Runnin' Scared

Glafira Rosales, Master Art Scammer, Busted for Duping IRS and Selling Phony Masters

2013-05-22 07:30:00

Here's a little bit of Upper East Side intrigue: a fancy dealer took it upon herself to double down and sharply increase her profit margin by selling phony paintings and duping the Internal Revenu...

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Weiner's in the Race, And His Campaign Ad is Remarkably Unsexy

2013-05-22 06:00:34

The better-than-rumor rumors are true: We have a Weiner in the mayoral race, and he has 64 reasons why, according to the debut campaign ad. ...

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West Village March for Mark Carson Came Out in Full Force

2013-05-21 14:25:52

More than 1,500 people marched through the West Village yesterday evening in response to the death of Mark Carson, who was killed Friday night by a man who, according to the police, said "look at...

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Mayoral Underdog Sal Albanese Says Other Candidates Are Exploiting Taxpayers

2013-05-21 12:00:59

You've never heard of Sal Albanese? It's his third time running for mayor, but the 63-year-old candidate, who is no stranger to calling out politicians on their bullshit, has generally maintained...

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NYU's Tisch School of the Arts Joins Anti-Administration Drumbeat With No-Confidence Vote

2013-05-21 11:11:27

The wave of faculty dissatisfaction at New York University continues to roll on. After the School of Arts and Sciences voted in favor of a statement of no confidence in President John Sexton and h...

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3 NYU Researchers Charged With Giving Away Secrets to China

2013-05-21 10:37:52

Forget self-deportation: It appears the feds have stumbled across a case of secret self-outsourcing at New York University. On Monday, U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York Preet Bh...

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Is a Richer City Making the Suburbs Poorer?

2013-05-21 06:00:32

A new study from the Brookings Institution shows that poverty in American suburbs increased by 64 percent over the last decade, more than twice the rate of poverty growth in cities. In the New Y...

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Announcing the Winners of the 2013 Village Voice Obie Awards

2013-05-20 23:30:08

The 58th Annual Village Voice Obie Awards, celebrating achievement in the Off-Broadway and off-off Broadway theater, were given out at a ceremony tonight at Webster Hall. The awards ceremony was ...

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Activists to Hold a Non-Quinn-Affiliated March for Mark Carson Outside St. Vincent's Hospital

2013-05-20 16:40:28

Expressing the LGBTQ community's grief and outrage following the murder of Mark Carson in the West Village on Friday, several LGBTQ groups are co-sponsoring a rally held at the LGBT Community Cen...

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New York Attorney General Investigating Fast Food Chains Over Wage Theft

2013-05-20 16:14:42

It's not like working in the fast-food industry is such a cushy proposition under the best conditions. In New York, many fast-food workers make the minimum wage of $7.25 an hour--even after year...

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Mark Carson Was One of 5 Anti-Gay Attacks in Manhattan This Month Alone

2013-05-20 13:05:36

On Friday night, Mark Carson was walking with a male friend in the West Village when three men started following them. "Look at these faggots," one said, before taking out a revolver and shooting...

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Cooper Union Alumni Elect Write-In Trustee Kevin Slavin on Transparency Platform

2013-05-20 09:00:36

The results came in on Friday. After announcing his candidacy the day the Cooper Union administration stated it would begin charging tuition starting with the class of 2014, Kevin Slavin, tech en...

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Why Rightbloggers Should Drop Benghazi, IRS, and AP, Focus on Umbrellagate and Bulworth

2013-05-19 23:01:54

As the Benghazi prosecution appears to fizzle, rightbloggers have sought to replace it with a pair of new scandalettes involving the IRS and the Associated Press. We think this shows a disappoint...

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Go Listen to This Coney Island-Themed Playlist Marty Markowitz Made on Spotify

2013-05-17 13:30:35

Thank god for Marty Markowitz, possibly the only lovable politician left in New York. Today, the Brooklyn borough president released a soundtrack to rebuilding a Sandy-shattered Coney Island on S...

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Vito Lopez, Legislative Powerhouse, Serial Groper, to Resign; Ducks Expulsion Proceeding

2013-05-17 12:26:45

Once-powerful Brooklyn Assemblyman Vito Lopez has agreed to step down from his longtime post as his support collapsed this week on the heels of the Staten Island District Attorney's damning report...

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New Jersey Wants to Raise Its Smoking Age to 21, Too

2013-05-17 10:45:00

"This has now truly become a regional, if not national, effort." Thus spoke City Council Speaker Christine Quinn at a press conference yesterday. Former-governor-turned-state-senator Richard Code...

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The CDC Discovered Poop in Public Swimming Pools

2013-05-17 09:45:29

Everyone's worst public pool fears are true, and just in time for summer. On Thursday, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released a study showing that 58 percent of public pool sampl...

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A Cooper Union Student, the Chair of Trustees, and Felix Salmon Walked Into a Debate

2013-05-17 08:42:50

ICYMI: After Cooper Union president Jamshed Bharucha met students for a surprise discussion in his office earlier this week, on Wednesday morning Democracy Now! hosted a rare, moderated forum wit...

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Ken Thompson, Brooklyn D.A. Candidate, Asks Gov. Cuomo to Bigfoot Charles Hynes' Review of Old Murder Cases

2013-05-17 07:00:00

The race for Brooklyn District Attorney is becoming a bit of a slugfest. First, there was word that longtime Democratic incumbent Charles Hynes' office was getting a reality show right in the midd...

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High Concept Item: Pizza Delivery Cocaine Dealers!

2013-05-16 15:36:18

Not a huge case, just kind of amusing: Drug dealers went back to the future with a scheme revealed yesterday to deliver cocaine through a pizza delivery service, special narcotics prosecutor Bridg...

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