Why Wait for the Feds to do Something about Global Warming?

"Another example of local governments stepping in to cover the feds' inaction. In a press release titled, Northeast States Take Landmark Step in Fighting Global Warming, the Union of Concerned Scientists tells us:The Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) today hailed the...

Powerful Blast Rips Through NYC Restaurant

NEW YORK (Digital Dementia News Services) - A thunderous explosion ripped through Il Palazzo, a popular restaurant located in Manhattan's Little Italy district, killing dozens and injuring many more....

Charm School Improves Techniques for Picking Up Women

NEW YORK (Digital Dementia News Services)  - Ben had a rough Friday night trying to pick up women.  Even the girls working the late, late shift on 42nd Street between 8th and 9th Avenues seemed...

Housing Series

"Leases are ending, college students are returning, and brokers are pulling 60-hour work weeks. That's right – it's rental season in New York City, and AM New York is getting in on the action. This week, the...

The City’s Newest Hotspot ‘Hood

"Manhattan is always reinventing itself: neighborhoods are hot, then cold, then when it looks like they couldn’t get any worse, they get hot again. Look at what happened with TriBeCa, the Lower East Side/East Village, the Meatpacking District, and countless other...

New York City Co-op Sales Prices Are Now Public

"a new law that was just passed which allows for recent New York City Co-op sales prices to be (are) available for free to the public via ACRIS."

New York's 'One Night of Fire'

"The roving One Night Of Fire was held around Brooklyn on Saturday and from the photos hitting Contribute it looks like a pretty fun time was had. From the "event details": This is a free, un-permitted,...

McCarren Pool parties keeping NYC summer cool

"I saw a concert last night (Bloc Party, awesome!) at the McCarren Pool Park in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. It's a fantastic slice of New York City history that's finally rousing from a dormant and fallow period of...

Going for Broke

"In the competitive world of apartment hunting, aspiring renters will do anything to get a leg up. Enter the real-estate broker, whose job revolves around finding the right apartment for his/her clients. The...

Letters From Lebanon

I found this site via the Faces mailing list. It is the website of an artist called Gregory Sholette, who has compiled and published a riveting correspondence with his friend Rasha, a film curator and cultural critic from Beirut. Kate_____ "Letters from Lebanon, 2006 ...

Power slowly returning in NYC, but anger stays high

"After a week of being powerless or near powerless, thousands of Queens homes and businesses are starting to power back up, but it almost feels like too little, too late. It's already been a week of no food, no...

New York borough spends 7th day without power

As tens of thousands of residents suffered through another day without electricity, New York City political leaders called on Gov. George Pataki to designate part of the borough of Queens a disaster area.

The Urban Etiquette Handbook

"Life is hectic in New York City, where 8 million residents battle each other for jobs, apartments, and choice seats on the rush-hour subway. It's easy to forget your manners when you're in the midst of such...

NYC's Siren Festival 2006

"Siren is always a half-empty/half-full type situation. On one hand, you're getting top tier indie bands playing in New York City for free. On the other, you know going into it the sound will be lousy, the crowds...

Nature Beats The Heat

"With temperatures soaring into the mid-90s this week, New York is starting to feel like one big panini press. Heat radiates from the sun, the ground, and the exhaust-spouting cars. Subway stations have become...

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