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Saggy Pants Okay in Bloomberg’s Nanny State
Don’t be deceived by his crisp uniform; this man is not the fashion police. The notoriously regulatory Mayor Bloomberg—whose administration hasn’t hesitated to tell New Yorkers what they can eat , drink , and inhale —is refusing to use his power to protect citizens from the ubiquitous...
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On the Market: Turtle Bay’s Alexander Bounces Back with $17.25M Penthouse
Click the image above to view the full photogallery. The team at The Alexander seems really torn up about the fact that all the buyers were offered refunds and developer Alexander Gurevich was ousted from the project and banned from selling apartments in New York for three years. Or not. A few months...
Posted by on 07 30th, 2010 |
No Comments Don’t be deceived by his crisp uniform; this man is not the fashion police. The notoriously regulatory Mayor Bloomberg—whose administration hasn’t hesitated to tell New Yorkers what they can eat , drink , and inhale —is refusing to use his power to protect citizens from the ubiquitous eyesore of saggy pants. After a judge threw out a disorderly conduct summons issued to a Bronx...
Posted by on 07 30th, 2010 |
No Comments Google Street View of 125th Street and 2nd Avenue Around 9:40 a.m. this morning, a 7-year-old child and his mother were struck by a MTA tow truck at Second Avenue and East 125th Street. The boy was pronounced dead at Harlem Hospital. According to the Post , “The boy and his mother appeared to be jaywalking at the time of the accident” and the pair were trying to “coss an entrance...
Posted by on 07 30th, 2010 |
No Comments PETA got back to their “Meat Is Murder” basics earlier this week, wrapping up their members in cellophane, drenching them in fake blood, and letting them bake in the summer sun in Times Square. The organization blogged about the event, saying their mission was to get across that “all meat comes from somebody. And when you show human bodies in those neatly plastic-wrapped supermarket...
Posted by on 07 30th, 2010 |
No Comments With Arizona’s controversial immigration-enforcement law taking effect yesterday, hundreds participated in a New York City march and rally. According to City Room , the rally started with “about 30 people. But the crowd grew quickly as local groups like Vamos Unidos from the Bronx, and DRUM, a Southeast Asian group based in Jackson Heights, Queens, gathered...
Posted by on 07 30th, 2010 |
No Comments When it was announced earlier this week that the long-delayed subway cell phone project was lurching forward, some of you were upset that the signal would not extend into the subway tunnels, thereby depriving you of priceless ” Overheard in NY ” material. But don’t worry; one of the companies that won the contract, Q-Wireless, says cell phone users with vital information to impart...
