Posted by in New York on 08 30th, 2010 | No Comments
NYC: Andrea Peyser Wants To Kill Your Geese
NYC: Andrea Peyser Wants To Kill Your Geese
It took her a while, but after what was surely an epic inner-debate, Andrea Peyser has sided with Mayor Bloomberg and aimed her moral compass in favor of… well, writing a sensationalist editorial for the NY Post . Basically, she wants the Canada geese dead, she wants the “militant animal-rights...
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Posted by in New York on 08 30th, 2010 | No Comments
De Blasio Launches New Slumlord Watch List Online
De Blasio Launches New Slumlord Watch List Online
Public Advocate Bill de Blasio launched a new slumlord watch list today, with 153 wastrel landlords included to begin with. “We want these landlords to feel like they’re being watched,” de Blasio said. “We need to shine a light on these folks to shame them into action.”...
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Posted by in New York on 08 30th, 2010 | No Comments
Park 51 Imam Blames Controversy On Politics
Park 51 Imam Blames Controversy On Politics
Imam Feisel Abdul Rauf (AP) Echoing what Mayor Bloomberg said last week , the imam for the proposed mosque two blocks from the World Trade Center told a Middle Eastern publication that the election year blamed a “tiny, vociferous minority” for making the project the talking point of the...
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Posted by in New York on 08 28th, 2010 | No Comments
Bloomberg Plays Golf, Talks Economy With Obama
Bloomberg Plays Golf, Talks Economy With Obama
      Yesterday, Mayor Bloomberg headed from the Big Apple to Martha’s Vineyard to play a round of golf with President Obama. According to a White House press pool report , “We are told Bloomberg and Obama talked in the clubhouse for about 15 mins about the economy. They then...
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Posted by in New York on 08 26th, 2010 | No Comments
To Vallone, 15 Penn Plaza Will Be "Mother Teresa Tower"
To Vallone, 15 Penn Plaza Will Be "Mother Teresa Tower"
A rendering that shows the Empire State Building to the left of 15 Penn Plaza; inset of Mother Teresa Speaking before the City Council gave a green light to the 15 Penn Plaza skyscraper plan , City Councilman Peter Vallone Jr. told the NY Post, “I’m willing to vote based solely on the merits,...
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Posted by in New York on 08 26th, 2010 | No Comments
Artist Seeking Oven To Bake Bread Bed
Artist Seeking Oven To Bake Bread Bed
Brooklyn-based artist Glenda Reed contacted us this morning explaining that she’s embarking on an art project and working with a new medium: bread. There’s just one giant problem; she explains: The sculpture, Bread Bed, is a wooden twin bed frame with a mattress of freshly baked bread that...
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Posted by in New York on 08 26th, 2010 | No Comments
Pot Firefighter Found Guilty
Pot Firefighter Found Guilty
237th St. in Queens Village, where Murray’s grow house was located Patrick Murray, the firefighter who was caught operating a marijuana grow house in Queens Village last year, was convicted by a jury yesterday. Murray faces a minimum of five years in prison on the drug charges. “I’m...
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Posted by in New York on 08 24th, 2010 | No Comments
New York Wins Race To The Top Funding
New York Wins Race To The Top Funding
Flickr user warsze Looks like all that drama and work actually paid off! After failing the first time, New York just secured itself about $700 million in public school funding as a part of the Race to the Top program. Mayor Bloomberg said in a statement , “New York State’s selection is a...
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Posted by in New York on 08 24th, 2010 | No Comments
Tourists Don’t Like 15 Penn Plaza Either
Tourists Don’t Like 15 Penn Plaza Either
According to a survey conducted by Penn Schoen Berland , 66% of New York visitors said the new 15 Penn Plaza tower would degrade the character of the New York skyline. Which is dangerous, because 92% of them said seeing the skyline made them excited to visit New York. So much for that record tourism...
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Posted by in New York on 08 21st, 2010 | No Comments
Penn Plaza Tower Could Drastically Change City’s Skyline
Penn Plaza Tower Could Drastically Change City’s Skyline
      After being approved by the City Planning Commission in July, plans for a 1,200-foot tower just two avenues away from the Empire State Building are being reviewed by the City Council. If passed, the tower at 15 Penn Plaza would be a huge change to the New York City skyline. And...
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