a whopping 1,000 locations over the next 10 years.

  • Columns

    August 25, 2010

    Anything Goes at NYC's Bizarro World Elections Board

    ​Energy Kitchen, the "healthy" fast-food chain that operates 10 restaurants in the New York City area, is looking to take over America with its ostrich and bison burgers and plans to expand to a whopping 1,000 locations over the next 10 years.

  • Blogs

    July 8, 2010

    Ben Novack Jr.'s Beating Death: Wife, Three Assistants Charged

    ​Is there some kind of International Crime Day being celebrated? On an afternoon when every TV camera is setting up outside federal court in Lower Manhattan for the arraignment of 10 Russian sleeper agents, U.S. Attorney Preet Bahara just held another press conference at the White Plains bran ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 28, 2010

    Boycott Arizona by Shunning P.F. Chang's Fake Chinese Food

    You have probably heard that Arizona has decided police should be able to stop anyone who looks like he or she might be an undocumented immigrant, ask for identification, and arrest them if they fail to provide it. (No, not racial profiling, silly. Just looking out for illegal Mexicans!) Now there's ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 1, 2010

    Adam Bradley, White Plains Mayor, Charged with Domestic Assault

    ​White Plains ain't exactly ancient Athens, and when Democrat Adam Bradley took over as mayor from Republican Joseph Delfino, he complained that his predecessor shredded city documents and made shady deals. Clearly he was going for a white-knight thing, but that'll be a little more difficult ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 9, 2010

    Bernie Kerik, Cry Baby? Read Tough Cop's Email -- and Weep!

    ​Who knew that Bernie Kerik, the bullet-headed tough cop now headed to prison, was such a whiner? A really good whiner too, as proved by the latest submission by federal prosecutors to the White Plains judge who will sentence Kerik next week to somewhere north of 27 months. Prosecutors cite a ... More >>

  • Columns

    January 19, 2010

    Rudy Giuliani and Bernie Kerik: The Final Chapter

    After Kerik's guilty plea, more secrets slip out

  • Blogs

    October 7, 2009

    Clip Job: Brownmiller Hangs with Junkies

    ​Clip Job: an excerpt every day from the Voice archives July 22, 1965, Vol. X, No. 40 Washington Sq.: 'Man, That's My Living Room!' By Susan Brownmiller Friday night. The New York University people meet with Park Commissioner Newbold Morris and representatives of the Police Department's Fi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 13, 2009

    Les Paul, 1915-2009

    He played electric guitar, and helped invent it; Gibson made a model based on his work and named it after him. With his wife Mary Ford he made some hit records on which he also innovated, using tape speed shifts and multi-tracking. He wasn't just a tech pioneer, though: he was also a tasty player. ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 27, 2009

    Bernie Kerik Indicted in D.C.

    The "cockroaches" are after him again: Former Police Commissioner Bernie Kerik has been indicted in Washington for making false statements to the Bush White House when he was being vetted for Secretary of Homeland Security. That vetting, you may recall, was a debacle which not only revealed Kerik's ... More >>

  • News

    February 11, 2009

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

    The "cockroaches" are after him again: Former Police Commissioner Bernie Kerik has been indicted in Washington for making false statements to the Bush White House when he was being vetted for Secretary of Homeland Security. That vetting, you may recall, was a debacle which not only revealed Kerik's ... More >>

  • 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

    December 29, 2008

    Bernie Kerik Arraigned Today

    Former NYPD commissioner Bernie Kerik is being arraigned today in White Plains for allegedly failing to disclose income on tax returns and falsifying a loan application. He'd previously been charged with, and pled not guilty to, corruption charges (including giving false information on his applicati ... More >>

  • Film

    December 24, 2008

    Hoffman and Thompson Elevate the Otherwise Unremarkable Last Chance Harvey

    Former NYPD commissioner Bernie Kerik is being arraigned today in White Plains for allegedly failing to disclose income on tax returns and falsifying a loan application. He'd previously been charged with, and pled not guilty to, corruption charges (including giving false information on his applicati ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 3, 2008

    Operation Rescue NY Event Cancelled, America Media "Finished"

    Former NYPD commissioner Bernie Kerik is being arraigned today in White Plains for allegedly failing to disclose income on tax returns and falsifying a loan application. He'd previously been charged with, and pled not guilty to, corruption charges (including giving false information on his applicati ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 7, 2008

    Paterson Campaign Site Pushes Honesty, "Civility"; Other NY Pols Rely on Cash

    Former NYPD commissioner Bernie Kerik is being arraigned today in White Plains for allegedly failing to disclose income on tax returns and falsifying a loan application. He'd previously been charged with, and pled not guilty to, corruption charges (including giving false information on his applicati ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 2, 2008

    Clip Job: MacDougal Street's Son-of-a-Beats

    Former NYPD commissioner Bernie Kerik is being arraigned today in White Plains for allegedly failing to disclose income on tax returns and falsifying a loan application. He'd previously been charged with, and pled not guilty to, corruption charges (including giving false information on his applicati ... More >>

  • News

    November 21, 2006

    Death by Dust

    The frightening link between the 9-11 toxic cloud and cancer

  • News

    August 29, 2006

    Weeping With the Enemy

    Phyllis Rodriguez lost her son at the World Trade Center. And then she found the mother of Zacarias Moussaoui.

  • Blogs

    July 7, 2006

    New Terror Plot, Same Old Money Problem

    Phyllis Rodriguez lost her son at the World Trade Center. And then she found the mother of Zacarias Moussaoui.

  • Blogs

    July 6, 2006

    Gay Marriage "Inevitable": Rally in Sheridan Square

    Phyllis Rodriguez lost her son at the World Trade Center. And then she found the mother of Zacarias Moussaoui.

  • Music

    April 11, 2006

    Somewhere Else

    Bill Laswell proves that Matthew Miller has a lot going on

  • News

    December 6, 2005

    Hillary's New Haters

    Anti-war lefties have had it with Clinton. Now they don't have to take it anymore.

  • News

    November 29, 2005

    Hillary Gets Two Surprise Challengers

    Anti-war underdogs take on Clinton, put Sheehan in a pickle

  • News

    September 27, 2005

    Tanisha's Scars

    Inside Bedford Hills prison, women swallow pins and slice their arms

  • News

    May 24, 2005

    Protection Racket

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

  • News

    April 26, 2005

    Mama Warbucks

    Hillary Clinton brings home the dollars for New York's defense contractors

  • Specials

    February 8, 2005

    Letters

    Hillary Clinton brings home the dollars for New York's defense contractors

  • News

    January 25, 2005

    The Scourge of Her Conviction

    Activist Elena Sassower annoyed congress, her trial judge, and defenders of free speech—all the way to jail

  • News

    April 27, 2004

    Driving While Influenced

    A bribery trial opens a window on Albany patronage and a once proud agency's decline

  • Dance

    December 2, 2003

    All Hail the Chief

    Opening a jewel box of ballets to celebrate Mr. Balanchine's birth a hundred years ago

  • News

    November 5, 2002

    Jam Master Jay, 1965–2002

    Rhythmic Heart of the Kings of Rock

  • News

    October 15, 2002

    Cat O' Many Tales

    Kim Deitch Gets Animated

  • NYC Life

    August 20, 2002

    One-Bedroom Apartment in High-Rise

    Kim Deitch Gets Animated

  • NYC Life

    August 6, 2002

    NY Mirror

    Kim Deitch Gets Animated

  • Film

    May 7, 2002

    Lyne Disease

    Constance Craving

  • Specials

    December 26, 2000

    Letters

    Constance Craving

  • Columns

    January 25, 2000

    NY Mirror

    Constance Craving

  • Music

    April 27, 1999

    Keely Smith

    Constance Craving

  • Specials

    January 26, 1999

    Letters

    Constance Craving

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